Category: Charts

#COMUSIC TOP 20 OCTOBER + 2023

NOVEMBER 01, 2023 – Izcalli broke into the yearly TOP 20 and there were eighteen debuts (D) in October. And for the first time, I separated out the single releases (SP) not yet tied to an EP or LP.

*Strawberry Runners made their way, all the way, to (D) #3 for October. Band founder, Emi Night, moved to Denver from Indiana and started Strawberry Runners in 2013. Emi currently lives in Philadelphia. Hence the * in front of their name.

ABOUT THE CHARTS

Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations. The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a Sunday, through the last week ending with a Saturday.  Yearly spins are pulled and calculated from December through the next November.

The annual new release year begins in November, although there are some released in October that make the cut. I track all titles for a full calendar year from the official date of release of the first single.

Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page. Don’t forget to visit Chris K’s Colorado Playlist Channel for the largest collection of Colorado music, going back over a decade.

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Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered CHART
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. 
(**) = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

TOP 20 OCTOBER 2023

(1) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (May-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. *STRAWBERRY RUNNERS – Strawberry Runners LP (Aug-23)
(D) 4. CRLO – Call Me When Your Heart Remembers EP (Sep-23)
(D) 5. RO$$A¥ – Messenger Who Shot Back LP (Jul-23)
(D) 6. *WILDERMISS – Gettin’ Old Rock & Roll SP (Jul-23)
(D) 7.  BRYCE MENCHACA – Salt EP (Aug-23)
(D) 8. DRAGONDEER – Across the Waves LP (Jun-23) **
(3) 9. BIRDS OF PLAY – Birdsongs of the American West LP (Aug-23)
(D) 9. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – As It Was SP (Jul-23)
(D) 10. JENNY SHAWHAN – You Got the Magic LP (Aug-23)
(D) 10. THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT – Lend Me a Hand LP (Jun-23)
(4) 11. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Feb-23)
(D) 12. BONNIE & TAYLOR SIMS – Bonnie & Taylor Sims LP (Jun-23)
(D) 13. SARAH CHRISTINE – All In SP (Aug-23)
(D) 13. WALDEN – Daydreams SP (Sep-23)
(D) 14. DOLLHOUSE THIEVES – Take Me Down SP (Aug-23)
(D) 14. ego n friends – IBIZA (That’s Ok) SP (Sep-23)
(D) 14. ego n friends – ZUKO (feat. Thinh Can) SP (Mar-23)
(D) 14. LADY LOS – Honey Do SP (Nov-22)
(D) 14. LADY LOS – HOTBOX (feat. Nelo) SP (Aug-23)
(D) 14. *WILDERMISS – Identify It! SP (Jul-23)

TOP 20 DEC ’22-OCT ’23

(3) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (May-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(1) 3. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Feb-23)
(4) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(5) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(6) 6. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(7) 7. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(9) 7. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(8) 8. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(10) 9. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(13) 10. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round/What If I SP (May-23)
(11) 11. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(12) 12. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(18) 13. DRAGONDEER – Across the Waves LP (Jun-23) **
(14) 13.  JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(15) 14. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(16) 15. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(19) 16. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(17) 17. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(D) 17. IZCALLI – One Last Time SP (Feb-23)

TOP 20 SINGLES DEC ’22-OCT ’23

  1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS – Buy My Round/What If I SP (May-23)
  2. IZCALLI – One Last Time SP (Feb-23)
  3. BROTHERS KEEPER – He Left You feat. John Popper SP (23-Jan)
  4. OKO TYGRA – West Coast (is burning) SP (22-Oct)
  5. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – All the Lights SP (23-Mar)
  6. ANGELA HEART – Red SP (23-Jun)
  7. 2MX2 – Arriba y Abajo SP (23-Jun)
  8. *WILDERMISS – W.I.F.I. SP (22-Aug)
  9. OKO TYGRA – Better Without You SP (22-Nov)
  10. N3PTUNE & RUSTY STEVE – Shadow SP (23-Jun)
  11. PLUTINOS – Last to Know SP (22-Nov)
  12. *WILDERMISS – Gettin’ Old Rock & Roll SP (23-Jul)
  13. THE DESERT FURS – Existing Just for Fun SP (23-Feb)
  14. 2MX2 – El Desmadre SP (23-Feb)
  15. CONRAD MATA – Hog SP (22-Nov)
  16. DANNO SIMPSON – Pills and Motorhead SP (22-Dec)
  17. HOLDFAST – Everything Wrong SP (23-Jan)
  18. LOLITA – Chi-chi Suelta SP (22-Dec)
  19. ADRIENNE O – You Don’t Want My Love SP (Nov-22)
  20. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – About Love SP (Aug-23)**

CP S17 EP39 2023

Monarch Lake Milky Way courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

MONDAY OCTOBER 30 2023 – WOW .. OK Mr Winter! Thanks for reminding us that you’re still here (for those who like you and those who don’t). Of course, I spent my weekend huddled up with plenty of new releases to fill the show for the next several weeks. In the meantime, check out the updated Colorado 2023 on Spotify.

On the subject of new releases – last year about this time, I became acquainted with Emily Scott Robinson, whose album “American Siren” on John Prine’s (RIP) Oh-Boy Records became the Colorado Playlist Americana Album of the Year.

This year’s end of year Americana surprise comes from Jobi Riccio, who grew up in Morrison and who’s new album, “Whiplash,” is out on esteemed indie label, Yep Roc. Let me know what you think of the new single, below.

Join me for a special night as I receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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The Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) is a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

CP S17 EP39 PLAYLIST

HOUR 1
Rare Silk – Red Clay – New Weave (1983)
(N) Britt Devens – Here I Go Again – Here I Go Again (2023)
Jackson Emmer – 90s Tacoma (2022)
The Still Tide – Keep It – Between Skies (2020)
Cody Qualls – Colorado – Cody Qualls (2023)
Bud Bronson & The Good Timers – End Of Our Lives – Between the Outfield and Outer Space (2018)
OneRepublic – Mercy – Waking Up (2009)
Sugar Nova – Tiny Helicopters – Halogen (2023)
(D) *Jobi Riccio – Sweet – Whiplash (2023)
Eldren – Still Want More (radio edit) – Miss Information Aged (2018)
Stay Tuned – Feeling Right (2023)
Keith Oxman – Brothers, Michael and Jean-Marc – East of the Village (2017)

HOUR 2
Earth, Wind & Fire – Africano – That’s The Way of the World (1975)
(D) Kevin Dooley – Brother Wind – Band o’ Gypsys (2023)
Everybody Loves an Outlaw – Still Waiting (2022)
Cary Morin – Jamie Rae – Dockside Saints (2020)
Rebecca Folsom – Sanctuary – Sanctuary (2023)
Sherri Jackson – Liberation – Moments In Denial (1995)
DeVotchKa – I Cried Like a Silly Boy – Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
Roger Green – Enter As You Leave – Enter As You Leave (2023)
(D) Tejon Street Corner Thieves – You Rascal You (2023)
Porlolo – I QUIT (2019)
iZCalli – One Last Time – Rebirth (2022)
The Motet – Back Seat – All Day (2023)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles are available)

#COMUSIC WK OCT 22-29 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered CHART
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
* = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. 
** = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

(R) 1. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(2) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(3) 3. *STRAWBERRY RUNNERS – Strawberry Runners LP (Aug-23)
(R) 4. ANGELA HEART – Red SP (Jun-23)
(D) 4. LOLITA – Fresa SP (Oct-23)

CP S17 EP38 2023

Palisade vineyards courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

MONDAY OCT 23, 2023 – We’re a week away from the end of the month and as you might expect, Gregory Alan Isakov and Kiltro are still on top of the leader board for October, with Dragondeer** and former Colorado based *Strawberry Runners chasing the leaders. Former Colorado based *Wildermiss leads this week with their latest single Gettin’ Old Rock & Roll.

This weeks MMMM (Monday Morning Music Meeting) includes a track from the Birds of Play who have been crushing the airwaves in a handful of mountain stations, that I just got around to debuting on the show. Let us know what you think below.

A reminder. If you want to listen to the show on demand go to the station pages where the show is aired and check to see if a) they stream and b) if they have a two week archive section like what 105.5 The Colorado Sound and others have.

Join me for a special night as I receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

www.starrsguitars.com

The Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) is a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
(D) Birds of Play – Breathe – Birdsongs of the American West (2023)
Dragondeer – Stay High (2020/2023)
Little Trips – Overtime – Little Trips 2023 (2023)
Esmé Patterson – My Young Man – All Princes, I (2012)
Megan Burtt – In A Minute – The Bargain (2015)
Last Call Romance – Yellow and Green – Double Funeral, Vol. 2 (2023)
(D) Lewis Turner – Escape – Of Fibre and Fixes (2023)
Wellington Bullings – Because I Want To (2020)
Gasoline Lollipops – Devil’s In the Ace – Nightmares (2022)
Big Brooklyn – Send It To Me – Everyone Everywhere (2022)

Harry Tuft – Harvest Song – Across the Blue Mountains (1976)
Hot Rize – Nellie Kane – Hot Rize (1979)
(D) Hunter Stone – Drink, Dance, Pray (2023)
Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds – Moon Rock – Moon Rock (2022)
Andy Frasco – Keep On Keeping On (2020)
Angela Heart – Red (2023)
Zephyr – I’m Not Surprised – Sunset Ride REMASTERED (1970/2021)
Five Iron Frenzy – Battle Dancing Unicorns with Glitter – Engine of a Million Plots (2013)
Julian Fulco Perron – About Love (2023)
(D) Lolita – Fresa (2023)
Maddy O’Neal x CloZee – Zest Please (2021)
Oko Tygra – Better Without You (2023)
Gabriel Mervine – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free – GM5 (2023)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles avail)

#COMUSIC TOP SPINS WK 10/15-21 2023

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in CHART
(R) Re-entered CHART
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
* = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. 
** = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

(D) 1. *WILDERMISS – Gettin’ Old Rock & Roll SP (Jul-23)
(3) 2. CRLO – Call Me When Your Heart Remembers EP (Sep-23)
(2) 2. JENNY SHAWHAN – You Got the Magic LP (Aug-23)
(R) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(3) 3. RO$$A¥ – Messenger Who Shot Back LP (Jul-23)
(2) 3. *STRAWBERRY RUNNERS – Strawberry Runners LP (Aug-23)