Category: Charts

CP S17 EP13 2023

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MONDAY APRIL 03 2023 – As I sat down to put this week’s post together, I got word that the new Leftover Salmon album will drop in May. There’s already a single out that I’ll get to in next week’s show. That’s on top of Leftover Salmon cofounder, “uncle” Vince Herman‘s, debut solo effort that moved up two spots to #6 in the running 2023 TOP 20.

If you’re hoping for a new Big Head Todd & the Monsters release before their Colorado Music Hall of Fame induction, dream on. Band keyboardist, Jeremy Lawton, informed me that “…we are doing a “maybe” on July. Doing a big 7-8 week thing with Blues Traveler so we are going to try to have something for that.” So, July…

You may also notice an asterisk (*) in front of *The Wood Brothers. As I mentioned in the MARCH / 2023 TOP 20 spins report this weekend, *The Wood Brothers are not, specifically speaking, a locally based band. The asterisk (*) denotes Colorado expat musicians who were born and/or raised here, or got started here (or for some other compelling reason) and are still considered part of #COMUSIC.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WEEK ENDING 4/01/23

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 and agents to track airplay.

(3) 1. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(1) 2. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 3. KIND HEARTED STRANGERS – Now.Here LP (Mar-23) **
(D) 4. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(D) 5. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
(D) 5. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – All the Lights SINGLE (Mar-23)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

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I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as 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.

(D) = debut of a single, ep or lp on the show
(N) = new track from previous (D) ep or lp

Dianne Reeves – Afro Blue – I Remember (1991)
(D) Deva Yoder – Resting From Their Labors – Be Well (2023)

Alysia Kraft – Cold Mountain – First Light (2022)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Losers – Saints & Sinners (2010)
Brothers Keeper – He Left You feat. John Popper (2023)
Acoustic Junction – Goodbye World – Strange Days (2000)
Flobots = Me & You (Happy 2gether) (2021)
Jeremy Facknitz – There’s No Going Home Again (Feat. Serenity Holloway) – Smilin’ At the Future (2023)
(D) Julian Fulco Perron – All the Lights (2023)

Great American Taxi – Dr Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show – Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show (2016)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Love Don’t – The Future (2022)
Bill Frisell – Rebel Rouser – Guitar in the Space Age (2014)

Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way – Rocky Mountain Way (1975)
(N) Sugar Nova – Touch Me, I’m Going to Scream, Pt. II – Halogen (2023)

Elektric Animals – Come Clean – Channels EP (2022)
A.J. Fullerton – She’s So Cold – Kalamath (2017)
Adrienne O – You Don’t Want My Love (2023)
The Mercury Project – Refuge – Soapbox Jive (2004)
Cary Morin – Jamie Rae – Dockside Saints (2020)
Cody Qualls – Colorado (Save A Place for Us) – Cody Qualls & New Ancients (2023)
(N) Kind Hearted Strangers – In the Blue – Now.here (2023) **

Gabrielle Louise – If The Static Clears – If The Static Clears (2016)
The Infamous Stringdusters – Down From the Mountain – Toward the Fray (2022)
Adam Bodine – Surface Service – Scenes of Changery (2021)

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#COMUSIC TOP 20 MARCH + 2023

April 01, 2023 – Once again you rocked the site! More of you visited more pages in March 2023 than in any March since 2015. Much love!

Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations, which includes spins on the Colorado playlist.

The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a Saturday (Feb 26-March 04) through the last week ending with a Saturday (March 19-25).  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.

Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page.

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 and agents to track airplay.

You can almost always expect a nationally known band to debut (D) high up on the charts .. for MARCH that’s *the Wood Brothers.

*The Wood Brothers are not, specifically speaking, a locally based band. The Boulder raised Chris and Oliver Wood, aka *The Wood Brothers, are in the #COMUSIC conversation in much the same way as *Shovels and Rope, one-half of which is Denver raised Michael Trent. Chris, Oliver and Michael all grew up here, but moved after high school to pursue music full time elsewhere. Hence the * in front of their names.

I include Colorado expats living elsewhere in my tracking, 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. So the new *The Wood Brothers get counted in my tracking along with Leftover Salmon cofounder and Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee, *Vince Herman, who now lives in Nashville. His solo debut, Enjoy the Ride, gets counted as part of #COMUSIC.

TOP 20 MARCH 2023

(D) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. DANI JAY – Nice 2 Meet Me EP (Dec-22)
(D) 2. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(–) 3. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
(D) 4. ROBOT TENNIS CLUB – If These Walls Could Talk, You Wouldn’t Listen LP (Jan-23)
(D) 5. LU LAGOON – When Birds Fly West LP (Apr-23)
(11) 6. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(D) 7. AUTUMNAL – Girl At A Party SINGLE (Dec-22)
(D) 7. EVA ROSE KING – Over Chicago SINGLE (Feb-23)
(18) 8. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22)
(D) 9. DEVYN RAE – Ghost SINGLE (Dec-22)
(D) 10. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(D) 11. VIRGI DART – Te Vi y No Me Mori SINGLE (Nov-22)
(D) 12. HALEY HARKIN – To Heal Her Too LP (Jan-23)
(8) 12. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(D) 13. LOKANA – Forever Blue SINGLE (Nov-22)
(D) 13. MIRANDA FLING – Call You SINGLE (Dec-22)
(15) 13. WILDERMISS –W.I.F.I. SINGLE (Aug-22)
(–) 14. JOHNNY & THE MONGRELS – Magnolia and Pine LP (Dec-22)
(D) 14. REBECCA FOLSOM – Sanctuary LP (Mar-23)
(D) 14. THE DESERT FURS – Existing Just for Fun SINGLE (Feb-23)

TOP 20 2023 (Dec-March)

(1) 1. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(2) 2. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(4) 3. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(3) 4. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(5) 5. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(8) 6. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(15) 7. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22)
(–) 7. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
(6) 8. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
(7) 9. MIKE CLARK & THE SUGAR SOUNDS – Moon Rock LP (Mar-22)
(10) 10. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
(14) 11. WILDERMISS –W.I.F.I. SINGLE (Aug-22)
(9) 12. TENNIS – Pollen LP (Jan-23)
(11) 13. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
(D) 14. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(12) 15. IZCALLI – Rebirth LP (Jul-22)
(D) 15. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(-) 16. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(D) 17. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(16) 18. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Nightmares LP (Oct-22)

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CP S17 EP12 2023

Photo courtesy of Claire Mannato / clearvistasphotography.com

Monday, March 27, 2023 – I almost never lead off with a new video before it airs on the show. In fact, I can’t recall the last time I did.

I got back to the office last Wednesday from a week in Death Valley and Las Vegas to find a submission from the industrial-psych duo, the Drood, made up of Nathan Jamiel and Daniel Watts. Every once in a while something just pops up and demands that I engage. This is one of those times. I’ll let the video speak for itself. Thumbs up for one of the best (so far) for 2023. Let me know what you think.

#COMUSIC TOP FIVE WEEK ENDING 3/25

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 and agents to track airplay.

(1) 1. THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. EVA ROSE KING – Over Chicago SINGLE (Feb-23)
(2) 3. DANI JAY – Nice 2 Meet Me EP (Dec-22)
(R) 3. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(3) 4. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

www.starrsguitars.com

I designed the Monday Morning Music Meeting (MMMM) as 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.

Steely Dan – Bodhisattva – Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)
Chicago – Old Days – Chicago VIII (1975)
(D) Eva Rose King – Over Chicago (2023)

Heavy Diamond Ring – Already Gone – The Brightest Light EP (2021)
Everybody Loves An Outlaw – Play Down & Dirty – Takin’ You Down EP (2023)
The String Cheese Incident – Rosie – Song In My Head (2014)
Drag The River – Wichita Skyline – Drag The River (2013)
Julian Fulco Perron – Not So Fast – In My Garden (2023)
(D) White Rose Motor Oil – Trouble or Nothing (2023)

Dressy Bessy – Automatic – Holler and Stomp (2008)
Violet Pilot – The Eyes Don’t Lie – Glad We Found You (2022)
Jeff Jenkins Organization – Braking Bad – The Arrival (2015)

Chuck Pyle – Over the San Luis – Higher Ground…songs of colorado (2007)
(D) Buffalo Commons – Patterns – Patterns (2022)

The Patti Fiasco – Saved By Rock And Roll – Saved By Rock And Roll (2016)
Mad Radio – Super Girl – Mad Radio EP (2022)
Oko Tygra – Better Without You (2023)
The Czars – Killjoy – The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People (2001)
Flobots – The Rose And The Thistle – The Circle In The Square (2012)
Jacob Larson Band – Totally Legal – Totally Legal (2023)
(D) Teresa Suydam – Monsters Buried Deep (2023)
The Still Tide – High Wire – Run Out (2017)
Ryan Dart – These Days – Edge of the Wild (2022)
Brad Goode – Tight Like This – Tight Like This (2010)

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