Tag: #IndependentMusic

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This time next month, we’ll be into the 17th Annual Colorado Playlist Fan and Listener Poll, where you’ll help determine Some of the Best of the Colorado Playlist for 2026. Review 2025. And remember also to visit the Colorado Playlist on Spotify and YouTube to revisit what I’ve been featuring.

ABOUT THE #COMUSIC TOP 30 & HOT SPINS

The #COMUSIC TOP 30 and weekly HOT SPINS track Colorado music aired specifically on Colorado non-commercial radio. Other charts include terrestrial and streaming activity outside the state; this is the only chart focused exclusively on in-state radio airplay.

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HOW IT WORKS

Every week, I survey airplay from seventeen Colorado community, public and college radio stations, including Colorado Playlist spins. Monthly charts cover the first full survey week ending on Saturday through the final Saturday of the month, with titles tracked for twelve months beginning with the release of the first single from an album or EP.

The charts reflect what those seventeen Colorado stations actually play. That means some genres are represented more heavily than others: Americana, indie and roots music generally receive considerably more non-commercial airplay than metal or rap, while EDM receives limited but growing exposure.

The #COMUSIC TOP 30 and HOT SPINS reflect measurable Colorado radio airplay — nothing more, nothing less.

KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KLZR, KOTO, KSJD, KSUT, KRFC, KRZA, KUVO, KVCU, and KVNF are surveyed via Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay on over three hundred stations and programs around the country.

Indie 102.3 and 105.5 The Colorado Sound data is pulled from their websites, or emailed to me each week.

LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(D) = debut of SP (single), EP or LP release in the TOP 30
(R) = return to the TOP 30 of SP, EP or LP release

Your SUPPORT is ESSENTIAL.

The Colorado Playlist has been my passion for 20 years. Now retired, the monthly costs of producing the show stretch my limited retirement income — but I’d like to keep it going for another couple of years.

The show airs statewide on 11 primary stations across 30 FM/LPFM frequencies and is provided at no cost to Colorado community radio stations.

If you’d like to help keep it going, your support is sincerely appreciated. Donations via Venmo at chrisk-2 are preferred, or use the form below. Thank you — sincerely. – chrisk

Interested in getting your business heard across 30 FM frequencies and other Colorado Playlist assets? Email chriskmusic@gmail.com.

#COMUSIC TOP 30 – SEPT 27-OCT 31 2026

(D) 1. THE BURROUGHS – Apocalypteque LP Jul-26 Spotify/YouTube
(11) 2. STRANGE AMERICANS – Medium Rare LP Aug-26 Spotify/YouTube
(8) 3. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Let Love Be Enough EP Aug-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 4. VARIOUS – DENVER, INTERNATIONAL: DISC 2 — ARRIVALS LP Jul-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 5. CHEROKEE SOCIAL – Maya SP Sep-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 6. MODERN LEISURE – Tied in a Knot / You Can Count On Me SP Jul-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 7. SUNSTONEY – Everything Is Fleeting LP May-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 8. BIG DOPES – Jerry Ever After EP May-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 8. SERA CAHOONE – I’ve Missed You All These Years LP May-26 Spotify/YouTube
(6) 9. BONNIE PAINE – Unseen LP Mar-26 Spotify / YouTube
(D) 9. BRINK – Young and Bored EP Feb-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 9. VANNA BLUE – JoyCry EP Nov-25 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 10. AUDREY RIGGS – The Dog that Bites SP Jul-26 Spotify/YouTube
(R) 11. DEAD PIONEERS – Wagon Burner LP Feb-26 Spotify/YouTube
(13) 11. SWEET JESSUP AND THE DIRTY BUCKETS – Bottle of Fools LP May-26 Spotify/YouTube
(6) 12. A.J. FULLERTON – Baretone LP Jul-26 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 12. CHANTIL DUKART – Chantil Dukart & the Dukes of Art LP Jun-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 13. MYND READER – Sunday Drive EP Aug-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 14. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Homesick (songs for younger me) EP Sep-26 Spotify/YouTube
(2) 15. EDISON – Your Ghost EP Apr-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 16. LAUREN FRIHAUF – Gotta Give It To Ya SP Aug-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 17. ANTONIO LOPEZ – Turn off the WiFi LP Apr-26 Spotify/YouTube
(14) 18. 2MX2 – Si Se Puede LP May-26 Spotify/YouTube
(10) 18. GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS – Way Back Home SP May-26 Spotify / YouTube
(R) 19. BIG RICHARD – Pet LP Nov-25 Spotify/YouTube
(R) 19. CROOKED RUGS – The Crooked Rugs LP Jan-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 20. ELISE WUNDER – Sunflowers / Every Day / Different Kind of Lover SP May-26 Spotify/YouTube
(R) 20. REVEREND FREAKCHILD – Blues & Spirituals / Hymn Hustler LP May-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 21. LOUNGE DRUGS – Rats & Cats LP Aug-26 Spotify/YouTube
(D) 21. MATT SMILEY – Forever LP May-26 Spotify/YouTube

88.9 KRFC
(D) 1. ANTONIO LOPEZ – Turn off the WiFi LP
(3) 2. A.J. FULLERTON – Baretone LP
(D) 2. ELISE WUNDER – Sunflowers / Every Day / Different Kind of Lover SP
(D) 3. LAUREN FRIHAUF – Gotta Give It To Ya SP
(D) 4. LOUNGE DRUGS – Rats & Cats LP
(3) 5. CARY MORIN – Pocket of Time LP
(D) 6. THE BURROUGHS – Apocalypteque LP
(1) 7. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Let Love Be Enough EP

INDIE 102.3
(D) 1. HEAVY DIAMOND RING – Let Love Be Enough EP
(D) 2. THE BURROUGHS – Apocalypteque LP
(D) 3. SUNSTONEY – Everything Is Fleeting LP
(D) 4. BIG DOPES – Jerry Ever After EP
(D) 4. BRINK – Young and Bored EP
(D) 4. VANNA BLUE – JoyCry EP
(D) 5. AUDREY RIGGS – The Dog that Bites SP
(D) 5. CHEROKEE SOCIAL – Maya / Which Witch SP

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND
(D) 1. SERA CAHOONE – I’ve Missed You All These Years LP
(D) 2. ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. – Homesick (songs for younger me) EP
(R) 2. DEAD PIONEERS – Wagon Burner LP
(1) 3. CARLOS & THE CREW – Follow Me to My Garden EP
(2) 3. DOOM SCROLL – The Ravine SP
(2) 4. WAXPOOL – Caught Up SP
(D) 5. BONNIE PAINE – Unseen LP
(R) 5. FANCY BITS – Fancy Bits EP

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. TRULY APPRECIATED