Indie 102.3 – Page 2 – Chris K's Colorado Playlist

#COMUSIC TOP 30 JUNE 2024

Every week I survey more than a dozen Colorado community/public and college stations, including Colorado Playlist spins on respective stations. The weekly survey period runs from midnight Sunday through the following Saturday.

The monthly survey period runs from the first week ending with a Saturday through the last week ending with a Saturday. Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page.

Titles are tracked from the date of release of the first single from an LP/EP, for twelve months. Example: DOR = DEC 2022. I stopped tracking it in NOV 2023 (twelve months).

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

LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = No longer lives in Colorado, but counted as long as they 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

SURVEY PERIOD –JUNE 01-29 2024

Approximately 97 titles were aired at least one time on one station somewhere in Colorado in June. You’re most likely to hear Colorado music on one of three stations along the Northern Front Range: Indie 102.3, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and 88.9 KRFC. Their HOT SPINS are listed below.

(1) 1. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
(D) 2. BRITT DEVENS – Here I Go Again LP (Jul-23)
(D) 3. LADY GANG – Brave Traveler LP (May-24)
(D) 4. BRIANNA STRAUT – La Mano Pt II LP (Feb-24)
(D) 5. MACHU LINEA – INVASION LP (Feb-24)
(D) 5. SAM BOSCH – Skinny Dipping in the Baptismal Fountain LP (Apr-24)
(D) 5. SOPHIA ELIANA – Pears & Honey LP (Feb-24)
(D) 6. YUGS – Mona SP (May-24)
(D) 7. DOGTAGS – Sumn Bout Roses SP (Feb-24)
(D) 8. CHASE CAVANAUGH – Cemeteries at Sundown SP (Apr-24)
(9) 9. A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
(D) 9. DESPAIR JORDAN – Fire and the Ocean Floor SP (Mar-24)
(16) 10. MAMA LENNY & THE REMEDY – Everybody Wants Some SP (May-24)
(10) 11. BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS – Her Way Out LP (Nov-23)
(D) 12. ANDY SYDOW – Follow the Rain Down SP (Jun-24)
(D) 12. VALDEZ – Hide & Seek SP (May-24)
(D) 13. GRACE DEVINE – Faded Film SP (Jan-24)
(D) 13. GRACE DEVINE – Florida Woman SP (Apr-24)
(D) 13. MR. KNOBS – Forgive Me SP (Feb-24)
(D) 14. MR. KNOBS – Buttercup (Steve Lamos Remix) SP Aug-23
(D) 15. MEGAN BURTT – Electricity SP (May-24)
(11) 16. CARY MORIN – Innocent Allies LP (Oct-23)
(D) 16. EARL NELSON & THE COMPANY – Drinkin’ Muddy Water EP (Mar-24)
(D) 16. THOM LAFOND – Lawless LP (Feb-24)
(D) 17. DRESSY BESSY – Teenage FBI SP (Apr-24)
(R) 18. ED MOZINGO – Ground Score EP (Sep-23)
(D) 19. ERIC GOLDEN – Heartache In My Chest SP (May-24)
(R) 20. THE MOTET – Natural Light SP (Aug-23)
(18) 21. CASS CLAYTON – Midnight In A Bottle LP (May-24)
(D) 22. BIG DOPES – Moon Car SP (Apr-24)
(D) 22. JAKE LEG – Fire on the Prairie LP (Apr-24)

88.9 KRFC JUNE 38 TITLES TRACKED

CASS CLAYTON – Midnight In A Bottle LP (May-24)
BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS – Her Way Out LP (Nov-23)
MIKE FINDERS AND SPIDERCAT – Breaking Like A New Day LP (Jun-24)
WOOD BELLY – Cicada LP (Jul-23)
THE HIGH HAWKS – Mother Nature’s Show LP (Jan-24)
JACK HADLEY – The St. Louis Sessions, Vol. II LP (Mar-24)

INDIE 102.3 JUNE – 14 TITLES TRACKED

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
LADY GANG – Brave Traveler LP (May-24)
BRIANNA STRAUT – La Mano Pt II LP (Feb-24)
BRITT DEVENS – Here I Go Again LP (Jul-23)
MACHU LINEA – INVASION LP (Feb-24)
SAM BOSCH – Skinny Dipping in the Baptismal Fountain LP (Apr-24)
SOPHIA ELIANA – Pears & Honey LP (Feb-24)

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND -27 TITLES TRACKED

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP (Apr-24)
VALDEZ – Hide & Seek SP (May-24)
A.J. FULLERTON – Closer LP (Mar-24)
BIG DOPES – Moon Car SP (Apr-24)
BEAR & THE BEASTS – Bones SP (Apr-24)
CORSICANA – Kept LP (Oct-23)
COVENHOVEN – Staring at the Sun SP (Nov-23)

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#COMUSIC TOP 20 APRIL+ 2023

MAY 01, 2023 – WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW! You blew the roof off this sucker! You set an ALL TIME thirteen year high for views and visits for APRIL, by a HUGE margin. Thank you. 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 Sunday, through the last week ending with a Sunday. 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 place high up on the charts.

*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 also 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 AIRPLAY APRIL 2023

(D) – debuts in the TOP 20
(R) – reentered TOP 20

(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(D) 3. WHITE ROSE MOTOR OIL – The Gift of Poison EP (Mar-23)
(D) 4. THE SAVAGE BLUSH – Ether Dome LP (Mar-23)
(D) 5. SAUCE.K – Ease the Pain SINGLE (Nov-22)
(R) 6. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(10) 7. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(2) 8. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(6) 8. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(R) 9. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(R) 9. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(14) 10. REBECCA FOLSOM – Sanctuary LP (Mar-23)
(D) 11. KIND HEARTED STRANGERS – Now.Here LP (Mar-23) **
(D) 12. TAYLOR SHAE – Small Town America SINGLE (Mar-23)
(D) 12. THE BURROUGHS – Found My Groove SINGLE (Apr-23)
(D) 13. SPLIFF TANK – Got Snakes SINGLE (Mar-23)
(D) 13. SPLIFF TANK – Lie SINGLE (May-22)
(D) 14. THE LOSERS CLUB – Going Nowhere SINGLE (Feb-23)
(D) 15. MYSTEE – Hard Candy SINGLE (Feb-23)
(D) 15. THE LOSERS CLUB – Kevin? SINGLE (Mar-23)

TOP 20 AIRPLAY 2023 (DEC ’22-APRIL)

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

** serviced to media by Rocky Mountain Music Network LLC

#COMUSIC – TOP 30 AUGUST 2022

from the top of Old Fall River Rd – Rocky Mountain National Park – AUG 2022

SEPT 01, 2022 – Thanks for the best month of views for an August since 2014! At the bottom of the AUG TOP 30 you’ll find TOP “10” charts for 88.9 KRFC Fort Collins, Indie 102.3, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and eleven other stations around the state that report to Spinitron.

Spin data is pulled weekly on Sundays and may overlap from previous month. Monthly spin data is compiled on the last day of the month.

Seventeen debuts (D) for the month.
Ten titles stayed from previous month
Three titles re-entered (R ) the TOP 30.

Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3 and eleven stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, designed to benefit non-commercial community/public and college radio stations and offering advanced search functions for artists and agents.

(2) 1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
(3) 2. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS – The Future LP (Nov-21)
D 3. A PLACE FOR OWLS – A Place for Owls LP (Aug-22)
D 3. THE PATIENT ZEROS – Slow Motion Sickness LP (Jul-22)
D 4. KNUCKLE PUPS – TV Ready LP (Jul-22)
(10) 5. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
D 5. ISADORA EDEN – Covers EP (Jul-22)
D 6. SUPER BUMMER – The Futuresick EP (Apr-22)
D 7. EDWINA MABEN – Go Tell Yesterday SINGLE (Mar-22)
(5) 8. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
D 9. JOSHUA DAY – Nauseous SINGLE (Jun-22)
(7) 10. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22)
(13) 11. LETTUCE – Unify LP (Jun-22)
D 11. MUNLY & THE LUPERCALIANS – Kinnery of Lupercalia; Undelivered Legion LP (May-22)
(4) 12. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – Stress Dreams LP (Jan-22)
D 13. HELLO, MOUNTAIN – Everything In Between SINGLE (Feb-22)
(12) 14. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
D 14. PEOPLE LIKE ME – Stay Together for the Dog SINGLE (May-22)
D 15. KING CARDINAL – In Tall Buildings SINGLE (Jun-22)
D 16. CASS CLAYTON – We’re All Going Down SINGLE (Jun-22)
R 17. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
D 18. ADIEL MITCHELL – Pink Lemonade LP (Jun-22)
D 18. JEFF FINLIN – Soul On the Line LP (Jun-22)
D 18. SUGAR BRITCHES – No One Cares That It’s Your Birthday LP (Jul-22)
(12) 19. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
(11) 19. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Get Yourself Outside LP (Feb-22)
R 20. BIG RICHARD BAND – Walls of Time SINGLE (Mar-22)
R 20. NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – Dirt Does Dylan LP (May-22)
D 21. RAGGED UNION – Somebody Call the Doctor SINGLE (Aug-22)
D 21. WOOD BELLY – Great Big Skies LP (Jun-22)

88.9 KRFC AUGUST TOP 10
D 1. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(2) 2. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22)
D 3. SUGAR BRITCHES – No One Cares That It’s Your Birthday LP (Jul-22)
(3) 4. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – The Future LP (Nov-21)
(5) 5. BLUES CIRCUS – Old-Time Blues Revue LP (Jul-22)
(1) 5. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)
(3) 6. MOJOMAMA – We Are One LP (Jun-22)
(4) 6. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Get Yourself Outside LP (Feb-22)
(7) 7. NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – Dirt Does Dylan LP (May-22)
(6) 8. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)

INDIE 102.3 AUGUST TOP 10
(2) 1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
D 2. A PLACE FOR OWLS – A Place for Owls LP (Aug-22)
D 3. KNUCKLE PUPS – TV Ready LP (Jul-22)
D 4. ISADORA EDEN – Covers EP (Jul-22)
D 4. THE PATIENT ZEROS – Slow Motion Sickness LP (Jul-22)
D 5. SUPER BUMMER – The Futuresick EP (Apr-22)
D 6. EDWINA MABEN – Go Tell Yesterday SINGLE (Mar-22)
D . JOSHUA DAY – Nauseous SINGLE (Jun-22)
(3) 7. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – The Future LP (Nov-21)
D 8. MUNLY & THE LUPERCALIANS – Kinnery of Lupercalia; Undelivered Legion LP (May-22)

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND AUGUST TOP 10
(2) 1. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
(1) 2. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – Stress Dreams LP (Jan-22)
(3) 3. TRASH CAT – The Tide LP (Dec-21)
(3) 4. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(4) 4. THE CROOKED RUGS – That! LP (Nov-21)
(4) 5. BLAKK MANTRA – A Song of the West SINGLE (Jun-22)
(4) 5. BROTHERS OF BRASS – Egress SINGLE (Mar-22)
R 5. JAGUAR STEVENS – Jaguar Stevens LP (Sep-21)
R 5. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – The Future LP (Nov-21)
(4) 6. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22)

KAFM, KBUT, KCSU, KDNK, KDUR, KFFR, KOTO, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KVNF – AUGUST TOP 10
(5) 1. LETTUCE – Unify LP (Jun-22)
(4) 2. THE CRAGS – Watch for the Sun LP (Jul-22)
(2) 3. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
R 4. BIG RICHARD BAND – Walls of Time SINGLE (Mar-22)
(5) 4. NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – Dirt Does Dylan LP (May-22)
D 5. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Never Going Back Again EP (Jul-22)
R 5. THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – Toward the Fray LP (Jan-22)
(7) 5. YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Get Yourself Outside LP (Feb-22)
R 6. GREENSKY BLUEGRASS – Stress Dreams LP (Jan-22)
D 6. RAGGED UNION – Round Feet, Chrome Smile LP (Aug-22)