Wednesday, April 20, 2016

CMJ ISSUE 1437 WEEK 16 COLLEGE RADIO RECAP

Well I was not expecting this thats for sure. I thought we would see a one and done with Andrew Bird this week but he not only held strong in the #1 spot on the charts his lead grew from 57% of stations to 61% of stations!  This of course leads to the most exciting outcome if you enjoy watching what is going on at the top of the charts like I do.  

Parquet courts does move to #2 from #5 while last weeks #1 most added M83 jumps all the way to #6. This does remind me a lot of last year at this very same time.  Lets take a look back.


It all started with a big record, Modest Mouse going for adds and taking the #1 spot pretty easily but... not destroying it like we thought they might.

1137MODEST MOUSEStrangers To OurselvesEpic
297COURTNEY BARNETTSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom And Pop


A few weeks later we had this : 

11217DAN DEACONGliss RifferDomino
299423COURTNEY BARNETTSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom And Pop
353539MODEST MOUSEStrangers To OurselvesEpic
43439PURITY RINGAnother Eternity4AD
532-52SUFJAN STEVENSCarrie And LowellAsthmatic Kitty
I thought for sure at this time that Modest Mouse would jump into the #1 spot the next week and easily ride it out for a few weeks. 

The next week though Courtney Barnett took the #1 spot and stayed there for 4 weeks 

TWLW2WPKWKSArtistRecordingLabel
12914COURTNEY BARNETTSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom And Pop
235210MODEST MOUSEStrangers To OurselvesEpic
353233SUFJAN STEVENSCarrie And LowellAsthmatic Kitty
41118DAN DEACONGliss RifferDomino
5117258DEATH CAB FOR CUTIEKintsugiAtlantic

Week 2
11215COURTNEY BARNETTSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom And Pop
223211MODEST MOUSEStrangers To OurselvesEpic
33534SUFJAN STEVENSCarrie And LowellAsthmatic Kitty
461044CHASTITY BELTTime To Go HomeHardly Art
5912453TORO Y MOIWhat For?Carpark

week 3

TWLW2WPKWKSArtistRecordingLabel
11116COURTNEY BARNETTSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom And Pop
222212MODEST MOUSEStrangers To OurselvesEpic
33335SUFJAN STEVENSCarrie And LowellAsthmatic Kitty
461044WAXAHATCHEEIvy TrippMerge
55954TORO Y MOIWhat For?Carpark

week 4

TWLW2WPKWKSArtistRecordingLabel
11117COURTNEY BARNETTSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom And Pop
24625WAXAHATCHEEIvy TrippMerge
334-32ALABAMA SHAKESSound And ColorATO
43336SUFJAN STEVENSCarrie And LowellAsthmatic Kitty
55555TORO Y MOIWhat For?Carpark

And the week after

133413ALABAMA SHAKESSound And ColorATO
21118COURTNEY BARNETTSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just SitMom And Pop
32426WAXAHATCHEEIvy TrippMerge
491243MIKAL CRONINMCIIIMerge
55556TORO Y MOIWhat For?Carpark

Timing is really everything sometimes. Looking back at last year Courtney Barnett blocked Modest Mouse and because Modest Mouse was pushing for #1 that had an impact on Sufjan Stevens, Waxahatchee, perhaps even Toro Y Moi. All of those record could of been #1 records at different times of the year. 

So back to this week 

TWLW2WPKWKSArtistRecordingLabel
11514ANDREW BIRDAre You SeriousLoma Vista
2513123PARQUET COURTSHuman PerformanceRough Trade
32724TACOCATLost TimeHardly Art
43436IGGY POPPost Pop DepressionConcord-Loma Vista
588553YEASAYERAmen And GoodbyeMute
6158-62M83JunkMute
2 weeks at #1 so far for Andrew Bird ( and growing this past week ) Can they stay there another week. It really does throw a lot of plans into chaos.  This should of been the week for Tacocat if they were going to do it and for a while it did look close but Parquet Courts had more Core to put them on top. Do you give up if you are Tacocat?  I think its going to come down to M83 vs Parquet Courts over the next few weeks. The question is who will be this years Modest Mouse? 

ADDs this week were kind of interesting in that almost all 20 records on the ADDS list got at least 20 adds. Thats pretty good. The top 2 records each got over 100 adds each but I doubt either of them really challenge for #1 

1106FRIGHTENED RABBITPainting Of A Panic AttackCanvasback
2104COATHANGERSNosebleed WeekendSuicide Squeeze
It is interesting to note that last year week 16 was the 2nd  peak week in terms of reporters for the spring. The first peak comes early on around week 6 or 7 right before all the spring breaks. In March we get a big downturn and then it slowly works its way back up to this week. Then we start to lose stations to final exams, graduation, summer hours.  Thats why it can be a little tricky on the charts because some supporters are going away and others are harder to get in touch. 

Well thank you for reading. If you want to talk lets do it on twitter. 



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