COLLEGE RADIO WEEK 38 RECAP

Well they said, (well I said), it wouldn't happen but it did. We finally broke past the 200 station barrier this week!!! 205 precious souls decided it was worth reporting to CMJ.  I'm sorry this still sucks. It wasn't that long ago where we pushing for the 300 station barrier and that seems like a pipe dream at this point.
      Of course the quality of stations matters more than the quantity of stations but we have lost a lot of good ones not just mediocre ones.  Stations continue to ask me what am I paying CMJ for and with new resources popping up it is becoming less and less important.  One of the main worries stations have is that they won't get records anymore. I am curious if thats true.  Anyways on to the Charts!

Lets start with Spinitron this week because its  again a foreshadowing of what the CMJ charts brought us.

Lets look at the top 10

1	153	Angel Olsen	My Woman	Rock
2	95	Wilco	Schmilco	Rock
3	91	De La Soul	and the Anonymous Nobody...	Hip-Hop / Rap
4	90	Of Montreal	Innocence Reaches	Rock
5	87	Thee Oh Sees	A Weird Exits	Rock
6	73	Allah-Las	Calico Review	Rock
7	73	The Avalanches	Wildflower	Electronic
8	72	Local Natives	Sunlit Youth	Rock
9	71	Blood Orange	Freetown Sound	Rock
10	69	Frank Ocean	Blonde	R&B

Another killer week by Angel Olsen. When I see this chart on Mondays I have a pretty good idea of what the CMJ charts might look like. Especially when you see such a huge gap. I had little doubt that Angel Olsen would be #1 this week and we will get to that in a second but it wasn't even close. 

The ADDS preview seems to be something you guys like so thanks for reading. This past week we had a poll on what would be the #1 record for the week. This too wasn't even close as Nick Cave ran away with it. I did the Poll wrong so you don't see the results but it was Nick Cave and then 1 or 2 votes for everything else. 

A lot of bunching on this weeks ADDS chart 

1	65	NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS	Skeleton Tree	Kobalt
2	50	KISHI BASHI	Sonderlust	Joyful Noise
3	35	DAWES	We're All Gonna Die	Q Prime-HUB
4	34	PARTYBABY	The Golden Age Of Bullshit	Warner Bros.
5	33	MNDSGN	Body Wash	Stones Throw
6	32	CHAIN WALLET	Chain Wallet	Jansen Plateproduksjon
7	30	DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS	American Band	ATO
8	28	NICK WATERHOUSE	Never Twice	Innovative Leisure
9	26	BILLY BRAGG AND JOE HENRY	Shine A Light	Cooking Vinyl
10	23	CYMBALS EAT GUITARS	Pretty Years	Sinderlyn

You could say Nick Cave and Kishi Bashi are in one tier then the next 8 are all pretty close together. 

Also worth nothing that 5 of those ten records have already debuted on the charts. 

As for the charts as I mentioned it was Angel Olsen and it wasn't even close. Just above 60% of stations charted the record up from 53% the week before. 

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	5	1	4	ANGEL OLSEN	MY WOMAN	Jagjaguwar
2	2	3	2	4	OF MONTREAL	Innocence Reaches	Polyvinyl
3	3	1	1	7	THEE OH SEES	A Weird Exits	Castle Face
4	103	-	4	2	WILCO	Schmilco	Anti
5	9	140	5	3	LOCAL NATIVES	Sunlit Youth	Loma Vista
6	8	20	6	3	MILD HIGH CLUB	Skiptracing	Stones Throw
7	4	7	4	4	CRYSTAL CASTLES	Amnesty (I)	Republic
8	36	190	8	3	ALLAH-LAS	Calico Review	Mexican Summer
9	10	15	9	3	DE LA SOUL	And The Anonymous Nobody	A.O.I.

Based on the Spinitron chart I would of thought De La Soul would of been higher but its only week 3.   The last few #1 ADDS have had big firsts weeks and while I was expecting something similar for Wilco I didn't expect top 5.  

Over the next few weeks it will be interesting to watch the race for #1. Wilco, Local Natives are the 2 front runners but Nick Cave should have a big jump up to the top 10 this next week. But All of these records are going to need huge gains and a huge drop off from Angel Olsen to have a shot. I imagine next week will give us a good idea of who could be the next #1.  

Ok thank you for reading. I am On the road on Friday so am unsure if I can do a full ADDS blog but I will try! 

Lets talk on twitter though!