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.

1	137	MODEST MOUSE	Strangers To Ourselves	Epic
2	97	COURTNEY BARNETT	Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Mom And Pop

A few weeks later we had this : 

1	1	2	1	7	DAN DEACON	Gliss Riffer	Domino
2	9	94	2	3	COURTNEY BARNETT	Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Mom And Pop
3	5	35	3	9	MODEST MOUSE	Strangers To Ourselves	Epic
4	3	4	3	9	PURITY RING	Another Eternity	4AD
5	32	-	5	2	SUFJAN STEVENS	Carrie And Lowell	Asthmatic 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 

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	2	9	1	4	COURTNEY BARNETT	Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Mom And Pop
2	3	5	2	10	MODEST MOUSE	Strangers To Ourselves	Epic
3	5	32	3	3	SUFJAN STEVENS	Carrie And Lowell	Asthmatic Kitty
4	1	1	1	8	DAN DEACON	Gliss Riffer	Domino
5	11	72	5	8	DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE	Kintsugi	Atlantic

Week 2

1	1	2	1	5	COURTNEY BARNETT	Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Mom And Pop
2	2	3	2	11	MODEST MOUSE	Strangers To Ourselves	Epic
3	3	5	3	4	SUFJAN STEVENS	Carrie And Lowell	Asthmatic Kitty
4	6	10	4	4	CHASTITY BELT	Time To Go Home	Hardly Art
5	9	124	5	3	TORO Y MOI	What For?	Carpark

week 3

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	1	1	6	COURTNEY BARNETT	Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Mom And Pop
2	2	2	2	12	MODEST MOUSE	Strangers To Ourselves	Epic
3	3	3	3	5	SUFJAN STEVENS	Carrie And Lowell	Asthmatic Kitty
4	6	10	4	4	WAXAHATCHEE	Ivy Tripp	Merge
5	5	9	5	4	TORO Y MOI	What For?	Carpark

week 4

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	1	1	7	COURTNEY BARNETT	Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Mom And Pop
2	4	6	2	5	WAXAHATCHEE	Ivy Tripp	Merge
3	34	-	3	2	ALABAMA SHAKES	Sound And Color	ATO
4	3	3	3	6	SUFJAN STEVENS	Carrie And Lowell	Asthmatic Kitty
5	5	5	5	5	TORO Y MOI	What For?	Carpark

And the week after

1	3	34	1	3	ALABAMA SHAKES	Sound And Color	ATO
2	1	1	1	8	COURTNEY BARNETT	Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit	Mom And Pop
3	2	4	2	6	WAXAHATCHEE	Ivy Tripp	Merge
4	9	12	4	3	MIKAL CRONIN	MCIII	Merge
5	5	5	5	6	TORO Y MOI	What 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 

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	5	1	4	ANDREW BIRD	Are You Serious	Loma Vista
2	5	131	2	3	PARQUET COURTS	Human Performance	Rough Trade
3	2	7	2	4	TACOCAT	Lost Time	Hardly Art
4	3	4	3	6	IGGY POP	Post Pop Depression	Concord-Loma Vista
5	8	85	5	3	YEASAYER	Amen And Goodbye	Mute
6	158	-	6	2	M83	Junk	Mute

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 

1	106	FRIGHTENED RABBIT	Painting Of A Panic Attack	Canvasback
2	104	COATHANGERS	Nosebleed Weekend	Suicide 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.