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Asheville FM LOCAL music SCENE chart, spring 2021

1) MJ Lenderman _ Ghost of Your Guitar Solo (Dear Life)

2) Thom Nguyen _ Exits (Sige) … Thom Nguyen plays June 24 @ Black Mountain College online; MANAS plays July 22 @ Citizen Vinyl w/Wednesday

3) Wes Tirey _ The Midwest Book of the Dead (Dear Life)

4) Fortezza _ Windmill (s/r) … Fortezza plays June 17 @ Gas Hill Drinking Room in Winston-Salem

5) Graham Sharp _ Truer Picture (Yep Roc) … Graham Sharp plays June 18 (Friday) @ The Orange Peel

6) Angel Olsen _ Song of The Lark and Other Far Memories  / Whole New Mess / Like I Used To single w/Sharon Van Etten (Jagjaguwur)

7) Hustle Souls _ Daydream Motel EP (s/r) … Hustle Souls plays June 19 @ The Backstreet Pub in Beaufort, NC; June 25 @ Tod Down in Green Mountain, NC; July 10 @ Salvage Station w/Kendall Street Company

8) Rhinestone Pickup Truck _ Happily in Dismay / Sobbing in the Moshpit / Pandemic Recordings / Covers EP (Sockhead)

9) Tongues of Fire _ Third Album (s/r) … Tongues of Fire inferno: June 25 @ Lilly’s in Boone, NC; June 26 @ Willow’s Dream Roof; July 2 @ Curiosity Coffee Bar in Columbia, SC; July 3 @ Chapel Hill; July 7 @ Richmond, Virginia; July 10 @ yard; July 25 @ The Milestone in Charlotte, NC

10) Harriers of Discord _ Plague of the Planet (Deactivist Studios) … Harriers of Discord plays June 26 @ The Orange Peel (w/Sang Sarah)

11) Aaron Price _ Voyager (s/r)

12) Colin Miller _ Hook EP (Oof) 

13) Fantomex _ Consent Agenda (s/r) 

14) Feminazgul _ Awenden / Feminazgul split (Tridroid) 

15) Reigning Sound _ A Little More Time With Reigning Sound (Merge)

16) Wolf Laurel _ Animal Intent (s/r)

17) Broken Family _ The Broken Family Album (s/r)

18) Carpal Tuller _ Ore (s/r) 

19) Slow Packer _ This Life and the Next EP (s/r)

20) The Get Right Band _ Itchy Soul (Head Heart and Hips) … Get Right Band plays June 25 w/Cracker @ The Senate in Columbia, SC; July 3 @ Grove Winery & Vineyards in Altamahaw, NC

21) Tin Roof Echo _ Mornings Are For Singing / Lost Gems & False Starts (s/r)

22) Firecracker Jazz Band _ Return to the Twenties (s/r) … Firecracker Jazz Band plays June 20 matinee (Sunday) @ The Grey Eagle

23) Bleedseason _ Afterbirth (s/r) … Bleedseason plays July 3 w/Strange Gods, Thieves of Always @ Capone’s in Johnson City, TN

24) The Jangling Sparrows _ Boostraps and Other American Fables (s/r) … Jangling Sparrows Duo plays July 8 @ 185 King Street in Brevard, NC

25) Dave Desmelik _ Afterthoughts (s/r)

26) Lo Wolf _ Singe (s/r) … Lo Wolf plays June 30 @ The Grey Eagle patio

27) Modern Strangers _ Dangerous Fiction (s/r) … Modern Strangers play Oct. 22 The Rocky Horror Picture Show @ Asheville Music Hall

28) Savannah Hatfield _ Liminal (s/r)

29) Eleanor Underhill _ Land of the Living (s/r) … Eleanor Underhill and Friends play June 25 @ The Orange Peel w/Chilltonic

30) Bonny Dagger _ Good Enough / Testing Ladders / Rockets Set, Go! / Nothing to See / Shake Up singles (s/r)

31) Bless Your Heart (feat. Lo Wolf) _ Bills and Hell to Pay single (s/r) 

32) Dude Babe _ My Special Place / Clean singles (s/r)

33) Valravne _ Some Kind of Vampire (s/r)

34) Good Trauma  _ 25 Years (s/r)

35) Pleasure Chest _ Blood Runs Cold / Gonna Be Alright (Girth)

36) Frances Eliza _ Selkirk single (s/r) 

37) Gold Rose _ Dust (s/r)

38) Julia Sanders _ Jersey Girl (s/r) … Julia Sanders plays June 26 @ Fleetwood’s w/Ashes By Now

39) Kathryn O’Shea _ January 9th (s/r)

40) Ouroboros Boys _ Broken Road / Only You Will Know split w/Bad Molly (s/r)

41) The 40,20,10’s _ Escenas EP (s/r)

42) Krave Amiko _ Before the Words (s/r)

43) Random Animals _ The Climb (s/r) … Random Animals play July 23 @ Mills River Brewing; July 29 @ One World Brewing West

44) Eat the Label _ The Honey Bear in Dreams (s/r) 

45) Call the Next Witness _ Monsters (s/r)

46) Cold Choir _ Paper Flowers single (s/r)

47) Fashion Bath _ defundamentals (s/r)

48) John Kirby and the New Seniors _ various singles (s/r) … John Kirby and the New Seniors play July 17 and August 13 @ The Greenhouse Moto Cafe w/We Have Ignition in Mills River, NC

49) Day & Dream _ Rabbit Hole single (s/r)

50) Secret Shame _ Dissolve / Pure single (s/r) … Secret Shame play August 13, 2021 w/NAW, Tears for the Dying @ Flicker Theatre & Bar in Athens, GA

51) Steep Canyon Rangers _ Arm in Arm (Yep Roc)

52) Shutterings _ How to Drown (s/r)

53) Ray Lark _ Take Me Away in the Night single (Crooked Ghost)

54) SHUN _ Shun (s/r) … SHUN plays June 26 w/Witchpit and FireNest @ GroundZero in Spartanburg, SC

55) The Resonant Rogues _ Autumn of the World (s/r) … Resonant Rogues play June 16 (Wednesday) @ The Grey Eagle patio

56) Cloud City Caskets _ Lowbrow Art and Petty Crime (s/r) … Cloud City Caskets plays June 19 (Saturday) @ Sly Grog Lounge w/The Shrünken Heads, Silver Tongue Devils

57) The Shrünken Heads _ Raw ‘n’ Dirty (s/r) … The Shrünken Heads play June 19 (Saturday) @ Sly Grog Lounge w/ Silver Tongue Devils, Cloud City Caskets

58) Hit Dogs _ Summon the Shaman (s/r)

59) GÄK _ We Want More single (Murder Brain) … GÄK plays June 18 (Friday) @ Fleetwood’s w/Bad Vibes, Night Beers

60) Thieves Like Us _ 17 Sisters (s/r) … Thieves Like Us play June 19 ( Saturday) @ Fleetwood’s w/ Darby Wilcox

61) Vaden Landers _ Broken Down and Honky Tonk Bound (Big Tone) …. Vaden Landers plays June 19 @ Pukkett’s in Pigeon Forge, TN; June 20 (Sundays, 3pm @) Asheville Club; July 3 @ Big Pillow Brewing in Hot Springs, NC

62) Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats _ Always With You single / Cabin Fever (s/r) … Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats play June 19 (Saturday) @ The Orange Peel

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(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

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Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Hip Hop, World, Electronic, HEAVY/LOUD o))), Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, spring 2021

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Hip Hop

1 SCOTCH ROLEX _ Tewari (Hakuna Kulaa)

2 FREDDIE GIBBS _ “Big Boss Rabbit” [Single] (s/r)

3 OUI ENNUI _ L’esprit De L’escaliar (s/r)

4 KOTA THE FRIEND _ To Kill a Sunrise (Fltbys LLC)

5 BENNY THE BUTCHER _ The Plugs I Met 2 (Black Soprano Family)

6 BROCKHAMPTON _ ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE (Question Everything/RCA)

7 J COLE _ The Off-Season (Dreamville) 

8 OPEN MIKE EAGLE _ Anime, Trauma And Divorce (Auto Reverse)

9 GOTHAM (TALIB KEWLI AND DIAMOND D) _ Gotham (Dymond Mine)

10 SHABAZZ PALACES _ “20 Gear Science” [Single] (Sub Pop)

(Hip Hop compiled by Donovan Quixote)

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World Music

1. WAU WAU COLLECTIF – Yaral Sa Doom (Sahel Sounds)

2. ELECTRIC JALABA – El Hal – The Feeling (Strut)

3. DJ BLACK LOW – Uwami (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

4. V/A – SATURDAY NIGHT: SOUTH AFRICAN DISCO POP HITS 1981-1987 (Cultures Of Soul)

5. FRENTE CUMBIERO – Cera Perdida (Biche)

6. HAILU MERGIA AND THE WALIAS BAND – Tezeta (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

7. AFROSOUND – La Danza De Los Mirlos (Vampisoul)

8. V/A – EDO FUNK EXPLOSION VOL 1 (Analog Africa)

9. MDOU MOCTAR – Afrique Victime (Matador/Beggars Group)

10. EVA QUARTET – Minka (Riverboat)

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Electronic

1. OUI ENNUI – L’esprit De L’escalier (Self-Released)

2. KRAAK AND SMAAK – Pleasure Centre Remixed (Boogie Angst) 

3. MOUSE ON MARS – AAI (Thrill Jockey)

4. BIOTA – Sistema Organico (Tropical Twista) 

5. DJ BLACK LOW – Uwami (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

6. ISHTAR SR – Divine Ecdysis (Grimalkin)

7. NUMA GAMA – Memorias De Oneyda (Self-Released) 

8. MYD – Born A Loser (Because/Ed Banger)

9. HALAL SOL – Dijamin (Darker Than Wax)

10. ANCHORSONG – Mirage (Tru Thoughts)

(World and Electronic compiled by Marissa)

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Experimental music Top Ten

1. Yoshi Wada _ “The Appointed Cloud” (Saltern)

2. Only Now X Orogen _ “Avuls” (Sucat Tapes)

3. Masma Dream World _ “Play at Night” (Northern Spy)

4. Roomful of Teeth _ “Just Constellations” (New Amsterdam)

5. Jennifer Walshe _ “A Late Anthology of Early Music, Vol 1: Ancient to Renaissance” (Tetbind)

6. People Like Us _ “Welcome Abroad”-(FREE MUSIC ARCHIVES)

7. Kaki King _ “Modern Yesterdays” (CANTALOUPE)

8. Thor & Friends _ “3” (JOYFUL NOISE)

9. Carl Stone _ “Stolen Car” (UNSEEN WORLDS)

10. Birthday Ass _ “Head of the Household” (RAMP LOCAL)

(Experimental compiled by Dogeye)

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HEAVY / LOUD chart

1) Here Lies Man _ Ritual Divination (RidingEasy)

2) Tunic _ Exhaling (Artoffact)

3) Feminazgul _ Awenden / Feminazgul split (Tridroid)

4) Terminal Bliss _ Err/ata (Relapse)

5) Hammerhedd _ Grand Currents (s/t)

6) Genghis Tron _ Dream Weapon (Relapse)

7) Mannequin Pussy _ Perfect EP (Epitaph)

8) Children With Dog Feet _ Curb Your Anarchy (Toxic State)

9) Mister _ Espejismo EP (Not Normal)

10) Fairytale _ Fairytale EP (Desolate)

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Asheville FM WSFM-LP

Seasonal Top 30 Chart for plays from March 2021 through first week of June 2021

1) Adrian Younge _ The American Negro (Jazz Is Dead)

2) MJ Lenderman _ Ghost of Your Guitar Solo (Dear Life)

3) Camera _ Prosthuman (Bureau B)

4) Lukas Ligeti _ That Which has Remainded…That Which Will Emerge… (Col Legno)

5) Thom Nguyen _ Exits (Sige)

5) Dinosaur Jr. _ Sweep It Into Space (Jagjaguwar)

6) Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders _ Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) (Luaka Bop)

7) Dry Cleaning _ New Long Leg (4 AD)

7) Toshiyuki Hiraoka _ Waterphone II (Edgetone)

7) Birthday Ass _ Head of the Household (Ramp Local)

7) Carl Stone _ Stolen Car (Unseen Worlds)

8) Bobby Ramone _ Rocket to Kingston (Guerilla Asso)

8) The Notwist _ Vertigo Days (Morr Music)

8) Spiritualized _ Lazer Guided Melodies (Fat Possum)

8) Mogwai _ As the Love Continues (Temporary Residence Limited)

9) Here Lies Man _ Ritual Divination (RidingEasy)

9) Reigning Sound _ A Little More Time with Reigning Sound (Merge)

9) John Bence _ Love (Thrill Jockey)

9) Sink Tapes _ Like Snakes on Sandpaper (a Collection 2010-2020) (Mint 400)

10) Fake Fruit _ Fake Fruit (Rocks in Your Head)

10) Tele Novela _ Merlynn Belle (Kill Rock Stars)

11) Alice Phoebe Lou _ Glow (s/r)

11) Blood Lemon _ Blood Lemon (s/r)

11) Wes Tirey _ The Midwest Book of the Dead (Dear Life)

11) Katy Kirby _ Cool Dry Place (Keeled Scales)

11) The Fall _ Live At St Helens Technical College ’81 (Castle Face)

11) Colin Cannon _ Mcgolrick (Infrequent Seams)

11) Juliana Hatfield _ Blood (American Laundromat)

12) Angel Olsen _ Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories (Jagjaguwar)

12) Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio _ I Told You So (Colemine)

12) Grave Flowers Bongo Band _ Strength of Spring (Castleface)

12) John Dwyer, Ryan Sawyer, Peter Kerlin, Tom Dolas, Brad Caulkins, Kyp Malone & Marcos Rodriguez _ Moon-Drenched (Castleface) 

12) Jon Mueller _ Family Secret (American Dreams)

12) Linda Smith _ Till Another Time: 1988-1996 (Captured Tracks)

12) Pardoner  _ Came Down Different (Bar/None)

12) Thor and Friends _ 3 and 4 (Joyful Noise)

13) CLAMM _ Beseech Me (Meat Machine)

13) Cloud Nothings _ The Shadow I Remember (Carpark)

13) Field Music _ Flat White Moon (Memphis Industries)

13) Front Line Assembly _ Mechanical Soul (Metropolis)

13) Godspeed You! Black Emperor _ G_d’s Pee At State’s End! (Constellation)

13) New York Disco Orchestra _ Reverie (Espacial) 

13) Sun June _ Somewhere (Run For Cover)

13) The Besnard Lakes _ The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings (Full Time Hobby)

13) The Fleshtones _ Face of the Screaming Werewolf (Yep Roc)

13) The Kills _ Little Bastards (Domino)

13) The Pink Stones _ Introducing… the Pink Stones (Normaltown)

14) CHAI _ Wink (Sub Pop)

14) Gary Numan _ Intruder (BMG)

14) Guided By Voices _ Earth Man Blues (GBV Inc.)

14) Hypoluxo _ Hypoluxo (Broken Circles)

14) Knoxville Girls _ In A Ripped Dress (Bang!)

14) Lael Neale _ Acquainted with Night (Sub Pop)

14) Small Black _ Cheap Dreams (100% Electronica)

14) TEKE::TEKE _ Shirushi (Kill Rock Stars) 

14) The Orielles _ La Vita Olistica (Heavenly)

14) Uni _ Quaranteen EP (Chimera)

14) Vitamin _ Recordings 1981 (Don Giovanni)

15) Fana Hues _ Hues (Bright Antenna)

15) Jaimie Branch _ FLY or DIE LIVE (International Anthem)

15) Julien Baker _ Little Oblivions (Matador)

15) Marissa Nadler _ Instead of Dreaming (Sacred Bones)

15) Martin Gore _ The Third Chimpanzee EP (Mute)

15) Mouse On Mars _ Aai (Thrill Jockey)

15) Natural Information Society _ descension (Out of Our Constrictions) (feat. Evan Parker) (Eremite)

 

15) serpentwithfeet _ Deacon (Secretly Canadian) 

15) Spirit Award _ Lunatic House (Share It)

15) St. Vincent _ Daddy’s Home (Loma Vista)

15) Terry Gross _ Soft Opening (Thrill Jockey)

15) Tune-Yards _ sketchy. (4 AD)

15) Valley Maker _ When the Day Leaves (Frenchkiss)

15) Yo Kinky _ Yo Kinky EP (s/r)

16) Bill Callahan & Bonnie “Prince” Billy _ singles (Drag City)

16) Working Men’s Club _ Working Men’s Club (Heavenly)

16) Body Double _ Milk Fed (Zum)

16) Sharon Van Etten _ Epic Ten (Ba Da Bing!)

16) Boise Cover Band _ Unoriginal Artists (Ernest Jenning)

16) Damien Jurado _ The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania (Maraqopa) 

16) Iceage _ Seek Shelter (Mexican Summer) 

16) Jane Weaver _ Flock (Fire)

16) Lana Del Rey _ Chemtrails Over the Country Club (Polydor) 

16) Love Tractor _ Love Tractor (Hhbtm)

16) Manslaughter 777 _ World Vision Perfect Harmony (Thrill Jockey)

16) Alina Kalancea _ Impedance (Important)

16) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis _ Carnage (Goliath) 

16) Noah _ Brain Suck (Guerssen)

16) Bobby Lee _ Origin Myths (Tompkins Square)

16) Noveller _ Arrow (Ba Da Bing!)

16) Roomful of Teeth _ Michael Harrison: Just Constellations EP (New Amsterdam)

16) Teenage Fanclub _ Endless Arcade (Merge) 

16) The Body _ I’ve Seen All I Need to See (Thrill Jockey)

16) The Chills _ Destiny (Fire) 

16) TV Priest _ Uppers (Sub Pop)

16) Visionist _ A Call to Arms (Mute)

16) Waxahatchee _ Saint Cloud +3 (Merge)

17) Cory Hanson _ Pale Horse Rider (Drag City)

17) Elsa Hewitt _ Lupa (Tompkins Square)

17) A Certain Ratio _ ACR:EPA (Mute)

17) Ken Field _ Transmitter (Neuma)

18) Plankton Wat _ Future Times (Thrill Jockey)

18) Cabaret Voltaire _ Shadow of Fear (Mute)

19) Vapor Theories _ Celestial Scuzz (Fire)

19) Coil _ Musick To Play In The Dark (Dais)

20) Flock of Dimes _  Head of Roses (Sub Pop)

21) Future Islands _ As Long As You Are (4 AD)

22) Ganser _ Just Look At That Sky (Felte)

23) Goat Girl _ On All Fours (Rough Trade) 

24) Gorillaz _ Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Warner Bros.)

25) Graham Sharp _ Truer Picture (Yep Roc)

26) Genghis Tron _ Dream Weapon (Relapse)

27) Iron and Wine _ Archive Series Volume, No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings (Sub Pop)

28) Japanese Breakfast _ Jubilee (Dead Oceans)

28) Jeff Rosenstock _ SKA DREAM (polyvinyl)

28) Kero Kero Bonito _ Civilisation I & II (Polyvinyl)

28) Freak Genes _ Power Station (Feel It)

28) Colleen _ The Tunnel and the Clearing (Thrill Jockey)

28) Kevin Morby _ Sundowner (Dead Oceans)

29) Lula Wiles _ Shame and Sedition (Smithsonian Folkways)

30) Mannequin Pussy _ Perfect EP (Epitaph)

30) Mdou Moctar _ Afrique Victime (Matador)

30) The Archaeas _ The Archaeas (Goner)

30) The Deathray Davies _ Time Well Wasted (We Know Better)

(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)

[email protected]

Asheville FM WSFM-LP

864 Haywood Rd.

Asheville, NC 28806

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