Category Archives: Music
Top 30 4/7/2015
1. Doomtree- All Hands
2. Greg Grease- Born to Lurk Forced to Work
3. Districts- A Flourish and A Spoil
4. Midnight Pilot- Midnight Pilot
5. Island Apollo- Island Apollo
6. Mod Sun- Look Up
7. Nemes- I Carry Your Heart
8. Turbo Fruits- No Control
9. Sandra Kolstad- Zero Gravity State of Mind
10. Elle King- Love Stuff
11. Nash Albert- Rude Beggar
12. Jeff the Brotherhood- Wasted on the Dream
13. Young Buffalo- House
14. Jose Gonzalez- Vestiges and Claws
15. Hippo Campus- Bashful Creatures
16. Stonechild- Real Eyes
17. Tuxedo- Tuxedo EP
18. Pell- Floating While Dreaming
19. Motorama- Poverty
20. Wild Adriatic- Never Enough
21. San Cisco- Gracetown
22. Mercies- Blue Against Green
23. James Bay- Chaos and the Calm
24. Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves
25. Prinze George- Prinze George EP
26. Temple Invisible- Enter_
27. Strung Out- Transmission. Alpha. Delta
28. Death Cab for Cutie- Kintsugi
29. Sufjan Stevens- Carrie and Lowell
30. Fort Romeau- Insides
Rap has become a huge genre at KMSC this past semester. Newcomer last week, Greg Grease, shot up in our charts from number 30 to our number 2 spot this week! I don’t think I’ve ever seen an artist rise so quickly and jump so far in our charts this year! The Indie rock genre has some major players such as The Districts, Island Apollo, and Midnight Pilot who have been steady at the top of our charts for a couple weeks now. Expecting to see a jump from newcomers Strung Out and Sufjan Stevens this next week in our charts.
Top 30 3/31
1. Island Apollo- Island Apollo
2. Mod Sun- Look Up
3. Halsey- Room 93
4. Doomtree- All Hands
5. The Districts- A Flourish and A Spoil
6. The Brevet- American Novel
7. Nemes- I Carry Your Heart
8. Jeff The Brotherhood- Wasted on the Dream
9. Sandra Kolstad- Zero Gravity State of Mind
10. Diplo- Florida
11. Young Buffalo- House
12. Jose Gonzalez- Vestiges and Claws
13. Elle King- Love Stuff
14. Mikky Ekko- Time
15. Hippo Campus- Bashful Creatures
16. Stonechild- Real Eyes
17. Tuxedo- Tuxedo EP
18. Moon Duo- Shadow of the Sun
19. Midnight Pilot- Midnight Pilot
20. Pell- Floating While Dreaming
21. Nash Albert- Rude Beggar
22. Motorama- Poverty
23. Wild Adriatic- Never Enough
24. San Cisco- Gracetown
25. Turbo Fruits- No Control
26. Mercies- Blue Against Green
27. James Bay- Chaos and the Calm
28. Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves
29. Prinze George- Prinze George EP
30. Greg Grease- Born to Lurk Forced to Work
Until the Ribbon Breaks Interview
Listen below to hear a snippet of an interview that our station manager, Alayna, did with UK artist Until the Ribbon Breaks (UTRB)! This interview was done while London Grammar was performing, which can be heard in the background. UTRB is a Top 30 artist on our charts and came in at #2 this week. Check back for a write up on the interview with UTRB and more audio snippets next week!
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Top 5 Adds 2/3/2015
This week we had some great EP’s come into the station. Halsey, Panic is Perfect, and Sylvia Yacoub are infused with pop-electronic sounds that make you want to sing along. All have their differences though. Halsey, similar to Chvrches and Ellie Goulding, adds rap/hip-hop elements to her music, which helps her stand out from the other electronic-pop female artists. Panic is Perfect, similar to Phoenix, has an indie rock feel with a joyous, upbeat vibe. Sylvia Yacoub, a contestant on The Voice, has a strong soulful voice that can make anyone’s head bop during the upbeat songs on the album. Number Station and Chadwick Stokes are our indie rock music for the week. Number Station has more of a pop-vibe with their driving bass lines and unison “hey’s.” Chadwick Stokes, who’s album was produced by Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, has a great folk-rock sound that has similarity to Iron & Wine as well as Frontier Ruckus.
Top 30 2/3/2015
As expected Oh Honey has risen to the top of our charts with Manchester Orchestra and Dolly Spartans, our last leader in the charts, are following closely behind. Newcomers Light Club and Brevet have shot up in the charts making a big impression right away. Newly added to our Top 30 is Marilyn Manson and Night Terrors of 1927. With a couple of our DJ’s being into rock and Night Terrors of 1927’s EP being a big hit last semester, I expect these two to rise high in our charts next week.