Top 30 4/13/2015

1. Pell- Floating While Dreaming

2. Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves

3. Death Cab for Cutie- Kintsugi

4. Mercies- Blue Against Green

5. Sufjan Stevens- Carrie and Lowell

6. Madeon- Adventure

7. Greg Grease- Born to Lurk Forced to Work

8. The Districts- A Flourish and a Spoil

9. Young Buffalo- House

10. Stonechild- Real Eyes

11. Prinze George- Prinze George EP

12. San Cisco- Gracetown

13. Wild Adriatic- Never Enough

14. James Bay- Chaos and the Calm

15. Jeff the Brotherhood- Wasted on the Dream

16. Strung Out- Transmission. Alpha. Delta

17. Matt and Kim- New Glow

18. Midnight Pilot- Midnight Pilot

19. Turbo Fruits- No Control

20. Nash Albert- Rude Beggar

21. Tuxedo- Tuxedo EP

22. Motorama- Poverty

23. Temple Invisible- Enter_

24. Fort Romeau- Insides

25. PPL MVR- The One and Only

26. Alison Wonderland- Run

27. Monophonics- Sound of Sinning

28. Kuroma- Kuromarama

29. Future Brown- Future Brown

30. The Prodigy- The Day is My Enemy

Top 5 Adds 4/7/2015

1. Madeon: Adventure
Genre- Electronic, dubstep, remixes
RIYL- Daft punk, Passion Pit, Avicii, Zedd, Odesza
Information- Super cool electronic music. Apparently he just turned 20 years old?! Lots of talent here! Has Bastille, Passion Pit, and Foster the People joining him on some tracks. Might be my favorite electronic album of the year.
2. Matt and Kim: New Glow
Genre- Indie electronic pop
RIYL- GroupLove, Passion Pit, Two Door Cinema Club
Information- Basically this album was made for happy hipsters. I can only imagine Portland hipsters walking around to this with a little pep in their step (Portlandia stereotyping right there). Anyways, you guys should know this artist from their popular song “Daylight” from a couple years back.  Some good hit songs on this album for sure.
3. Kuroma: Kuromarama
Genre- Indie Rock , Psychedelic
RIYL- MGMT, Foxygen, Growlers
Information- So this album was actually done by a member of MGMT. Lo-Fi garage glam at it’s finest. This is the epitome of what indie rock is. Has some psychedelic sounds infused into it (think MGMT) and sounds just wonderful.
4. PPL MVR: The One and Only
Genre- Alternative Rock, Experimental
RIYL- Marilyn Manson, Muse
Information- Interesting artist to say the least. They wear caveman/monkey suits, so yeah. You get the gist. Has some psychedelic feels to it, with hard rock guitar riffs as well. First track is amazing. Start there and explore.
5. Alison Wonderland
Genre- Electronic, Hip Hop
RIYL- Flume, Odesza, Purity Ring, Halsey
Information- Similar to Madeon listed above, put has more of a hip hop feel to it. Has some great drops to it and even has appearances from Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, Lido, and producer SAFIA.

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

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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.