Madison’s Solid Freex (pictured), comprised of Trin-Tran (Steve Coombs) and sons, are poised to take over the national spotlight with their first tape release on April 13 at Mickey’s. Advance tracks have gotten play on WORT, because we love to support local music!
Here’s the rest of what’s been spinning on the station this week.
OVERALL TOP 30
Rank Artist Record Label
1 SUPERCHUNK What A Time To Be Alive Merge
2 SALAD BOYS This Is Glue Trouble in Mind
3 ANNA BURCH Quit the Curse Polyvinyl
4 TY SEGALL Freedom’s Goblin Drag City
5 BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES Soul Flowers Of Titan Bloodshot
6 DR DEMENTO COVERED IN PUNK VARIOUS ARTISTS Demented Punk
7 SPICE BOYS Glade PNKSLM
8 SOLID FREEX Peeled Guest Self-Released
9 SHANNON AND THE CLAMS Onion Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch
10 CALEXICO The Thread That Keeps Us Anti-
11 CAR SEAT HEADREST Twin Fantasy Matador
12 MEAN JEANS Jingles Collection Fat Wreck Chords
13 DREAM WIFE Dream Wife Lucky Number
14 SCREAMING FEMALES All At Once Don Giovanni
15 GO! TEAM, THE Semicircle Memphis Industries
16 SUNWATCHERS II Trouble in Mind
17 JIM JAMES Tribute To 2 ATO
18 BUFFALO TOM Quiet And Peace Schoolkids/Scrawny
19 MIND SPIDERS Furies Dirtnap
20 HOT SNAKES The Incomplete Hot Snakes Sub Pop
21 MUDHONEY LiE Sub Pop
22 WAR ON DRUGS, THE A Deeper Understanding Atlantic
23 KYLE CRAFT Full Circle Nightmare Sub Pop
24 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS I Like Fun Idlewild
25 MGMT Little Dark Age Columbia
26 JAMES HUNTER SIX, THE Whatever It Takes Daptone
27 TUNE-YARDS I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life 4AD
28 I’M WITH HER See You Around Rounder
29 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN How To Solve Our Human Problems Matador
30 LOWDOWN BRASS BAND Lowdown Breaks Self-Released
TOP ADDS
Rank Artist Record Label
1 MEN, THE Drift Sacred Bones
2 MOBY Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt Mute
3 REGRETTES, THE Attention Seeker [EP] Warner Bros
4 DESSA Chime Doomtree/INgrooves
5 ACID DAD Acid Dad Greenway
6 TITUS ANDRONICUS A Productive Cough Merge
7 YAMANTAKA SONIC TITAN Dirt Paper Bag
8 STRYPES, THE Spitting Image Fairly Extreme Limited/Virgin EMI
9 CAMP COPE How To Socialise & Make Friends Run For Cover
10 IN TALL BUILDINGS Akinetic Western Vinyl
WORLD/INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
Rank Artist Record Label
1 HOLLIE COOK Vessel Of Love Merge
2 PATRICK RUFFINO Agoo Mus. Development Company
3 KHRUANGBIN Con Todo El Mundo Dead Oceans
4 FEMI KUTI One People One World Knitting Factory
5 ORQUESTA AKOKAN Orquesta Akokán [Advance Tracks] Daptone
6 GABACHO MAROC Tawassol 10H10
7 OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE The Joyful Hour Self-Released
8 IMARHAN Temet City Slang
9 STICK FIGURE Above The Storm Stick Figure
10 HENRI DIKONGUE Diaspora Jazz Out
JAZZ
Rank Artist Record Label
1 PHIL STEWART Melodious Drum Cellar Live
2 KIT DOWNES Obsidian ECM
3 DR LONNIE SMITH All In My Mind Blue Note
4 JULIAN LAGE Modern Lore Mack Avenue
5 SCOTT HAMILTON TRIO Live at Pyatt Hall Cellar Live
6 KAMASI WASHINGTON Harmony Of Difference [EP] Young Turks
7 STEVE SLAGLE Dedication Panorama 007
8 CHICK COREA AND STEVE GADD BAND Chinese Butterfly Stretch/Concord Jazz
9 CORY WEEDS Let’s Groove: The Music of Earth Wind & Fire Cellar Live
10 ADAM SHULMAN SEXTET Full Tilt Cellar Live
EDM/ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC
Rank Artist Record Label
1 KEYS N KRATES Cura Dim Mak
2 CAUSTIC American Carrion Negative Gain
3 NIGHTMARES ON WAX Shape The Future Warp
4 TUNE-YARDS I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life 4AD
5 BARK BARK DISCO Holy Smokes Minty Fresh
6 LANE 8 Little By Little This Never Happened
7 DANIEL AVERY Slow Fade [EP] Mute
8 RHYE Blood Loma Vista
9 KASBO Places We Don’t Know [Advance Tracks] Foreign Family Collective / Counter
10 DAKTYL Riyazz Counter
HEAVY METAL/LOUD ROCK/HARDCORE
Rank Artist Record Label
1 ANGRA Omni Earmusic
2 JINJER Cloud Factory Napalm
3 SAXON Thunderbolt Silver Lining
4 MACHINE HEAD Catharsis Nuclear Blast
5 LETTERS FROM THE COLONY Vignette Nuclear Blast
6 MAMMOTH GRINDER Cosmic Crypt Relapse
7 FU MANCHU Clone of the Universe At The Dojo
8 HARMS WAY Posthuman Metal Blade
9 TENGGER CAVALRY Cian Bi Napalm
10 HEADCRUSHER Death Comes With Silence Self-Released