I don’t clock albums, but if interested here’s a countdown style (track 1 is #20, etc.) playlist of my 20 most-played tracks. Only caveat is I kept it to one per artist: https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/halfway-20/pl.u-PDbYDl4txl2kZ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3n1XO1Sr66XFQuNzG44wU5

@Howie Cohen I put em together manually based on YTD totals from the Musicat app.

@Lisa Braun exciting!

@Lisa Braun completely unintentional!

I use Songkick. Basically you follow the bands you like and it shoots you a notification when they announce shows in your area. It might not have things like in-stores, & it’s not really built to browse what’s on nightly or weekly or whatever, but if you’re like “I love ____ and would see them if they played here,” it should keep you on top of it.

1. Mutiny 2. After 3. Midnight 4. By 5. Johnny 6. Blue 7. Skies 8. A.K.A 9. Sturgill 10. Simpson

More helpfully, probably: 1. Mutiny After Midnight - Johnny Blue Skies 2. Irreversible - Brigitte Calls Me Baby 3. Singin’ to an Empty Chair - Ratboys 4. Heaven 2 - Lala Lala 5. Sexistential - Robyn 6. Little Wide Open - Kevin Morby 7. Run, Run Pure Beauty - Francis of Delirium (due a re-listen, I suspect this charts higher) 8. MAITREYA CORSO - Maya Hawke 9. Wings of Desire - Hemi Hemingway 10. Wasted on Youth - The Molotovs Honourable Mentions: Courtney Barnett, Girl Scout, Iron & Wine, Kneecap, Hannah Lew, Metric, MUNA, Arlo Parks, Snail Mail, Vince Staples, Tyler Ballgame, Jesse Welles

@Sara Bible as a KEXP listener in MN, I’d be really curious to hear your opinion on The Current. But maybe that’s a long discussion…

@Sara Bible Thanks for sharing! I stumbled into them around 2011 and was a sustaining member for about a decade after (despite being located in Toronto). I don’t have the local perspective, but what I can say - in addition to their playlist roster not being the deepest - is that what finally tipped it for me was a combination of 2 things. 1. The on-air staff got hollowed out. I started listening and it was mostly Barb & Looch & Oake & Riley, then they left (/were pushed out) and it went to the B squad with Jade & McPherson & Mac Wilson, and they were pretty decent, but then all of them left and it went down to people like Jessica Paxton who literally just plagiarizes Wikipedia on-air. (I literally refer to her as “Wiki” to my partner and change the channel if she’s on the mic) 2. The vibes just got too earnest. In 2020 the city was burning after George Floyd and everyone was teetering on a breakdown with covid and they were doing “the top 893 songs that bring us together” and not talking about anything that was actually going on in the world and I just couldn’t… I still listen occasionally (am actually listening right now), but it went from my #1 (/pretty much exclusive) radio choice to at least #4 behind KEXP, WXPN in Philly and even KUTX Austin… mostly on the strength of the DJs (esp. John Richards, Mike V. in Philly & Laurie Gallardo in Austin) and slightly more expansive playlist options. I actually finally just became a KEXP sustaining member, so I’m excited to start wearing my shirt to shows here and making more friends.