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Chart Show 6-16

Posted at 9:02 PM on June 16, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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TW	LW	Wks	6/16/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	8	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
2	4	9	Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi	Two Against One
3	2	4	Bon Iver	Calgary
4	3	4	Fleet Foxes	Montezuma
5	10	10	Iron And Wine	Me And Lazarus
6	7	8	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
7	9	7	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
8	17	3	The Rural Alberta Advantage	The Breakup
9	14	2	Dawes	Time Spent In Los Angeles
10	6	12	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
11	5	2	My Morning Jacket	Holding On To Black Metal
12	8	10	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
13	11	4	Two Door Cinema Club	What You Know
14	X	1	Radiohead	Little By Little
15	X	1	Gomez	Options
16	15	5	Lupe Fiasco	Till I Get There
17	12	2	The Joy Formidable	Whirring
18	20	2	The Strokes	Machu Picchu
19	16	5	Tapes 'n Tapes	Badaboom
20	19	5	DeVotchka	The Man From San Sebastian

Chart Show Hall of Fame 2011

The Decemberists "Rox In The Box" (6-16) <2nd>

Atmosphere "Just For Show" (6-9) <3rd>

Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks" (6-2)

Adele "Rumor Has It" (6-2) <2nd>

Radiohead "Lotus Flower" (5-26)

Fleet Foxes "Hopelessness Blues" (5-12)

Cake "Long Time" (5-12)

Rural Alberta Advantage "Stamp" (5-5) <2nd>

Dessa "Alibi" (5-5) <3rd>

Jeremy Messersmith "A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard" (4-21) <3rd>

Cloud Cult 'There's So Much Energy In Us" (4-7) <2nd>

Cage The Elephant "Shake Me Down" (3-24)

Iron And Wine "Tree By The River" (3-24)

Sufjan Stevens "I Walked" (3-10)

Arcade Fire "Modern Man" (3-3) <3rd>

Atmosphere "The Best Day" (3-3) <2nd>

Adele "Rolling In The Deep" (2-24)

Mason Jennings "Child of Nature" (2-17)

Pert Near Sandstone "I Am The Walrus" (2-17)

Mumford and Sons "Awake My Soul" (2-17) <4th>

The Decemberists "Down By The Water" (2-10)

Tapes 'n Tapes "Freak Out" (2-10)

Matt and Kim "Cameras" (1-20)

The Black Keys "Sinister Kid" (1-20) <3rd>

Roma Di Luna "Before I Die" (1-13)

The National "Conversation 16" (1-6) <3rd>

Chart Show 6-9

Posted at 9:01 PM on June 9, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Titanic battle for the top spot this week with lots of the big names surging, but

Arcade Fire came out on top getting a lift from the fans wanting tix to RTG.

MMJ are the highest new entry, and a lot of their fans voted for Arcade Fire and

The Joy Formidable, another hooj guitar sound coming in at #12.

Atmosphere's 2nd induction is the 8th overall local entry this year for the Chart

Hall of Fame. There's been 23 inductees so far this year, almost exactly half

2010's total of 47. We're close to the halfway point of the year, that's really a

CRAZY stat!?!

Sad, The Cars dropped out after 2 weeks with "Sad Song" and after 8 weeks

Low's "Try To Sleep" was sent to 'sleep with the fishes'.

TW	LW	Wks	6/9/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	6	7	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
2	4	3	Bon Iver	Calgary
3	8	3	Fleet Foxes	Montezuma
4	9	8	Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi	Two Against One
5	X	1	My Morning Jacket	Holding On To Black Metal
6	3	11	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
7	5	7	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
8	7	9	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
9	13	6	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
10	2	9	Iron And Wine	Me And Lazarus
11	17	3	Two Door Cinema Club	What You Know
12	X	1	The Joy Formidable	Whirring
13	15	12	Atmosphere	Just For Show
14	X	1	Dawes	Time Spent In Los Angeles
15	12	4	Lupe Fiasco	Till I Get There
16	18	4	Tapes 'n Tapes	Badaboom
17	19	2	The Rural Alberta Advantage	The Breakup
18	16	2	Two Harbors	Lately
19	20	4	DeVotchka	The Man From San Sebastian
20	X	1	The Strokes	Machu Picchu

Chart Show 6-2

Posted at 9:00 PM on June 2, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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FTP get inducted into the Chart Hall of Fame returning to the top and holds off

Bon Iver who seem to destined to take over, as Adele joins the HOF too.

Iron & Wine got a nice boost from their tickets being given away, one of many

SOLD OUT shows that we're having this year for lots of the bands that chart.

We lost all the bands with 'and the' in their name, Florence and Fitz. Debuts by

Two Harbors and The RAA make it a strong week to have a place in your name.

Second visit to the chart for DeVotchka, bouyed by their Sound Town date?

TW	LW	Wks	6/2/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	12	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
2	7	8	Iron and Wine	Me and Lazarus
3	3	10	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
4	18	2	Bon Iver	Calgary
5	8	6	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
6	9	6	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
7	6	8	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
8	10	2	Fleet Foxes	Montezuma
9	5	7	Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi	Two Against One
10	1	12	Adele	Rumor Has It
11	15	8	Low	Try To Sleep
12	12	3	Lupe Fiasco	Till I Get There
13	4	5	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
14	19	2	The Cars	Sad Song
15	11	11	Atmosphere	Just For Show
16	X	1	Two Harbors	Lately
17	20	2	Two Door Cinema Club	What You Know
18	17	3	Tapes 'n Tapes	Badaboom
19	X	1	The Rural Alberta Advantage	The Breakup
20	R	3	DeVotchka	The Man From San Sebastian

Chart Show 5-26

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 26, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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An unchanged Top 3, which I don't think has happened before, nor has the

#1 ever been in town on the same night to play a sold out show!

Big rise for Death Cab and new entry for The Cars, both just played in town.

Radiohead are inducted into The Chart Hall of Fame, see below for an update.

We lost Foo Fighters, DeVotchka, The Head and the Heart and TVOTR.

TW	LW	Wks	5/26/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	11	Adele	Rumor Has It
2	2	11	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
3	3	9	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
4	6	4	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
5	7	6	Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi	Two Against One
6	8	7	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
7	9	7	Iron and Wine	Me and Lazarus
8	12	5	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
9	4	5	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
10	X	1	Fleet Foxes	Montezuma
11	13	10	Atmosphere	Just For Show
12	17	2	Lupe Fiasco	Till I Get There
13	5	4	Florence and the Machine	You've Got The Love
14	10	12	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
15	15	7	Low	Try To Sleep
16	14	3	Fitz and the Tantrums	L.O.V.
17	20	2	Tapes 'n Tapes	Badaboom
18	X	1	Bon Iver	Calgary
19	X	1	The Cars	Sad Song
20	X	1	Two Door Cinema Club	What You Know

Chart Show Hall of Fame 2011

Radiohead   "Lotus Flower"   (5-26)

Fleet Foxes   "Hopelessness Blues"   (5-12)

Cake   "Long Time"   (5-12)

Rural Alberta Advantage   "Stamp"   (5-5)   <2nd>

Dessa   "Alibi"   (5-5)     <3rd>

Jeremy Messersmith   "A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard"   (4-21)   <3rd>

Cloud Cult   'There's So Much Energy In Us" (4-7)   <2nd>

Cage The Elephant   "Shake Me Down"   (3-24)

Iron And Wine   "Tree By The River"   (3-24)

Sufjan Stevens   "I Walked"   (3-10)

Arcade Fire   "Modern Man"   (3-3)   <3rd>

Atmosphere   "The Best Day"   (3-3)

Adele   "Rolling In The Deep"   (2-24)

Mason Jennings   "Child of Nature"   (2-17)

Pert Near Sandstone   "I Am The Walrus"   (2-17)

Mumford and Sons   "Awake My Soul"   (2-17) <4th>

The Decemberists   "Down By The Water"   (2-10)

Tapes 'n Tapes   "Freak Out"   (2-10)

Matt and Kim   "Cameras" (1-20)

The Black Keys   "Sinister Kid"   (1-20)   <3rd>

Roma Di Luna   "Before I Die"   (1-13)

The National   "Conversation 16"   (1-6)   <3rd>

Chart Show 5-19

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 19, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Thank You!! A record number of votes this week. Most were trying to get the

Adele tickets, hence her 4th week at the top. Florence, Danger Mouse &

Daniele Luppi and Fitz and the Tantrums were all big movers up the chart.

Lupe and The Head and the Heart nice surprise new entries, sadly we lost

Sims after 3 weeks on the chart just as he and Dessa get home after their

Into The Spin tour to the west coast, there's some great pics at Doomtree.

TW	LW	Wks	5/19/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	12	10	Adele	Rumor Has It
2	1	10	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
3	6	8	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
4	2	4	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
5	11	3	Florence and the Machine	You've Got The Love
6	3	3	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
7	16	5	Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi	Two Against One
8	5	6	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
9	8	6	Iron and Wine	Me and Lazarus
10	9	11	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
11	10	9	TV on the Radio	Will Do
12	13	4	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
13	15	9	Atmosphere	Just For Show
14	20	2	Fitz and the Tantrums	L.O.V.
15	17	6	Low	Try To Sleep
16	14	3	Foo Fighters	Rope
17	X	1	Lupe Fiasco	Till I Get There
18	X	1	The Head and the Heart	Lost In My Mind
19	19	2	DeVotchka	The Man From San Sebastian
20	X	1	Tapes 'n Tapes	Badaboom

Chart Show 5-12

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 12, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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The scrappy underdog, Foster the People holds off a surge from bigboys

Arcade Fire. A BIG week for the Beastie Boys, while yoyo Adele plummets

AGAIN! CD of the Week Fleet Foxes inducted into the Hall of Fame as are

Cake who will be doing a Theft of the Dial with Barb Tues 5/17/11 at 11am.

That night at 8.45pm we'll also have an interview with Danger Mouse and

Danielle Luppi as their new colab 'Rome' is released.

TW	LW	Wks	5/12/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	9	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
2	8	3	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
3	13	2	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
4	5	12	Fleet Foxes	Hopelessness Blues
5	4	5	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
6	6	7	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
7	3	12	Cake	Long Time
8	10	5	Iron and Wine	Me And Lazarus
9	15	10	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
10	16	8	TV On The Radio	Will Do
11	12	2	Florence and the Machine	You've Got The Love
12	2	9	Adele	Rumor Has It
13	7	3	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
14	14	2	Foo Fighters	Rope
15	17	8	Atmosphere	Just For Show
16	20	4	Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi	Two Against One
17	18	5	Low	Try To Sleep
18	19	3	Sims	Burn It Down
19	X	1	DeVotchka	The Man From San Sebastian
20	X	1	Fitz and the Tantrums	L.O.V.

Chart Show 5-5

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 5, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Finally, while all the big name bands bounce up and down the chart, after

4 weeks at # 2 Foster The People make it to the top! It's Adele's Birthday,

(22 I presume?) but she didn't make it back to #1, to celebrate.

Giving tickets away helped Cake to their highest position yet so they and

Fleet Foxes are poised and Rural and Dessa are inducted this week to The

Chart Hall of Fame.

Some big names make their debut mid-table so it looks like a big fight for

#1 next week OR will Foster hold on, now they're there? But then TVOTR &

Radiohead have under-performed and this week we lost, surprisingly, The

Kills, Bright Eyes and The Strokes. So anything can happen, it's up to you!

TW	LW	Wks	5/5/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	8	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
2	7	8	Adele	Rumor Has It
3	11	11	Cake	Long Time
4	6	4	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
5	3	11	Fleet Foxes	Homelessness Blues
6	1	6	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
7	8	2	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
8	4	2	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
9	10	12	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
10	5	4	Iron and Wine	Me And Lazarus
11	14	12	Dessa	Alibi
12	X	1	Florence and the Machine	You've Got The Love
13	X	1	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
14	X	1	Foo Fighters	Rope
15	13	9	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
16	12	7	TV On The Radio	Will Do
17	15	7	Atmosphere	Just For Show
18	16	4	Low	Try To Sleep
19	20	2	Sims	Burn It Down
20	19	3	Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi	Two Against One

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Chart Show 4-28

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 28, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Great to see Sims make it in this week, just as his label and tour mate

Dessa preps to be inducted! Two other big new entries from Arcade Fire and

Death Cab For Cutie. First time at #1 for The Decemberists as the yoyoing

Adele drops again! Another strong week for Lykke Li should be a big fight for

Number One next week. And thanks to Dave Campbell for hosting!

TW	LW	Wks	4/28/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	5	5	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
2	3	7	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
3	2	10	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
4	X	1	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
5	4	3	Iron and Wine	Me And Lazarus
6	10	3	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
7	1	7	Adele	Rumor Has It
8	X	1	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
9	6	4	The Kills	Satellite
10	9	11	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
11	8	10	Cake	Long Time
12	16	6	TV On The Radio	Will Do
13	14	8	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
14	11	11	Dessa	Alibi
15	17	6	Atmosphere	Just For Show
16	12	3	Low	Try To Sleep
17	13	8	The Strokes	Under Cover Of Darkness
18	15	2	Bright Eyes	Shell Games
19	20	2	Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi	Two Against One
20	X	1	Sims	Burn It Down

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Chart Show 4-21

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 21, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Adele does her yoyo thing again, back to the top after a two week slump.

Jeremy is inducted for the 3rd time, fitting after his spectacular show at

The Fitz which you can hear archived, let's make that an annual event!

Especially sad to see TVOTR take a tumble after the passing of bass player

Gerard forced them to cancel their two sold out First Ave shows.

We lost Idle Hands after a good 6 week run and Fitz and the Tantrums after

9 weeks on the the chart.

TW	LW	Wks	4/21/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	9	6	Adele	Rumor Has It
2	1	9	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
3	2	6	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
4	4	2	Iron and Wine	Me and Lazarus
5	8	4	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
6	10	3	The Kills	Satellite
7	6	12	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and a Graveyard
8	12	9	Cake	Long Time
9	7	10	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
10	20	2	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
11	11	10	Dessa	Alibi
12	16	2	Low	Try To Sleep
13	15	7	The Strokes	Under Cover Of Darkness
14	5	7	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
15	X	1	Bright Eyes	Shell Games
16	3	5	TV on the Radio	Will Do
17	17	6	Atmosphere	Just For Show
18	14	2	Jessica Lee Mayfield	Our Hearts Are Wrong
19	13	2	Florence and the Machine	You've Got The Love
20	X	1	Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi	Two Against One

Chart Show 4-14

Posted at 10:00 PM on April 14, 2011 by David Safar
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Listeners have shaken up the chart this week with some exciting new entries and a strong chart debut from an artist recently in our UBS Forum. Standing at the top of the chart is Fleet Foxes with the #1, and Foster the People with the #2 spots this week. Five local artists/bands made the chart as the station launches Local Current, an all Minnesota music stream. Jeremy Messersmith moves up to the #6 spot for his 11th week on the chart. Will he make the HOF next week? Dessa stays on the chart for a 9th week with her song "Alibi," and at the bottom of the chart is the Idle Hands, Atmosphere, and a new entry by Low. Other new entries this week include Florence and the Machine and Jessica Lea Mayfield at the #13 and #14 spots. Plus, a strong debut from Iron and Wine following Sam Beam's visit to the The Current/UBS Forum this week.

TW	LW	Wks	4/14/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	8	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
2	2	5	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
3	6	4	TV On The Radio	Will Do
4	X	1	Iron and Wine	Me and Lazarus
5	9	6	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
6	11	11	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
7	5	9	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
8	15	3	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
9	4	5	Adele	Rumor Has It
10	20	2	The Kills	Satellite
11	12	9	Dessa	Alibi
12	7	8	Cake	Long Time
13	X	1	Florence and The Machine	You've Got The Love
14	X	1	Jessica Lea Mayfield	Our Hearts Are Wrong
15	16	6	The Strokes	Under Cover of Darkness
16	X	1	Low	Try To Sleep

Chart Show 4-7

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 7, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Rumor has it has had it! At the top that is, Adele has been known as a

Yoyo artist and Radiohead are doing the same thing, falling again this week.

Other wise a stable chart with no new entries and just one inductee to the

HOF; Cloud Cult. Lots of locals moving down, including our next CD of the

Week Atmosphere's 'Family Sign' released next week. Rural Alberta call the

Twin Cities their second home, they got a big boost back up, as did PB&J.

TW	LW	Wks	4/7/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	5	7	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
2	2	4	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
3	4	10	Drive By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop
4	1	4	Adele	Rumor Has It
5	16	8	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
6	9	3	TV On The Radio	Will Do
7	8	7	Cake	Long Time
8	17	4	Peter Bjorn and John	Second Chance
9	3	5	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
10	10	4	The Black Keys	Next Girl
11	6	10	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and a Graveyard
12	7	8	Dessa	Alibi
13	14	12	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
14	13	8	Lissie	When I'm Alone
15	19	2	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
16	18	5	The Strokes	Under Cover Of Darkness
17	12	5	The Idle Hands	Socialite Death Squad
18	15	8	Fitz and the Tantrums	MoneyGrabber
19	11	4	Atmosphere	Just For Show
20	20	1	The Kills	Satellite

Chart Show 3-31

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 31, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Foster the People have been able to foster many people as fans here!

Big move up to #2 and playing a sold out show Friday at The 7th St. Entry.

Radiohead rebound on the strength of delivering the news. Lucky to be in

Uptown this Tuesday at 1pm I snatched a copy of their 'newspaper' The

Universal Sigh. Judging by the poems, lyrics and short stories in the paper

'The King Of Limbs' is based around trees (the limbs being branches) which

I'd not thought of before, cool stuff.

Dessa got a bump up again perhaps from her cool TPT TV performance at

The Cedar Cultural Center for the show MN Original. She'll be bouncing to

Rochester Art Center with us Saturday for The Current Road Trip, doors at

6.30pm and we're getting indications that it will 'sell out' so get there early!

TW	LW	Wks	3/31/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	3	Adele	Rumor Has It
2	8	3	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
3	10	4	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
4	2	9	Drive By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop
5	3	6	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
6	5	9	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
7	15	7	Dessa	Alibi
8	11	6	Cake	Long Time
9	13	2	TV On The Radio	Will Do
10	4	3	The Black Keys	Next Girl
11	7	3	Atmosphere	Just For Show
12	6	4	The Idle Hands	Socialite Death Squad
13	16	7	Lissie	When I'm Gone
14	14	11	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
15	9	7	Fitz And The Tantrums	MoneyGrabber
16	17	7	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
17	19	3	Peter Bjorn and John	Second Chance
18	18	4	The Strokes	Under Cover Of Darkness
19	X	1	The Decemberists	Rox In The Box
20	X	1	The Kills	Satellite

Chart Show 3-24

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 24, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Holy calamity, chart insanity! Radiohead plummet from the top and The

Decemberists drop off after only one week. Big jumps for Atmosphere and

Foster The People, just in time for their gig next Friday (4/1) in the Entry.

Two inductees to The Hall of Fame; Iron and Wine and Cage The Elephant.

TW	LW	Wks	3/24/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	2	Adele	Rumor Has It
2	9	8	Drive By Trukers	Used To Be A Cop
3	4	5	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
4	6	2	The Black Keys	Next Girl
5	2	8	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
6	13	3	The Idle Hands	Socialite Death Squad
7	16	2	Atmosphere	Just For Show
8	17	2	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
9	15	6	Fitz And The Tantrums	MoneyGrabber
10	1	3	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
11	5	5	Cake	Long Time
12	14	12	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
13	X	1	TV On The Radio	Will Do
14	12	10	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
15	19	6	Dessa	Alibi
16	18	6	Lissie	When I'm Gone
17	7	6	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
18	8	3	The Strokes	Under Cover Of Darkness
19	20	2	Peter Bjorn and John	Second Chance
20	10	12	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down

Chart Show 3-17

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 17, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Most new entries for...a long long time! Making room for all of them, we lost

Lucinda WIlliams after a couple of weeks, Communist Daughter's cover of

The Beatles after 8 weeks. Cee Lo, Rogue Valley and after a single week

DeVotchka suffered a massive drop off in support. The biggest movers are

Fleet Foxes!

TW	LW	Wks	3/17/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	7	2	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
2	1	7	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
3	X	1	Adele	Rumor Has It
4	19	4	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
5	13	4	Cake	Long Time
6	X	1	The Black Keys	Next Girl
7	2	5	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
8	8	2	The Strokes	Under Cover Of Darkness
9	5	7	Drive By Trukers	Used To Be A Cop
10	3	11	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
11	X	1	The Decemberists	Calamity Song
12	6	9	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
13	15	2	The Idle Hands	Socialite Death Squad
14	4	11	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
15	10	5	Fitz And The Tantrums	MoneyGrabber
16	X	1	Atmosphere	Just For Show
17	X	1	Foster The People	Pumped Up Kicks
18	17	5	Lissie	When I'm Gone
19	9	5	Dessa	Alibi
20	X	1	Peter Bjorn and John	Second Chance

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Chart Show 3-10-11

Posted at 9:04 PM on March 10, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

The most new entries for a long time with four, including some big names;

Radiohead, The Strokes and DeVotchka all making their debuts, as The

Chart Show has only been going for 14 months. Aided by 2 Hall Of Fame

Inductees last week and Florence's Oscar buzz lasting only one week!

Kanye and Bon dropped out too after 5 weeks. We have another Inductee;

Sufjan Stevens' "I Walked". Nice to see the RAA getting a lot of love here.

Perhaps the tickets to the show helped them, but what's with DBT?

Were they on the telly?! The Ch9 profile last week seemed to help Dessa!

TW	LW	Wks	3/10/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	6	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
2	5	4	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
3	4	10	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
4	7	10	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
5	11	6	Drive-By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop
6	2	8	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
7	X	1	Radiohead	Lotus Flower
8	X	1	The Strokes	Under Cover Of Darkness
9	16	4	Dessa	Alibi
10	12	4	Fitz and the Tantrums	MoneyGrabber
11	8	5	Rogue Valley	Cleaning Slates
12	X	1	DeVotchka	100 Other Lovers
13	14	3	Cake	Long Time
14	15	9	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
15	X	1	Idle Hands	Socialite Death Squad
16	9	8	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
17	17	4	Lissie	When I'm Alone
18	19	12	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
19	13	3	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
20	20	2	Lucinda Williams	Buttercup

Chart Show 3-3 ... w/ Hall Of Fame

Posted at 9:02 PM on March 3, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Two big inductees to The Chart Hall of Fame, Atmosphere and Arcade Fire.

The whole of the HOF is posted below, after several requests. Now will

Sufjan hang on next week?!?! Big moves this week by Cage The Elephant,

Drive-By Truckers and Florence slamming in at #10. Most female acts ever!

Would have been more but Adele was inducted last week. We also lost

Bright Eyes after only one week, but I'm sure they'll be back. Cheers!

TW	LW	Wks	3/3/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	5	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
2	2	7	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
3	7	12	Atmosphere	The Best Day
4	13	9	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
5	8	3	Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
6	6	12	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
7	11	9	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
8	1	4	Rogue Valley	Cleaning Slates
9	5	7	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
10	X	1	Florence and the Machine	Rabbit Heart
11	19	5	Drive-By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop
12	14	3	Fitz and the Tantrums	MoneyGrabber
13	15	2	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
14	17	2	Cake	Long Time
15	18	8	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
16	10	3	Dessa	Alibi
17	20	3	Lissie	When I'm Alone
18	9	5	Kanye West w/ Bon Iver	Lost In The World
19	12	11	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
20	X	1	Lucinda Williams	Buttercup

Chart Show Hall of Fame 2011

Arcade Fire "Modern Man" (3-3) <3rd>

Atmosphere "The Best Day" (3-3)

Adele "Rolling In The Deep" (2-24)

Mason Jennings "Child of Nature" (2-17)

Pert Near Sandstone "I Am The Walrus" (2-17)

Mumford and Sons "Awake My Soul" (2-17) <4th>

The Decemberists "Down By The Water" (2-10)

Tapes 'n Tapes "Freak Out" (2-10)

Matt and Kim "Cameras" (1-20)

The Black Keys "Sinister Kid" (1-20) <3rd>

Roma Di Luna "Before I Die" (1-13)

The National "Conversation 16" (1-6) <3rd>

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 2010

Jeremy Messersmith "Organ Donor" (12-23) 2nd

Cee Lo Green "Forget You" (12-16)

Arcade Fire "Ready To Start" (12-09) 2nd

Atmosphere "Freefallin'" (12-09)

LCD Soundsystem "I Can Change" (12-09) 2nd

Cloud Cult "You'll Be Bright" (11-18) 2nd

Mason Jennings "Machines" (10-28) 2nd

Gorillaz "Rhinestone Eyes" (10-21)

The Avett Brothers "Spanish Pipedream" (10-21) 3rd

Trampled By Turtles "Victory" (10-21) 2nd

The Black Keys "Howlin' For You" (10-14)

The National "Terrible Love" (10-14) 2nd

Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs "Beg Steal or Borrow" (10-07)

Local Natives "Airplanes" (9-23)

LCD Soundsystem "Dance Yrself Clean" (9-16)

Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" (8-26)

Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" (8-19)

Vampire Weekend "Giving Up The Gun" (8-12)

Dessa "Dixon's Girl" (08-05)

Jeremy Messersmith "Violet!" (08-05)

Phantogram "Mouthful Of Diamonds" (07/22)

The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (07/15)

Trampled By Turtles "Wait So Long" (07/08)

The Black Keys "Tighten Up" (07/08)

Cloud Cult "Running With The Wolves" (07/08)

Dawes "When My Time Comes" (07/08)

The XX "VCR" (07/01) <3rd>

Mumford and Sons "Winter Winds" (07/01) <3rd>

The New Pornographers "Your Hands (Together) (06/17)

OK GO "This Too Shall Pass" (06/10)

Mumford and Sons "The Cave" (06/03)

Yeasayer "O.N.E." (05/13)

The Avett Brothers "January Wedding" (05/06)

Dessa "The Chaconne" (04/22)

Broken Bells "The High Road" (04/22)

Vampire Weekend "Cousins" (04/15)

Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (04/01)

The XX "Basic Space" (04/01)

The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)

Spoon "Written in Reverse" (2/25)

Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" (2/11)

Tegan and Sara "Hell" (2/4)

Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" (1/14)

The XX "Crystalised" (1/7)

Chart Show 2-24

Posted at 9:00 PM on February 24, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Adele is inducted into the Chart Show Hall of Fame this week with her song "Rolling In The Deep." She just broke a Beatles record in the UK, two albums in the Top 5 together! '19' her previous album came back into the charts at #4 while this new one '21' is at the top.

Big moves up the chart for Kanye West, and Dessa. We have 3 new entries crowding the bottom of the chart, and Fitz and the Tantrums' "MoneyGrabber" re-enters at #14. We lost Girl Talk after 7 weeks on the chart.

TW	LW	Wks	2/24/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	3	Rogue Valley	Cleaning Slates
2	4	6	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
3	1	4	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
4	7	12	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
5	2	6	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
6	6	11	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
7	12	11	Atmosphere	The Best Day
8	13	2	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
9	14	4	Kanye West w/ Bon Iver	Lost In The World
10	18	2	Dessa	Alibi
11	9	8	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
12	17	10	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
13	10	8	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
14	R	2	Fitz and The Tantrums	MoneyGrabber
15	X	1	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues
16	X	1	Bright Eyes	Shell Games
17	X	1	Cake	Long Time
18	15	7	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
19	16	4	Drive By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop
20	19	2	Lissie	When I'm Alone

Chart Show 2-17

Posted at 8:55 PM on February 17, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another exciting week on The Chart Show as we induct Mumford and Sons' "Awake My Soul," Pert Near Sandstone's "I Am The Walrus," and Mason Jennings "Child of Nature" into the Hall of Fame. New to the chart this week is Dessa's "Alibi" debuting at #18, Lissie's "When I'm Alone" at #19, and The Rural Alberta Advantage at #13 with their new song "Stamp." We lost Sleigh Bells this week after a 6 week run on the chart.

TW	LW	Wks	2/17/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	3	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
2	1	5	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
3	2	2	Rogue Valley	Cleaning Slates
4	4	5	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
5	7	12	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
6	16	10	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
7	10	11	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
8	5	12	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
9	13	7	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
10	11	7	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
11	9	12	Mason Jennings	Child of Nature
12	8	10	Atmosphere	The Best Day
13	X	1	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Stamp
14	17	3	Kanye West w/ Bon Iver	Lost In The World
15	18	6	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
16	20	3	Drive By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop
17	14	9	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
18	X	1	Dessa	Alibi
19	X	1	Lissie	When I'm Alone
20	19	7	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage

Chart Show 2-10

Posted at 8:03 PM on February 11, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

This love of local music is getting out of control!?!? Eight out of the Top Ten.

Even when we lose one, Arms Akimbo, we gain the highest new entry in

Rogue Valley! T'nT also inducted into HOF along with The Decemberists.

We also lost Fitz and the Tantrums but maybe they'll bounce back after the

Bunkers gig tonight and the storming session they did for us!

TW	LW	Wks	2/10/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	4	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
2	X	1	Rogue Valley	Cleaning Slates
3	4	2	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
4	2	4	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
5	5	11	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
6	7	12	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
7	8	11	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
8	10	9	Atmosphere	The Best Day
9	6	11	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
10	9	10	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
11	15	6	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
12	3	12	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
13	11	6	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
14	14	8	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
15	18	6	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill
16	13	9	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
17	12	2	Kanye West w/Bon Iver	Lost In The World
18	16	5	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
19	19	6	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage
20	R	2	Drive By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop

Chart Show 2-10

Posted at 9:01 PM on February 10, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

This love of local music is getting out of control!?!? Eight out of the Top Ten.

Even when we lose one, Arms Akimbo, we gain the highest new entry in

Rogue Valley! T'nT also inducted into HOF along with The Decemberists.

We also lost Fitz and the Tantrums but maybe they'll bounce back after the

Bunkers gig tonight and the storming session they did for us!

TW	LW	Wks	2/10/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	4	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
2	X	1	Rogue Valley	Cleaning Slates
3	4	2	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
4	2	4	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
5	5	11	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
6	7	12	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
7	8	11	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
8	10	9	Atmosphere	The Best Day
9	6	11	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
10	9	10	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
11	15	6	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
12	3	12	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
13	11	6	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
14	14	8	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
15	18	6	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill
16	13	9	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
17	12	2	Kanye West w/Bon Iver	Lost In The World
18	16	5	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
19	19	6	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage
20	R	2	Drive By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop

Chart Show 2-3

Posted at 8:59 PM on February 3, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Helped by The Beatle Effect we have a new record eight entries from MN!!

Another new local #1 and the highest new entry. Fitz will be in town

Thursday of next week at Bunkers and Kanye's Hawaiian sojourn with

Justin of Bon Iver pays off...at last!

We lost Drive By Truckers and Belle and Sebastian after only one week.

Neil Young hung in there for two. Adele is now yoyo song of the year!

Go Packers!

TW	LW	Wks	2/3/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	4	3	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
2	1	3	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
3	2	11	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
4	X	1	Jeremy Messersmith	A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
5	3	10	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
6	14	10	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
7	5	11	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
8	8	10	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
9	13	9	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
10	7	8	Atmosphere	The Best Day
11	10	5	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
12	X	1	Kanye West w/Bon Iver	Lost In The World
13	6	8	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
14	11	7	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
15	18	5	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
16	16	4	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
17	12	10	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
18	9	5	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill
19	15	5	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage
20	X	1	Fitz and the Tantrums	MoneyGrabber

Chart Show 1-27

Posted at 9:03 PM on January 27, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

We can only hope that the news that you shot to #1 might positively impact

Craig of Cloud Cult's health as he deals with an ailment of the heart, wow!

The Decemberists were tough to keep down too, they had the #1 selling

Billboard Chart Album, selling five times as well as the best week for their

'Hazards of Love'. Adele's a yo-yo, bouncing up and down alternate weeks.

In the UK her album sold more than the rest of the Top 10 ...combined!

Another strong local week, 'The MN Beatle Project' keeps bringing the hits!

TW	LW	Wks	1/27/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	6	2	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
2	2	10	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
3	1	9	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
4	5	2	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
5	7	10	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
6	8	7	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
7	4	7	Atmosphere	The Best Day
8	3	9	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
9	15	4	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill
10	10	4	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
11	19	6	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
12	16	9	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
13	20	8	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
14	9	9	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
15	12	4	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage
16	13	3	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
17	18	2	Neil Young	Love and War
18	17	4	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
19	X	1	Drive By Truckers	Used To Be A Cop
20	X	1	Belle and Sebastian	I Want The World To Stop

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Chart Show 1-20

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 20, 2011 by Mark Wheat (2 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

This week Pert Near Sandstone reclaims the #1 spot on the Chart bumping The Decemberists to #2. Two big debuts for local music this week with Communist Daughter's cover of The Beatles "Golden Slumbers," and Cloud Cult's "There's So Much Energy In Us." Neil Young also debuted this week nudging LCD Soundsystem off the Chart. We also lost Kanye West after a 4 week run with "Runaway." And last but certainly not least! This week we induct two more songs into the Chart Show Hall of Fame. The Black Keys add another track from the album Brothers with "Sinister Kid," and Matt and Kim make the HOF with "Cameras."

TW	LW	Wks	1/20/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	8	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
2	1	9	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
3	3	8	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
4	6	6	Atmosphere	The Best Day
5	X	1	Communist Daughter	Golden Slumbers
6	X	1	Cloud Cult	There's So Much Energy In Us
7	8	9	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
8	4	6	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
9	5	8	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
10	12	3	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
11	13	12	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
12	9	3	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage
13	20	2	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You
14	10	12	Matt and Kim	Cameras
15	19	3	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill
16	16	8	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
17	17	3	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
18	X	1	Neil Young	Love and War
19	11	5	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
20	7	7	Adele	Rolling In The Deep

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Chart Show 1-13

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 13, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Propelled by giving away tix to their show and streaming the new album...

The Decemberists storm to the top. Pert Near recover and inducted to HOF;

Roma Di Luna !

TW	LW	Wks	1/6/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	8	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
2	14	7	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
3	1	7	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
4	5	5	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
5	8	7	Mason Jennings	Child of Nature
6	2	5	Atmosphere	The Best Day
7	6	6	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
8	4	8	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
9	11	2	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage
10	7	11	Matt and Kim	Cameras
11	16	4	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
12	18	2	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
13	12	11	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
14	13	4	Kanye West	Runaway
15	9	12	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
16	17	7	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
17	19	2	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
18	15	5	LCD Soundsystem	Pow Pow
19	20	2	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill
20	X	1	Cee Lo	No One's Gonna Love You

Chart Show 1-6-11

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 6, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Brand New Year, brand new number one! Celebrating their victory at the top of our

2010 poll for album of the year, it's the 4th Mumford and Sons song to hit the top.

The National are the first band to be inducted into the Hall of Fame for 2011.

Big moves for Adele and Tapes 'n Tapes and steady progress for Kanye from the

#1 Album of 2010 as picked by a majority of the other critics in the country.

The highest new entry might never be a 'real record' but I've definitely gotten more

Girl Talk requests and enquiries than for any other 'song' recently.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, it's going to be a really great one, I promise!

TW	LW	Wks	1/6/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	6	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
2	6	4	Atmosphere	The Best Day
3	3	7	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
4	17	7	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
5	7	4	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
6	18	5	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
7	10	10	Matt and Kim	Cameras
8	4	6	Mason Jennings	Child of Nature
9	9	11	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
10	5	12	The National	Conversation 16
11	X	1	Girl Talk	Jump On Stage
12	16	10	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
13	20	3	Kanye West	Runaway
14	1	6	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
15	11	4	LCD Soundsystem	Pow Pow
16	13	3	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
17	8	6	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
18	X	1	Iron and Wine	Tree By The River
19	X	1	Cage The Elephant	Shake Me Down
20	X	1	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill

Chart Show 12-23

Posted at 8:59 PM on December 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

It's the final Chart Show of the year as we take a break next week to replay the

Current Classic Concerts of 2010 series and to concentrate on the Top 89.

Considering that, I hereby declare Jeremy donating his organ inducted into the

HOF and everyone else will get a week added to their tally.

Unfortunately that will not help Ben Folds and Nick Hornby who dropped out after

11 weeks, nor Ray LaMontagne after 9 weeks with "Repo Man".

We break last weeks record of local entries by getting a half from the Low cover by

Robert Plant, that makes 81/2 the record now.

The first full year of The Chart Show is at a close and it's been a great one!

A full list of The Chart Show Hall of Fame is below, 44 songs in all, wow!

Can I be the first to say...Happy New Year!

TW	LW	Wks	12/23/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	4	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
2	2	4	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
3	8	5	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
4	3	4	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
5	4	10	The National	Conversation 16
6	15	2	Atmosphere	The Best Day
7	14	2	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
8	10	4	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
9	12	9	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
10	7	8	Matt and Kim	Cameras
11	6	2	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
12	16	7	Vampire Weekend	Holiday
13	X	1	LCD Soundsystem	Pow Pow
14	11	2	Charlie Parr	Where You Gonna Be
15	9	11	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
16	19	8	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
17	13	5	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
18	5	3	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
19	X	1	Robert Plant	Silver Rider
20	X	1	Kanye West	Runaway

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 2010

Jeremy Messersmith "Organ Donor" (12-23) 2nd

Cee Lo Green "Forget You" (12-16)

Arcade Fire "Ready To Start" (12-09) 2nd

Atmosphere "Freefallin'" (12-09)

LCD Soundsystem "I Can Change" (12-09) 2nd

Cloud Cult "You'll Be Bright" (11-18) 2nd

Mason Jennings "Machines" (10-28) 2nd

Gorillaz "Rhinestone Eyes" (10-21)

The Avett Brothers "Spanish Pipedream" (10-21) 3rd

Trampled By Turtles "Victory" (10-21) 2nd

The Black Keys "Howlin' For You" (10-14)

The National "Terrible Love" (10-14) 2nd

Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs "Beg Steal or Borrow" (10-07)

Local Natives "Airplanes" (9-23)

LCD Soundsystem "Dance Yrself Clean" (9-16)

Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" (8-26)

Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" (8-19)

Vampire Weekend "Giving Up The Gun" (8-12)

Dessa "Dixon's Girl" (08-05)

Jeremy Messersmith "Violet!" (08-05)

Phantogram "Mouthful Of Diamonds" (07/22)

The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (07/15)

Trampled By Turtles "Wait So Long" (07/08)

The Black Keys "Tighten Up" (07/08)

Cloud Cult "Running With The Wolves" (07/08)

Dawes "When My Time Comes" (07/08)

The XX "VCR" (07/01) <3rd>

Mumford and Sons "Winter Winds" (07/01) <3rd>

The New Pornographers "Your Hands (Together) (06/17)

OK GO "This Too Shall Pass" (06/10)

Mumford and Sons "The Cave" (06/03)

Yeasayer "O.N.E." (05/13)

The Avett Brothers "January Wedding" (05/06)

Dessa "The Chaconne" (04/22)

Broken Bells "The High Road" (04/22)

Vampire Weekend "Cousins" (04/15)

Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (04/01)

The XX "Basic Space" (04/01)

The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)

Spoon "Written in Reverse" (2/25)

Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" (2/11)

Tegan and Sara "Hell" (2/4)

Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" (1/14)

The XX "Crystalised" (1/7)

Chart Show 12-16

Posted at 9:02 PM on December 16, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another record breaking week for local artists to get on the chart with EIGHT!

We lost Lissie and three HoF inductees from last week and the highest new entry

Sufjan Stevens proves our theory that this new album is a slow burner.

SPIN magazine's number one single of the year from Cee Lo is inducted this week.

TW	LW	Wks	12/16/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	3	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
2	2	3	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
3	5	3	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
4	10	9	The National	Conversation 16
5	16	2	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
6	X	1	Sufjan Stevens	I Walked
7	9	7	Matt and Kim	Cameras
8	8	4	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
9	13	10	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
10	18	3	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
11	X	1	Charlie Parr	Where You Gonna Be...
12	12	8	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
13	7	4	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
14	X	1	Arcade Fire	Modern Man
15	X	1	Atmosphere	The Best Day
16	14	6	Vampire Weekend	Holiday
17	17	11	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
18	15	12	Cee Lo	Forget You
19	11	7	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
20	20	9	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 12-16-10

Cee Lo Green "Forget You" (12-16)

Arcade Fire "Ready To Start" (12-09) 2nd

Atmosphere "Freefallin'" (12-09)

LCD Soundsystem "I Can Change" (12-09) 2nd

Cloud Cult "You'll Be Bright" (11-18) 2nd

Mason Jennings "Machines" (10-28) 2nd

Gorillaz "Rhinestone Eyes" (10-21)

The Avett Brothers "Spanish Pipedream" (10-21) 3rd

Trampled By Turtles "Victory" (10-21) 2nd

The Black Keys "Howlin' For You" (10-14)

The National "Terrible Love" (10-14) 2nd

Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs "Beg Steal or Borrow" (10-07)

Local Natives "Airplanes" (9-23)

LCD Soundsystem "Dance Yrself Clean" (9-16)

Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" (8-26)

Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" (8-19)

Vampire Weekend "Giving Up The Gun" (8-12)

Dessa "Dixon's Girl" (08-05)

Jeremy Messersmith "Violet!" (08-05)

Phantogram "Mouthful Of Diamonds" (07/22)

The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (07/15)

Trampled By Turtles "Wait So Long" (07/08)

The Black Keys "Tighten Up" (07/08)

Cloud Cult "Running With The Wolves" (07/08)

Dawes "When My Time Comes" (07/08)

The XX "VCR" (07/01) <3rd>

Mumford and Sons "Winter Winds" (07/01) <3rd>

The New Pornographers "Your Hands (Together) (06/17)

OK GO "This Too Shall Pass" (06/10)

Mumford and Sons "The Cave" (06/03)

Yeasayer "O.N.E." (05/13)

The Avett Brothers "January Wedding" (05/06)

Dessa "The Chaconne" (04/22)

Broken Bells "The High Road" (04/22)

Vampire Weekend "Cousins" (04/15)

Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (04/01)

The XX "Basic Space" (04/01)

The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)

Spoon "Written in Reverse" (2/25)

Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" (2/11)

Tegan and Sara "Hell" (2/4)

Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" (1/14)

The XX "Crystalised" (1/7)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field" (12/17/09)

Chart Show 12-9

Posted at 9:03 PM on December 9, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

We continue to celebrate The Beatles at the top of a very consistant chart this week.

There will be big changes next week though with three Hall of Fame inductees.

LCD and Arcade Fire both for the second time and a debut for Atmosphere.

Lost Belle and Sebastian after 6 weeks and gained Adele with a very swift new entry.

TW	LW	Wks	12/9/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	2	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
2	2	2	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
3	3	12	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
4	10	12	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
5	6	2	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
6	5	12	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
7	14	3	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
8	4	3	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
9	8	6	Matt and Kim	Cameras
10	7	8	The National	Conversation 16
11	9	6	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
12	11	7	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
13	12	9	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
14	17	5	Vampire Weekend	Holiday
15	13	11	Cee-Lo	Forget You
16	X	1	Adele	Rolling In The Deep
17	20	10	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
18	18	2	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
19	15	10	Lissie	In Sleep
20	16	8	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man

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Chart Show 12-02

Posted at 8:59 PM on December 2, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

A massive surprise new entry at #1 which has never happened before, in fact has

"I Am The Walrus" ever been number one anywhere for anything before?!?!

The wonderful power of The Beatles, we even had a vote from Suriname?!?

With Mason brand new too from our CD of The Week next week it is the

best showing for local bands ever, with 7 and best showing for the word AND

which if you count the 'n, appears in 5 band names!

We lost Old 97's, Cake, John Legend w/The Roots and Cold War Kids.

No inductees this week but look for big changes next week with 3 songs poised.

Catch Pert Near Sandstone this week on the Local Show Sunday at 6pm.

AND an updated Hall of Fame is printed below, some help for your Top 89 votes!

TW	LW	Wks	12/2/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	X	1	Pert Near Sandstone	I Am The Walrus
2	X	1	Mumford and Sons	Awake My Soul
3	4	11	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
4	5	2	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
5	1	11	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
6	X	1	Mason Jennings	Child Of Nature
7	3	7	The National	Conversation 16
8	6	5	Matt and Kim	Cameras
9	9	5	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
10	2	11	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
11	12	6	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
12	10	8	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
13	8	10	Cee-Lo	Forget You
14	11	2	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
15	7	9	Lissie	In Sleep
16	18	7	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man
17	14	4	Vampire Weekend	Holiday
18	X	1	The Arms Akimbo	The Kids Still Love Us
19	15	6	Belle and Sebastian	Write About Love
20	16	9	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 12-02-10

Cloud Cult "You'll Be Bright" (11-18) 2nd

Mason Jennings "Machines" (10-28) 2nd

Gorillaz "Rhinestone Eyes" (10-21)

The Avett Brothers "Spanish Pipedream" (10-21) 3rd

Trampled By Turtles "Victory" (10-21) 2nd

The Black Keys "Howlin' For You" (10-14)

The National "Terrible Love" (10-14) 2nd

Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs "Beg Steal or Borrow" (10-07)

Local Natives "Airplanes" (9-23)

LCD Soundsystem "Dance Yrself Clean" (9-16)

Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" (8-26)

Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" (8-19)

Vampire Weekend "Giving Up The Gun" (8-12)

Dessa "Dixon's Girl" (08-05)

Jeremy Messersmith "Violet!" (08-05)

Phantogram "Mouthful Of Diamonds" (07/22)

The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (07/15)

Trampled By Turtles "Wait So Long" (07/08)

The Black Keys "Tighten Up" (07/08)

Cloud Cult "Running With The Wolves" (07/08)

Dawes "When My Time Comes" (07/08)

The XX "VCR" (07/01) <3rd>

Mumford and Sons "Winter Winds" (07/01) <3rd>

The New Pornographers "Your Hands (Together) (06/17)

OK GO "This Too Shall Pass" (06/10)

Mumford and Sons "The Cave" (06/03)

Yeasayer "O.N.E." (05/13)

The Avett Brothers "January Wedding" (05/06)

Dessa "The Chaconne" (04/22)

Broken Bells "The High Road" (04/22)

Vampire Weekend "Cousins" (04/15)

Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (04/01)

The XX "Basic Space" (04/01)

The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)

Spoon "Written in Reverse" (2/25)

Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" (2/11)

Tegan and Sara "Hell" (2/4)

Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" (1/14)

The XX "Crystalised" (1/7)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field" (12/17/09)

Chart Show 11-25

Posted at 9:00 PM on November 24, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Thanks to everyone who took time to vote in this short week, only a few votes short.

Sufjan Stevens "Heirloom" dropped out after 9 weeks but it should be replaced by

"I Walked" as support for his new album grows. Jenny and Johnny slipped off too.

Great to see both Tapes 'n Tapes and The Decemberists have high new entries.

It's their first time on as we didn't have the show when they had their big success in

The Top 89. I wonder how different those votes will be from the weekly poll?

We'll have the ballot ready for you next week...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

TW	LW	Wks	11/25/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	10	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
2	2	10	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
3	5	6	The National	Conversation 16
4	6	10	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
5	X	1	The Decemberists	Down By The Water
6	8	4	Matt and Kim	Cameras
7	7	8	Lissie	In Sleep
8	4	9	Cee-Lo	Forget You
9	10	4	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
10	12	7	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
11	X	1	Tapes 'n Tapes	Freak Out
12	14	5	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
13	X	1	Old 97's	Every Night Is Friday Night
14	20	3	Vampire Weekend	Holiday
15	11	5	Belle and Sebastian	Write About Love
16	9	8	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
17	17	2	Cold War Kids	Louder Than Ever
18	19	6	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man
19	13	7	Cake	Sick Of You
20	16	3	John Legend with The Roots	Hard Times

Chart Show 11-18

Posted at 9:02 PM on November 18, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Cloud Cult end their run at the top and are inducted this week into the Chart Show

Hall Of Fame, beautifully timed to coincide with their 2 big shows at First Ave.

Phoenix slip off the chart after 6 weeks with "Lasso" and they're replaced by

Cold War Kids, the only new entry on a Top 20 that's encased in ice and snow!

TW	LW	Wks	11/18/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	12	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
2	1	9	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
3	3	9	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
4	5	8	Cee-Lo	Forget You
5	6	5	The National	Conversation 16
6	4	9	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
7	7	7	Lissie	In Sleep
8	8	3	Matt and Kim	Cameras
9	9	7	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
10	11	3	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
11	17	4	Belle and Sebastian	Write About Love
12	12	6	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
13	16	6	Cake	Sick Of You
14	15	4	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
15	10	9	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
16	20	2	John Legend w/ The Roots	Hard Times
17	X	1	Cold War Kids	Louder Than Ever
18	19	5	Jenny and Johnny	Big Wave
19	18	5	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man
20	14	2	Vampire Weekend	Holiday

Chart Show 11-11

Posted at 4:07 PM on November 12, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another local #1!! Spurred by the hooj demand for the tix to their Sold Out shows

Atmosphere climb to the top. Lots of stasis elsewhere which must be due to

YOU REGULARS!! (I recognize IP addresses every week so... thank you!!)

Only two new entries and we lost Spoon again and Kings Of Leon ...again.

TW	LW	Wks	11/11/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	4	8	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
2	1	11	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
3	2	8	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
4	3	8	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
5	6	7	Cee-Lo	Forget You
6	5	4	The National	Conversation 16
7	7	6	Lissie	In Sleep
8	9	2	Matt and Kim	Cameras
9	12	6	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
10	19	8	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
11	8	2	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
12	10	5	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
13	15	6	Phoenix	Lasso
14	X	1	Vampire Weekend	Holiday
15	17	3	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
16	14	5	Cake	Sick Of You
17	11	3	Belle and Sebastian	Write About Love
18	13	4	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man
19	18	4	Jenny and Johnny	Big Wave
20	X	1	John Legend w/ The Roots	Hard Times

CHART SHOW 11-04

Posted at 10:01 PM on November 4, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

Cloud Cult takes the #1 spot on the chart this week before their upcoming shows at First Avenue. Moving up the chart this week we have The National jumping to #5 with "Conversation 16," Ben Folds gaining ground with "From Above" at # 12, and Cake at # 14 with "Sick of You." Two strong debuts this week from the Black Keys and Matt and Kim, and Roma Di Luna is back on the chart this week at #17.

TW	LW	Wks	11/4/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	10	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
2	1	7	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
3	3	7	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
4	4	7	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
5	15	3	The National	Conversation 16
6	5	6	Cee-Lo	Forget You
7	6	5	Lissie	In Sleep
8	X	1	The Black Keys	Sinister Kid
9	X	1	Matt and Kim	Cameras
10	7	4	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
11	10	2	Belle and Sebastian	Write About Love
12	17	5	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
13	8	3	Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs	Repo Man
14	20	4	Cake	Sick of You
15	12	5	Phoenix	Lasso
16	13	5	Spoon	Trouble Comes Running
17	R	2	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
18	11	3	Jenny and Johnny	Big Wave
19	16	7	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
20	19	4	Kings of Leon	Radioactive

Chart Show 10-28

Posted at 7:58 PM on October 28, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mason Jennings inducted to HOF for 2nd time, makes eight total local entries from

5 different artists this year. Fifth week total at top spot for Arcade Fire with this song.

"The Suburbs" only spent one week at the top. We had some noticeable returns;

Jeremy Messersmith, Of Montreal and Jenny and Johnny. Unfortunately we lost

Roma Di Luna after only one week but gained Belle and Sebastian for the first time.

TW	LW	Wks	10/28/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	5	9	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
2	2	9	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
3	3	6	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
4	4	6	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
5	6	5	Cee-Lo	Forget You
6	13	4	Lissie	In Sleep
7	R	3	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
8	12	2	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man
9	R	5	Of Montreal	Coquet Coquette
10	X	1	Belle and Sebastian	Write About Love
11	R	2	Jenny and Johnny	Big Wave
12	14	4	Phoenix	Lasso
13	16	4	Spoon	Trouble Comes Running
14	18	9	Janelle Monae	Cold War
15	19	2	The National	Conversation 16
16	15	6	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
17	8	4	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
18	11	12	Mason Jennings	Machines
19	17	3	Kings Of Leon	Radioactive
20	20	3	Cake	Sick Of You

Chart Show 10-21

Posted at 2:45 PM on October 22, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Sorry it's late, so much craziness last night with the Fund Drive ending right in mid

Chart Show countdown, amazing end to a record breaking Member Drive.

Thanks to EVERYONE who supported us!!

Three more inductees into The Chart Hall Of Fame this week with Trampled By

Turtles going out with a bang returning to the top spot. The Avett Brothers have

3 now which is the record shared with Mumfords and The XX. Good week for

Gorillaz to debut in The Hall, our guests at 7pm on Friday.

Spoon and Kings Of Leon make a return after dropping off last week and nice for

Roma Di Luna to get a high new entry with the ballot swollen by the demand for

Mumford tix! We lost Ra Ra Riot and Jenny and Johnny after only one week each.

Sleigh Bells plummet just as they were due to be inducted!

TW	LW	Wks	10/21/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	12	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
2	5	8	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
3	1	5	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
4	6	5	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
5	2	8	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
6	7	4	Cee-Lo	Forget You
7	9	12	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
8	8	3	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
9	X	1	Roma Di Luna	Before I Die
10	4	12	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
11	18	11	Mason Jennings	Machines
12	X	1	Ray LaMontagne	Repo Man
13	17	3	Lissie	In Sleep
14	13	3	Phoenix	Lasso
15	15	5	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
16	R	3	Spoon	Trouble Comes Running
17	R	2	Kings Of Leon	Radioactive
18	16	8	Janelle Monae	Cold War
19	X	1	The National	Conversation 16
20	20	2	Cake	Sick Of You

Chart Show...10-14

Posted at 9:01 PM on October 14, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Fuelled by fans trying to win tix LCD storm to the top and help give a bump to

Gorillaz, Cee-Lo and Sleigh Bells. Although Phoenix and Lissie bounce back

her show at Triple Rock is still postponed.

We lost Jeremy Messersmith, Spoon, Kings Of Leon and along with the hopes of

Twins fans, The Baseball Project.

Both The National and The Black Keys are inducted for a second time to the Chart

Hall Of Fame.

TW	LW	Wks	Artist	Song
1	7	4	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
2	1	7	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
3	2	11	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
4	15	11	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
5	3	7	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
6	4	4	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
7	17	3	Cee-Lo	Forget You
8	13	2	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
9	8	11	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
10	X	1	Ra Ra Riot	Boy
11	6	12	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
12	19	10	Sleigh Bells	Crown On The Ground
13	R	2	Phoenix	Lasso
14	16	12	The National	Terrible Love
15	5	4	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
16	10	7	Janelle Monae	Cold War
17	R	2	Lissie	In Sleep
18	11	10	Mason Jennings	Machines
19	X	1	Jenny and Johnny	Big Wave
20	X	1	Cake	Sick Of You

The Chart Show... 10-07

Posted at 9:55 PM on October 7, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

This week on THE CHART SHOW...

It's musical chairs for the 1,2, and 3 spots with Arcade Fire back on top. Ray LaMontagne's "Beg Steal or Borrow" is inducted into the HOF, and Sufjan Stevens made a huge jump up to #5. We lost Of Montreal, Rogue Valley, and Lissie from the rankings, and it's no surprise that voters added "Don't Call Them Twinkies" to the chart, as the TWINS enter the postseason.

TW	LW	Wks	10/7/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	6	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
2	3	10	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
3	1	6	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
4	7	3	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
5	17	3	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
6	5	11	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
7	4	3	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
8	6	10	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
9	14	12	Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs	Beg Steal or Borrow
10	9	6	Janelle Monae	Cold War
11	16	9	Mason Jennings	Machines
12	8	2	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
13	X	1	Ben Folds and Nick Hornby	From Above
14	X	1	Baseball Project w/ Craig Finn	Don't Call Them Twinkies
15	13	10	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
16	11	11	The National	Terrible Love
17	18	2	Cee-Lo	Forget You
18	19	2	Spoon	Trouble Comes Running
19	12	9	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground
20	X	1	Kings of Leon	Radioactive

Chart Show 9-30

Posted at 9:00 PM on September 30, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Six changes! As we lost; Local Natives to the HOF and MIA again, Eels, Phoenix,

The Gaslight Anthem and Big Boi. Lots of stasis in mid-table. A big new entry for

Jeremy Messersmith on the back of a big show at First Ave and also after her show

Janelle Monae bounces back big time. Mac gets to host for the next two weeks!

TW	LW	Wks	9/30/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	5	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
2	1	5	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
3	2	9	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
4	7	2	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
5	5	10	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
6	8	9	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
7	6	2	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
8	X	1	Jeremy Messersmith	Organ Donor
9	R	5	Janelle Monae	Cold War
10	10	4	Of Montreal	Coquet Coquette
11	11	10	The National	Terrible Love
12	12	8	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground
13	13	9	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
14	14	11	Ray LaMontagne	Beg Steal or Borrow
15	X	1	Rogue Valley	Racecar Driver
16	16	8	Mason Jennings	Machines
17	20	2	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom
18	X	1	Cee-Lo	Forget You
19	X	1	Spoon	Trouble Comes Running
20	X	1	Lissie	In Sleep

Chart Show Hall of Fame...9-23

Posted at 8:00 PM on September 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

The Local Natives song is the biggest surprise inductee to the Chart Hall of Fame.

Drae, regular listener and emailer suggested posting the HoF list see below...

The dancey vote dissipated, we lost...Janelle Monae, Prince and Mark Ronson.

Jeremy Messersmith dropped out too, a shame as it was his birthday this week!

TW	LW	Wks	9/23/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	4	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
2	4	8	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
3	6	4	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
4	5	12	Local Natives	Airplanes
5	10	9	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
6	X	1	Atmosphere	Freefallin'
7	X	1	LCD Soundsystem	I Can Change
8	7	8	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
9	14	4	Eels	Spectacular Girl
10	18	3	Of Montreal	Coquet Coquette
11	12	9	The National	Terrible Love
12	20	7	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground
13	3	8	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
14	8	10	Ray LaMontagne	Beg Steal or Borrow
15	15	6	M.I.A.	XXXO
16	13	7	Mason Jennings	Machines
17	19	5	Big Boi	Shutterbug
18	X	1	Phoenix	Lasso
19	R	3	The Gaslight Anthem	The Diamond Street Choir
20	X	1	Sufjan Stevens	Heirloom

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 09-23-10

Local Natives "Airplanes" (9-23)

LCD Soundsystem "Dance Yrself Clean" (9-16)

Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" (8-26)

Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" (8-19)

Vampire Weekend "Giving Up The Gun" (8-12)

Dessa "Dixon's Girl" (08-05)

Jeremy Messersmith "Violet!" (08-05)

Phantogram "Mouthful Of Diamonds" (07/22)

The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (07/15)

Trampled By Turtles "Wait So Long" (07/08)

The Black Keys "Tighten Up" (07/08)

Cloud Cult "Running With The Wolves" (07/08)

Dawes "When My Time Comes" (07/08)

The XX "VCR" (07/01)

Mumford and Sons "Winter Winds" (07/01)

The New Pornographers "Your Hands (Together) (06/17)

OK GO "This Too Shall Pass" (06/10)

Mumford and Sons "The Cave" (06/03)

Yeasayer "O.N.E." (05/13)

The Avett Brothers "January Wedding" (05/06)

Dessa "The Chaconne" (04/22)

Broken Bells "The High Road" (04/22)

Vampire Weekend "Cousins" (04/15)

Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (04/01)

The XX "Basic Space" (04/01)

The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)

Spoon "Written in Reverse" (2/25)

Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" (2/11)

Tegan and Sara "Hell" (2/4)

Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" (1/14)

The XX "Crystalised" (1/7)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field" (12/17/09)

Chart Show; 9-16

Posted at 9:17 PM on September 16, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

LCD Soundsystem makes it to their 12^th week on the chart and will be inducted into the HOF. Spoon dropped off the chart this week along with Beck and Bat For Lashes. M.I.A. and Mark Ronson pop back onto the chart at #15 and #17.

TW	LW	Wks	9/16/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	3	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
2	2	12	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
3	6	7	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
4	3	7	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
5	4	11	Local Natives	Airplanes
6	8	3	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
7	7	7	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
8	10	9	Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs	Beg Steal or Borrow
9	5	4	Janelle Monae	Cold War
10	13	8	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
11	17	5	Jeremy Messersmith	Dillinger Eyes
12	9	8	The National	Terrible Love
13	11	6	Mason Jennings	Machines
14	18	3	Eels	Spectacular Girl
15	R	5	M.I.A.	XXXO
16	19	2	Prince	Laydown
17	R	3	Mark Ronson	Bang Bang Bang
18	16	2	Of Montreal	Coquet Coquette
19	12	9	Big Boi	Shutterbugg
20	14	6	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground

Chart Show...9-9

Posted at 8:00 PM on September 9, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Hey Pop-pickers!

Arcade Fire are ready to start dominating this chart for the next few months!

Definitely poised to beat the record for number of weeks at #1 me predicts.

We equal the record for number of local entries this week with Prince popping in!

This week we lost Dr.Dog, Mark Ronson and The Gaslight Anthem.

TW	LW	Wks	9/9/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	2	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
2	1	11	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
3	3	6	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
4	5	10	Local Natives	Airplanes
5	8	3	Janelle Monae	Cold War
6	9	6	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
7	6	6	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
8	10	2	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
9	13	7	The National	Terrible Love
10	17	8	Ray LaMontagne	Beg Steal or Borrow
11	14	5	Mason Jennings	Machines
12	20	8	Big Boi	Shutterbug
13	7	7	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
14	4	5	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground
15	18	3	Beck and Bat For Lashes	Let's Get Lost
16	X	1	Of Montreal	Coquet Coquette
17	12	4	Jeremy Messersmith	Dillinger Eyes
18	11	2	Eels	Spectacular Girl
19	X	1	Prince	Laydown
20	X	1	Spoon	Trouble Comes Running

The Chart Show 9-2

Posted at 10:00 PM on September 2, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

Arcade Fire debut at #2 with "Ready to Start," and LCD are back at #1! Both Cloud Cult and Eels make a strong debut this week at #10 and #11. Sleigh Bells continue to climb the chart reaching #4 this week, and voters showed their support for Trampled By Turtles' second song to reach the top of the chart, "Victory." We lost Dawes and Ratatat.

TW	LW	Wks	9/2/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	10	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
2	X	1	Arcade Fire	Ready To Start
3	3	5	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
4	5	4	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground
5	4	9	Local Natives	Airplanes
6	11	5	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
7	10	6	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
8	7	2	Janelle Monae	Cold War
9	6	5	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
10	X	1	Cloud Cult	You'll Be Bright
11	X	1	Eels	Spectacular Girl
12	16	3	Jeremy Messersmith	Dillinger Eyes
13	14	6	The National	Terrible Love
14	13	4	Mason Jennings	Machines
15	9	6	Dr. Dog	Shadow People
16	17	2	Mark Ronson	Bang Bang Bang
17	8	7	Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs	Beg Steal or Borrow
18	20	2	Beck and Bat For Lashes	Let's Get Lost
19	18	2	The Gaslight Anthem	The Diamond Street Church Choir
20	19	2	Big Boi	Shutterbug

Chart Show 8-26

Posted at 8:00 PM on August 26, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Massive overall of the chart this week, biggest in many months as we lose HOF

Florence from last week and Michael Franti who was on the verge of being inducted,

Band of Horses, again, The New Pornographers, Lindstrom and Christabelle, Devo &

M.I.A. from #9?!?!

Janelle Monae was the highest new entry and Of Montreal just missed the Top 20.

There's huge interest in the show that they are playing together on Sept 23rd at

First Avenue and next week we'll give you a chance to win tickets to that show.

Arcade Fire are inducted into the Hall of Fame this week and by popular demand

the next song on the poll is ..."Ready To Start". The album kicks off with a great

1-2 punch and just keeps getting better with multiple listens. Check out what we

Musicheads thought about it on this week's show.

SeeyaattheFair!!

TW	LW	Wks	8/26/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	9	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
2	2	12	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
3	4	4	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
4	5	8	Local Natives	Airplanes
5	7	3	Sleigh Bells	Crown On The Ground
6	12	4	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
7	X	1	Janelle Monae	Cold War
8	3	6	Ray LaMontagne	Beg Steal or Borrow
9	14	5	Dr.Dog	Shadow People
10	8	5	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
11	10	4	Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
12	X	1	Ratatat	Neckbrace
13	15	3	Mason Jennings	Machines
14	20	5	The National	Terrible Love
15	X	1	Dawes	If You Let Me Be Your Anchor
16	11	2	Jeremy Messersmith	Dillinger Eyes
17	X	1	Mark Ronson	Bang Bang Bang
18	X	1	The Gaslight Anthem	The Diamond Street Choir
19	X	1	Big Boi	Shutterbug
20	X	1	Beck and Bat For Lashes	Let's Get Lost

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Chart Show 8-19

Posted at 8:00 PM on August 19, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Perhaps Arcade Fire will not be inducted into the Hall of Fame next week riding high at

#1 ? Do you love the new album as much as I do? Listen to next week's Musicheads!

Which song should we put on the voting list next?

Florence has quietly gotten herself inducted this week, seems like that song has

only been a hit here at The Current, or am I missing something?

We lost Broken Bells and MGMT again, but we gained John Prine via the Avett Bros.

M.I.A. Sleigh Bells and Ray La are the biggest movers, and we have two sets of

Eyes and Love (sick and terrible) twice in the titles of songs.

Another massive turnout this week, even during the dog days! Thanks for voting!!

TW	LW	Wks	8/19/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	8	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
2	1	11	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
3	10	5	Ray LaMontagne	Beg Steal or Borrow
4	4	3	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
5	7	7	Local Natives	Airplanes
6	5	12	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
7	15	2	Sleigh Bells	Crown on the Ground
8	9	4	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
9	14	4	M.I.A.	XXXO
10	R	3	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
11	X	1	Jeremy Messersmith	Dillinger Eyes
12	12	3	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
13	X	1	Devo	Don't Shoot Me (I'm A Man)
14	13	4	Dr.Dog	Shadow People
15	19	2	Mason Jennings	Machines
16	20	2	Lindstrom and Christabelle	Lovesick
17	6	4	The New Pornographers	Crash Years
18	18	9	Band Of Horses	Laredo
19	17	10	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound of Sunshine
20	8	4	The National	Terrible Love

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Chart Show 8-12

Posted at 3:52 PM on August 12, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Thanks to David for compiling and Mac for presenting the show while I was away!

Third Vampire Weekend song inducted to the HOF.

First time our #1 has been the same as the Billboard #1... I think!?!?

And some surprises...New Porn's high re-entry and Sleigh Bells new entry!

A slew of new and re-entries as, along with last week's inductees Dessa and JM,

we lost...Sia, Hold Steady, Delta Spirit and Avett Bros (from #6!)

TW	LW	Wks	8/12/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	10	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
2	1	7	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
3	9	12	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
4	7	2	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
5	10	11	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
6	R	3	The New Pornographers	Crash Years
7	5	6	Local Natives	Airplanes
8	16	3	The National	Terrible Love
9	3	3	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
10	12	4	Ray LaMontagne	Beg Steal or Borrow
11	20	9	Broken Bells	The Ghost Inside
12	11	2	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
13	13	3	Dr.Dog	Shadow People
14	R	3	M.I.A.	XXXO
15	X	1	Sleigh Bells	Crown On The Ground
16	R	10	MGMT	Congratulations
17	14	9	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound Of Sunshine
18	15	8	Band Of Horses	Laredo
19	X	1	Mason Jennings	Machines
20	X	1	Lindstrom and Christabelle	Lovesick

CHART SHOW 8-05-10

Posted at 10:05 PM on August 5, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

We induct two new songs into the Chart Show Hall Of Fame this week...Dessa's "Dixon's Girl" and Jeremy Messersmith's "Violet!"

Trampled By Turtles debut their second song, "Victory," and Gorillaz enter the chart at #11 with "Rhinestone Eyes." Delta Spirit and Michael Franti re-enter the chart this week. We lost M.I.A, Minus The Bear, Devo, and the New Pornographers.

LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire hold strong at #1 and #2.

TW	LW	Wks	8/5/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	6	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
2	2	9	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
3	6	2	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
4	4	12	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
5	11	5	Local Natives	Airplanes
6	12	2	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
7	X	1	Trampled By Turtles	Victory
8	3	12	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
9	5	11	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
10	8	10	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
11	X	1	Gorillaz	Rhinestone Eyes
12	13	3	Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs	Beg Steal or Borrow
13	16	2	Dr. Dog	Shadow People
14	R	8	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound of Sunshine
15	10	7	Band of Horses	Laredo
16	7	2	The National	Terrible Love
17	R	3	Delta Spirit	Bushwick Blues
18	14	2	The Hold Steady	The Weekenders
19	18	2	Sia	Clap Your Hands
20	15	8	Broken Bells	Ghost Inside

Chart Show 7-29-10

Posted at 10:01 PM on July 29, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

Numbers 1, 2 & 3 remain unchanged this week and The Black Keys make a strong debut with "Howlin' For You" at #6. We lost Michael Franti's "Sound of Sunshine," and the voters picked The Avett Brother's John Prine cover, "Spanish Pipedream," over My Morning Jacket's version of "All The Best." Minus The Bear made a re-entry to the chart at #19 and M.I.A. holds on at #20 for another week.

TW	LW	Wks	7/29/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	5	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
2	2	8	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
3	3	11	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
4	11	11	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
5	9	10	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
6	X	1	The Black Keys	Howlin' For You
7	X	1	The National	Terrible Love
8	5	9	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
9	4	3	New Pornographers	Crash Years
10	7	6	Band of Horses	Laredo
11	8	4	Local Natives	Airplanes
12	X	1	The Avett Brothers	Spanish Pipedream
13	12	2	Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs	Beg Steal or Borrow
14	X	1	The Hold Steady	The Weekenders
15	10	7	Broken Bells	Ghost Inside
16	X	1	Dr. Dog	Shadow People
17	18	6	Devo	Fresh
18	X	1	Sia	Clap Your Hands
19	R	3	Minus The Bear	My Time
20	20	3	M.I.A.	XXXO

Chart Show ... 7-22-10

Posted at 9:57 PM on July 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Phantogram are inducted into Chart HOFand LCD keeps dancing at #1. A debut by Kings Go Forth as their show in Minneapolis approaches. Florence and the Machine make a jump up the chart. We lost Minus The Bear and Lindstrom and Christabelle.

I'll be away on holiday for the next two weeks, thanks to Mac and david for taking care of

the Chart Show while I'm away. Stay cool and have tons of summer fun everyone!

TW	LW	Wks	7/22/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	4	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
2	3	7	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
3	9	10	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
4	10	2	New Pornographers	Crash Years
5	17	8	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
6	6	12	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
7	2	5	Band of Horses	Laredo
8	12	3	Local Natives	Airplanes
9	7	9	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
10	16	6	Broken Bells	The Ghost Inside
11	8	10	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
12	X	1	Ray Lamontagne and The Pariah Dogs	Beg Steal or Borrow
13	5	9	MGMT	Congratulations
14	18	5	Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
15	20	2	Delta Spirit	Bushwick Blues
16	14	7	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound of Sunshine
17	X	1	My Morning Jacket	All The Best
18	15	5	Devo	Fresh
19	X	1	Kings Go Forth	One Day
20	19	2	M.I.A.	XXXO

Chart Show 7-15-10

Posted at 10:01 PM on July 15, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

The National are inducted and there's a new Number One!

The longest song ever to get to the top. We lost;

She & Him...again

The Hold Steady...again

Gogol Bordello...again!!

TW	LW	Wks	7/15/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	3	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
2	14	4	Band Of Horses	Laredo
3	11	6	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
4	4	12	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
5	6	8	MGMT	Congratulations
6	7	11	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
7	12	8	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
8	3	9	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
9	R	9	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
10	X	1	The New Pornographers	Crash Years
11	17	2	Minus The Bear	My Time
12	18	2	Local Natives	Airplanes
13	X	1	Lindstrom and Christabelle	Lovesick
14	R	6	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound of Sunshine
15	R	4	Devo	Fresh
16	10	5	Broken Bells	The Ghost Inside
17	15	7	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
18	13	4	Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
19	X	1	M.I.A.	XXXO
20	X	1	Delta Spirit	Bushwick Blues

Chart Show 7-8-10

Posted at 10:01 PM on July 8, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Records being broken this week;

Most weeks at Number One, Five;

Most inductees to the Hall of Fame, Four;

Highest number of Re-Entries, Four.

So next week will see a record change over with new and re-entries and a new #1!

We lost Devo, Janelle Monae, Jeremy Messersmith and Michael Franti's 'Sunshine'

TW	LW	Wks	7/8/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	12	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
2	4	2	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
3	13	8	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
4	3	11	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
5	10	12	Cloud Cult	Running with the Wolves
6	20	7	MGMT	Congratulations
7	2	10	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
8	14	12	Dawes	When My Time Comes
9	6	12	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
10	9	4	Broken Bells	The Ghost Inside
11	11	5	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
12	16	7	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
13	12	3	Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
14	R	3	Band Of Horses	Laredo
15	R	6	Florence And The Machine	Dog Days Are Over
16	R	2	She And Him	Thieves
17	X	1	Minus The Bear	My Time
18	X	1	Local Natives	Airplanes
19	5	3	The Hold Steady	The Sweet Part Of The City
20	R	2	Gogol Bordello	Pala Tute

Chart Show; 7-1-10

Posted at 12:08 PM on July 2, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Record Breaking Week! TBT have the most weeks at the top and Mumford & Sons

and The XX BOTH have their third songs inducted into the Hall of Fame!

We lost Florence and the Machine, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Band and

the Horses...again! HAPPY HOLIDAY WEEKEND !!

TW	LW	Wks	7/1/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	11	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
2	2	9	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
3	6	10	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
4	X	1	LCD Soundsystem	Dance Yrself Clean
5	R	2	The Hold Steady	The Sweet Part of the City
6	8	11	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
7	3	12	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
8	7	8	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
9	R	3	Broken Bells	The Ghost Inside
10	4	11	Cloud Cult	Running with the Wolves
11	9	4	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
12	16	2	Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
13	5	7	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
14	11	11	Dawes	When My Time Comes
15	14	7	Janelle Monae	Tightrope
16	15	6	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
17	19	5	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound Of Sunshine
18	10	3	Devo	Fresh
19	18	12	The XX	VCR
20	13	6	MGMT	Congratulations

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Chart Show ... 6-24-10

Posted at 7:49 PM on June 25, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

The Mumfords have been Trampled by Turtles again! That makes 3 weeks at #1.

In the next two weeks we'll have a large change over as 6 songs are destined for the

Chart Hall of Fame, if they manage to hang in there.

We lost Broken Bells with a massive evaporation of support, dropping out from #4!

LCD slip out with 'Drunk Girls' but a write-in vote is building for 'Dance Yrself Clean'.

Thanks to Mac 'Attack' Wilson for filling in so ably on the show this week...cheers.

GO TEAM USA!!!

TW	LW	Wks	6/24/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	10	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
2	3	8	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
3	1	11	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
4	12	10	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
5	13	6	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
6	5	9	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
7	7	7	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
8	8	10	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
9	9	3	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
10	20	2	Devo	Fresh
11	17	10	Dawes	When My Time Comes
12	R	2	Band of Horses	Laredo
13	10	5	MGMT	Congratulations
14	14	6	Janelle Monae	Tightrope
15	6	5	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
16	X	1	Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
17	X	1	Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	The Game Gets Old
18	15	11	The XX	VCR
19	19	4	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound Of Sunshine
20	11	5	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over

The Chart Show ... 06-17-10

Posted at 9:00 PM on June 17, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Winter Winds has already spent 3 weeks at #1 and it's back to set a record, I think!

Big moves for Phantogram and The National and a high re-entry for Florence.

Stability everywhere else and only one new entry...the cats worked!!

The New Pornographers get inducted into the Hall of Fame.

We lost She & Him from last week.

SORRY! Didn't post it last week so here's a double dose of Chart goodness...

TW	LW	Wks	6/17/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	10	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
2	1	9	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
3	11	7	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
4	9	2	Broken Bells	The Ghost Inside
5	13	8	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
6	3	4	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
7	10	6	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
8	5	9	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
9	7	2	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
10	4	4	MGMT	Congratulations
11	R	4	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
12	12	9	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
13	16	5	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
14	18	5	Janelle Monae	Tightrope
15	14	10	Th XX	VCR
16	15	3	LCD Sounsystem	Drunk Girls
17	6	9	Dawes	When My Time Comes
18	17	12	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
19	19	3	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound Of Sunshine
20	X	1	Devo	Fresh

OK, OK GO can now be inducted into the Chart Show Hall of Fame. Great to see

TBT solidify their position with a massive turnout of fan support and it seems that

Arcade Fire have a massive amount of anticipation building for their new album and tour.

We lost The Hold Steady, Kate Nash and Florence and the Machine

TW	LW	Wks	6/10/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	8	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
2	7	9	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
3	13	3	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
4	4	3	MGMT	Congratulations
5	9	8	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
6	6	8	Dawes	When My Time Comes
7	X	1	Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
8	11	12	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
9	X	1	Broken Bells	The Ghost Inside
10	12	5	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
11	10	6	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
12	5	8	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
13	3	7	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
14	17	9	The XX	VCR
15	14	2	LCD Soundsystem	Drunk Girls
16	R	4	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
17	16	11	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
18	8	4	Janelle Monae	Tightrope
19	20	2	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound of Sunshine
20	X	1	She and Him	Thieves

Chart Show Top 20 ... 06-03-10

Posted at 2:31 PM on June 3, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mumford gets their second entry into the Chart Hall of Fame even though the song

'The Cave' was displaced from #1 this week by a local band of heroes!

We lost Band of Horses, Beach House and Dessa. Thanks for voting!!

TW	LW	Wks	6/3/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	7	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
2	1	12	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
3	10	6	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
4	17	2	MGMT	Congratulations
5	4	7	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
6	11	7	Dawes	When My Time Comes
7	3	8	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
8	16	3	Janelle Monae	Tightrope
9	6	7	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
10	5	5	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
11	9	11	OK GO	This Too Shall Pas
12	7	4	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
13	18	2	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
14	X	1	LCD Soundsystem	Drunk Girls
15	13	3	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
16	15	10	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
17	14	8	The XX	VCR
18	8	5	Kate Nash	Do Wah Doo
19	X	1	The Hold Steady	The Sweet Part Of The City
20	X	1	Michael Franti and Spearhead	Sound Of Sunshine

Chart Show Top 20 ... 5-27-10

Posted at 3:04 PM on May 27, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

After analysing the voting this week it's clear that M&S fans have not been voting

for both of the songs on the chart, they choose one or the other but rarely both.

'The Cave jumped out with a big lead this week, which explains the big cheer at

The Varsity's sweltering hot show Tuesday!

Big moves from Phantogram and the Black Keys, who got to #3 in the top ten of the

Billboard Chart too with big first week sales. Another strong week for the locals.

Dropping out ... The Dead Weather, Gogol, Jonsi and Cold War Kids (that's twice!)

TW	LW	Wks	5/27/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	11	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
2	4	6	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
3	1	7	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
4	3	6	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
5	10	4	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
6	13	6	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
7	9	3	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
8	8	4	Kate Nash	Do Wah Doo
9	11	10	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
10	14	5	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
11	6	6	Dawes	When My Time Comes
12	7	3	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
13	16	2	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
14	12	7	The XX	VCR
15	8	9	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
16	20	2	Janelle Monae	Tightrope
17	X	1	MGMT	Congratulations
18	X	1	Vampire Weekend	Giving Up The Gun
19	X	1	Band of Horses	Laredo
20	X	1	Beach House	Zebra

Chart Show Top 20 ... 05-20-10

Posted at 1:48 PM on May 21, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Nice that we have them at #1 & #2 when they come into the studio and play the

BIG sold out show, pretty crazy!

Cold War Kids re-entered after 5 weeks OFF the chart ...that's called a slow burn.

We lost Hold Steady, MGMT and Hockey.

TW	LW	Wks	5/20/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	6	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
2	2	10	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
3	4	5	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
4	5	5	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
5	8	8	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
6	9	5	Dawes	When My Time Comes
7	18	2	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
8	16	3	Kate Nash	Do Wah Doo
9	11	2	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
10	10	3	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
11	6	9	OK GO	This Too Shall Pas
12	7	6	The XX	VCR
13	12	5	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
14	15	4	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
15	R	3	Cold War Kids	Santa Ana Winds
16	X	1	Florence and the Machine	Dog Days Are Over
17	19	2	The Dead Weather	Die By The Drop
18	X	1	Jonsi	Go Do
19	20	2	Gogol Bordello	Pala Tute
20	X	1	Janelle Monae	Tightrope

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Chart Show Top 20 ... 5/13/10

Posted at 3:44 PM on May 13, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mumford & Sons break another record, the first band to be #1 & #2 twice!!

Good slate of new entries and strong local showing, appropriate as we celebrated

Mn Music Weekend!

We lost; Spoon and Sharon Jones (again), Dr.Dog, Gayngs, & The Avett Brothers.

Yeasayer inducted into Hall of Fame for the second time!

TW	LW	Wks	5/13/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	5	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
2	7	9	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
3	2	12	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
4	10	4	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
5	5	4	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
6	4	8	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
7	3	5	The XX	VCR
8	6	7	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
9	8	4	Dawes	When My Time Comes
10	9	2	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
11	X	1	Jeremy Messersmith	Violet!
12	12	4	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
13	19	8	MGMT	Flash Delirium
14	11	5	The Hold Steady	Hurricane J
15	14	3	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
16	R	2	Kate Nash	Do Wah Doo
17	17	8	Hockey	Song Away
18	X	1	Dessa	Dixon's Girl
19	X	1	The Dead Weather	Die By The Drop
20	X	1	Gogol Bordello	Pala Tute

Chart Show Top 20...05-06-10

Posted at 1:05 PM on May 6, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mumford & Sons become the first band to have two different songs at #1 !

Big upward moves for The XX and New Pornographers and two new entries from

Gayngs and Phantogram.

Those lost in the vote...

Kate Nash and Frightened Rabbit who both only came in last week, we might see them bounce back; She & Him falling from the heady height of #5 after 5 weeks on, and The Magnetic Fields after 7 weeks.

'January Wedding' is the second Avett Brothers track to be inducted into the HOF.

TW	LW	Wks	5/6/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	4	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
2	1	11	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
3	15	4	The XX	VCR
4	3	7	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
5	4	3	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
6	12	6	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
7	7	8	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
8	6	3	Dawes	When My Time Comes
9	X	1	Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds
10	8	3	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
11	10	4	The Hold Steady	Hurricane J
12	11	3	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
13	R	5	Spoon	Mystery Zone
14	13	2	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
15	R	2	Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings	I Learned The Hard Way
16	X	1	Gayngs	Gaudy Side of Town
17	9	7	Hockey	Song Away
18	16	12	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
19	14	7	MGMT	Flash Delirium
20	18	3	Dr. Dog	Stranger

Sorry I missed posting the chart results last week, so here they are...

1	1	10	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
2	5	3	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
3	4	6	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
4	14	2	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
5	10	5	She & Him	In The Sun
6	11	2	Dawes	When My Time Comes
7	2	7	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
8	3	2	Cloud Cult	Running With The Wolves
9	8	6	Hockey	Song Away
10	9	3	The Hold Steady	Hurricane J
11	18	2	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
12	12	5	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
13	X	1	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
14	20	6	MGMT	Flash Delirium
15	16	3	The XX	VCR
16	17	11	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
17	X	1	Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
18	15	2	Dr.Dog	Stranger
19	12	7	The Magnetic Fields	You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
20	X	1	Kate Nash	Do Wah Doo

More 'The' bands in the chart than ever before, not sure what that means?

One drop out this week was Spoon the other two places were inductees last week.

Chart Show Top 20 ... 4-22-10

Posted at 4:13 PM on April 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Brand new #1 bouyed by the ticket giveaway we have to assume, but they did well

to hold off the dual Mumford threat and the terrific debut by Cloud Cult!!

Dessa descends after 2 weeks at the top but does go into The Chart Hall of Fame,

along with Broken Bells who just hung on to make it in. Unfortunately Dawes with

'That Western Skyline' failed to stay in for the extra week to get inducted, their

new entry was a massive write in last week so it had to go on the ballot and might

have taken away from the other song...who's time has NOT come!

The other losers this week were;

Rogue Valley, and Sharon Jones after only one week and Peter Gabriel after 8.

TW	LW	Wks	4/22/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	7	9	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
2	4	6	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
3	X	1	Cloud Cult	Running With Wolves
4	8	5	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
5	2	2	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
6	12	6	The Magnetic Fields	You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
7	1	12	Dessa	The Chaconne
8	14	5	Hockey	Song Away
9	19	2	The Hold Steady	Hurricane J
10	18	4	She & Him	In The Sun
11	X	1	Dawes	When My Time Comes
12	11	4	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
13	17	4	Spoon	Mystery Zone
14	X	1	Trampled By Turtles	Wait So Long
15	X	1	Dr.Dog	Stranger
16	5	2	The XX	VCR
17	6	10	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
18	X	1	The Black Keys	Tighten Up
19	4	12	Broken Bells	The High Road
20	15	5	MGMT	Flash Delirium

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 04-22-10

Dessa "The Chaconne" (4-22-10)
Broken Bells "The High Road" (4-22-10)
Vampire Weekend "Cousins" (4-15-10)
Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (04/01)
The XX "Basic Space" (04/01)
The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)
Spoon "Written in Reverse" (2/25)
Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" (2/11)
Tegan and Sara "Hell" (2/4)
Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" (1/14)
The XX "Crystalised" (1/7)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field" (12-17-09)

Chart Show Top 20 ... 04-15-10

Posted at 1:55 PM on April 15, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Vampire Weekend become the second band to be inducted twice into the

Chart Hall of Fame this week and Mumford & Sons set themselves up for having

AT LEAST three songs in there!

We lost; Malachai, Free Energy, Cold War Kids, Phoenix, and Johnny Cash

TW	LW	Wks	4/15/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	11	Dessa	The Chaconne
2	X	1	Mumford and Sons	Winter Winds
3	4	11	Broken Bells	The High Road
4	2	5	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
5	X	1	The XX	VCR
6	5	9	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
7	3	8	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
8	6	4	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
9	9	12	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
10	19	11	Dawes	That Western Skyline
11	12	3	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
12	17	5	The Magnetic Fields	You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
13	X	1	Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings	I Learned The Hard Way
14	7	4	Hockey	Song Away
15	16	4	MGMT	Flash Delirium
16	8	8	Peter Gabriel	Flume
17	16	3	Spoon	Mystery Zone
18	10	3	She & Him	In The Sun
19	X	1	The Hold Steady	Hurricane J
20	X	1	Rogue Valley	Red River of the North

Chart Show Top 20 ... 04-08-10

Posted at 2:05 PM on April 8, 2010 by Mark Wheat (6 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another local Number One!! Last week's inductees and Beach House dropping out

left space for 3 RE-entries. Thanks for voting, do it again for next week! Cheers.

TW	LW	Wks	4/8/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	10	Dessa	The Chaconne
2	2	4	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
3	6	7	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
4	5	10	Broken Bells	The High Road
5	9	8	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
6	8	3	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
7	7	3	Hockey	Song Away
8	10	7	Peter Gabriel	Flume
9	15	11	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
10	R	2	She & Him	In The Sun
11	11	7	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
12	12	2	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
13	R	6	Phoenix	Girlfriend
14	14	2	Cold War Kids	Santa Ana Winds
15	16	3	MGMT	Flash Delirium
16	R	2	Spoon	The Mystery Zone
17	20	4	The Magnetic Fields	You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
18	19	3	Free Energy	Bang Pop
19	18	10	Dawes	That Western Skyline
20	17	2	Malachai	Snowflake

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Chart Show Top 20... 04-01-10

Posted at 3:23 PM on April 1, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Two more inductees to the Hall of Fame;

Mumford & Sons going out on top and The XX finishing strong at #2 adding to

"Crystalised" which is already inducted they become the first artist to have two

Hall of Fame songs.

A nice bump up the charts for Dessa welcoming her back to town after touring with

P.O.S which was not a surprise as I just started getting calls about that song!

Nice jump for Hockey too, Beach House are back and the highest new entry is

The New Pornographers.

We lost...Retribution Gospel Choir, Dan Black, Solid Gold and Spoon...no fooling!

Great Global Shout Out this week... As they wait for the birth of their daughter

The Kliebes from Melbourne Australia to all their friends and family in Minneapolis.

Remember if you wanna Global Shout Out email me during the show next week!

Thanks heaps for listening!!

mw

TW	LW	Wks	4/1/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	12	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
2	4	12	The XX	Basic Space
3	14	9	Dessa	The Chaconne
4	2	3	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
5	6	9	Broken Bells	The High Road
6	9	6	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
7	20	2	Hockey	Song Away
8	8	2	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
9	5	7	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
10	10	6	Peter Gabriel	Flume
11	16	6	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
12	X	1	The New Pornographers	Your Hands (Together)
13	R	2	Beach House	Norway
14	X	1	Cold War Kids	Santa Ana Winds
15	3	10	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
16	19	2	MGMT	Flash Delirium
17	X	1	Malachai	Snowflake
18	11	9	Dawes	That Western Skyline
19	13	2	Free Energy	Bang Pop
20	18	3	The Magnetic Fields	You Must Be Out Of Your Mind

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Chart Show Top 20 ... 03-25-10

Posted at 7:21 PM on March 26, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Thanks to Mac for hosting this week...just in time to see the return of his faves

The Magnetic Fields.

A couple of high new entries, but we unfortunately lost The Rural Alberta Advantage,

one week before they would be inducted! Also out went;

Phantogram, Beach House (#1 CMJ this week),Phoenix,, She & Him and BRMC

who both were very high new entries last week? Weird.

AND... for the first time ever, a band being #1 & #2 .

TW	LW	Wks	3/25/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	11	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
2	15	2	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
3	12	9	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
4	9	11	The XX	Basic Space
5	2	6	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
6	4	8	Broken Bells	The High Road
7	X	1	Spoon	The Mystery Zone
8	X	1	OK GO	This Too Shall Pass
9	14	5	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
10	3	5	Peter Gabriel	Flume
11	5	8	Dawes	That Western Skyline
12	10	6	Retribution Gospel Choir	Hide It Away
13	X	1	Free Energy	Bang Pop
14	7	8	Dessa	The Chaconne
15	13	3	Solid Gold	One In A Million
16	16	5	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
17	20	2	Dan Black	Symphonies
18	R	2	The Magnetic Fields	You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
19	X	1	MGMT	Flash Delirium
20	X	1	Hockey	Song Away

Chart Show Top 20 ... 03-18-10

Posted at 6:19 PM on March 22, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Two surprise high new entries for BRMC and S&H. Mumford & Sons survived at

Number One even though there was a new song of theirs to vote on (#15) and

Johnny Cash suffers one of the biggest declines ever!

We lost; Lookbook, Lissie, Mason Jennings, Gorillaz and Hot Chip.

Next Week ... Mac Wilson's debut as host of the show!!

TW	LW	Wks	3/18/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	10	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
2	6	5	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
3	11	4	Peter Gabriel	Flume
4	10	7	Broken Bells	The High Road
5	5	7	Dawes	That Western Skyline
6	3	10	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
7	9	7	Dessa	The Chaconne
8	X	1	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Beat The Devil's Tattoo
9	4	10	The XX	Basic Space
10	17	5	Retribution Gospel Choir	Hide It Away
11	X	1	She & Him	In The Sun
12	7	8	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
13	14	2	Solid Gold	One In A Million
14	8	4	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
15	X	1	Mumford and Sons	The Cave
16	2	4	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
17	X	1	Beach House	Norway
18	18	3	Phantogram	When I Am Small
19	13	5	Phoenix	Girlfriend
20	X	1	Dan Black	Symphonies

Chart Show Top 20 ... 3-11-10

Posted at 12:13 PM on March 11, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

It's fun to see so many bands on our chart selling out shows across the TC's !

This week the Number One band sold out their 5/25 show at The Varsity in minutes.

Sorry to lose Moby, The Magnetic Fields and Communist Daughter, but great to see

Cash tearing up the chart, will the young'uns be able to hold him off next week?

Tune in at 8pm on Thursday to find out!!

TW	LW	Wks	3/11/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	9	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
2	4	3	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
3	2	9	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
4	3	9	The XX	Basic Space
5	5	6	Dawes	That Western Skyline
6	9	4	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
7	7	7	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
8	14	3	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
9	6	6	Dessa	The Chaconne
10	13	6	Broken Bells	The High Road
11	10	3	Peter Gabriel	Flume
12	8	6	Hot Chip	Take It In
13	R	4	Phoenix	Girlfriend
14	X	1	Solid Gold	One In A Million
15	R	3	Gorillaz	Stylo
16	16	2	Mason Jennings	Lonely Road
17	11	4	Retribution Gospel Choir	Hide It Away
18	15	2	Phantogram	When I Am Small
19	18	2	Lissie	Wedding Bells
20	17	2	Lookbook	The Only Ones

Chart Show Top 20 ... 03-04-10

Posted at 2:25 PM on March 4, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Five local entries this week, if we count RGC. That's the best showing so far.

But a return to the top spot for the buzz loaded Brits and some big jumps for

Johnny Cash, Dawes, Vampire Weekend and Peter Gabriel.

Free Energy told me this week they get pumped for going on by listening to

Peter Gabriel's 'Us". Then they covered BTO!

I'll play some classic rock jams for my 'Get Ya Freak On' set Friday, got any faves?

We lost; Tegan and Sara, Midlake, Sad Brad, Fanfarlo and Cold War Kids.

1	2	8	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
2	9	8	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
3	4	8	The XX	Basic Space
4	16	2	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
5	20	5	Dawes	That Western Skyline
6	R	5	Dessa	The Chaconne
7	14	6	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
8	R	5	Hot Chip	Take It In
9	10	3	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
10	17	2	Peter Gabriel	Flume
11	7	3	Retribution Gospel Choir	Hide It Away
12	1	3	Communist Daughter	Not The Kid
13	6	5	Broken Bells	The High Road
14	15	2	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
15	X	1	Phantogram	When I Am Small
16	X	1	Mason Jennings	Lonely Road
17	X	1	Lissie	Wedding Bells
18	X	1	Lookbook	The Only Ones
19	5	3	Moby	One Time We Lived
20	X	1	The Magnetic Fields	You Must Be Out Of Your Mind

The Chart Show Top 20 ... 2-25-10

Posted at 1:05 PM on February 25, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

A local Number One!!!

Two more inductees to the Chart Hall of Fame, both ending their runs with nice

bounces up the chart...The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" and Spoon!!

We lost Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard, Dessa, Eels, Brandi Carlile and Hot Chip.

But it's not a bad week when you replace them with a couple of legends;

Peter Gabriel and Johnny Cash; a couple of hot young things, Yeasayer and

Fanfarlo; and the song that should've been an Oscar nominee from 'Up In The Air',

Sad Brad Smith's "Help Yourself" a new anthem for our Member drives?!

TW	LW	Wks	2/25/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	2	Communist Daughter	Not The Kid
2	1	7	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
3	15	12	Spoon	Written In Reverse
4	4	7	The XX	Basic Space
5	7	2	Moby	One Time We Lived
6	3	4	Broken Bells	The High Road
7	13	2	Retribution Gospel Choir	Hide It Away
8	8	2	Midlake	Acts of Man
9	11	7	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
10	19	2	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
11	X	1	Sad Brad Smith	Help Yourself
12	R	2	Fanfarlo	Harold T Wilkins
13	16	12	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
14	14	5	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
15	X	1	Yeasayer	O.N.E.
16	X	1	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
17	X	1	Peter Gabriel	Flume
18	18	2	Tegan and Sara	The Cure
19	9	7	Cold War Kids	Audience
20	6	4	Dawes	That Western Skyline

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Chart Show Top 20 ... 02-18-10

Posted at 1:48 PM on February 18, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

After a static chart last week we have the exact opposite this week!

Six new entries and one surprise re-entry. A huge local debut too.

And for the first time in a long while a band has two songs on the chart.

We lost; Jonsi, Arms Akimbo, Solid Gold, Edward Sharpe, Gorillaz, Phoenix

and the Hall of Fame inducted Yeasayer.

TW	LW	Wks	2/18/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	6	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
2	X	1	Communist Daughter	Not The Kid
3	10	3	Broken Bells	The High Road
4	6	6	The XX	Basic Space
5	R	3	Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard	These Roads Don't Move
6	15	3	Dawes	That Western Skyline
7	X	1	Moby	One Time We Lived
8	X	1	Midlake	Acts Of Man
9	3	6	Cold War Kids	Audience
10	11	4	Eels	Little Bird
11	8	6	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
12	14	4	Dessa	The Chaconne
13	X	1	Retribution Gospel Choir	Hide It Away
14	4	4	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
15	16	11	Spoon	Written In Reverse
16	5	11	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
17	12	4	Hot Chip	Take It In
18	X	1	Tegan and Sara	The Cure
19	X	1	The Avett Brothers	January Wedding
20	19	4	Brandi Carlile	Dying Day

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Chart Show Top 20...02-11-10

Posted at 1:07 PM on February 11, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

This is the most stable chart we have ever seen! No new entries.
Just one re-entry for Broken Bells and another new Number One!
It's Hall of Fame induction time again for Yeasayer's "Ambling Alp".
Two more are poised to join them in the next two weeks which will
happen if it stays as stable as this. It's great to see your support
through a voting process mirror the behaviour of sales charts.
It would still be nice to have more votes each week so...
make sure you vote evey week and tellya friends! Cheers.

TW	LW	Wks	2/11/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	5	Mumford & Sons	Little Lion Man
2	2	12	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
3	1	5	Cold War Kids	Audience
4	4	3	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
5	6	10	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
6	15	5	The XX	Basic Space
7	7	3	Edward Sharpe & the MZ's	Carries On
8	8	5	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
9	16	3	Phoenix	Girlfriend
10	R	2	Broken Bells	The High Road
11	7	3	Eels	Little Bird
12	19	3	Hot Chip	Take It In
13	14	6	Solid Gold	Matter of Time
14	17	3	Dessa	The Chaconne
15	20	2	Dawes	That Western Skyline
16	5	10	Spoon	Written In Reverse
17	9	4	The Arms Akimbo	You Want To
18	10	2	Gorillaz	Stylo
19	12	3	Brandi Carlile	Dying Day
20	18	2	Jonsi	Boy Lilikoi

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Chart Show Top 20 02-04-10

Posted at 2:14 PM on February 4, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Congrats to another inductee to the Hall of Fame...Tegan & Sara's "Hell".

If Yeasayer stay on the chart next week they will be in too.

Four of these bands are playing SOLD OUT shows at First Ave in the next

2 months; The XX, Avett Brothers, Vampire Weekend and Spoon, good times!

TW	LW	Wks	2/4/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	8	4	Cold War Kids	Audience
2	3	11	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
3	5	4	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
4	13	2	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
5	9	9	Spoon	Written in Reverse
6	4	9	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
7	10	2	Eels	Little Bird
8	2	4	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
9	11	3	The Arms Akimbo	You Want To
10	X	1	Gorillaz	Stylo
11	7	2	Edward Sharpe & the MZ's	Carries On
12	15	2	Brandi Carlile	Dying Day
13	17	12	Tegan and Sara	Hell
14	R	5	Solid Gold	Matter of Time
15	1	4	The XX	Basic Space
16	16	2	Phoenix	Girlfriend
17	14	2	Dessa	The Chaconne
18	R	2	Jonsi	Boy Lilikoi
19	R	2	Hot Chip	Take It In
20	X	1	Dawes	That Western Skyline

Chart Show Top 20...01-28-10

Posted at 2:22 PM on January 28, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Eight New Entries this week in a busy chart and a brand new Number One!

The XX are celebrating their 2nd success on our chart by being on the front of NME,

playing a huge festival in Adelaide, Australia and the announcement that they are

playing Saturday of Coachella. 2010 will be a big year for them.

TW	LW	Wks	1/28/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	3	3	The XX	Basic Space
2	9	3	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
3	1	10	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
4	7	8	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
5	5	3	Mumford & Sons	Little Lion Man
6	X	1	Broken Bells	The High Road
7	X	1	Edward Sharpe & the MZ's	Carries On
8	4	3	Cold War Kids	Audience
9	10	8	Spoon	Written in Reverse
10	X	1	Eels	Little Bird
11	13	2	Arms Akimbo	You Want To
12	6	4	Kings of Convenience	Boat Behind
13	X	1	Vampire Weekend	Cousins
14	X	1	Dessa	The Chaconne
15	X	1	Brandi Carlile	Dying Day
16	X	1	Phoenix	Girlfriend
17	8	11	Tegan and Sara	Hell
18	19	2	Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	Even Heroes Have To Die
19	17	2	Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard	These Roads Don't Move
20	X	1	BK-One with Benzilla	Gitit

Chart Show Top 20; 01-21-10

Posted at 1:30 PM on January 21, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

SORRY!!! To all the Vampire Weekend fans who voted for Horchata,

it would still be on the chart but should not have been on the ballot.

It's now in the Chart Hall of Fame after being on the chart for 12 weeks.

Solace can be taken by those fans with the news that the album went straight to

Number One on Billboard's sales chart this week, that's hooj!!

Congrats also to local band Arms Akimbo.

Out of nowhere they stormed on to the chart for the first time

along with five other new entries and two big re-entries.

TW	LW	Wks	1/21/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	9	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
2	R	8	Julian Casablancas	11th Dimension
3	9	2	The XX	Basic Space
4	13	2	Cold War Kids	Audience
5	19	2	Mumford and Sons	Little Lion Man
6	7	3	Kings of Convenience	Boat Behind
7	4	7	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
8	8	10	Tegan & Sara	Hell
9	R	2	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank, AB
10	11	7	Spoon	Written in Reverse
11	X	1	Hot Chip	Take It In
12	10	4	Thao with the Get Down...	When We Swam
13	X	1	The Arms Akimbo	You Want To
14	16	7	The Heavy	How You Like Me Now?
15	X	1	Jonsi	Boy Lilikoi
16	X	1	Fanfarlo	Harold T Wilkins
17	X	1	Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard	These Roads Don't Move
18	18	2	Tom Waits	Goin' Out West
19	X	1	Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	Even Heroes Have To Die
20	20	3	Blakroc	Ain't Nothing Like You

The Chart Show Top 20; 01-14-10

Posted at 12:57 PM on January 14, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Six new entries one BIG local re-entry, that ticket giveaway affect again!?

We lost; Lookbook, Portishead, Florence, Felt, Julian Casablancas, and the 3rd

song that has charted from The Rural Alberta Advantage and the inductee from last

week; The XX's "Crystalised".

This week Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" is inducted into the Hall of Fame!

TW	LW	Wks	1/14/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	8	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
2	2	12	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
3	7	7	Jack Penate	Pull My Heart Away
4	3	6	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
5	R	4	Solid Gold	Matter of Time
6	6	5	Wilco	I'll Fight
7	18	2	Kings of Convenience	Boat Behind
8	11	9	Tegan & Sara	Hell
9	X	1	The XX	Basic Space
10	9	3	Thao with The Get Down ...	When We Swam
11	5	6	Spoon	Written in Reverse
12	16	2	Edward Sharpe & the MZ's	Desert Song
13	X	1	Cold War Kids	Audience
14	13	7	David Bazan	Please Baby Please
15	X	1	The Swell Season	Low Rising
16	17	6	The Heavy	How You Like Me Now?
17	X	1	Dan Wilson	Against History (live)
18	X	1	Tom Waits	Goin' Out West (live)
19	X	1	Mumford & Sons	Little Lion Man
20	10	2	Blakroc	Ain't Nothing Like You

Chart Show Top 20 ... 01-07-10

Posted at 1:30 PM on January 7, 2010 by Mark Wheat (4 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Over the holiday break there were many changes. We lost our first 3 inductees to the Chart Hall of Fame and Brother Ali, Solid Gold, Cold War Kids, Girls and Them Crooked Vultures.

The XX have achieved 12 weeks on the chart this week too, we have another inductee.

We started another tradition tonight of playing a Hall of Fame track right after the #1.

Tune in at 9pm now every week for a certified Massive Toon!

Vote for next week's chart and get a chance to join us at our 5th Birthday Party!

TW	LW	Wks	1/7/2010	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	4	7	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
2	3	11	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
3	13	5	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
4	2	12	The XX	Crystalised
5	19	5	Spoon	Written In Reverse
6	R	4	Wilco	I'll Fight
7	8	6	Jack Penate	Pull My Heart Away
8	X	1	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Frank AB
9	17	2	Thao with The Get Down...	When We Swam
10	X	1	Blakroc	Ain't Nothing Like You
11	7	8	Tegan & Sara	Hell
12	X	1	Felt	Protaganists
13	20	6	David Bazan	Please Baby Please
14	11	7	Julian Casablancas	11th Dimension
15	15	9	Florence and the Machine	Drumming Song
16	X	1	Edward Sharpe and the MZ's	Desert Song
17	16	5	The Heavy	How You Like Me Now?
18	X	1	Kings of Convenience	Boat Behind
19	X	1	Lookbook	The Only Ones
20	X	1	Portishead	Chase the Tear

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The Chart Show Hall of Fame

Posted at 3:31 PM on January 5, 2010 by Mark Wheat (3 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Ladies and Gentleman please give an ovation for the first three inductees into what we hope will grow into a list of your fave songs of all time, The Chart Show Hall of Fame!!

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field"

These songs have been left off the ballot for this weeks show and in future any song that stays on the chart for 12 weeks will be inducted into the 'Hall'...now we have to start
thinking of where to build this hall, any ideas?!

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Chart Show Top 20 12-17-09

Posted at 4:30 PM on December 17, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

TW	LW	Wks	12/17/2009	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	10	Edward Sharpe...	Home
2	3	9	The XX	Crystalized
3	4	8	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
4	6	4	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
5	2	10	Mason Jennings	The Field
6	10	12	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Don't Haunt This Place
7	11	5	Tegan & Sara	Hell
8	9	3	Jack Penate	Pull My Heart Away
9	13	7	Brother Ali	Fresh Air
10	17	3	Solid Gold	Matter of Time
11	7	4	Julian Casablancas	11th Dimension
12	X	1	Cold War Kids	Audience
13	8	2	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
14	R	2	Girls	Lust For Life
15	12	6	Florence and the Machine	Drumming Song
16	18	2	The Heavy	How You Like Me Now?
17	X	1	Thao with The Get Down Stay Down	When We Swam
18	X	1	Them Crooked Vultures	Mind Eraser No Chaser
19	16	2	Spoon	Written in Reverse
20	20	3	David Bazan	Please Baby Please

This is the last Chart Show of the decade! We'll be doing special programming on the next two Thursday nights...Happy Holidays !!

Thanks for listening and don't forget to add your music taste to our grand daddy of a chart...

The Top 89

cheers

Chart Show Top 20 12-10-09

Posted at 3:12 PM on December 10, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Next week take you final chance to vote for you faves this year!

We are going to take the following two weeks off from The Chart Show

We have tons of special programming planned for the next two Thursdays.

Don't forget to vote for your faves of the year on our Top 89 page!!

One thing we might learn from this chart is who might be a front runner for the

Number One Song of the Year!?!?

Get those office pools going now and hope you pick Edward Sharpe!!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!

TW	LW	Wks	12/10/2009	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	9	Edward Sharpe	Home
2	3	9	Mason Jennings	The Field
3	2	8	The XX	Crystalised
4	9	7	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
5	5	3	Wilco	I'll Fight
6	8	3	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
7	4	3	Julian Casablancas	11th Dimension
8	X	1	The Avett Brothers	Kick Drum Heart
9	10	2	Jack Penate	Pull My Heart Away
10	6	11	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Don't Haunt This Place
11	R	4	Tegan & Sara	Hell
12	17	5	Florence and the Machine	Drumming Song
13	18	6	Brother Ali	Fresh Air
14	11	10	Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson	Relator
15	X	1	Kings Of Convenience	Boat Behind
16	X	1	Spoon	Written In Reverse
17	13	2	Solid Gold	Matter Of Time
18	X	1	The Heavy	How You Like Me Now?
19	X	1	The Big Pink	At War With The Sun
20	20	2	David Bazan	Please Baby Please

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Chart Show Top 20 12-03-09

Posted at 8:19 PM on December 3, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

This week it's another fresh chart with 6 new entries! The highest is a real slow burner that sounds like a classic from Jack Penate. The largest jump up the charts might make Julian change his mind, but his band The Strokes have just announced a string of festival dates for next year. The XX were in town this week and did a cool session for us. That might have fuelled their big jump too, I got lots of positive reviews of their sold out show. And if we can still claim Har Mar as ours, four local artists is the largest number ever! What a year it's been!

TW	LW	Wks	12/3/2009	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	7	Edward Sharpe...	Home
2	11	7	The XX	Crystalized
3	4	8	Mason Jennings	The Field
4	20	2	Julian Casablancas	11th Dimension
5	5	2	Wilco	I'll Fight
6	15	10	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Don't Haunt This Place
7	14	2	The Avett Brothers	Head Full of Doubt...
8	6	2	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
9	2	6	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
10	X	1	Jack Penate	Pull My Heart Away
11	3	9	Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson	Relator
12	18	3	Har Mar Superstar	Tall Boy
13	X	1	Solid Gold	Matter of Time
14	X	1	Girls	Lust For Life
15	16	2	Them Crooked Vultures	New Fang
16	X	1	Rodrigo Y Gabriela	Buster Voodoo
17	12	4	Florence and the Machine	Drumming Song
18	19	5	Brother Ali	Fresh Air
19	X	1	Devendra Banhart	Baby
20	X	1	David Bazan	Please Baby Please

The Chart Show Top 20 11-26-09

Posted at 4:16 PM on November 25, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

TW	LW	Wks	11/26/2009	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	7	Edward Sharpe	Home
2	3	5	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
3	8	8	Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson	Relator
4	4	7	Mason Jennings	The Field
5	X	1	Wilco	I'll Fight
6	X	1	Yeasayer	Ambling Alp
7	X	1	The Swell Season	Low Rising
8	X	1	Thom Yorke	Hearing Damage
9	12	10	The Big Pink	Dominos
10	6	5	Tegan & Sara	Hell
11	7	6	The XX	Crystalized
12	11	3	Florence and the Machine	Drumming Song
13	15	9	Radiohead	These Are MY Twisted Words
14	X	1	The Avett Brothers	Head Full of Doubt...
15	17	9	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Don't Haunt This Place
16	X	1	Them Crooked Vultures	New Fang
17	r	5	Death Cab For Cutie	Meet Me On The Equinox
18	20	2	Har Mar Superstar	Tall Boy
19	r	4	Brother Ali	Fresh Air
20	X	1	Julian Casablancas	11th Dimension

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

We couldn't do this show without you so we're very thankful for our wonderful audience!

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The Chart Show Top 20 11-19-09

Posted at 7:30 PM on November 19, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

For the 5th week in a row our #1 blew everyone else away!

Perhaps giving tickets away for their sold out show helped them this week?

Congrats to the brand new #2 who played in town this week supporting Brendon Benson and reports suggested a storming show.

The Chart Show will be on Wednesday at 8pm next week because of Thanksgiving and you'll get a chance to win tickets to see The Swell Season Dec 5th at The State Theater.

TW	LW	Wks	11/19/2009	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	6	Edward Sharpe...	Home
2	X	1	Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons	Born Again
3	2	4	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
4	8	6	Mason Jennings	The Field
5	3	8	Weezer	I Want You To
6	5	4	Tegan & Sara	Hell
7	4	5	The XX	Crystalised
8	6	7	Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson	Relator
9	11	2	Mason Jennings	Ain't No Friend Of Mine
10	r	3	Brandi Carlile	Dreams
11	19	2	Florence and the Machine	Drumming Song
12	10	9	The Big Pink	Dominos
13	16	9	Wilco	You and I
14	X	1	Pearl Jam	Just Breathe
15	14	8	Radiohead	These Are My Twisted Words
16	r	7	Grizzly Bear	While You Wait For The Others
17	12	8	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Don't Haunt This Place
18	X	1	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Drain The Blood
19	7	9	The Avett Brothers	I and Love and You
20	X	1	Har Mar Superstar	Tall Boy

11-12-09 Top 20

Posted at 2:24 PM on November 13, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

TW	LW	Wks	11/12/2009	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	5	Edward Sharpe	Home
2	2	3	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
3	6	7	Weezer	I Want You To
4	5	4	The XX	Crystalized
5	7	3	Tegan & Sara	Hell
6	10	6	Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson	Relator
7	11	8	The Avett Brothers	I and Love and You
8	4	5	Mason Jennings	The Field
9	18	6	Brother Ali	Us
10	3	8	The Big Pink	Dominos
11	X	1	Mason Jennings	Ain't No Friend of Mine
12	12	7	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Don't Haunt This Place
13	14	4	The Flaming Lips	Silver Trembling Hands
14	16	7	Radiohead	These Are MY Twisted Words
15	13	5	Death Cab For Cutie	Meet Me On The Equinox
16	9	8	Wilco	You and I
17	r	4	The Twilight Hours	Queen of Tomorrow
18	X	1	Dinosaur Jr	Pieces
19	X	1	Florence and the Machine	Drumming Song
20	X	1	Built To Spill	Hindsight

Four new entries (X) and one re-entry (r) this week and mason Jennings does it again!

He's the only artist to have two different songs on the chart and he's done it for 4 weeks. But now with three different songs?!?! He plays at First Ave 11/29.

The Number One remains the same for the fourth week and again it's winning by a large margin. Their show at The Varsity sold out weeks ago, but we'll be giving away tix on air all week and to one lucky winner who votes for The Chart.

Congrats to Ryan from Inver Grove Heights who is going to Dinosaur Jr. next week.

11-05-09 Top 20

Posted at 5:33 PM on November 5, 2009 by Mark Wheat (5 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

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10-29-09 Top 20

Posted at 1:29 PM on October 29, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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TW	LW	Wks	10/29/2009	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	3	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros	Home
2	4	5	Weezer	I Want You To
3	X	1	Vampire Weekend	Horchata
4	9	6	The Avett Brothers	I and Love and You
5	7	6	The Rural Alberta Advantage	Don't Haunt This Place
6	2	5	Wilco	You and I
7	X	1	Tegan & Sara	Hell
8	R	3	Brother Ali	Us
9	12	2	Mason Jennings	Pittsburg
10	8	6	Radiohead	These Are My Twisted Words
11	17	6	Regina Spektor	The Calculation
12	14	3	Mason Jennings	The Field
13	11	2	The XX	Crystalised
14	18	6	The Big Pink	Dominos
15	R	3	Gossip	Love Long Distance
16	13	3	Pete Yorn &Scarlett Johansson	Relator
17	16	6	Grizzly Bear	While You Wait For The Others
18	15	3	Death Cab For Cutie	Meet Me On The Equinox
19	3	4	The Twilight Hours	Queen of Tomorrow
20	R	2	Modest Mouse	Autumn Beds

The first time that the #1 has stayed the same! And the highest number of local artists,another record breaking chart, appropriate for our record breaking Member Drive week!

Congrats to Sarah from Uptown, she's the winner of the Chris Koza tickets AND a roomie of the famous cat Trogdor who came in 2nd in Looch's Critter Contest, what a day for her!?!

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10-22-09 Top 20

Posted at 8:07 PM on October 22, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

TW LW Wks

1 11 2 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Home
2 9 4 Wilco / You and I
3 1 3 The Twilight Hours / Queen Of Tomorrow
4 5 4 Weezer / (If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
5 13 5 Pearl Jam / The Fixer
6 20 4 The Flaming Lips / Silver Trembling Hands
7 3 5 The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
8 2 5 Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
9 7 5 The Avett Brothers / I and Love and You
10 x 1 Monsters of Folk / Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
11 x 1 The XX / Crystalised
12 x 1 Mason Jennings / Pittsburg
13 8 2 Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson / Relator
14 10 2 Mason Jennings / The Field
15 15 2 Death Cab For Cutie / Meet Me On The Equinox
16 19 5 Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
17 6 5 Regina Spektor / The Calculation
18 12 5 The Big Pink / Dominos
19 16 5 Phoenix / Armistice
20 x 1 Eels / Prizefighter

Another first this week, Mason Jennings is the first artist to have two songs on the chart at the same time! Don't forget you can write in a song if you think we have missed something, that's another way we're getting your feedback through this show. Three weeks ago we had so many write in votes for Edward Sharpe that we added it to the list and look where it is this week! What a wonderful surprise to see such a new young band top a chart filled with 'veterans'! They will be at The Varsity Nov 29th.

AND thanks for all the support during the first day of our Member Drive, we had a ton of people joining during the show which is great too, when you join tell us that you like the chart show, we don't you're out there until you make the call...
1-800-227-2811 or click and join!
Cheers

Top 20 for October 16, 2009

Posted at 8:00 PM on October 15, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

r: Re-entry
x: New

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10 - 08 - 09 Top 20

Posted at 4:00 PM on October 8, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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CONGRATS to Madelaine of Minneapolis she's going to see Bob Mould next Tuesday.
THANKS to Dana from Woodbury for writing a long letter, the old fashioned way to say how much he liked the Chart Show idea, and that he thought I looked like Robert Smith or Edward Scissorhands when he first listened to me! You can send your Global Shout Out via email mwheat@mpr.org anytime of the week and then listen around 8.30 on the night that we run down the Top 20.

Lots of movement on the chart this week and a new layout...what'yathink?
The LW is Last Week's position and TW this week and WKS the number of weeks spent on the chart...and another brand new Number One! I wonder who will be the first to retain that spot?

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10 / 1 Chart Show Top 20

Posted at 8:11 PM on October 1, 2009 by Mark Wheat (2 Comments)
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A brand new Number One and 7 New Entries 3 of which are local a great second week of our Chart Show! Thanks to everyone who voted and congrats to Robin from Eagan, a huge Decemberists fan he'll be at The State next Friday.
A big thank you to Rosie listening in Australia where it's around Noon when we do the show, she sent the very first Global Shout Out to Evan in Maple Grove!
Send your special message to me where ever you are listening...mwheat@mpr.org

01 (UP 1) The Avett Brothers / I and Love and You
02 (UP 13) The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
03 (DOWN 2) Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
04 (UP 4) Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
05 (UP 7) Eels / Prizefighter
06 ( - ) Imogen Heap / First Train Home
07 (DOWN 3) The Big Pink / Dominoes
08 (UP 12) Regina Spektor / The Calculation
09 (DOWN 6) Phoenix / Armistice
10 (UP 4) Muse / Uprising
11 *NEW* Mason Jennings / Ain't No Friend of Mine
12 (DOWN 3) Arctic Monkeys / Crying Lightning
13 *NEW* Sondre Lerche / Heatbeat Radio
14 *NEW* Brother Ali / Us
15 (DOWN 5) The Noisettes / Never Forget You
16 (DOWN 5) Pearl Jam / The Fixer
17 *NEW* The Twilight Hours / Queen of Tomorrow
18 *NEW* Gossip / Love Long Distance
19 *NEW* Moby / Pale Horses
20 *NEW* Blitzen Trapper / Silver Moon

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9 / 24 The Chart Show Top 20

Posted at 8:35 PM on September 24, 2009 by Mark Wheat
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Thanks to all of those listeners who voted for our first Chart Show Top 20!
Congrats to Daphne in Eden Prairie who won the tickets this week. Next week we'll give you a chance to see The Decemberists and it will be even more fun because we'll be able to see whether songs went up or down! We'll also start a new tradition in honor of Kasey Kasem's long distance dedication... The Global Shout Out! Send a message to a friend where ever they are listening, put "Global Shout Out" as the title and drop me a line...mwheat@mpr.org

01 Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
02 The Avett Brothers / I and Love and You
03 Phoenix / Armistice
04 The Big Pink / Dominos
05 Wilco / You and I
06 Imogen Heap / First Train Home
07 Weezer / (If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
08 Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
09 Arctic Monkeys / Crying Lightning
10 The Noisettes / Never Forget You
11 Pearl Jam / The Fixer
12 Eels / Prizefighter
13 The Flaming Lips / Silver Trembling Hands
14 Muse / Uprising
15 The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
16 The Dead Weather / I Cut Like A Buffalo
17 Monsters of Folk / Say Please
18 Beastie Boys / Too Many Rappers
19 Modest Mouse / Autumn Beds
20 Regina Spektor / The Calculation

TW	LW	Wks	7/7/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	4	7	Fleet Foxes	Montezuma
2	1	7	Bon Iver	Calgary
3	2	11	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
4	16	3	Adele	Someone Like You
5	6	11	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
6	3	12	Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi	Two Against One
7	13	5	The Strokes	Machu Picchu
8	14	3	Atmosphere	She's Enough
9	8	5	The Joy Formidable	Whirring
10	5	5	My Morning Jacket	Holding On To Black Metal
11	7	3	Foster The People	Helena Beat
12	10	8	DeVotchka	The Man from San Sebastian
13	11	5	Dawes	Time Spent In Los Angeles
14	12	4	Gomez	Options
15	17	6	The Rural Alberta Advantage	The Breakup
16	X	1	Jessica Lea Mayfield	Blue Skies Again
17	X	1	The Wombats	Techno Fan
18	R	2	Radiohead	Little By Little
19	X	1	Fitz and the Tantrums	Don't Gotta Work It Out
20	X	1	Sharon Van Etten	One Day

TW	LW	Wks	6/30/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	2	6	Bon Iver	Calgary
2	1	10	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
3	5	11	Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi	Two Against One
4	3	6	Fleet Foxes	Montezuma
5	4	4	My Morning Jacket	Holding On To Black Metal
6	7	10	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
7	16	2	Foster The People	Helena Beat
8	17	4	The Joy Formidable	Whirring
9	6	12	Iron and Wine	Me And Lazarus
10	10	7	DeVotchka	The Man From San Sebastian
11	9	4	Dawes	Time Spent In Los Angeles
12	13	3	Gomez	Options
13	18	4	The Strokes	Machu Picchu
14	19	2	Atmosphere	She's Enough
15	X	1	Arctic Monkeys	Don't Sit Down...
16	15	2	Adele	Someone Like You
17	14	5	The Rural Alberta Advantage	The Breakup
18	11	6	Tapes 'n Tapes	Badaboom
19	12	12	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
20	X	1	Booker T. Jones	Everything Is Everything

TW	LW	Wks	6/23/2011	The Current Chart Show
			Artist	Song
1	1	9	Arcade Fire	We Used To Wait
2	3	5	Bon Iver	Calgary
3	4	5	Fleet Foxes	Montezuma
4	11	3	My Morning Jacket	Holding On To Black Metal
5	2	10	Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi	Two Against One
6	5	11	Iron and Wine	Me and Lazarus
7	6	9	Death Cab For Cutie	You Are A Tourist
8	7	8	Beastie Boys	Make Some Noise
9	9	3	Dawes	Time Spent In Los Angeles
10	20	6	DeVotchka	The Man From San Sebastian
11	19	5	Tapes 'n Tapes	Badaboom
12	12	11	Lykke Li	I Follow Rivers
13	15	2	Gomez	Options
14	8	4	The Rural Alberta Advantage	The Breakup
15	X	1	Adele	Someone Like You
16	X	1	Foster The People	Helena Beat
17	17	3	The Joy Formidable	Whirring
18	18	3	The Strokes	Machu Picchu
19	X	1	Atmosphere	She's Enough
20	X	1	Rogue Valley	Onward and Over

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