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Mediabase Alt Top 30 Show (08.29-08.30.2015)

Mediabase Alternative Top 30 show (weekend of 08.29.2015-08.30.2015)
– from the Saturday Morning Mediabase Alternative Currents-only Charts.

Notes:

  • Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats debut.
  • Silversun Pickups +5 for Leap Of The Week.
  • Sublime With Rome -6 for Biggest Loser Of The Week.
  • We have a new #1: Will it be Elle King or Cold War Kids taking that honor?

Hour 1
30 New Politics “West End Kids” [10|26] [-2] [29]
29 Joywave “Now” [3|29] [=] [5]
EX: Joywave “Somebody New” (2015)
28 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go” [13|18] [-6] [111]
27 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” [1|27] [D] [4]
Bonus: Wolf Alice “Bros”
26 Foals “Mountain At My Gates” [3|26] [=] [14]
25 Glass Animals “Black Mambo” [9|24] [-1] [47]
CB1: Twenty|one|pilots “Stressed Out”
24 Muse “Mercy” [3|24] [+1] [19]
23 Robert DeLong “Don’t Wait Up” [6|23] [=] [31]
EX: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Aeroplane” (1995)
22 Sliversun Pickups “Nightlight” [2|22] [+5] [13]
21 Halsey “New Americana” [5|21] [=] [32]

Hour 2
20 Atlas Genius “Molecules” [7|19] [-1] [51]
19 The Arcs “Outta My Mind” [7|18] [-1] [60]
EX: Incubus “Stellar” (2000)
18 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” [13|17] [-1] [93]
17 Foo Fighters “Outside” [3|17] [+3] [28]
16 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” [6|16] [=] [62]
CB2: Vance Joy “Fire And The Flood”
15 BØRNS “Electric Love” [16|15] [=] [159]
14 Houndmouth “Sedona” [9|14] [=] [116]
Bonus: Imagine Dragons “Roots”
13 Walk The Moon “Different Colors” [9|13] [=] [112]
12 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah” [17|11] [-1] [222]
EX: The Neighbourhood”Sweater Weather” (2013)
11 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” [41|5] [-1] [634]

Hour 3
10 Coleman Hell “2 Heads” [9|10] [+2] [111]
9 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” [13|9] [=] [198]
8 AWOLnation “I Am” [8|8] [=] [125]
Bonus: Civil Twilight “When, When”
7 The Struts “Could Have Been Me” [10|7] [=] [166]
6 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” [21|2] [=] [503]
EX: Primus “My Name Is Mud” (1993)
5 Mumford and Sons “The Wolf” [19|4] [=] [416]
4 Beck “Dreams” [11|3] [=] [281]
3 X Ambassadors “Renegades” [18|1(11x)] [-2] [484]
EX: Foo Fighters “Long Road To Ruin” (2007)
2 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” [16|2] [+1] [315]
1 Cold War Kids “First” [18|1(1x)] [+1] [296]

Falloffs:
30 CHVRCHES “Leave A Trace” [1|30] [1]

EX: Extra songs, almost always older than 6-12 months old
Bonus: new uncharted.
Countdown Bound: Song outside Top 30 and moving upward and/or positive bullet.
Airs on Saturdays from 9PM-12:05AM CDT. Reairs at: Sundays from 4:55-8PM, Wednesday Overnights from 3:00AM-6:05AM, and a countdown-only edition Fridays from 2:00PM-4:15PM.

Mediabase Alt Top 30 Show (08.22-08.23.2015)

Mediabase Alternative Top 30 show (weekend of 08.22.2015-08.23.2015)
– from the Saturday Morning Mediabase Alternative Currents-only Charts.

Notes:

  • Silversun Pickups + CHVRCHES debut.
  • Foo Fighters +8 for Leap Of The Week.
  • Sublime With Rome -4 for Biggest Loser Of The Week.
  • Will X Ambassadors stay @#1 for the 11th week in a row, or will Elle King or Cold War Kids end their run?

Hour 1
30 CHVRCHES “Leave A Trace” [1|30] [D] [1]
29 Joywave “Now” [2|29] [+1] [3]
EX: Phantogram “Fall In Love” (2013)
28 New Politics “West End Kids” [9|26] [-2] [28]
27 Sliversun Pickups “Nightlight” [1|27] [D] [4]
CB1: Highly Suspect “Lydia”
26 Foals “Mountain At My Gates” [2|26] [+1] [9]
25 Muse “Mercy” [2|25] [=] [12]
Bonus: Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “S.O.B.”
24 Glass Animals “Black Mambo” [8|24] [=] [41]
23 Robert DeLong “Don’t Wait Up” [5|23] [=] [23]
EX: Crystal Castles/Robert Smith “Not In Love” (2011)
22 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go” [12|18] [-4] [108]
21 Halsey “New Americana” [4|21] [+1] [22]

Hour 2
20 Foo Fighters “Outside” [2|20] [+8] [14]
19 Atlas Genius “Molecules” [6|19] [+1] [40]
EX: Oasis “Don’t Look Back In Anger” (1996)
18 The Arcs “Outta My Mind” [6|18] [+1] [48]
17 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” [12|17] [=] [80]
16 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” [5|16] [=] [47]
CB2: Meg Myers “Lemon Eyes”
15 BØRNS “Electric Love” [15|15] [=] [143]
14 Houndmouth “Sedona” [8|14] [=] [99]
Bonus: Saint Motel “Cold Cold Man”
13 Walk The Moon “Different Colors” [8|13] [=] [94]
12 Coleman Hell “2 Heads” [8|12] [=] [90]
EX: Folk Implosion “Natural One” (1995)
11 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah” [16|11] [=] [203]

Hour 3
10 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” [40|5] [-2] [614]
9 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” [12|9] [=] [176]
CB3: Twenty|one|pilots “Stressed Out”
8 AWOLnation “I Am” [7|8] [+2] [102]
7 The Struts “Could Have Been Me” [9|7] [=] [142]
Bonus: The Neighbourhood “R.I.P 2 My Youth”
6 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” [20|2] [-1] [478]
5 Mumford and Sons “The Wolf” [18|4] [+1] [390]
EX: Mumford and Sons “I Will Wait” (2012)
4 Beck “Dreams” [10|3] [-1] [254]
3 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” [15|2] [-1] [286]
EX: Gotye/Kimbra “Somebody That I Used To Know” (2012)
2 Cold War Kids “First” [17|2] [+2] [266]
1 X Ambassadors “Renegades” [17|1(11x)] [=] [456]

Falloffs:
21 Muse “Dead Inside” [21|1(5x)] [493] [RECURRENT, <20]
29 James Bay “Hold Back the River” [19|9] [223] [RECURRENT, <20]

EX: Extra songs, almost always older than 6-12 months old
Bonus: new uncharted.
Countdown Bound: Song outside Top 30 and moving upward and/or positive bullet.
Airs on Saturdays from 9PM-12:05AM CDT. Reairs at: Sundays from 4:55-8PM, Wednesday Overnights from 3:00AM-6:05AM, and a countdown-only edition Fridays from 2:00PM-4:15PM.

Mediabase Alt Top 30 Show (08.15-08.16.2015)

Mediabase Alternative Top 30 show (weekend of 08.15.2015-08.16.2015)
– from the Saturday Morning Mediabase Alternative Currents-only Charts.

Notes:

  • Joywave + Foo Fighters + Foals + Muse’s Mercy debut.
  • Halsey +7 for Leap Of The Week.
  • Muse’s Mercy + Twenty|one|pilots -3 each for Biggest Loser Of The Week.
  • Will X Ambassadors stay @#1 for the 10th week in a row?

Hour 1
30 Joywave “Now” [1|30] [D] [1]
29 James Bay “Hold Back the River” [19|9] [-1] [223]
EX: Audioslave “Show Me How To Live” (2003)
28 Foo Fighters “Outside” [1|28] [D] [3]
27 Foals “Mountain At My Gates” [1|27] [D] [4]

CB1: Sliversun Pickups “Nightlight”
26 New Politics “West End Kids” [8|26] [+4] [25]
25 Muse “Mercy” [1|25] [D] [6]
Bonus: Vance Joy “Fire And The Flood”
24 Glass Animals “Black Mambo” [7|24] [+2] [34]
23 Robert DeLong “Don’t Wait Up” [4|23] [+4] [15]
EX: R.E.M. “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” (1994)
22 Halsey “New Americana” [3|22] [+7] [12]
21 Muse “Dead Inside” [21|1(5x)] [-3] [493]

Hour 2
20 Atlas Genius “Molecules” [5|20] [+4] [28]
19 The Arcs “Outta My Mind” [5|19] [+4] [35]
EX: The Black Keys “Howlin’ For You” (2011)
18 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go” [11|18] [+1] [99]
17 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” [11|17] [+4] [66]
16 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” [4|16] [+6] [32]
CB2: CHVRCHES “Leave A Trace”
15 BØRNS “Electric Love” [14|15] [=] [127]
14 Houndmouth “Sedona” [7|14] [+2] [82]
Bonus: Chet Faker/Banks “1998”
13 Walk The Moon “Different Colors” [7|13] [=] [76]
12 Coleman Hell “2 Heads” [7|12] [+5] [71]
EX: Interpol “Slow Hands” (2004)
11 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah” [15|11] [+1] [183]

Hour 3
10 AWOLnation “I Am” [6|10] [=] [79]
9 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” [11|9] [=] [154]
8 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” [39|5] [-1] [593]
EX: Fall Out Boy “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” (2013)
7 The Struts “Could Have Been Me” [8|7] [+1] [118]
6 Mumford and Sons “The Wolf” [17|4] [-1] [364]
Bonus: Twenty|one|pilots “Stressed Out”
5 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” [19|2] [-3] [453]
4 Cold War Kids “First” [16|4] [+2] [237]
3 Beck “Dreams” [9|3] [=] [227]
EX: Green Day “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” (2004)
2 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” [14|2] [+2] [258]
1 X Ambassadors “Renegades” [16|1(10x)] [=] [426]

Falloffs:
11 Of Monsters and Men “Crystals” [21|3] [431] [RECURRENT, <15]
14 Mumford and Sons “Believe” [22|1(3x)] [534] [RECURRENT, <15]
20 Wolf Alice “Moaning Lisa Smile” [17|9] [248]
25 Royal Blood “Little Monster” [17|17] [147] [RECURRENT, <15]

EX: Extra songs, almost always older than 6-12 months old
Bonus: new uncharted.
Countdown Bound: Song outside Top 30 and moving upward and/or positive bullet.
Airs on Saturdays from 9PM-12:05AM CDT. Reairs at: Sundays from 4:55-8PM, Wednesday Overnights from 3:00AM-6:05AM, and a countdown-only edition Fridays from 2:00PM-4:15PM.

Mediabase Alt Top 30 Show (08.08-08.09.2015)

Mediabase Alternative Top 30 show (weekend of 08.08.2015-08.09.2015)
– from the Saturday Morning Mediabase Alternative Currents-only Charts.

Notes:

  • no debuts/returns.
  • Walk The Moon + AWOLnation +5 each for Leap Of The Week.
  • Wolf Alice -9 for Biggest Loser Of The Week.
  • Will X Ambassadors stay @#1?

Hour 1
30 New Politics “West End Kids” [7|27] [-2] [20]
29 Halsey “New Americana” [2|29] [+1] [3]
Bonus: James Bay “Let It Go”
28 James Bay “Hold Back the River” [18|9] [-6] [221]
27 Robert DeLong “Don’t Wait Up” [3|27] [+2] [7]
CB1: Foals “Mountain At My Gates”
26 Glass Animals “Black Mambo” [6|26] [+1] [27]
25 Royal Blood “Little Monster” [17|17] [-4] [147]
EX: Staind “It’s Been Awhile” (2001)
24 Atlas Genius “Molecules” [4|24] [+2] [17]
23 The Arcs “Outta My Mind” [4|23] [+1] [23]
EX: Tori Amos “Spark” (1998)
22 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” [3|22] [+3] [17]
21 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” [10|21] [+2] [52]

Hour 2
20 Wolf Alice “Moaning Lisa Smile” [17|9] [-9] [248]
19 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go” [10|18] [+1] [86]
EX: Blink-182 “First Date” (2001)
18 Muse “Dead Inside” [20|1(5x)] [-5] [483]
17 Coleman Hell “2 Heads” [6|17] [+2] [52]
16 Houndmouth “Sedona” [6|16] [+1] [65]
CB2: Muse “Mercy”
15 BØRNS “Electric Love” [13|15] [+1] [111]
14 Mumford and Sons “Believe” [22|1(3x)] [-2] [534] [RECURRENT, 1/4 Bonus Weeks]
EX: Bastille “Flaws” (2014)
13 Walk The Moon “Different Colors” [6|13] [+5] [58]
12 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah” [14|12] [+2] [163]
Bonus: Of Monsters and Men “Empire”
11 Of Monsters and Men “Crystals” [21|3] [-2] [431]

Hour 3
10 AWOLnation “I Am” [5|10] [+5] [58]
9 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” [10|9] [+1] [132]
8 The Struts “Could Have Been Me” [7|8] [+2] [94]
EX: Unwritten Law “Seein’ Red” (2002)
7 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” [38|5] [=] [570]
6 Cold War Kids “First” [15|6] [=] [210]
Bonus: Sliversun Pickups “Nightlight”
5 Mumford and Sons “The Wolf” [16|4] [=] [339]
4 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” [13|4] [=] [229]
3 Beck “Dreams” [8|3] [=] [199]
EX: Fuel “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” (2000)
2 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” [18|2] [=] [427]
1 X Ambassadors “Renegades” [15|1(9x)] [=] [396]

Falloffs:
none

EX: Extra songs, almost always older than 6-12 months old
Bonus: new uncharted.
Countdown Bound: Song outside Top 30 and moving upward and/or positive bullet.
Airs on Saturdays from 9PM-12:05AM CDT. Reairs at: Sundays from 4:55-8PM, Wednesday Overnights from 3:00AM-6:05AM, and a countdown-only edition Fridays from 2:00PM-4:15PM.

Mediabase Alt Top 30 Show (08.01-08.02.2015)

Mediabase Alternative Top 30 show (weekend of 08.01.2015-08.02.2015)
– from the Saturday Morning Mediabase Alternative Currents-only Charts.

Notes:

  • Halsey debut.
  • Walk The Moon + Houndmouth +5 each for Leap Of The Week.
  • James Bay -7 for Biggest Loser Of The Week.
  • Will X Ambassadors stay @#1?

Hour 1
30 Halsey “New Americana” [1|30] [D] [1]
29 Robert DeLong “Don’t Wait Up” [2|29] [+1] [3]
EX: Local H “Bound For The Floor” (1996)
28 New Politics “West End Kids” [6|27] [=] [19]
27 Glass Animals “Black Mambo” [5|26] [-1] [17]
CB1: Alt-J “Hunger Of The Pine”
26 Atlas Genius “Molecules” [3|26] [+1] [10]
25 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” [2|25] [+4] [8]
Bonus: Meg Myers “Lemon Eyes”
24 The Arcs “Outta My Mind” [3|24] [+1] [15]
23 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” [9|23] [+1] [42]
EX: Bad Suns “Cardiac Arrest” (2014)
22 James Bay “Hold Back the River” [17|9] [-7] [218]
21 Royal Blood “Little Monster” [16|17] [-4] [141]

Hour 2
20 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go” [9|18] [-2] [74]
19 Coleman Hell “2 Heads” [5|19] [+2] [38]
EX: MisterWives “Reflections” (2014)
18 Walk The Moon “Different Colors” [5|18] [+5] [40]
17 Houndmouth “Sedona” [5|17] [+5] [50]
16 BØRNS “Electric Love” [12|16] [+4] [95]
CB2: Joywave “Now”
15 AWOLnation “I Am” [4|15] [+4] [37]
14 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah” [13|14] [+2] [144]
Bonus: PVRIS “My House”
13 Muse “Dead Inside” [19|1(5x)] [=] [483]
EX: Collective Soul “Heavy” (1999)
12 Mumford and Sons “Believe” [21|1(3x)] [+2] [517]
11 Wolf Alice “Moaning Lisa Smile” [16|9] [-1] [237]

Hour 3
10 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” [9|10] [+1] [110]
9 Of Monsters and Men “Crystals” [20|3] [-1] [411]
8 The Struts “Could Have Been Me” [7|8] [+2] [94]
Bonus: Alabama Shakes “Gimme All Your Love”
7 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” [37|5] [=] [546]
6 Cold War Kids “First” [14|6] [=] [185]
EX: Silversun Pickups “Lazy Eye” (2006)
5 Mumford and Sons “The Wolf” [15|4] [-1] [313]
4 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” [12|4] [+1] [202]
3 Beck “Dreams” [7|3] [=] [171]
EX: 30 Seconds To Mars “From Yesterday” (2006)
2 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” [17|2] [=] [398]
1 X Ambassadors “Renegades” [14|1(8x)] [=] [366]

Falloffs:
12 Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance” [40|1(4x)] [723] [RECURRENT, Maxed Out]

EX: Extra songs, almost always older than 6-12 months old
Bonus: new uncharted.
Countdown Bound: Song outside Top 30 and moving upward and/or positive bullet.
Airs on Saturdays from 9PM-12:05AM CDT. Reairs at: Sundays from 4:55-8PM, Wednesday Overnights from 3:00AM-6:05AM, and a countdown-only edition Fridays from 2:00PM-4:15PM.