Amrap Chart Wrap: Teeth and Tongue and Backsliders Top Community Radio Charts

The Amrap Metro and Amrap Regional Charts provide insight into what’s gaining airplay and attention on community radio. The charts show the top ten tracks ordered for airplay by community broadcasters through the Amrap’s AirIt music distribution service. This week sees Teeth & Tongue and Backsliders take the top spots.

Teeth and Tongue (pictured) have maintained their #1 spot in the Amrap Metro Chart for a second week with Turn, Turn, Turn, having picked up spots in Triple R’s Soundscape, SYN Melbourne’s Sweet 16 and Edge Radio Hobart’s new music list. Listen back to Their stripped-back mini-set on Triple R’s Breaking and Entering, live from The Forum at Melbourne International Film Festival.

Backsliders have climbed five spots to #1 in the Amrap Regional stakes with You Are Not Alone. Listen back to Dom, Rob and Ian from the band guest programming 2SER Sydney’s Dirt Music with Stuart Coupe, also treating listeners to a live-to-air performance. You can watch the official clip for this track, featured via Amrap Pages, on station websites including 2RRR in NSW, Inner FM in VIC, and 4ZZZ in Brisbane.

Rainbow Chan has remained in the Amrap Metro Chart at #2 with Work. Her new album Spacings was Feature Record on RTR FM Perth and Album of the Week on her hometown station FBi Radio, where she recently dropped in as a guest programmer on The Bridge. During the program, she chatted with Ryan Saar about her career and played music by Sydney artists that she loves.

The Preatures are still going strong in the Amrap Regional Chart, remaining at #2 for a second week with I Know a Girl. The single picked up a spot in FBi Radio Sydney’s new music list and has amassed further airplay across the country at stations including Larrkardi Radio and Bunbury Community Radio in WA, Alex FM and 5GTR FM in SA, Noosa FM, Bay FM and 4YOU in QLD, as well as WOW FM, Radio Dungog, Nambucca Valley Radio, Vox FM, 2MCE, Yass FM, 2EAR, 2BACR and Triple H FM in NSW. 

After debuting in the Amrap Metro charts last week, Rebel Yell has remained at #3 with Take Away. Her new Mother of Millions EP from which the single springs is featured on her hometown station 4ZZZ’s Brisbane’s Top 20 most-played list, as well as picking up spots on PBS FM’s Top 10 and Edge Radio’s New Music List. The dark tech producer is featured in Amrap’s AirIt’s special BIGSOUND playlist, featuring artists showcasing at the annual music conference and festival. 

Archie Roach has kept his position at #3 in the Amrap Regional Chart with It’s not Too Late. Listen to Archie on Radio Adelaide discussing the launch of his project ‘Creation’ on his father’s country of Bunjalun and how much he learnt about his family history. You can watch the visually spectacular video for this track - shot on Archie’s mother’s country, the lands of the Gunditjmara peoples in south-west Victoria - on station websites such as Edge FM in Hobart, 4ZZZ in Brisbane, and Koori Radio in Sydney. 

Victorian songwriter D.D Dumbo has moved up one spot in the Amrap Metro Chart to #4 with Walrus, having picked up spots on the new music lists for Edge Radio, Hobart and FBi Radio, Sydney. Watch footage of D.D. Dumbo performing the charting song live as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ in Brisbane, as well as 2RRR, Northside Radio, Bay FM and Triple H in NSW.

Claude Hay’s rockin’ blues single Roller Coaster has debut at #4 in the Amrap Regional Chart. The single has picked up airplay at a multitude of stations including JOY 94.9 in Melbourne, Tyga FM in TAS, 5GTR, Fleurieu FM and 5 Triple Z in SA, Noosa FM, Fraser Coast FM and Sunshine FM in QLD, Tjuma Pulka FM, Harvey Community Radio and Heritage FM in WA, as well as 2MCR, TLC-FM, 2SEA, Vox FM, Port Stephens FM, Northside Radio and 2BOB Radio in NSW, and 3WBC, Hot FM, Main FM, 3RPC, Casey Radio, 3-WAY FM, Eastern FM 98.1, Yarra Valley FM and Radio Mansfield in VIC.

Sydney alt-country artist Julia Jacklin returns to the Amrap Charts, with her latest single Coming of Age debuting at #5 in the metro stakes. Julia is currently in the midst of a lengthy European tour, but prior to that she dropped by FBi Radio in Sydney to chat with Chris Twite on Arvos about the tour as well as performing an acoustic rendition of her debut singlePool Party in the studio.

Troy Cassar-Daley is still going strong at #5 in the Amrap Regional Chart with the nostalgic country single Things I Carry Around. You can watch the official clip for the song as featured via Amrap Pages on the Community Radio Network’s national breakfast program Good Morning Country, as well as Northside Radio in NSW, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, 3MDR and Inner FM in VIC.

Brisbane’s WAAX remain in the Amrap Metro Chart at #6. Listen to their frontwoman Marie DeVita’s interview with Megaherzzz on their hometown station 4ZZZ, chatting about their Holy Sick EP. You can also watch the official film clip forThis Everything as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Mountain District Radio in VIC as well as 2MCR,2GLF FM and 2BBB in NSW.

Melbourne quartet Dreamboogie have debut #7 on the Amrap Regional Chart with their single Now The Kings Are Gone.You can listen here to the band guest programming 3NRG’s blues show Blues On The Hill. Lead vocalist Rebecca Davey chatted to host Barry about their experience as semi-finalists at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, USA. Watch live footage of the band performing in Memphis on station websites such as Inner FM in VIC and Fraser Coast FM in QLD.

Fresh from winning FBi Radio’s Northern Lights Competition, Sydney trio Middle Kids have debut at #8 on the AmrapMetro Charts this week with their track Your Love. They also dropped by The Bridge a couple of months prior to chat to Lachlan Wylie about their progression from solo projects to their current trio status, as well as perform a live rendition of their track ‘Edge of Town’ in the studio. 

Melbourne soloist Alex Lahey has debut her track Let’s Go Out at #9 in the Amrap Metro Chart. Ahead of her performance at BIGSOUND this week, Alex dropped by SYN Radio to chat about the whirlwind six months she has had, her upcoming appearance at BIGSOUND and how she still cannot quite fathom her success.

Amber Lawrence has entered the Amrap Regional Chart at #9 with her single Happy Ever After. The Sydney country singer’s previous album ‘Superheroes’ was Album of the Week on the Community Radio Network’s national breakfast show Good Morning Country. Listen here to her chat with Kevin ‘Walshy’ Walsh about the creation of that album in Nashville.

See the full Amrap Charts at www.airit.org.au