Kardajala Kirridarra And Paul Kelly Move Into The Top Spots In The 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 Kardajala Kirridarra have risen to #1 in the Amrap Metro Chart, whilst Paul Kelly has also climbed to #1 in the Amrap Regional Chart. 

Kardajala Kirridarra have ascended into #1 in the Amrap Metro Chart with the track ’Ngurra (Rain Song)’. Beatrice Lewis from the four-piece dropped into Lunch with Samantha Groth on FBi Radio to discuss how her work with Music NT led to her meeting the other women of Kardajala Kirridarra. She also spoke about the release and creation of their debut album, and learning the Mudburra dialect, the language which features on their debut. Kardajala Kirridarra, the debut album, features in PBS FM’s Top 10, FBi Radio’s New Music List, 2SER’s Servin’ Up and 4ZZZ’s Top 20, with ’Ngurra (Rain Song)’ also being included in SYN’s Sweet 16. The charting track has amassed radio airplay from HFM and Voice of the Avon in WA, PAW Radio, Yolngu Radio and CAAMA in NT, Tribe FM, 5 Triple Z, Three D Radio, WOW FM and Umeewarra Media in SA, Triple R, Southern FM, 96.5 Inner FM, Plenty Valley FM, OCR FM, PBS FM, Tribe FM and 3MGB Wilderness Radio in VIC, as well as FBi Radio, Nim FM, Radio 2CBD, TLC-FM, SWRFM, 2SER, Nambucca Valley Radio, 2AIR FM and 2WYR in NSW.

Paul Kelly has moved into #1 in the Amrap Regional Chart with latest single ’Firewood and Candles’. Watch the album trailer for his upcoming album Life Is Fine, which will feature the charting track, via Amrap Pages on station websites including 2XX FM in Canberra, Voice of the Avon in WA, as well as Bay FM and Northside Radio in NSW. ’Firewood and Candles’ has earned nationwide airplay from ArtSound in Canberra, Katherine FM in NT, Noosa FM, Beau FM and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, 5 Triple Z, Hills Radio and Fleurieu FM in SA, as well as Voice of the Avon, Radio Fremantle, Tjuma Pulka FM, Harvey Community Radio in WA, 3MGB Wilderness Radio, Mountain District Radio, 3WAY FM, 98.9 North West FM, 3WAY, UGFM and Seymour FM in VIC, and 2MCE, 2EAR FM, Northside Radio, 2SSR, Nambucca Valley Radio, 2BAY FM and TLC FM in NSW. 

Wet Lips have held onto #2 in the Amrap Metro Chart with ’See You Later’. Listen to the official audio for the shredding pub-rock track, as featured via Amrap pages on station websites including HFM in WA, 4ZZZ Brisbane, Edge Radio Hobart, as well as Yass FM in NSW and Triple R and 3MDR in VIC. Wet Lips, the debut self-titled LP from the Melbourne three-piece, was PBS FM’s Feature Album, SYN’s Aussie Album of the Week, and featured in 4ZZZ’s Top 20, Triple R’s Soundscapes and 2SER’s Servin’ Up. ’See You Later’ was included in Edge Radio’s New Music List, with additional airplay from FBi Radio, Sydney, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, 5 Triple Z in SA, 3MDR and OCR FM in VIC, as well as HFM and Voice of the Avon in WA.

Shane Nicholson has appeared in the Amrap Regional Chart for the fourth week running with ’Safe’ currently taking out #2. Watch the official video for the country-rock track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Voice of the Avon in WA, Triple H FM in NSW, and 94.7 The Pulse and 3WAY FM in VIC. ’Safe’, which features jangling guitars and rumbling drums, has received radio support from PAW Radio, NT, 2XX in Canberra, City Park Radio and King Island Community Radio in TAS, 2NSB, Nambucca Valley Radio, Triple H FM, Coonamble Community Radio in NSW, Fraser Coast FM, 4YOU, Coast FM and Bay FM in QLD, Coast FM, Southern FM, 5 Triple Z and PBA FM in SA, as well as  6BCR, 6KCR, Albany Community Radio, HFM in WA, and 3RPP, OCR FM, 94.7 The Pulse, 3WAY FM and 3MGB in VIC.

Moving up to #3 in the Amrap Metro Chart is Deafcult with ’Summertime’. Deafcult’s debut album Auras was FBi Radio’s Album of the Week, PBS FM’s Breakfast Spread Feature Album and was also included in 4ZZZ’s Top 20. Watch the official video for ’Summertime’ as featured via Amrap pages on station websites including Edge Radio Hobart, 4ZZZ Brisbane, 96.5 Inner FM in VIC, HFM in WA as well as FBi Radio and Yass FM in NSW. The upbeat garage-rock track, with layered guitar work and steady rhythms, has amassed airplay from CAAMA in NT, OCR FM in VIC, HFM in WA, Radio 4EB and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, 5 Triple Z and Three D Radio in SA, as well as Yass FM, 2SER, 2NSB and FBi Radio in NSW.

Casey Barnes debuts at #3 in the Amrap Regional Chart with ’The Way We Ride’. Watch the official clip for the gutsy country-rock track, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 2MCR in NSW, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Voice of the Avon in WA, Radio Adelaide in SA, and 3WAY-FM in VIC. ’The Way We Ride’ shot straight to the top of Tyga-FM’s Top 30 Country Chart in June, whilst amassing further airplay from Tribe FM, PBA-FM, Fleurieu FM and 5 Triple Z in SA, 4OUR, Fraser Coast FM, Radio 4YOU and Gin Gin’s Own in QLD, Donnybrook Community Radio, Albany Community Radio, Voice of the Avon and Radio Mama in WA, as well as Alive 90.5, Coonamble Community Radio, Valley FM, 2RRR, Lauchlan Valley Community Radio, Albury Community Radio and 2SSR FM in NSW and Triple H FM, 96.5 Inner FM, UGFM – Radio Murrindindi, 3WAY-FM, Gippsland FM Community Radio, North West FM, 979FM, One FM, 99.9 Voice FM and 3WBC in VIC.

Moody Beach enters the Amrap Metro Chart at #4 with ’All I Do’. Moody Beach chatted with Lee Tran Lam of Local Fidelity on FBi Radio earlier in May.  She discussed how her job as a flight attendant influences and inspires the music she creates; borrowing the in-house guitars from hotels to assist in the writing and recording of her solo work, and playing memorable gigs in barber shops. Listen back to the interview here. Watch the official video for ’All I Do’ as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, FBi Radio Sydney, Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, as well as Triple R and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC. The charting track features in RTRFM’s Sound Selection, and received further radio airplay from Three D Radio in SA, 2MCR and 2RRR in NSW as well as 3MDR, 96.5 Inner FM and 3WBC in VIC.

The Sea Gypsies leap-frog into #4 in the Amrap Regional Chart with their track ’Demons’. Watch the official video for ’Demons’ as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ in Brisbane, 96.5 Inner FM in VIC, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, as well as 2GLF FM and Bay FM in NSW. The hypnotic, blues-infused rock song has received airplay support from ArtSound FM & 2XX FM in Canberra, 6YCR, Albany Community Radio and Bunbury Community Radio in WA, 5 Triple Z, Radio Alexandrina, Hills Radio 88.9 and PBA FM in SA, Noosa Community Radio, Fraser Coast FM, Cairns FM and Radio 4YOU in QLD, as well as Triple H, One FM, Southern FM, 3CR, 99.9 Voice FM and Radio Mansfield in VIC, and 2SER, Valley FM, Triple H, Bay FM, Northside Radio, 2EAR FM, Coast FM, 2SEA, Nambucca Valley Radio, Radio Norfolk in NSW.

Terry hold onto #5 in the Amrap Metro Chart with ’Take Me To The City’. Watch the official film clip for the evocative pop-rock track, as featured via Amrap Pages, on station websites including Edge Radio Hobart, HFM in WA, 2RRR and FBi Radio in NSW, as well as Triple R, 96.5 Inner FM and 3MDR in VIC. The Melbourne based four-piece’s latest album Remember Terry was featured in Triple R’s Soundscapes and PBS FM’s Top 10, with ’Take Me To The City’ being listed in 2SER’s Servin’ Up and also Edge Radio’s New Music List. 

Debuting at #5 in the Amrap Regional Chart is Maja with ’Wake Up And Find’. The upbeat soul track amassed radio airplay from 2XX FM in Canberra, Tjuma Pulka FM in WA, Adelaide’s Coast FM and Tribe FM in SA, 4ZZZ, Coast FM 101.9 and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, as well as Valley FM, Alive 90.5, Eastside Radio, Albury Community Radio, Nambucca Valley Radio, 2SER and Northside Radio in NSW and 3MDR, Southern FM, Seymour FM, UGFM – Radio Murrindindi, 99.9 Voice FM, One FM, 3WBC, North West FM and Yarra Valley FM in VIC.

Banoffee moves into #6 in the Amrap Metro Chart with latest offering ’Ripe’. Listen to the official audio for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, Triple R Melbourne, Edge Radio Hobart, Radio Adelaide in Adelaide as well as FBi Radio and 2GLF in NSW.’Ripe’ was included in SYN’s Sweet 16, FBi Radio’s New Music List and received further airplay support from 2XX FM, Canberra, CAAMA in NT, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Edge Radio, Hobart, 96.5 Inner FM and OCR FM in VIC, HFM and Voice of the Avon in WA, 5 Triple Z, Fleurieu FM, Tribe FM and WOW FM in SA, as well as 2RRR, Radio Norfolk, 2NSB, FBi Radio, Coast FM, 2SER, Nambucca Valley Radio and 2WYR in NSW.

Tom E Lewis appears in the Amrap Regional Chart for the second time, taking out #6 this week with the track ’Shifting Sands’. The infectious reggae track has earned radio airplay from ArtSound FM in Canberra, Fraser Coast FM and Noosa Community Radio in QLD, Katherine FM, PAW Radio and Yolngu Radio in NT, Radio Alexandrina, PBA FM, 5 Triple Z, Three D and Radio Adelaide in SA, as well as Noongar Radio, 6HFM, Goolarri Radio, Voice of the Avon and Tjuma Pulka Media Aboriginal Corporation in WA, Nambucca Valley Radio, 2MCE, Radio 2CBD, 2EAR FM, SWR FM, TLC-FM, 2BOB, Coast FM, 2AIR, Eastside Radio in NSW, and 99.9 Voice FM, One FM, 3MGB Wilderness Radio, 98.9 North West FM, Southern FM, 96.5 Inner FM, Plenty Valley FM, OCR FM, PBS FM and 3CR in VIC.

Jen Cloher moves into #7 in the Amrap Metro Chart with ’Forgot Myself’. Watch the official video clip for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites such as FBi Radio Sydney, 4ZZZ Brisbane, Edge Radio Hobart, Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, as well as 3MDR  and Triple R in VIC. ’Forgot Myself’ was included in RTRFM’s Sound Selections and Edge Radio’s New Music List, with additional airplay support from CAAMA in NT, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, HFM, Radio Fremantle and Voice of the Avon in WA, Hills Radio, Radio Alexandrina, 5 Triple Z and 5EFM in SA, Bay FM, 2SER, Coast FM, Nambucca Valley Radio and 2SEA in NSW, as well as 979fm, OCR FM, 3WAY FM, 3MDR and 3MGB Wilderness Radio in VIC. 

Dallas Frasca debuts in the Amrap Regional Chart at #7 with ’Check Bang’. The bluesy-rock track has amassed radio airplay from Tjuma Pulka FM and Voice of the Avon in WA, Coast FM, 5 Triple Z and Hills Radio in SA, Coast FM, Beau FM and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, as well as 2EAR FM, Northside Radio, Coast FM and Nambucca Valley Radio in NSW, and UGFM-Radio Murrindindi, 3MDR, 979FM, One FM, 3NRG, 96.5 Inner FM and 99.9 Voice FM in VIC.

Julia Jacklin appears once more in the Amrap Regional Chart, currently charting at #8 with ’Eastwick’. Watch the official video for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Radio Adelaide in SA, HFM in WA, and Triple R in Melbourne, as well as FBi Radio and Valley FM in NSW.’Eastwick’ was included in FBi Radio’s New Music List, as well as SYN’s Sweet 16, with further airplay from 4BAY, Noosa FM, 4EB, Cairns FM and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Star FM, Huon FM and Edge Radio in TAS, Voice of the Avon, RTRFM and HFM in WA, as well as 5 Triple Z, Radio Alexandrina, Tribe FM, Fleurieu FM and Hills Radio in SA, 979fm, 99.9 Voice FM, 3WAY FM, 3CR, 96.5 Inner FM, 3WBC, 3MGB Wilderness Radio and OCR FM in VIC, and 2EAR FM, Eastside Radio, Northside Radio, Albury Community Radio, Coast FM, TLC-FM, Tank FM, 2SER, 2RRR, SWRFM, Nambucca Valley Radio, Yass FM and Bay FM in NSW.

The Belligerents enter the Amrap Metro Chart at #9 with their latest single ’Flash’. Watch the official video for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, Bay FM and FBi Radio in NSW, as well as 4ZZZ and Noosa FM in QLD. The electronic-rock tune was included in SYN’s Sweet 16 and 4ZZZ’s Top 20, with additional airplay support from Coast FM in QLD, Coast FM and 2SSR in NSW, as well as 5 Triple Z, Tribe FM and 5EFM in SA.

The Love Junkies are charting at #10 in the Amrap Metro Chart with their latest offering ’Johnny Horner’. The Perth based rockers played at RTRFM’s annual In The Pines celebration at the end of April this year, with their performance available to listen back to here. ’Johnny Horner’ was added to SYN’s Sweet 16 and RTRFM’s Sound Selection, with further community radio support from Fraser Coast FM in QLD, 2EAR FM and Yass FM in NSW, 5 Triple Z and Three D Radio in SA, 979fm, 3MDR and OCR FM in VIC, as well as 6TCR, RTRFM, Harvey Community Radio and HFM in WA.

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