Kirin J. Callinan and Owen Campbell Rise To The Top Of 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 Kirin J. Callinan climbs into #1 in the Amrap Metro Chart, with Owen Campbell debuting at #1 in the Amrap Regional Chart.

Kirin J. Callinan has moved into #1 in the Amrap Metro Chart with Bravado. Watch the official video for the electronic single as featured via Amrap Pages, on station websites including Fraser Coast in QLD, HFM in WA, as well as FBi Radio and Bay FM in NSW. Bravado, the second solo album from Kirin J. Callinan, was FBi Radio’s Album of the Week, SYN’s Australian Album of the Week as well as featuring in PBS FM’s Top Ten. The charting track has amassed airplay from OCR FM in VIC, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Triple B and 2BOB Radio in NSW, Albany Community Radio and HFM in WA, as well as Hills Radio, 5 Triple Z and Fleurieu FM in SA.

Owen Campbell debuts in the Amrap Regional Chart at #1 with Rise. Watch an intimate live rendition of Rise, as featured via Amrap Pages, on station websites including Noosa FM in QLD, 3WAY FM in VIC as well as Northside Radio in NSW. Rise has received radio airplay from across the nation, including from PAW Radio in NT, KCR FM in WA, City Park Radio and Star FM in TAS, Radio Alexandrina, radioksa and 5 Triple Z in SA, 2RRR, Northside Radio, 2AIR FM and TLC FM in NSW, Coast FM, Gin Gin’s Own, Radio 4YOU and Fraser Coast FM in QLD as well as 3MDR, JOY 94.9, 96.5 Inner FM, 3WBC, Eastern FM, Seymour FM, 3WAY-FM, Otways Community Radio, 99.9 Voice FM, UGFM – Radio Murrindindi, 98.5 Apple FM, Kilmore Community Radio, Gippsland FM, and 3MGB in VIC.

Mere Women move up to #2 in the Amrap Metro Chart with their track Eternally. Watch the official video for the punk-rock track, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Edge Radio Hobart, Voice of the Avon in WA, FBi Radio and 2GLF in NSW, as well as Triple R and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC. Big Skies, the third LP from Mere Women was PBS FM’s Feature Album of the Week, with Eternally also being added to Edge Radio’s New Music List and FBi Radio’s New Music List. 

Making her debut in the Amrap Regional Chart is Kelly Brouhaha with the track As Long As There’s A Smile charting at #2. Watch the official video for the uplifting folk tune, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Edge Radio Hobart, 5 Triple Z in SA, 96.5 Inner FM in VIC as well as Northside Radio and Radio Eastside in NSW. As Long As There’s A Smile has received community radio airplay from Voice of The Avon in WA, Radio 4YOU and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Edge Radio, City Park Radio and Star FM in TAS, Eastside Radio, Tank FM, Northside Radio, 2AIR FM and Highland FM in NSW, Radio Alexandrina, 88.9FM Hill Radio, 5 Triple Z, radioska and Three D in SA as well as Seymour FM, 3WAY FM, 99.9 Voice FM, 3CR, UGFM – Radio Murrindindi, 96.5 Inner FM, Kilmore Community Radio and Triple H in VIC. 

GL (right) sit at #3 in the Amrap Metro Chart during their third charting week with Destiny. The electronic-pop banger appears on SYN’s Sweet 16, RTRFM’s Sound Selection, and FBi Radio’s New Music List, with additional airplay from 3MBS in QLD, Edge Radio in Hobart, WOW FM, 5 Triple Z, Fleurieu FM and Tribe FM in SA, 98.9 North West FM, 96.5 Inner FM, Plenty Valley FM, OCR FM, 3MGB and 3WBC in VIC,  Harvey Community Radio, Voice of The Avon, Albany Community Radio and Heritage FM in WA as well as NimFM, FBi Radio, 2RRR, 2SER, 2BOB Radio, Eastside Radio and 2SSR in NSW.

Gretta Ziller moves up to #3 in the Amrap Regional Charts with Slaughterhouse Blues. Watch the official video for the blues-infused alt-country track, as featured via Amrap Pages, on station websites including 94.7 The Pulse, 3WAY FM and Triple R in VIC. Slaughterhouse Blues has received community radio support from Star FM and City Park Radio in TAS, KCR FM, Radio Goolarri and Voice of The Avon in WA, 5 Triple Z, COAST FM, Fleurieu FM, Radio Alexandrina and radioska in SA, Coast FM, 3MBS, Fraser Coast FM, Gin Gin’s Own and Radio 4 YOU in QLD, 2NCR FM, Bay FM, Radio Nambucca, STA FM, TankFM and Triple U FM in NSW as well as 3NRG, 3WAY FM, 979fm, 99.9 Voice FM, Eastern FM, Joy 94.9, Kilmore Community Radio, Mountain District Radio, OCR FM, Otways Community Radio, Seymour FM and UGFM – Radio Murrindindi in VIC.

Sensible J takes out #4 in the Amrap Metro Chart and also debuts at #10 in the Amrap Regional Chart with Fire Sign. Sensible J stopped by Get Down on Triple R Melbourne, and was joined by Remi and Sampa The Great who feature as vocalists on Fire Sign. The trio discussed creating the collaborative track, working and touring together, and also treated listeners to an impressive performance of the charting single. The instantaneously funky hip-hop track was included in SYN’s Sweet 16, RTRFM’s Sound Selection and FBi Radio’s New Music List, with additional airplay from HFM in WA, CAAMA in NT, 5 Triple Z, WOW FM, Tribe FM, and Fleurieu FM in SA, 96.5 Inner FM, Seymour FM, OCR FM and 3CR in VIC as well as Eastside Radio, 2SER, Coast FM, Triple B and 2NSB in NSW.

Casey Donovan moves up to #4 in the Amrap Regional Charts with Lonely. The soulful track has earned radio airplay from City Park Radio in TAS, Fraser Coast FM, Nag Radio and radio 4YOU in QLD, 2SER, 2SSR FM, EDGE FM, Highland FM, Nambucca Valley Radio and Radio Norfolk in NSW, 5 Triple Z, Fleurieu FM, PBA FM, Radio Alexandrina, radioska and Tribe FM in SA, Heritage FM, KCR FM, Noongar Radio, Radio Goolarri and Voice of the Avon in WA as well as 3NRG, 3WAY-FM, 3WBC, Triple H FM, OCR FM, and Seymour FM in VIC. 

The Creases make their debut in the Amrap Metro Chart at #5 with Is It Love. Listen to the official audio for the irresistibly groovy rock track, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 5 Triple Z in SA as well as 2GLF FM in NSW. Is It Love was included in 4ZZZ’s Top 20 and SYN’s Sweet 16, with further airplay from Radio 4EB in QLD, 96.5 Inner FM and UGFM – Radio Murrindindi in VIC, Tribe FM, 5 Triple Z and PBA FM in SA as well as 2RRR, Coast FM, 2EAR FM and Tank FM in NSW. 

Dan Sultan is charting at #5 in the Amrap Regional Chart, appearing for the fourth week with Hold It Together. Watch the official video for Hold It Together as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 3WAY FM in VIC, Bay FM in NSW, 5 Triple Z in SA, Heritage FM and Harvey Community Radioin WA, as well as Fraser Coast FM, Noosa FM and 4ZZZ in QLD. The rocking-roots track, which features a volcanic chorus, has amassed radio airplay from CAAMA in NT, Voice of the Avon in WA, Fraser Coast FM and 4YOU in QLD, 5CST, Tribe FM, Alex FM, and Fleurieu FM in SA, 99.9 Voice FM, 3MGB Wilderness Radio, and PBS FM in VIC, as well as Koori Radio, 2RRR, Bay FM, 2BOB, and Radio Nambucca in NSW. 

Bus Vipers moves into #6 in the Amrap Metro Charts with CSIRO Weeds. Watch the enthralling official video for the charting track, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Edge Radio Hobart, FBi Radio Sydney, Voice of the Avon in WA as well as Triple R and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC. The multi-textured garage-pop track was included on FBi Radio’s New Music List, SYN’s Sweet 16 and also on Edge Radio’s New Music List.

Shane Nicholson debuts in the Amrap Regional Chart at #6 with Safe. Watch the official video for the charting track, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Triple H in NSW, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, 96.5 Inner FM and Triple R in VIC. Safe received community radio airplay fromPAW Radio in NT, Star FM in TAS, Albany Community Radio in WA, Coast FM and Radio 4YOU in QLD, 5 Triple Z, PBA FM, Coast FM and Fleurieu FM in SA, 2CHR, 2NVR, Triple H FM, 2SSR FM, STA FM, TLC FM, The Voice of Goulburn and Tank FM in NSW as well as 3WBC, Eastern FM, 3WAY-FM, 99.9 Voice FM, 96.5 Inner FM, Gippsland FM, 3MGB, 94.7 The Pulse, and 3RPC in VIC.

School Damage appear at #7 during their third Amrap Metro charting week with the track Tall Poppies. The Melbourne-based foursome performed an energetic Studio 5 Live Set on Mixing Up The Medicine on PBS FM Melbourne. Tall Poppies has received airplay from CAAMA in NT, Radio 4EB in QLD, 2BOB Radio and Yass FM in NSW, Heritage FM, HFM and Voice of The Avon in WA, 3CR, 3MDR, 3MGB Wilderness Radio, 3WAY FM and OCR FM in VIC as well as 5 Triple Z, 5GTR FM, Fleurieu FM, Three D Radio and Tribe FM in SA. 

D Henry Fenton takes out #7 in the Amrap Regional Chart with Tiny Pieces. Watch the official video for the charting track, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Fraser Coast FM in VIC, 3WAY FM and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC as well as Northside Radio and Triple H in NSW. Tiny Pieces has earned radio airplay from Albany Community Radio in WA, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, 88.9 Hills Radio, 5 Triple Z and Radio Adelaide in SA, 3WAY FM, 3WBC, UGFM - Radio Murrindindi in VIC, as well as Northside Radio, 2SEA, 2CHR, and Orange Community Radio in NSW.

Big Orange debuts in the Amrap Metro Chart at #8 with Famous. The dynamic pop-rock track was included in FBi Radio’s New Music List, RTRFM’s Sound Selection, and received additional airplay from 5 Triple Z in SA, Star FM in TAS, Voice of The Avon in WA, Nag Radio and Coast FM in QLD, UGFM – Radio Murrindindi, 3WBC and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC as well as Triple H FM, 2RRR and Tank FM in NSW.

Kardajala Kirridarra are charting at #8 in the Amrap Regional Chart with Ngabaju (Grandmother’s Song). Eleanor Dixon, the vocalist and songwriter of Kardajala Kirridarra, chatted with Gloria and Ro on The Shortlist on SYN Melbourne, where she spoke of the four-piece’s formation, and the creation of their sound with the Mudburra language as its backbone. Ngabaju (Grandmother’s Song), the electronic track, which thematically draws on the importance of women as creators, appeared on RTRFM’s Sound Selection and also appeared in SYN’s Sweet 16. 

Julia Jacklin debuts at #9 in the Amrap Metro Chart with latest offering Eastwick. Watch the official video for Eastwick as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Triple R Melbourne as well as FBi Radio, and 2BBB in NSW. The slow-building, captivating rock track was included in FBi Radio’s New Music List as well as SYN’s Sweet 16, and received additional airplay from Bay FM in QLD, Star FM in TAS, Voice of The Avon in WA, 5 Triple Z and Radio Alexandrina in SA, 2EAR FM and Tank FM in NSW as well as 979fm, 3WAY-FM, 3CR and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC.

Simpson, Espie, Ferrier, Waters appear at #9 in the Amrap Regional Charts with You’ll Never Know. Kerri Simpson called in to Classically Saturday on 3MDR in VIC to discuss the creation of the four-piece’s album Bluebirds. Listen back to the interview here. The blues-roots track has earned community radio airplay from 88.9 Hills Radio in SA, Cairns FM, Fraser Coast FM, and Nag Radio in QLD, 2CCR, 97.9 Valley FM, and Nambucca Valley Radio in NSW, as well as Seymour FM, 99.9 Voice FM, Eastern FM, 96.5 Inner FM, Otways Community Radio, Mitchell Community Radio, and 3WAY FM in VIC.

Crepes make their debut in the Amrap Metro Chart at #10 with Sexyland. The pop-rock tune, which is the first taste from Crepes’ upcoming debut album, was added to RTRFM’s Sound Selection and SYN’s Sweet 16, with further airplay from Star FM in TAS, PBS FM and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC, as well as Tribe FM, 5 Triple Z and PBA FM in SA.

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