Amrap chart wrap: A.B. Original and 8 Ball Aitken 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 A.B. Original and 8 Ball Aitken take the top spots in the Amrap Metro and Regional Charts.

A.B. Original have held onto #1 in the Amrap Metro Chart with January 26 off their brand new debut album Reclaim Australia, having picked up Feature Album on SYN Melbourne, and spots in 4ZZZ Brisbane’s Top 20, Triple R’s Soundscape and PBS FM Melbourne’s Top 10, as well as 2SER’s Servin’ Up! and FBi Radio Sydney’s New Music List. Watch the official video for the Australia Day address as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, 5 Triple Z in SA, Edge Radio Hobart, RTR FM Perth, Triple R Melbourne, and Triple H and FBi Radio in NSW.

8 Ball Aitken has entered the Amrap Regional Chart at the lofty position of #1 with Shut the Front Door. Watch the official video for the Texas blues track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Fraser Coast FM in QLD and 979 FM and Mountain District Radio in VIC.

Methyl Ethel are still going strong in the Amrap Metro and Regional Charts, taking #2 and #5 respectively with No. 28. The popular single has picked up spots in SYN Melbourne’s Sweet 16, RTR FM Perth’s Sound Selection and FBi Radio Sydney’s new music list. Listen back to frontman Jake Webb’s interview on Triple R Melbourne’s Test Pattern, chatting with Josh Earl about the isolation of Perth, songwriting on a world tour and the experience of making and listening to music in different environments. You can also watch the official music video for the pop single as featured via Amrap pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, Triple R Melbourne, and FBi Radio Sydney.

Ashleigh Dallas takes #2 in her second week in the Amrap Regional Chart, up from #8 with Lighthouse. Watch the luminous film clip for the sweet sounding country single as featured via Amrap Pages on 3MDR in VIC and Fraser Coast FM in QLD’s station websites. The sentimental song has received further airplay far and wide at stations including Radio Mama in WA, Gippsland Community Radio, Great Ocean Radio and 3RPC in VIC, Alex FM, Coast FM and 5 Triple Z in SA, Fraser Coast FM, 4GCR and 4YOU in QLD, as well as Nambucca Valley Radio, Northside Radio, Central Hunter Radio, and Lauchlan Valley Community Radio in NSW.

Ribongia takes #3 in his third week in the Amrap Metro Chart with We Run Tings (Feat. Footsie) having picked up spots in RTR FM Perth’s Sound Selection and FBi Radio Sydney’s new music list. Antonio Rosselli Del Turco AKA Ribongia co-hosts Bare Necessities on FBi Click, FBi Radio Sydney’s digital iteration. The Sydney producer is nominated for Record of the Year in FBi Radio Sydney’s annual SMAC Awards for his EP Escapisms from earlier in the year.

Cloves is still going strong in the Amrap Regional Chart at #3, also taking #6 in the Metro stakes with Better Now. The double-charting single has picked up spots in FBi Radio Sydney’s new music list and SYN Melbourne’s Sweet 16. The singer has racked up further airplay in every state and territory at stations including RTR FM Perth, Star FM in TAS, 5 Triple Z in SA, Gove FM in NT, Coast FM and Bay FM in QLD, 2SEA, 2EAR and Eastside Radio in NSW, as well as Sunraysia Community Radio, Whitehorse Borrondara Community Radio and 3MDR in VIC.

Frida has leap-frogged to #4 in the Amrap Metro Chart, up from #10 with Everything (is You). Their new EP I Want in Your Head is listed in Triple R’s Soundscape and fellow Melbourne station PBS FM’s Top Ten, as well as 2SER Sydney’s Servin’ Up! new music list. The band joined their hometown station Triple R Melbourne for an interview and live performance, including a rendition of the charting track. They chatted about making friends on tour in Singapore, their new label and the legacy of Sharon Jones. Watch a live balcony performance clip of the charting single as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, RTR FM Perth, Edge Radio Hobart, and 2MCR and FBi Radio Sydney.

Sarah Blasko enjoys #4 in the Amrap Regional Chart with My Love Grows, having amassed airplay across the country at stations including Albany Community Radio in WA, Northside Radio in NSW, 5 Triple Z and Fleurieu FM in SA, Fraser Coast FM, Bay FM and Noosa FM in QLD, as well as 3RPC, North West FM, Sunraysia Community Radio, Inner FM, 3NRG and Radio Murrindindi in VIC.

Ziggy enters the Amrap Metro Chart at #5 with Black Face. The Perth hip hopper recently paid a visit to Breakfast with Caitlin on RTR FM to chat about the single, discussing the warm reception Ziggy received from Stan Grant’s family for sampling his speech on the track and delving into how racial relations in Australia have shaped his voice and art. He also touches on being inspired by Kanye West’s College Dropout and how it helped form his interest in hip hop. Listen back to the interview here. Watch the official video for Black Face as featured via Amrap Pages on Station Websites including RTRFM Perth, Edge Radio Hobart, Triple R Melbourne, and Koori Radio and FBi Radio Sydney.

Tullara take out #6 in the Amrap Regional Chart, moving up from #5 in their third charting week with Better Hold On. Watch the QLD singer perform a live acoustic rendition of the charting track as featured via Amrap pages on station websites including RTR FM Perth, Fleurieu FM in SA, 3MDR and Inner FM in VIC, as well as 2GLF and Eastside FM in NSW.

The hardest working band in Australia King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard take #7 in both the Amrap Metro and Regional Chart with Rattlesnake, the first single off their new record Flying Microtonal Banana. The microtonal single is featured in 4ZZZ Brisbane’s Top 20 new music list. Watch the official video for the song as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including RTR FM Perth, 4ZZZ Brisbane, Edge Radio Hobart, FBi Radio Sydney, and Triple R and Mountain District Radio in VIC.

Slum Sociable have moved up to #7 in the Amrap Regional Chart and re-enter the Amrap Metro Chart at #10 with Name Call having picked up spots in FBi Radio Sydney’s new music list, Edge Radio Hobart’s Recommended list and SYN Melbourne’s Sweet 16.

I Heart Hiroshima slide into the Amrap Metro Chart at #8 with Glow. Their Spillin’ the Light EP has picked up spots in PBS Melbourne’s Top Ten and 4ZZZ Brisbane’s Top 20 new music lists, along with additional airplay across the country at stations including Star FM in TAS, Coast FM and Valley FM in QLD, Inner FM and 3MDR in VIC, 2SSR, 2RDJ and VOX FM in NSW, as well as Albany Community Radio, Radio Goolarri, Voice of The Avon and Heritage FM in WA.

Brian Cadd & the Bootleg Family Band appear for the fifth time in the Amrap Regional Chart, grabbing #9 with Long Time ’till the First Time, having racked up airplay across the country at stations including 2MCR in NSW, Albany Community Radio in WA, Fleurieu FM, Coast FM, PBA FM, and 5 Triple Z in SA, 3WAY FM, 3RPC, Sunraysia Community Radio, 3WBC and 3MDR in VIC, as well as Fraser Coast FM, Valley FM, 4OUR FM, Coast FM, and Gin Gin’s Own in QLD. Brian recently caught up with Goldfields FM, chatting about the band’s concert for the #SayNo2FamilyViolence program. Find out more and listen back here.

Bec Sandridge enters the Amrap Metro Chart at #9 with High Tide having picked up Australian Feature Album on SYN Melbourne. Listen to Bec performing an acoustic version of In The Fog, In The Flame, as played on Mornings with Alex Pye on FBi Radio. She also had a chat with Alex about getting back to her roots as a busking musician. Listen to the interview and performance here. Watch the official video for High Tide as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, RTR FM Perth, Edge Radio Hobart, and FBi Radio, 2MCR and 2BBB in NSW.

Jess Holland has held onto a spot in the Amrap Regional Chart, taking #10 with Aint Quittin’ this Run. The Mudgee-based artist has received airplay in regional areas across the country at stations including Star FM in TAS, Northside Radio and Nim FM in NSW, 4YOU and 4GCR in QLD, Voice of the Avon and Radio Mama in WA, Radio Alexandrina, Coast FM and 5 Triple Z in SA, as well as Apple FM, Hot FM, Inner FM, 3WAY and 3WBC in VIC.

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