Batpiss Rise to Meet Paul Kelly At 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 weekBatpiss move into #1 in the Amrap Metro Chart, with Paul Kelly once again featuring at #1 in the Amrap Regional Chart.

Batpiss have risen to the #1 position in the Amrap Metro Chart with the track ’Paralyzed’. Batpiss joined Breakfasters on Triple R Melbourne, where they briefly chatted about their latest album Rest In Piss, working with Gareth Liddiard as a producer, and the creation of the album artwork. The Melbourne based three piece also performed the track ’Weatherboard Man’, from their new album, live-to-air, with the performance available to watch here. Rest In Piss, which features the charting track ’Paralyzed’, was SYN’s Aussie Album of the Week, FBi Radio’s Album of the Week, Edge Radio’s Recommended Album of the Week, Triple R’s Album of the Week and featured in 4ZZZ’s Top 20.

Paul Kelly is sitting at #1 in the Amrap Regional Chart for the fourth week with his latest single ’Firewood and Candles’. Watch the recently released clip for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Fraser Coast FM in QLD as well as 3WAY FMand 98.9 North West FM in VIC. ’Firewood and Candles’has earned radio airplay from Artsound in ACT, City Park Radio in TAS, 2 Oceans FM in WA, Fraser Coast FM, Noosa Community Radio, Phoenix Radio, and Radio 4YOU in QLD, Radio Adelaide, Radio Goolwa, 5 Triple Z, Southern FM, Tribe FM, and Fleurieu FM in SA, Yarra Valley FM, Seymour FM, Casey Radio, 3WAY, Kilmore Community Radio, and Alpine Radio in VIC, as well as TLC FM, Nambucca Valley Radio, Bay FM, Norfolk Island Radio, 2RRR, 2AIR, Port Stephens Radio, and 2NUR in NSW.

Gold Class debut in the Amrap Metro Chart at #2 with ’Rose Blind’. Watch the official video for the punk-rock track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, FBi Radio Sydney, Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, Edge Radio Hobart, 2XX FM Canberra, as well as Triple R and 3MDR in VIC. ’Rose Blind’was included in FBi Radio’s New Music List, SYN’s Sweet 16, Edge Radio’s New Music List and 4ZZZ’s Top 20, with further airplay from Gin Gin’s Own and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Yass FM and 2RRR in NSW, Hills Radio, Tribe FM and PBA FM in SA, 3MDR, 3WAY FM and Main FM in VIC, as well as Voice of the Avon, 2 Oceans FM and Harvey Community Radio in WA.

Fanny Lumsden has moved into #2 in the Amrap Regional Chart with her latest offering ’Roll On’. The rollicking country track has earned community radio support from Yass FM in ACT, City Park Radio in TAS, Voice of the Avon, and Tjuma Pulka Media Aboriginal Corporation in WA, Noosa FM, Cairns FM, Fraser Coast Community Radio, and 4BAY in QLD, Coast FM, 5 Triple Z, Radio Adelaide, and Fleurieu FM in SA, 2OCB, Bay & Basin 92.7 FM, 2AirFM, Northside Radio, Valley FM, and Nambucca Valley Radio in NSW, as well as 3WAY FM, 96.5 Inner FM, 99.9 Voice FM, Seymour FM, Radio Mansfield and 94.7 The Pulse in VIC.

Kllo appear at #3 in the Amrap Metro Chart, whilst also debuting at #7 in the Amrap Regional Chart with their track ’Virtue’. Watch the brand new video for ’Virtue’as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, HFM in WA, 4ZZZ Brisbane,Triple R Melbourne, as well as FBi Radio and Bay FM in NSW. The electro-pop track was included in RTRFM’s Sound Selection, SYN’s Sweet 16, FBi Radio’s New Music List, with additional airplay from CAAMA in NT, 2XX FM Canberra, Fraser Coast FM and Radio 4EB in QLD, Tribe FM, 5 Triple Z and Three D Radio in SA, 96.5 Inner FM, 3WAY FM, and OCR FM in VIC, HFM, Voice of the Avon and 6EBA in WA, as well as 2BACR FM, Radio Skid Row, Bay FM, 2BOB Radio, Hawkesbury Radio, SWRFM, Radio Norfolk and Radio Blue Mountains in NSW.

Jed Rowe is charting at #3 in the Amrap Regional Chart with the track ’Tailem Bend’. The acoustic country-folk track has amassed plays from community radio stations including ArtSound in ACT, Radio Mama, and Voice of the Avon FM in WA, Coast FM, Noosa FM, Gin Gin’s Own, Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Coast FM, Fleurieu FM, 5 Triple Z, WOW FM and ROX FM in SA, 2BOB, 2AIRFM, Bay FM, 2MCE, Nambucca Valley Radio, and Port Stephens FM in NSW, as well as 3WAY, 3HOT, Radio Mansfield, Seymour FM, UGFM, and 98.5 Apple FM in VIC.

Kardajala Kirridarra continues their presence in the Amrap Charts, with ’Ngurra (Rain Song)’charting at #4 in the Amrap Metro Chart and #8 in the Amrap Regional Chart. Beatrice Lewis, one of the four members of the ensemble, stopped by Breaking And Entering on Triple R to chat about the project, the inspiration behind their name, and how the basis of their debut album is to promote and shed light on the significance of women as creators. The interview is available to listen to here. ’Ngurra (Rain Song)’has earned radio airplay 2XX FM Canberra, CAAMA in NT, WMA FM and 3NRG in VIC, HFM, RTRFM and 6EBA in WA, Radio 4EB, Fraser Coast FM and Radio 4YOU in QLD, Three D Radio, 5 Triple Z, Tribe FM, Radio Alexandrina and radioksa in SA, as well as 92.5 FM Youth Radio, Northside Radio, Radio Nambucca, FBi Radio, 2BBB, Radio Skid Row, Bay FM, 2MCEFM, and 2SEA in NSW.

Dan Sultan enters the Amrap Regional Chart this week, with the track ’Kingdom’appearing at #4. Watch a live clip for ’Kingdom’ as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Yass FM in NSW, Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, as well as 4ZZZ and Fraser Coast FM in QLD. The blues-infused rock track has received airplay from 4ZZZ Brisbane, Tjuma Pulka Media Aboriginal Corporation, Harvey Community Radio, Noongar Radio, and Radio Mama in WA, Three D Radio, 5 Triple Z, Tribe FM, Rox FM, and Triple B FM in SA, 2RRR, Eastside Radio, Triple H FM, Yass FM, 2VOX, and Nambucca Valley Radio in NSW, as well as UGFM, Seymour FM, 979fm, Joy 94.9 FM, North West FM, and UGFM in VIC.

The Stevens take out #5 in the Amrap Metro Chart with ’Chancer’. The Stevens’ second album, Good, featured in PBS FM’s Top Ten and Triple R’s Soundscapes, with the charting single being included in FBi Radio’s New Music List and Edge Radio’s New Music List. ’Chancer’has also received additional spins from Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Three D Radio in SA, OCR FM and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC, HFM and Voice of the Avon in WA, as well as Radio Skid Row, Yass FM, Hawkesbury Radio, SWRFM and Bay FM in NSW.

Vance Joy enters the Amrap Regional Chart with ’Lay It On Me’ charting at #5. Watch the official clip for ’Lay It On Me’ as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, Edge Radio in Hobart, 2RRR, 97.9 Valley FM, and 2BBB in NSW, as well as96.5 Inner FM, 979fm, 98.9 North West FM in VIC. The upbeat, breezy folk-pop track has seen radio support from ArtSound in ACT, Tribe FM, 5 Triple Z and Fleurieu FM in SA, Tjuma Pulka Media Aboriginal Corporation, Heritage FM, and 2 Oceans FM in WA, Southern FM, 99.9 Voice FM, North West FM, and 96.5 Inner FM in VIC, Gin Gin’s Own, Fraser Coast FM, Coast FM, and 4RFM in QLD, as well as 2AIR, Nambucca Valley Radio, Valley FM, 2RRR, 2PSR, 2SEA, and Hawkesbury Community Radio in NSW.

Deafcult are charting for the sixth consecutive week with their track ’Summertime’, which is currently at #6 in the Amrap Metro Chart. ’Summertime’ was included in Amrap’s Music Director Picks with 4ZZZ’s Chris Cobcroft and Nick Rodwell, as featured on Tone Deaf. Watch the official video for the ambient garage-rock song, as featured via Amrap pages on station websites including Edge Radio Hobart, 4ZZZBrisbane, 96.5 Inner FM in VIC, HFM and Voice of the Avon in WA as well as FBi Radio and Yass FM in NSW.

Glenn Skuthorpe appears at #6 in the Amrap Regional Chart with the track ’See My World’. Watch the official video for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Voice of the Avon in WA as well as 96.5 Inner FM in VIC. ’See My World’has earned radio airplay from Radio Mama and Voice of the Avon in WA, Three D Radio, 5 Triple Z,and Rox FM in SA, 4YOU, Fraser Coast FM, Gin Gin’s Own, and Noosa FM in QLD, Voice FM, Seymour FM, 3MGB Wilderness Radio, UGFM, and 99.9 Voice FM in VIC, as well as 2AIR, 2OCB, Northside Radio, Bay FM, 2sea, Triple U FM, Radio Norfolk, Nambucca Valley Radio, and 2AIR FM in NSW.

Morning TV debut in the Amrap Metro Chart at #7 with the song ’Let It Lie’. Watch the official video for the garage-rock track, as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Triple R Melbourne, 4ZZZ Brisbane, as well as FBi Radio, 2RRR and Yass FM in NSW.’Let It Lie’features in FBi Radio’s New Music List and SYN’s Sweet 16, with additional spins from Radioksa in SA, Radio 4YOU in QLD, 96.5 Inner FM and 3WBC in VIC, as well as Yass FM, 2RRR, 92.5 FM Youth Radio, 2NSB, and 2SER in NSW.

Debuting at #8 in the Amrap Metro Chart is Forevr with ’Columbus’. Watch the official video for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including 4ZZZ Brisbane, as well as FBi Radio and 2GLF in NSW. ’Columbus’, the first single taken from Forevr’s upcoming Classics album, was included in Amrap’s Music Director Picks with 4ZZZ’s Chris Cobcroft and Nick Rodwell, which features onTone Deaf. The glitchy electro-pop track was featured in 4ZZZ’s Top 20 and FBi Radio’s New Music List, with further airplay from Three D Radio in SA, as well as 2MIA and Vox FM in NSW.

P.C. & The Biffs enter the Amrap Regional Chart at #9 with ’Down The Road’. The toe-tapping rock and blues tracks has received airplay from 5 Triple Z in SA, 2CHR FM, Yass FM, and Nambucca Valley Radio in NSW, Noosa FM, Cairns FM, Gin Gins Own, 4ZZZ, and Fraser Coast FM in QLD, Radio Mama, Voice of the Avon, Tjuma Pulka Media Aboriginal Corporation, Albany Community Radio, and Harvey Community Radio in WA, as well as 3WAY FM, 3UGE FM, 3WBC, 3HOT, Seymour FM, and 99.9 Voice FM in VIC.

Tiny Little Houses have held onto #10 in the Amrap Metro Chart with ’Garbage Bin’. Watch the official video for the charting track as featured via Amrap Pages on station websites including Radio Adelaide in Adelaide, Voice of the Avon in WA, FBi Radio and Bay FM in NSW, as well as Fraser Coast FM and 4ZZZ in QLD. ’Garbage Bin’has been included in SYN’s Sweet 16 and FBi Radio’s New Music List, with further radio support from CAAMA Radio in NT, 4ZZZ in Brisbane, Rox FM in SA, Voice of the Avon and 89.7FM in WA, as well as 2SER, Bay FM 99.9 and Vox FM in NSW.

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