Ryan Adams covering Bob Mould, a Jack White liquid-filled 12″ disc, The Knack Live in Los Angeles 1978 — hell yeah, it’s Record Store Day once again!

This brilliant awareness stunt returns this Saturday, making those of us without a local record store incredibly jealous as the event continues to attract more and more participants from the artist and label world.

Let’s cut right to the chase, with the annual walk-through from Chris Brown of Bull Moose in Maine. BTW, this is just PART ONE…

Chris Brown Record Store Day 2012 Preview Pt.1 from Record Store Day on Vimeo.

And here’s a great related clip about how a record gets made — literally. The Band Preteen Zenith is made up of Tim DeLaughter of Polyphonic Spree and Philip E. Karnats of Secret Machines. They’ll make their debut with a Record Store Day limited release of 500 vinyl copies of Rubble Guts b/w BB Eye…

Download the complete list of offerings (not everything will be at all stores!) here.

Click the Record Store Day icon above to learn more about where you can shop.

The Top 22 Alternative Radio Songs for the Week Ending 3-11-12

Copyright 2012 Mediabase. Reprinted with permission.

The Top 22 Tastemaker Songs for the Week Ending 9-18-11

Panel includes the following hand-picked stations monitored by Mediaguide:

Commercial Alternative: KBZT, KNRK, WEQX, WWCD
College Alternative/Eclectic: KEXP, KCRW, KDHX, WDET, WSGE
Commercial AAA: KBCO, KFOG, KGSR, KINK, KMTT, KPIG, WMMM, WRLT, WRNR, WTTS, WWMM, WXRT
Non-commercial AAA: KCMP, KUT, WERS, WFPK, WFUV, WNKU, WTMD, WXPN, WYEP, WYMS

Download The Top 100 here.

The Top 22 Public Radio Albums for the Week Ending 8-21-11

Download The Top 100 here.

With Beady Eye being made up of Liam Gallagher, Andy Bell, and Gem Archer, one would expect the album Different Gear, Still Speeding to sound and feel like the John Lennon Band or even Oasis.

And at times, it does, which is fine by us.

But at other times, Beady Eye surprises with sonic, soaring rock anthems, to a wall-of-sound, Jerry Lee Lewis-style houserocker called Bring the Light.

The album, which streets today, is led by a glam-rocking single called The Roller –first out to radio.

We’ll let the following clips tell the tale — from a very strong BBC Radio One performance, to the video for the current single…

The Top 22 Tastemaker Songs for the Week Ending 1-2-11

Panel includes the following hand-picked stations monitored by Mediaguide:

Commercial Alternative: KBZT, KNRK, WEQX, WWCD
College Alternative/Eclectic: KEXP, KCRW, KDHX, WDET, WSGE
Commercial AAA: KBCO, KFOG, KGSR, KINK, KMTT, KPIG, WMMM, WRLT, WRNR, WRXP, WTTS, WWMM, WXRT
Non-commercial AAA: KCMP, KUT, WERS, WFPK, WFUV, WNKU, WTMD, WXPN, WYEP, WYMS

Download The Top 100 here.

Despite the support of fellow Mouseketeer Justin Timberlake, Matt Morris could not get distribution for his new album When Everything Breaks Open. Some of the people who passed are now trying to get another meeting.

Thanks to an appearance in front of 16 million people on Hope for Haiti, plus a Tweet from Ellen to her four million followers, things may be about to change for Matt.

It’s another example of an artist who, after being dismissed by the establishment, gets another shot. And it’s a lesson for the radio and records establishment that they’re not necessarily in charge anymore. Thanks to Twitter and guest shots on Ellen and Letterman, the audience gets to decide.

20 million exposures off Hope for Haiti and Twitter alone. Those are big numbers.

A little background on Matt: He indeed was a Mouseketeer with Justin, Britney, and Xtina. But after the show went back to a normal life, and studied music in college. He’s written for Kelly Clarkson (Miss Independent), Christina Aguilera, and Justin.

Here’s the clip from Hope for Haiti, covering Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah

First we told you about The Chaos Scenario — a book that points out big trouble for media’s ad-supported business model. Then we pointed to a potential solution –the need for multiple revenue streams.

Here are two more stories that relate to the topic.

January 20, The New York Times announced a “metered system” that will require online readers to pay for content after an initial free monthly allotment.

Kudos for having the guts to give this a shot. While internet Utopians are crying foul, whining about how it should all be free, as usual they fail to see reality. There is no business model in giving away product for free. Pennies in web revenue are just not enough.

As a society, we need strong journalism and that doesn’t come cheap.

What I like most about this plan is that subscribers to the physical paper will get unlimited web access. In the Times’ first pay wall experiment, subscribers had to actually pay twice if they wanted web content. That sucked almost as much as the current situation — where you pay almost $500 a year to get the paper, while everyone else gets it for free online.

There are work-arounds. Surely the system will be beatable — if you want the hassle. Also, The Times’ content often ends up on the Associated Press wire service that feed potential competitors such as the NPR site.

No word on the iPhone app.

Read the full article here.

Last year, our favorite music magazine, Paste, had it’s back up against the wall. But then the fans came to the rescue.

Read how Paste cheated death in this article from Audience Development.

The Top 22 Tastemaker Songs for the week ending 10-18-09

Panel includes the following hand-picked stations monitored by Mediaguide:

Commercial Alternative: KBZT, KNRK, WEQX, WWCD
College Alternative/Eclectic: KEXP, KCRW, KDHX, WDET, WSGE
Commercial AAA: KBCO, KFOG, KGSR, KINK, KMTT, KPIG, WMMM, WRLT, WRNR, WXRP, WTTS, WWMM, WXRT
Non-commercial AAA: KCMP, KUT, WERS, WFPK, WFUV, WNKU, WTMD, WXPN, WYEP, WYMS

Download the Top 100, including spin counts and station adds, here.

Brendan Benson had another great week on the charts, but he’s yet to conquer the commercial radio side of things. Over on the Commercial Albums and Songs charts, Colbie Caillat cracks the Top 10 on both. Debuts on various charts from the likes of Matisyahu, Phish, Weezer, and Train.

Check out all of The Top 22 charts here.

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears break on to three more charts this week, now comfortably in four of the six. Only commercial radio holds out. But there’s still time.

Also a big week for the likes of Phoenix, Eric Hutchinson, Brendan Benson, Phish, and Avett Brothers.

Please enjoy perusing this week’s charts.

Dylan tops the Non-comm album chart, Son Volt makes charge, and Sarkozy declares a national holiday — the French actually have developed a rock band!

Read all about it in the 6 different Top 22 charts.

The Top 22 Commercial AAA Albums for the week ending 8-16-09

(Includes all commercial AAA stations monitored by Mediaguide)

Download the complete chart, including spincounts, here.

These soundbites are pulled from the new radio special Woodstock: 40 Years On – Back to Yasgur’s Farm. The program is a co-production of World Cafe, Media Mechanics, Ben Manilla Productions, and Rhino Records. The program will air on more than 400 radio stations throughout the U.S., Canada, and Australia starting this weekend.

If you are interested in airing the special, it can be digitally delivered in time for this weekend’s anniversary. Contact Paul at pmarszalek@media-mechanics.com

In the meantime, use these clips to spice up morning shows, newscasts, and the like. These are all brand new interviews, reflecting on Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary, courtesy of TheTop22.com and the program producers.

(If you want to be nice, drop a mention or two of Rhino’s 6-disc box set with tons of previously unreleased material, called Woodstock: 40 Years On – Back to Yasgur’s Farm.)

Cut 1: Hippie Icon Wavy Gravy (Hugh Romney) talks about being recruited to handle “security”: 1:23

Wavy Gravy 1

Cut 2: Wavy Gravy refers to the “weirdos” who became The Woodstock Nation. :21

Wavy Gravy 2

Cut 3: Wavy Gravy talks about how the festival became the seed for other movements. :45

Wavy Gravy 3

Cut 4: Grace Slick talks about how the subject matter of music itself was changing, as were the roles of women: 1:31

Grace Slick 1

Cut 5: Woodstock Producer Michael Lang adds his perspective 40 years on. :57

Michael Lang

Cut 6: Jahanara, wife of Wavy Gravy, reflects on the “Hippie Movement.” 1:23

Jahanara

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, courtesy WilcoWorld.net

Wilco tops TheTop22’s AAA Non-Commercial Albums Chart, the Tastemaker Albums Chart, and the Tastemaker Songs Chart. Dad-rock rules!

See all 6 of TheTop22’s charts here.

To download the complete chart, including spin counts, click here.