By The Way that is the Alternative National Airplay. Oasis in the U.S. has almost always been seen as 'alternative', mainly b/c of the time they came out.

Not a new surprise.

i heard that it was played on a local radio station here in wisconsin recently

i was listening to lets all make beleive and my dad heard it and asked who it was vos it sounded good, i saiid oasis, and he thought it was a lennon song.

Lyla keeps climbing the rock charts in the US. It gets solid play here in Los Angeles. And this comes after getting ZERO play for Heathen Chemistry.

Whats up all, I'm a yankee here to clear up some confusion.

To answer the question about whether the Modern Rock and alternative charts are the same- the answer is no. Oasis always get played on Alternative radio stations-, but there are very few alternative radio stations compared to modern rock stations(which tend to play stuff heavier then oasis). It is good to see oasis oasis getting played on alternative radio, but i would not expect that to translate into good record sales. For example, GLIO got played alot on alternative radio and up to number 16 on the modern rock charts(if i remember correctly), but the album still sold really badly.
The reason WTSMG did so well was not because of modern rock radio, but because of pop radio. Wonderwall, DLBIA, CS all got tons of play. LTBL sounds like a tune that could do potentially do great on american radio.(havent heard it yet, but from what everyone says about it)

BTW, Def. Maybe did somewhat well in america, it did go Gold, selling more then 500,000 copies.