Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 20 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 20
The weekly chart reflects the diversity of programming on WRIR. In an average week, WRIR DJs play approximately 1,200 albums (and EPs and singles).
To make it on the list, an album must be released in the past year. Local bands and albums played by more than one DJ are given priority in the rankings.
Below the chart is a list of new albums added to the music library once that information has been compiled. Check back later if it’s not there yet
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 2 | Frankie Cosmos | Vessel | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 4 | Doll Baby | Hell Block – EP | EggHunt |
| 5 | Speedy Ortiz | Twerp Verse | Carpark |
| 6 | PRhyme | PRhyme 2 | PRhyme 2 |
| 7 | Dr. Octagon | Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation | Bulk / Caroline |
| 8 | Caroline Rose | LONER | New West |
| 9 | Hank Wood and the Hammerheads | Hank Wood and the Hammerheads | Toxic State |
| 10 | Kyle Craft | Full Circle Nightmare | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Ty Segall | Freedom’s Goblin | Drag City |
| 12 | David Byrne | American Utopia | Nonesuch |
| 13 | The Ex | 27 passports | Rough Trade |
| 14 | St. Vincent | Masseduction | Loma Vista |
| 15 | Imagine Dragons | Evolve | Interscope |
| 16 | Ms. Jaylin Brown | Vulnerable | self-released |
| 17 | The Purge | The Bad Ideas We Build Worlds | self-released |
| 18 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 19 | Koncept Jack$on | The Tale of the Mutant Root | Mutant Academy |
| 20 | Millz | The NorthFace, Vol 1. | self-released |
| 21 | Gumming | Human Values | self-released |
| 22 | Yeni Nostalji | Yeni Nostalji | self-released |
| 23 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sex & Food | Jagjaguwar |
| 24 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Saddle Creek |
| 25 | Brazilian Girls | Let’s Make Love | Six Degrees |
| 26 | Drinks | Hippo Lite | Drag City |
| 27 | The Damned | Evil Spirits | Search and Destroy / Spinefarm |
| 28 | The Aces | When My Heart Felt Volcanic | Red Bull |
| 29 | Prof | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
| 30 | MIEN | MIEN | Rocket |
New Albums Added:
(Sound of) The Skeptic – Rooms and Buildings (Roaming Empire)
A Perfect Circle – Eat the Elephants (BMG)
AlHaj, Rahim – One Sky (Smithsonian Folkways)
Anemone – Baby Only You & I (Luminelle)
Attar, Sibille – Paloma’s Hand (PNKSLM)
Baker, Sonny – Steady Hands Dead Tired (Admirable Traits)
Bazin, Clément – Everything Matters (Nowadays)
Chrome Sparks – Chrome Sparks (Counter)
Cloud Castle Lake – Malingerer (Bright Antenna)
Confidence Man – Confident Music for Confident People (Heavenly / PIAS)
Del & Amp Live – Gate 13 (Plug Research)
Dr. Dog – Critical Equation (We Buy Gold / Thirty Tigers)
Elke – Bad Metaphors (Kobalt)
Exitmusic – The Recognitions (Felte)
Gans, David – Drop the Bone (self-released)
Gold Casio – Sinners (Freakout)
Good Latimer – Go Where it Snows (self-released)
Lawn – Blood on the Tracks (Forged Artifacts)
Lippok, Robert – Applied Autonomy (Raster)
LKFFCT – Cayenne (Sniffling Indie Kids / Mint 400)
Lord Huron – Vide Noir (Republic)
Mastersystem – Dance Music (Physical Education)
Mouse On Mars – Dimensional People (Thrill Jockey)
My Brightest Diamond – Champagne (self-released)
My Indigo – My Indigo (BMG)
Nightowls, The – We are The Nightowls (Nine Mile)
Pontiac, Marvin – Greatest Hits (Northern Spy)
Post Animal – When I Think of You in a Castle (Polyvinyl)
Queen of Jeans – Dig Yourself (Topshelf)
Rechorduroys – Rechorduroys (FiveKill)
Rossen, Daniel – Deerslayer (Warp)
Taylor, Alexis – Beautiful Thing (Domino)
Thievery Corporation – Treasures from the Temple (ESL Music)
Various Artists – How to Talk to Girls at Parties [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Sony Masterworks)
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Anna C. April 21st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Doll Baby, Frankie Cosmos, Kenneka Cook, Natalie Prass, Speedy Ortiz