Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 7 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 7
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 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 2 | Murder by Death | The Other Shore | Bloodshot |
| 3 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 4 | Oh Sees | Smote Reverser | Castle Face |
| 5 | Ought | Room Inside the World | Merge |
| 6 | Saintseneca | Pillar of Na | Anti- |
| 7 | Orquesta Akokán | Orquesta Akokán | Daptone |
| 8 | Hozier | Nina Cried Power – EP | Universal-Island |
| 9 | Ava Luna | Moon 2 | Western Vinyl |
| 10 | Anna Calvi | Hunter | Domino |
| 11 | Amen Dunes | Freedom | Sacred Bones / Hostess |
| 12 | Swearin’ | Fall into the Sun | Merge |
| 13 | Colleen Green | Casey’s Tape / Harmontown Loops | Infinity Cat |
| 14 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 15 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 16 | Angel Metro | Dark Days Bright Lights | self-released |
| 17 | Widow Rings | All the Angels Have Left – EP | self-released |
| 18 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 19 | Fullscreen | UltraZone – EP | self-released |
| 20 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 21 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 22 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 23 | Toward Space | Gently With a Chainsaw | Cult 45 |
| 24 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | self-released |
| 25 | Nur Black | Appeal of the Void | Purge Music |
| 26 | The Brutalists | The Brutalists | Cleopatra |
| 27 | Sumac | Love in Shadow | Thrill Jockey |
| 28 | Dead Now | Dead Now | Brutal Panda |
| 29 | Neil & Liam Finn | Lightsleeper | Inertia / PIAS |
| 30 | Beach Goons | hoodratscumbags | GRNDVW |
Anna C. September 8th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Manatree, Murder by Death, Oh Sees, Ought, Shadow Age
Activate! presents:
Activate! for the week of 7-12, Jay Smack in for Mike Rutz with Manatree live in-studio
This week on Activate! Jay sits in for Mike and Manatree stops by to play live before their release show at Strange Matter with The Trillions and New Lions (formerly Clair Morgan).
smack Activate! July 12th, 2018
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Top 30 for May 16-22 presents:
Top 30 for May 16-22
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 2 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 3 | The Wimps | The Wimps | BadGrrrl |
| 4 | Manatree | Manatree | Egghunt |
| 5 | NO BS! Brass Band | Brass Knuckles | self-released |
| 6 | ZOMBI | Shape Shift | Relapse |
| 7 | A Giant Dog | Pile | Merge |
| 8 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 9 | My Darling Fury | Aches | self-released |
| 10 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | XL |
| 11 | Beth Orton | 1973 [single] | Anti- |
| 12 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 13 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 14 | Ra Ra Riot | Need Your Light | Barsuk |
| 15 | TEEN | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 16 | Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds | La Araña es la Vida | In the Red |
| 17 | Sunflower Bean | Human Ceremony | Fat Possum |
| 18 | Charles Bradley | Changes | Daptone |
| 19 | Aurora | All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend | Glassnote |
| 20 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 21 | Jessy Lanza | Oh No | Hyperdub |
| 22 | Hurry | Guided Meditation | Lame-O |
| 23 | Hazmat Modine | Extra-Deluxe-Supreme | Barbes |
| 24 | Ry X | Dawn | Loma Vista |
| 25 | Oscar | Cut and Paste | Wichita |
| 26 | Bleached | Welcome the Worms | Dead Oceans |
| 27 | Allen Stone | Radius (Deluxe Edition) | ATO |
| 28 | Autolux | Pussy’s Dead | 30th Century |
| 29 | Casey Mecija | Psychic Materials | self-released |
| 30 | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | PersonA | Community Music |
Anna C. May 23rd, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Manatree, NO BS Brass Band, The Wimps, Toxic Moxie