Top 30 new albums for week ending May 11 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 11
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 | Frankie Cosmos | Vessel | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom+Pop |
| 3 | The Pandoras | Hey! It’s the Pandoras | Burger |
| 4 | Childish Gambino | This is America – Single | RCA |
| 5 | The Messthetics | The Messthetics | Discord |
| 6 | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Tearing at the Seams | Stax |
| 7 | Guided By Voices | Space Gun | GBV, Inc. |
| 8 | Orquesta Akokán | Orquesta Akokán | Daptone |
| 9 | Dr. Octagon | Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation | Caroline |
| 10 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 11 | MGMT | Little Dark Age | Columbia |
| 12 | Carpenter Brut | Leather Teeth | Caroline |
| 13 | Djeneba & Fousco | Kayeba Khasso | Lusafrica |
| 14 | Eternal Summers | Every Day It Feels Like I’m Dying… | Nevado |
| 15 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Saddle Creek |
| 16 | Love Roses | What Doesn’t Thrill You | self-released |
| 17 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 18 | Buddha Council | True Love | Roots Musician |
| 19 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 20 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 21 | John Morand | Scott’s Addiction | Sound of Music |
| 22 | Radio B | Jesus Never Wore a Suit | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 23 | I Am the Liquor | Feed on My Sorrow – EP | self-released |
| 24 | Fly Anakin & Ohbliv | Backyard Boogie | Mutant Academy |
| 25 | Peace | Kindness is the New Rock and Roll | Ignition Ltd. |
| 26 | Amber Mark | Conexão – EP | PMR / Interscope |
| 27 | The Sea and Cake | Any Day | Thrill Jockey |
| 28 | Elke | Bad Metaphors – EP | Kobalt |
| 29 | Anemone | Baby Only You & I | Luminelle |
| 30 | Various artists | How to Talk to Girls at Parties [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] | Masterworks |
New Albums Added:
Abrams, Joshua – Excavations 1 (Feeding Tube)
Ament – Heaven/Hell (Monkeywrench)
Annie Lou – End Zone (Near North Music)
Anywhere – Anywhere II (ORG Music)
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino (Domino)
Beach House – 7 (Sub Pop)
Blessed – ii (CoinToss)
Bombino – Deran (Partisan)
Bones of J.R. Jones, The – Ones to Keep Close (self-released)
Boys – Rest in Peace (PNKSLM)
Chadwick, Sarah Mary – Sugar Still Melts in the Rain (Sinderlyn)
Chances – Traveler (Outloud)
Costa, Matt – Santa Rosa Fangs (Dangerbird)
Dioz, Niña – Reyna (Nacional)
Distractor – This Time I Got it Figured Out (Burger)
E – Negative Work (Thrill Jockey)
Giraffes? Giraffes! – Memory Lame (Topshelf)
Hartman, Odetta – Old Rockhounds Never Die (Northern Spy)
Hopkins, Jon – Singularity (Domino)
Iceage – Beyondless (Matador)
illuminati hotties – Kiss Yr Frenemies (Tiny Engines)
Jurado, Damien – The Horizon Just Laughed (Secretly Canadian)
Kassin – Relax (Luaka Bop)
Lancellotti, Domenico – The Good is a Big God (Luaka Bop)
Little Junior – Hi (Grand Jury)
Moon, Billy – I’ll Push the Pedals and You Steer (Old Flame)
Namjoo, Mohsen – On the String of the Tear’s Bow (Def Daf Production)
Neighbor Lady – Maybe Later (Friendship Fever)
Nightmares on Wax – Deep Shadows Remix (Warp)
Now, Now – Saved (Trans-)
Oracle Hysterical – Hecuba (National Sawdust Tracks)
Postdata – Let’s Be Wilderness (Paper Bag)
Potatohead People – Nick & Astro’s Guide to the Galaxy (Bastard Jazz)
Professor Caveman – Vol. 4 (Sniffling Indie Kids / Mint 400)
Rex Orange County – Sampler (AWAL)
Soft Kill – Savior (Profound Lore)
Space Merchants, The – Kiss the Dirt (Aqualamb)
Strung Out – Black Out the Sky (Fat Wreck Chords)
Terra Pines – Terra Pines (self-released)
Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Hokum Blues (World Music Network)
Wild Animals – The Hoax (Bcore)
Williamson, Jess – Cosmic Wink (Mexican Summer)
Wooden Shjips – V (Thrill Jockey)
Yours Are the Only Ears – Knock Hard (Team Love)
Yung Wu – Shore Leave [reissue] (Bar/None)
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Anna C. May 12th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Childish Gambino, Courtney Barnett, Frankie Cosmos, The Messthetics, The Pandoras