Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 20 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 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 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 2 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 3 | Hoax Hunters | Dormant – EP | Cherub |
| 4 | Fly Anakin & Ohbliv | Backyard Boogie | Mutant Academy |
| 5 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom+Pop |
| 6 | Mazzy Star | Still – EP | Rhymes of an Hour |
| 7 | Tower of Power | Soul Side of Town | Artistry Music |
| 8 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 9 | Drake | Scorpion | Young Money Entertainment / Cash Money / Republic |
| 10 | Angelique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 11 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 12 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 13 | Oliver The Crow | Oliver The Crow | OTC |
| 14 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 15 | Teyana Taylor | K.T.S.E. | GOOD Music |
| 16 | 77:78 | Jellies | Heavenly |
| 17 | Mad Skillz | Im the DJ….And the Rapper | Big Kidz Ent |
| 18 | Peach Kelli Pop | Gentle Leader | Mint |
| 19 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 20 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 21 | Saba | Care for Me | Saba Pivot |
| 22 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Verve |
| 23 | The Jayhawks | Back Roads and Abandoned Motels | Legacy |
| 24 | Rodney Crowell | Acoustic Classics | RC1 |
| 25 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 26 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 27 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 28 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 29 | Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy | Drag City |
| 30 | Prana Crafter | Enter The Stream | Sunrise Ocean Bender / Cardinal Fuzz |
New Albums Added:
Aeves – Desire (self-released, 2018)
Allmos – Sound Affects, Vol. 1 (Fresh Selects, 2017)
Astronauts, etc. – Living in Symbol (Company, 2018)
Billy Wylder – Strike the Match (Sand & Gold, 2018)
Blue Heaven – Volume One (No Sleep, 2018)
Body/Head – The Switch (Matador, 2018)
Champagne Superchillin’ – Beach Deep (Broken Circles / Soft Junk, 2018)
Clearance – At Your Leisure (Topshelf, 2018)
Cook, Braxton – Somewhere in Between: Remixes & Outtakes (Fresh Selects, 2018)
Creation Factory, The – s/t (Lolipop, 2018)
Desert Mountain Tribe – Om Parvat Mystery (Metropolis, 2018)
Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose (Domino, 2018)
Forest Green – Nothing is Special (No Sleep, 2018)
Harvey Trisdale – s/t (Baby Blue, 2018)
Hold Steady, The – The Stove & The Toaster / Star 18 (Frenchkiss, 2018)
Hosannas – Picture Him Protecting You (Fresh Selects, 2018)
Jupiter Lion – We Will Lose Gracefully (BCore, 2018)
Justin and The Cosmics – PERF (Cosmic Thug, 2018)
LFZ – Name Plus Focus (Castle Face, 2018)
Lusitanian Ghosts – s/t (self-released, 2018)
Mamalarky – Fundamental Thrive Hive (self-released, 2018)
Menace Beach – Black Rainbow Sound (Memphis Industries / Red Eye, 2018)
mouse on the keys – tres (Topshelf, 2018)
Nameless Frames – Already Inside (Super Secret, 2018)
Negative Scanner – Nose Picker (Trouble in Mind, 2018)
New Venusians – s/t (Fresh Selects, 2018)
Night Flight – Wanderlust / Carousel (CRC, 2018)
Prana Crafter – Enter the Stream (Sunrise Ocean Bender, 2018)
Purrs, The – Destroy the Sun (Swoon, 2018)
Ravenstine, Allen – Waiting for the Bomb (ReR Megacorp, 2018)
Rezanejad, Soho – World Breathes People (Silicone, 2018)
S4U – Heart 2 Say (Different / PIAS, 2018)
Sad Baxter – So Happy (Cold Lunch Recordings, 2018)
Save Face – Merci (Epitaph, 2018)
Segall, Ty & White Fence – Joy (Drag City, 2018)
Sink Tapes – Playground of Verses (Mint 400, 2018)
Skeleton – Pyramid of Skulls (Super Secret, 2018)
Sly5thAve – The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre (Tru Thoughts, 2017)
Snyder, Jeff / Federico Ughi – Duo (Carrier, 2018)
Tissues, The – Veil (self-released, 2017)
Ume – Other Nature (Modern Outsider, 2018)
Weathers – Kids in the Night (RCA, 2018)
Wilderado – Favors (Bright Antenna, 2018)
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Anna C. July 21st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Courtney Barnett, Fly Anakin, Hoax Hunters, Natalie Prass, ohbliv