Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 7 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 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 | Piranha Rama | S/T | Trrrash |
| 2 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | Bad Magic |
| 3 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 4 | Roy Batty | Roy Batty | self-released |
| 5 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 6 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 7 | Magnus Lush | Hell is Real – EP | Kyle Vibez |
| 8 | V.E & Various Eggs | Gold – Single | Mending Wall |
| 9 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 10 | Sleep | The Sciences | Third Man |
| 11 | Our Girl | Stranger Today | Cannibal Hymns |
| 12 | Pill | Soft Hell | Mexican Summer |
| 13 | Vaudou Game | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 14 | Solemn Shapes | Loss (DR3AMCLINIC Mix) – Single | self-released |
| 15 | Los Jets | Lección de Twist | Munster |
| 16 | Fleet Foxes | First Collection 2006-2009 | Sub Pop |
| 17 | Charles Bradley | Black Velvet | Dunham |
| 18 | Bryan Ferry | Bitter-Sweet | BMG |
| 19 | Eric Godsey | The Spooky Time Radio Hour | self-released |
| 20 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 21 | Large Margin | Large Margin | Cheap Cuts |
| 22 | Ashes | Good Nothings – EP | Crystal Pistol |
| 23 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 24 | Boygenius | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 25 | Angel Corpus Christi | TheRealAngelCorpusChristi | Mono-Tone |
| 26 | Foxwarren | Foxwarren | Anti/Epitaph |
| 27 | Polly Panic | Losing Form | Polly Panic |
| 28 | Tomorrows Tulips | Harnessed to Flesh | Burger |
| 29 | June West | June West | Broken Circles |
| 30 | Chersea | In Limbo | Fierce Panda Canada |
Anna C. December 8th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Piranha Rama, Roy Batty, Shadow Age, The Ar-Kaics
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 16 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 16
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? | Bad Magic |
| 2 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 3 | I’m With Her | See You Around | New Rounder |
| 4 | Anna St. Louis | If Only There Was a River | Woodsist / Mare |
| 5 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 6 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 7 | Boygenius | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 8 | Rhett Miller | The Messenger | ATO / Fontana North |
| 9 | Steve Forbert | The Magic Tree | Blue Rose Music |
| 10 | Bad Moves | Tell No One | Don Giovanni |
| 11 | Bob Dylan | More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14 | Legacy |
| 12 | Atmosphere | Mi Vida Local | Rhymesayers |
| 13 | Kamasi Washington | Heaven and Earth | Young Turks |
| 14 | Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore | Ghost Forests | Three Lobed |
| 15 | Swearin’ | Fall into the Sun | Merge |
| 16 | BlackWater HolyLight | BlackWater HolyLight | RidingEasy |
| 17 | Roc Marciano | Behold a Dark Horse | Marci Enterprises |
| 18 | Julia Holter | Aviary | Domino |
| 19 | All Them Witches | ATW | New West |
| 20 | Various artists | 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad II | Jamla |
| 21 | Beak> | >>> | Invada / Temporary Residence |
| 22 | Sports Bar | Stranger in My Head | Mister Falcon |
| 23 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 24 | Druglord | New Day Dying | Sludgelord |
| 25 | Liza | Drook | self-released |
| 26 | Namebrand | Chatham Grove | Purple Republic / AGM |
| 27 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 28 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 29 | Charles Bradley | Black Velvet | Daptone |
| 30 | SRSQ | Unreality | Dais |
Anna C. November 17th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Anna St. Louis, Bad Magic, I'm With Her, Nickelus F, Windhand
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 5 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 5
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 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 2 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 3 | Sleepwalkers | Wake Up – Single | Spacebomb |
| 4 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 5 | Namebrand | Chatham Grove | Purple Republic / AGM |
| 6 | BADBADNOTGOOD & Little Dragon | Tried – Single | BADBADNOTGOOD Ltd. |
| 7 | Lala Lala | The Lamb | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Zark Company | Paperbacks | self-released |
| 9 | Marissa Nadler | For My Crimes | Sacred Bones |
| 10 | Molly Burch | First Flower | Captured Tracks |
| 11 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 12 | Tirzah | Devotion | Domino |
| 13 | Lyla Foy | Bigger Brighter | self-released |
| 14 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | An American Treasure | Reprise |
| 15 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 16 | Recluse Racoon | Recluse Racoon | Citrus City |
| 17 | Midlife Pilot | Ready To Be That Way – EP | self-released |
| 18 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 21 | Mudhoney | Digital Garbage | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Marbled Eye | Leisure | Digital Regress |
| 23 | José James | Lean on Me | Blue Note |
| 24 | Amber Arcades | European Heartbreak | Heavenly |
| 25 | Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams | Merge |
| 26 | Adrianne Lenker | abysskiss | Saddle Creek |
| 27 | Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses | Sargent House |
| 28 | Christine and the Queens | Chris | Because Music |
| 29 | Miss World | Keeping Up With Miss World | PNKSLM |
| 30 | The Marcus King Band | Carolina Confessions | Fantasy |
Anna C. October 6th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Kenneka Cook, Namebrand, Piranha Rama, Sleepwalkers
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 14 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 14
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 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 3 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Escape-ism | The Lost Record | Merge |
| 6 | Rubblebucket | Sun Machine | Grand Jury Music |
| 7 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 8 | Jupiter & Okwess | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
| 9 | Anna Calvi | Hunter | Domino |
| 10 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Anti/Epitaph |
| 11 | The War and Treaty | Healing Tide | Strong World Entertainment |
| 12 | Doctor Nativo | Guatemaya | Stonetree |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Geometric Vision | Fire! Fire! Fire | Swiss Dark Nights |
| 15 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 16 | Tomberlin | At Weddings | Saddle Creek |
| 17 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 18 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 19 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 20 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 21 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | Elizabeth Owens |
| 22 | Eliza Juno | Body In Flames | self-released |
| 23 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 24 | Ohbliv | Ecstasis by Darktwaine | self-released |
| 25 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti- |
| 26 | Say Hi | Caterpillar Centipede | Euphobia |
| 27 | Detroit Rebellion | See You Next Year | Bodan Kuma |
| 28 | Jeff the Brotherhood | Magick Songs | Dine Alone |
| 29 | The Holydrug Couple | Hyper Super Mega | Sacred Bones |
| 30 | Alien Boy | Sleeping Lessons | Tiny Engines |
Anna C. September 15th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Escape-ism, Kenneka Cook, Piranha Rama, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 10 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 10
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 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Beach House | 7 | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 6 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 7 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 8 | Estrons | You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough | Gofod |
| 9 | The Hare and Hoofe | Voyager – EP | self-released |
| 10 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 11 | Murder by Death | The Other Shore | Bloodshot |
| 12 | Eliza Gilkyson | Secularia | Red House |
| 13 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 14 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 15 | Gabbie Rotts | Pink Drink Season | self-released |
| 16 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 17 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 18 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 19 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 20 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 21 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 22 | Ollen | Home Less | self-released |
| 23 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 24 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 25 | Free Cake For Every Creature | The Bluest Star | Double Double Whammy |
| 26 | Lemon Bucket Orkestra | If I Had The Strength | Six Degrees |
| 27 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberator Music |
| 28 | Denzel Curry | TA13OO | Loma Vista |
| 29 | Echo Courts | Room with a View | Refresh |
| 30 | Mariel Buckley | Driving in the Dark | self-released |
Anna C. August 11th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Beach House, Manzara, Piranha Rama, Spooky Cool
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 27 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 27
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 | Mourn | Sorpresa Familia | Captured Tracks |
| 3 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO Records |
| 4 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash Records |
| 5 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 6 | Manzara | hello my name is … friend | Nosy Pants |
| 7 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 8 | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams | Vanished Gardens | Capitol Records |
| 9 | Animal Collective | Tangerine Reef | Domino |
| 10 | Sudan Archives | Sink – EP | Stones Throw |
| 11 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 12 | Troy Roberts | Nu-Jive Perspective | Inner Circle Music |
| 13 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 14 | Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy | Drag City |
| 15 | Let’s Eat Grandma | I’m All Ears | Transgressive / PIAS |
| 16 | The Internet | Hive Mind | Columbia Records |
| 17 | Eddie Palmieri | Full Circle | Ropeadope |
| 18 | Prana Crafter | Enter The Stream | Sunrise Ocean Bender / Cardinal Fuzz |
| 19 | Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Drip / Tea – Single | Let’s Pretend Records |
| 20 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty Computer | Bad Boy Records |
| 21 | Dylan Carlson | Conquistador | Sargent House |
| 22 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Version) | Impulse! |
| 23 | Pram | Across the Meridian | Domino |
| 24 | Big Kahuna OG | Sky Chryme | Mutant Academy |
| 25 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 26 | The Hold Steady | The Stove & The Toaster / Star 18 – Single | Frenchkiss |
| 27 | Evil Triplet | Have A Nice Trip | Evil Triplet |
| 28 | Bodega | Endless Scroll | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 29 | Mikaela Davis | Delivery | Rounder / Concord |
| 30 | Hologram Teen | Between the Funk and the Fear | Polytechnic Youth |
Anna C. July 28th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Kenneka Cook, MOURN, Natalie Prass, Piranha Rama
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 |
Anna C. July 21st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Courtney Barnett, Fly Anakin, Hoax Hunters, Natalie Prass, ohbliv
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 22 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 22
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 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 3 | McKinley Dixon | The Importance of Self Belief | Wadada |
| 4 | Ana Egge | White Tiger | StorySound |
| 5 | Jay Rock | Redemption | Top Dawg Entertainment / Interscope |
| 6 | Half Waif | Lavender | Cascine |
| 7 | DOTT | Heart Swell | Graveface |
| 8 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 9 | Brownout | Fear of a Brown Planet | Fat Beats |
| 10 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Beach House | 7 | Sub Pop |
| 12 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 13 | Neat Sweep | Space is for Dogs | self-released |
| 14 | The Concussion Theory | Lament | self-released |
| 15 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 16 | Steve Tilston | Distant Days | Riverboat |
| 17 | gobbinjr | ocala wick | Topshelf |
| 18 | Tangents | New Bodies | Temporary Residence Limited |
| 19 | We Are Scientists | Megaplex | 1 |
| 20 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 21 | Flasher | Constant Image | Domino |
| 22 | Melody’s Echo Chamber | Bon Voyage | Fat Possum |
| 23 | Gruff Rhys | Babelsberg | Rough Trade |
| 24 | Pusha T | DAYTONA | Def Jam |
| 25 | Marisa Anderson | Cloud Corner | Thrill Jockey |
| 26 | Kadhja Bonet | Childqueen | Fat Possum |
| 27 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Indie Rock |
| 28 | Lucius | Nudes | Mom+Pop |
| 29 | Beach Skulls | Las Dunas | PNKSLM |
| 30 | Hinds | I Don’t Run | Mom+Pop |
Anna C. June 23rd, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Ana Egge, Bad Magic, Jay Rock, McKinley Dixon, Nickelus F
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 5 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 5
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
Anna C. January 6th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Big Thief, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Jones, St. Vincent, The Dap-Kings
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 11 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 11
Anna C. August 12th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Cloud Nothings, Jay-Z, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, Liars