top 30 new albums for Mar 8 presents:
top 30 new albums for Mar 8
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.
| 1 | Boris | W. | Sacred Bones |
| 2 | Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You | 4AD |
| 3 | Komrads | The Wolf | Negative Gain Productions |
| 4 | Prabir Trio | Haanji | self-released |
| 5 | Modern Studies | We Are There | Fire |
| 6 | Mopes | Unwound | Strange Famous; Strange Famous |
| 7 | Memphis Reigns, Shamon Cassette, and Remshot | Tokyo Time Machine | RAD SAFARI TAPES |
| 8 | Afro-Zen Allstars | The Buzz and the Bells | AZA Music |
| 9 | stayathomedad | Sweet | HLGNLIFE |
| 10 | Hurray for the Riff Raff | LIFE ON EARTH | Nonesuch |
| 11 | Cheer-Accident | Here Comes the Sunset | SKiN GRAFT |
| 12 | Fly Anakin | Frank | Lex |
| 13 | The Birthday Massacre | Fascination | Metropolis |
| 14 | Africa Negra | Antologia, Vol. 1 | Les Disques Bongo Joe |
| 15 | The Soundcarriers | Wilds | Phosphonic |
| 16 | Burkina Azza | Wari Bo | Social Joy |
| 17 | The KVB | Unity | INVADA |
| 18 | Xenia Rubinos | Una Rosa | Anti- |
| 19 | Metronomy | Small World | Because Music. |
| 20 | Various Artists | Relief – a Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund | Mack Avenue |
| 21 | Alfred. | One Trick Pony: Adventure Mode (The B – Sides) | Topshelf |
| 22 | Curtis Harding | If Words Were Flowers | Anti/Epitaph |
| 23 | Ty Segall | Harmonizer | Drag City |
| 24 | Dark Waters | Dreams in Bottle Rockets – EP | Deadhorse |
| 25 | Small Black | Cheap Dreams | 100% Electronica |
| 26 | Shirin David | Bitches brauchen Rap | Juicy Money |
| 27 | Abby Huston | AH HA | EggHunt |
| 28 | Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert | The Flowers That Bloom in Spring | Dead Reckoning |
| 29 | Cut the Architect’s Hand | The Eternity Box | Aunt Mary / New Dirt |
| 30 | Steve Poltz | Stardust and Satellites | Red House |
Anna C. March 8th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Big Thief, Boris, Komrads, Modern Studies, Prabir Trio
top 30 new albums for Feb 22 presents:
top 30 new albums for Feb 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.
| 1 | Marissa Nadler | The Wrath of the Clouds – EP | Bella Union |
| 2 | The Reds, Pinks and Purples | Summer at Land’s End | Slumberland |
| 3 | russian.girls | Hundrað í hættunni – Single | self-released |
| 4 | Andy Bell | Flicker | Sonic Cathedral |
| 5 | Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You | 4AD |
| 6 | Pusha T | Diet Coke – Single | Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam |
| 7 | BlackLiq & Mopes | Time Is the Price | Strange Famous |
| 8 | DJ Harrison | Tales from the Old Dominion | Stones Throw |
| 9 | Midnite Taxi | Somehow – EP | Pushovr |
| 10 | The Wimps | Pillow and Blankey | self-released |
| 11 | BSTFRND | Healthy Space | Satellite Syndicate |
| 12 | Lady Pills | What I Want | Plastic Miracles |
| 13 | empath | Visitor | Fat Possum |
| 14 | Crystal Murray | Twisted Bases | self-released |
| 15 | Moonchild | Starfruit | Moonchild |
| 16 | Cate Le Bon | Pompeii | Mexican Summer |
| 17 | Spoon | Lucifer On The Sofa | Matador |
| 18 | Eddie Vedder | Earthling | Republic |
| 19 | Los Bitchos | Let the Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 20 | Mitski | Laurel Hell | Dead Oceans |
| 21 | Black Country, New Road | Ants From Up There | Ninja Tune |
| 22 | Animal Collective | Time Skiffs | Domino |
| 23 | Anaïs Mitchell | Anaïs Mitchell | BMG |
| 24 | FKA twigs | CAPRISONGS | Young |
| 25 | Aoife O’Donovan | Age of Apathy | Yep Roc |
| 26 | Pip Blom | Welcome Break | Heavenly |
| 27 | Magdalena Bay | Mercurial World | Luminelle |
| 28 | illuminati hotties | Let Me Do One More | Snack Shack Tracks / Hopeless |
| 29 | Deerhoof | Actually, You Can | Joyful Noise |
| 30 | Atmosphere | WORD? | Rhymesayers |
Anna C. February 22nd, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Andy Bell, Big Thief, Marissa Nadler, russian.girls, The Reds Pinks and Purples
top 30 new albums for Jun 23 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jun 23
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.
| 1 | Shabaka and the Ancestors | We Are Sent Here By History | Impulse! |
| 2 | Algiers | There Is No Year | Matador |
| 3 | Custard Flux | Oxygen | self-released |
| 4 | Big Thief | Love in Mine – Single | 4AD |
| 5 | Mark Lofgren | Black Moon Book | self-released |
| 6 | Modern Nature | Annual | Bella Union |
| 7 | Various Artists | Vida: Season 3 (Music from the Original TV Series) – EP | Spacebomb |
| 8 | Colin Phils | Trust/Fall | Post. |
| 9 | The Legendary Ingramettes | Take a Look in the Book | VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE |
| 10 | Grey Wulf | s e e i n g Vol 1 | self-released |
| 11 | FM Skyline | Liteware | 100% Electronica |
| 12 | Group Nine | Days of a Quiet Sun | Feel It |
| 13 | Monday Night & Henny L.O. | Battle Scar Decorated | AllWeNeed |
| 14 | Don Bryant | You Make Me Feel | Fat Possum |
| 15 | GUM | Out In The World | Spinning Top |
| 16 | Run The Jewels | Run the Jewels 4 | Jewel Runners |
| 17 | Ohmme | Fantasize Your Ghost | Joyful Noise |
| 18 | Sports Team | Deep Down Happy | Bright Antenna |
| 19 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Sideways to New Italy | Ivy League |
| 20 | Little Simz | Drop 6 – EP | AGE 101 |
| 21 | Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton | Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 22 | Jerry Paper | Abracadabra | Stones Throw |
| 23 | Mark Lanegan | Straight Songs of Sorrow | Heavenly |
| 24 | Moses Sumney | græ | Jagjaguwar |
| 25 | Sunwatchers | Oh Yeah? | Trouble In Mind |
| 26 | Ghostpoet | I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep | Play It Again Sam |
| 27 | RJD2 | The Fun Ones | RJ’s Electrical Connections |
| 28 | Melkbelly | Pith | Wax Nine |
| 29 | ADULT. | Perception Is/as/of Deception | Dais |
| 30 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Warp |
Anna C. June 23rd, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Algiers, Big Thief, Custard Flux, Mark Lofgren, Shabaka and the Ancestors
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 8 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 8
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.
| 1 | Warmduscher | Tainted Lunch | The Leaf Label |
| 2 | Lisa Prank | Perfect Love Song | Father/Daughter |
| 3 | Spray Paint | Into the Country | 12XU |
| 4 | Big Thief | Two Hands | 4AD |
| 5 | Wreckless Eric | Transience | Southern Domestic |
| 6 | Automatic | Signal | Stones Throw |
| 7 | Caroline Polachek | Pang | Perpetual Novice |
| 8 | Kim Gordon | No Home Record | Matador |
| 9 | Olivia Jean | Night Owl | Third Man |
| 10 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
| 11 | The Allman Betts Band | Down to the River | BMG |
| 12 | Blushing | Blushing | Wallflower |
| 13 | Street Cleaner | Annihilation | Vigilante Noir |
| 14 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 15 | Ritual Howls | A Safe Haven From the Sun – Single | felte |
| 16 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 17 | I Am the Liquor | Escape from Planet Smoke | self-released |
| 18 | Guided By Voices | Sweating the Plague | GBV Inc |
| 19 | Chromatics | Closer To Grey | Italians Do It Better |
| 20 | Sudan Archives | Athena | Stones Throw |
| 21 | Desert Sessions | Desert Sessions Vols. 11 & 12 | Matador |
| 22 | Lankum | The Livelong Day | Rough Trade |
| 23 | Omni | Networker | Sub Pop |
| 24 | Songhoy Blues | Meet Me in the City – EP | Fat Possum |
| 25 | Great Grandpa | Four of Arrows | Double Double Whammy |
| 26 | Anna Meredith | Fibs | Moshi Moshi |
| 27 | Cigarettes After Sex | Cry | Partisan |
| 28 | Little Scream | Speed Queen | Merge |
| 29 | Black Marble | Bigger Than Life | Sacred Bones |
| 30 | Negativland | True False | Seeland |
Anna C. November 9th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Big Thief, Lisa Prank, Spray Paint, Warmduscher, Wreckless Eric
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 24 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 24
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 | The Felice Brothers | Undress | Yep Roc |
| 2 | Big Thief | U.F.O.F. | 4AD |
| 3 | Illiterate Light | Sweet Beast – EP | self-released |
| 4 | Southern Avenue | Keep On | Concord |
| 5 | Gothic Lizard | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision Inc. |
| 6 | Durand Jones & The Indications | American Love Call | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | Carlton Jumel Smith | 1634 Lexington Avenue (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink) | Timmion |
| 8 | Balkan Taksim | Zalina – Single | self-released |
| 9 | Haybaby | They Get There | Tiny Engines |
| 10 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 12 | FRENSHIP | Vacation | Counter |
| 13 | Alex Lahey | The Best of Luck Club | Dead Oceans |
| 14 | Cate Le Bon | Reward | Mexican Summer |
| 15 | Model Zero | Model Zero | Slovenly |
| 16 | Johnathan Rice | The Long Game | Mano Walker |
| 17 | POW! | Shift | Castle Face |
| 18 | Pottery | No.1 | Pod / Inertia |
| 19 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 20 | Nots | 3 | Goner |
| 21 | Drahla | Useless Coordinates | Captured Tracks |
| 22 | Ona | Full Moon, Heavy Light | Hickman Holler |
| 23 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 24 | Aldous Harding | Designer | 4AD |
| 25 | The Yawpers | Human Question | Bloodshot |
| 26 | PUP | Morbid Stuff | Rise |
| 27 | Damien Jurado | In the Shape of a Storm | Loose |
| 28 | Patio | Essentials | Fire Talk |
| 29 | Lee Fields & the Expressions | It Rains Love | Big Crown |
| 30 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
Anna C. May 25th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Big Thief, GOTHIC LIZARD, Illiterate Light, Southern Avenue, The Felice Brothers
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 Sep 9th presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 9th
Anna C. September 6th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Big Thief, Brand New, Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Japanese Breakfast