Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 23 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Cass McCombs | Tip of the Sphere | Anti/Epitaph |
| 3 | Lightning Bolt | Sonic Citadel | Thrill Jockey |
| 4 | Che Apalache | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 5 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 6 | Ana Egge | Is It the Kiss | StorySound |
| 7 | Baroness | Gold & Grey | Abraxan Hymns |
| 8 | New Lions | End Story – EP | Nodderly |
| 9 | Piranha Rama | You’ve Earned It | Trrrash |
| 10 | Voarm | Voarm | self-released |
| 11 | Brother Rutherford | Tunneling | self-released |
| 12 | J. Clyde Morris | Tunnel Vision | self-released |
| 13 | Patrick Bates | Salad Days – EP | Verses |
| 14 | Moniker | Private Prophet – EP | Good Eye |
| 15 | Koncept Jack$on | Newport 1000s | self-released |
| 16 | Karen Jonas | Lucky, Revisited | Yellow Brick Road |
| 17 | Radio B | Kill the Dreamer, Vol. 1: New Independence | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 18 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 19 | NDEFRU | Foreign Local – EP | Blue Ether Sound |
| 20 | I Am the Liquor | Escape from Planet Smoke | self-released |
| 21 | Dharma Bombs | Enjoy the View | self-released |
| 22 | Enforced | At the Walls | War |
| 23 | Nine Line | All You’ve Ever Known – EP | self-released |
| 24 | Garrett T. Capps | All Right, All Night | Shotgun House |
| 25 | Infinity Crush | Virtual Heaven | Joy Void |
| 26 | Maria Usbeck | Envejeciendo | Cascine |
| 27 | Marika Hackman | Any Human Friend | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Russian Circles | Blood Year | Sargent House |
| 29 | Softee | Slow Melt – EP | self-released |
| 30 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
Anna C. August 24th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cass McCombs, Che Apalache, Lightning Bolt, Purple Mountains, Weyes Blood
Top 30 new albums for week ending Mar 1 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Mar 1
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 | Bob Mould | Sunshine Rock | Merge |
| 2 | The Stroppies | Whoosh | Tough Love |
| 3 | Yola | Walk Through Fire | Easy Eye Sound |
| 4 | The Lemonheads | Varshons 2 | Fire / Hostess |
| 5 | Cass McCombs | Tip of the Sphere | Anti/Epitaph |
| 6 | Various Artists | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] | Milan |
| 7 | Box of Moxie | Submission Admission | self-released |
| 8 | Drenge | Strange Creatures | Infectious Music / BMG / Hostess |
| 9 | Jason Ringenberg | Stand Tall | Courageous Chicken Entertainment |
| 10 | Steve Poltz | Shine On | Red House |
| 11 | SPELLLING | Mazy Fly | Sacred Bones |
| 12 | Ifriqiyya Electrique | Laylet El Booree | Glitterbeat |
| 13 | Palehound | Killer – Single | Polyvinyl |
| 14 | Benjamin Shepherd | Friday Fantasy – Single | self-released |
| 15 | Sleaford Mods | Eton Alive | Extreme Eating |
| 16 | Lobo Marino | At Appalachian South Folklife Center | self-released |
| 17 | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Free Dirt |
| 18 | Fokn Bois | Afrobeats Lol | FOKN Inc. |
| 19 | Klangwelt | The Incident | Spheric Music |
| 20 | Silo Road | Signal Hill | Silo Road |
| 21 | Ladytron | Ladytron | !K7 |
| 22 | Bellows | The Rose Gardener | self released |
| 23 | SUSTO | Ever Since I Lost My Mind | Rounder |
| 24 | Joey McGee | El Camino Real | Mosaic Sun Music |
| 25 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 26 | Jess Klein | Back to My Green | Blue Rose / Heckmann |
| 27 | Feels | Post Earth | Wichita |
| 28 | Guided By Voices | Zeppelin Over China | GBV Inc. |
| 29 | Herzog | Me vs. You | Exit Stencil |
| 30 | Piroshka | Brickbat | Bella Union |
Anna C. March 2nd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: bob mould, Cass McCombs, The Lemonheads, The Stroppies, Yola
Top 30 for Aug 29 – Sep 4 presents:
Top 30 for Aug 29 – Sep 4
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Bad Grrrl / Citrus City / Crystal Pistol |
| 2 | Various Artists | Quíero Creedence | Concord Picante |
| 3 | The Frightnrs | Nothing More to Say | Daptone |
| 4 | Cass McCombs | Mangy Love | Anti- |
| 5 | San Lazaro | La Despedida | HopeStreet |
| 6 | The Julie Ruin | Hit Reset | Sub Pop |
| 7 | SubRosa | For This We Fought the Battle of Ages | Profound Lore |
| 8 | Diarrhea Planet | Turn to Gold | Infinity Cat |
| 9 | Lydia Loveless | Real | Bloodshot |
| 10 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Dead Oceans |
| 11 | MOURN | Ha, Ha, He. | Captured Tracks |
| 12 | Puro Instinct | Autodrama | Manifesto |
| 13 | Thee Oh Sees | A Weird Exits | Castle Face |
| 14 | The Veils | Total Depravity | Nettwerk |
| 15 | Gringo Star | The Sides and in Between | Nevado |
| 16 | Angel Olsen | My Woman | Jagjaguwar |
| 17 | of Montreal | Innocence Reaches | Polyvinyl |
| 18 | Pill | Convenience | Mexican Summer |
| 19 | Cerise | Smoke Screen Dreams | Psychic Cats |
| 20 | Avers | Omega/Whatever | EggHunt |
| 21 | Courtney Marie Andrews | Honest Life | Mama Bird Recording Co. |
| 22 | Roddie Romero & the Hub City All-Stars | Gulfstream | Octavia |
| 23 | Death Valley Girls | Glow in the Dark | Burger |
| 24 | Ruby The Rabbitfoot | Divorce Party | New West |
| 25 | Broods | Conscious | Capitol |
| 26 | Gordi | Clever Disguise | Jagjaguwar |
| 27 | Weaves | Weaves | Kanine |
| 28 | Bat For Lashes | The Bride | Parlophone / Warner Bros. |
| 29 | Japanese Breakfast | Psychopomp | Dead Oceans |
| 30 | Julia Louise | Insatiable | No Sleep |
Anna C. September 5th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Camp Howard, Cass McCombs, Quíero Creedence, San Lazaro, The Frightnrs