Genre top 30 new albums for week ending May 11 presents:

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Hip-Hop

Rank Artist Album Label
1 CHILDISH GAMBINO “This is America” [Single] RCA
2 DR OCTAGON Moosebumps Bulk/Caroline
3 FLY ANAKIN AND OHBLIV Backyard Boogie Mutant Academy
4 RADIO B Jesus Never Wore A Suit The Association Of Great Minds
5 BLACK MILK FEVER Mass Appeal
6 ROYCE DA 5 9 The Book of Ryan Heaven Studios
7 KALI UCHIS Isolation Virgin EMI
8 AWON AND PHONIKS The Actual Proof Don’t Sleep
9 YOUNG FATHERS Cocoa Sugar Ninja Tune
10 LION BABE AND LEIKELI47 “The Wave” [Single] Interscope

Loud

Rank Artist Album Label
1 MESSTHETICS, THE The Messthetics Discord
2 I AM THE LIQUOR Feed on My Sorrow [EP] Self-Released
3 ARMED, THE Only Love Throatruiner
4 ASG Survive Sunrise [Advance Tracks] Relapse
5 BONNACONS OF DOOM Bonnacons of Doom Rocket
6 GNOD Chapel Perilous Rocket
7 LACE Human Condition Funeral Party
8 SLEEP The Sciences Third Man
9 BLACK ACID RITUAL “Shed” [Single] Self-Released
10 ZETA, THE “Completar” [Single] Self-Released

RPM

Rank Artist Album Label
1 CARPENTER BRUT Leather Teeth Caroline
2 ALISON WONDERLAND Awake Astralwerks
3 GUI BORATTO Pentagram Kompakt
4 IN AETERNAM VALE 2,3,7,8 Khemia
5 KIEFER Happysad Stones Throw
6 HIGH KLASSIFIED Kanvaz [EP] Fool’s Gold
7 SEBASTIAN REYNOLDS Mahajanaka [EP] Nonostar
8 LADYTRON “The Animals” [Single] Disco Piñata
9 TAVISHI Boundaries Self-Released
10 TOM ROGERSON WITH BRIAN ENO Finding Shore Dead Oceans

World

Rank Artist Album Label
1 VARIOUS ARTISTS African Scream Contest 2 Analog Africa
2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Listen All Around: The Golden Age of Central and East African Music Dust To Digital
3 ORQUESTA AKOKAN Orquesta Akokan Daptone
4 VIBRONICS Woman On A Mission Scoops
5 DJENEBA AND FOUSCO Kayeba Khasso Lusafrica
6 CESARIA EVORA Carnaval De Mindelo [EP] Lusafrica
7 CAMARAO The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie (1964-1974) Analog Africa
8 LEVANTA POEIRA VARIOUS ARTISTS Jazz & Milk
9 LITTLE AXE London Blues Echo Beach
10 JIMI TENOR “My Mind Will Travel” [Single] Philopon

    May 12th, 2018

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Top 30 new albums for week ending May 11 presents:

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

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    May 12th, 2018

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