top 30 new albums for Sep 29 presents:
top 30 new albums for Sep 29
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 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 2 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia |
| 3 | Nubya Garcia | SOURCE | Concord Jazz |
| 4 | Osees | Protean Threat | Castle Face |
| 5 | Tyler Childers | Long Violent History | Hickman Holler |
| 6 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 7 | Positive No | Kyanite | Little Black Cloud |
| 8 | Sweeping Promises | Hunger for a Way Out | Feel It |
| 9 | Usher | Bad Habits – Single | Brand Usher |
| 10 | Evidence | Unlearning – Single | Rhymesayers |
| 11 | Eric Slick | Wiseacre | Slick |
| 12 | Lance Bangs | Whammy – EP | Citrus City |
| 13 | Dumb Waiter | Tsk | JUJU |
| 14 | She | TRL 2004 – EP | self-released |
| 15 | Trapcry | Stay Up (Longer Deluxe) | 1986 |
| 16 | Flung | Shaky But My Hair Is Grown | Citrus City / Topshelf |
| 17 | GULL | Relative Stranger | self-released |
| 18 | Strike Anywhere | Nightmares of the West | Pure Noise |
| 19 | Loud Night | Mindnumbing Pleasure | Vinyl Conflict |
| 20 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 21 | The Flavor Project | Food for Thought | Reeverb Entertainment |
| 22 | Tim Heidecker | Fear of Death | Spacebomb |
| 23 | Sleepless Void | Fear | self-released |
| 24 | Various Artists | Stay Home | Drunk Dial |
| 25 | Venal Flesh | Die In Summer | self-released |
| 26 | Haircut | Cake – EP | self-released |
| 27 | Newscaster | 3.612574 | self-released |
| 28 | Jyoti | Mama, You Can Bet! | eOne Music / SomeOthaShip Connect |
| 29 | Bill Callahan | Gold Record | Drag City |
| 30 | Marques Martin | Brave & Afraid | Operator |
Anna C. September 29th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Butcher Brown, Chloe x Halle, Nubya Garcia, Osees, Tyler Childers
top 30 new albums for Aug 11 presents:
top 30 new albums for Aug 11
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 | The Vibrators | We Vibrate – Single | Warner / X5 |
| 2 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour | Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia |
| 3 | Zhé Aqueen | The Hypnomonic Album | Heye Vibez |
| 4 | Andre Abujamra | Alma Nao Tem Cor – Multi 25 – single | Tratore |
| 5 | Hoboknife | Wig of Flies | self-released |
| 6 | VV | III | self-released |
| 7 | Richmond Avant Improv Collective (RAIC) | Häxan (Cinema Paradiso Vol. I) | Thirsty Leaves Music |
| 8 | Big Baby | Fizzy Cola EP | Big Baby |
| 9 | Addy | Eclipse | Topshelf |
| 10 | The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers | Carpark |
| 11 | Bad Moves | Untenable | Don Giovanni |
| 12 | Pert Near Sandstone | Rising Tide | Pert Near Music |
| 13 | Night Glitter | Night Glitter | Nine Mile |
| 14 | Galore | Galore | Rocks In Your Head |
| 15 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 16 | Modern Nature | Annual | Bella Union |
| 17 | Denison Witmer | American Foursquare | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 18 | Alice Bag | Sister Dynamite | In The Red |
| 19 | Harrow Fair | Sins We Made | Roaring Girl / Fontana North |
| 20 | Big Loser | Love You, Barely Living | Black Numbers |
| 21 | Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves | I Have Known Women: Songs by Si Kahn Celebrating Women’s Lives and Struggles | Strictly Country |
| 22 | Moses Sumney | græ | Jagjaguwar |
| 23 | Melenas | Días Raros | Trouble In Mind |
| 24 | David Haerle | Death Valley | Edendale |
| 25 | Deante’ Hitchcock | BETTER | ByStorm Entertainment/RCA |
| 26 | X | ALPHABETLAND | Fat Possum |
| 27 | Melkbelly | Pith | Wax Nine |
| 28 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Warp |
| 29 | Six Organs of Admittance | Companion Rises | Drag City |
| 30 | Angelica Garcia | Cha Cha Palace | Spacebomb |
Anna C. August 11th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Andre Abujamra, Chloe x Halle, Hoboknife, The Vibrators, Zhé Aqueen
top 30 new albums for July 14 presents:
top 30 new albums for July 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.
| 1 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 2 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour | Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia |
| 3 | Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 4 | Fight Cloud | Thoughts Aligned | Fight Cloud |
| 5 | Sufjan Stevens | The Ascension | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 6 | Trapcry | Stay Up | 1986 |
| 7 | Public Enemy | State of the Union (STFU) – Single | Enemy |
| 8 | Khruangbin | Mordechai | Dead Oceans |
| 9 | Calibro 35 | Momentum | Record Kicks |
| 10 | Lido Pimienta | Miss Colombia | Anti- |
| 11 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 12 | Keleketla! | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 13 | Calvin Presents | Here. (feat. Sam Reed) – Single | self-released |
| 14 | Damaged Bug | Bug on Yonkers | Castle Face |
| 15 | Fontaines D.C. | A Hero’s Death | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 16 | THICK | 5 Years Behind | Epitaph |
| 17 | BAD MOVES | Untenable | Don Giovanni |
| 18 | Dirty Projectors | Flight Tower – EP | Domino |
| 19 | Marlon Craft | Work From Home – EP | Sony Music |
| 20 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 21 | Camille Delean | Cold House Burning | New Habitat |
| 22 | Owen | The Avalanche | Big Scary Monsters |
| 23 | Céu | APKÁ! | Six Degrees |
| 24 | Future Punx | 2020 | 2020 Anniversary |
| 25 | Don Bryant | You Make Me Feel | Fat Possum |
| 26 | Run The Jewels | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners |
| 27 | OHMME | Fantasize Your Ghost | Joyful Noise |
| 28 | Sports Team | Deep Down Happy | Bright Antenna |
| 29 | Modern Nature | Annual | Bella Union |
| 30 | No Age | Goons Be Gone | Drag City |
Anna C. July 14th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Black Jesus Experience, Chloe x Halle, Fight Cloud, Mulatu Astatke, Phoebe Bridgers, Sufjan Stevens