Top 30 new albums for week ending April 13 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending April 13
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 Sword | Used Future | Razor & Tie |
| 2 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Saddle Creek |
| 3 | Blush Face | What Do You Want? | Trrrash |
| 4 | Droopies | Responsible People | self-released |
| 5 | The Wimps | Reel Whirl | Trrrash |
| 6 | Lucy Dacus | Historian | Matador |
| 7 | Eels | The Deconstruction | E Works |
| 8 | Frankie Cosmos | Vessel | Sub Pop |
| 9 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye / Nonesuch |
| 10 | Goat Girl | Goat Girl | Rough Trade |
| 11 | Yo La Tengo | There’s a Riot Going On | Matador |
| 12 | Shopping | The Official Body | Fat Cat |
| 13 | Awon & Phoniks | The Actual Proof | Don’t Sleep |
| 14 | Erika Wennerstrom | Sweet Unknown | Partisan |
| 15 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sex & Food | Jagjaguwar |
| 16 | PRhyme | PRhyme 2 | PRhyme 2 |
| 17 | Dungen & Woods | Myths 003 | Mexican Summer |
| 18 | Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John | American Laundromat |
| 19 | Kali Uchis | Isolation | Virgin EMI |
| 20 | Hinds | I Don’t Run | Mom+Pop |
| 21 | Mind Over Mirrors | Bellowing Sun | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 22 | Grendel | Age of the Disposable Body | Metropolis |
| 23 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 24 | Radio B | Jesus Never Wore a Suit | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 25 | Michael Millions | Hard to Be King | Purple Republic Music Group |
| 26 | Opin | Drifters EP | Harding Street Assembly Lab |
| 27 | The Aces | When My Heart Felt Volcanic | Red Bull |
| 28 | Dr. Octagon | Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation | Bulk / Caroline |
| 29 | Tom Misch | Geography | Beyond the Groove |
| 30 | Alison Wonderland | Awake | EMI |
Anna C. April 14th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Blush Face, Droopies, Hop Along, The Sword, The Wimps