genre charts for Sep 15 presents:
genre charts for Sep 15
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAKE BLOUNT | Spider Tales | Free Dirt |
| 2 | DOC WATSON AND GAITHER CARLTON | Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 3 | LINDSAY | ASMR Love Letters [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | ROSE CITY BAND | Summerlong | Thrill Jockey |
| 5 | SWAMP DOGG | Sorry You Couldn’t Make It | Joyful Noise |
| 6 | DANA GAVANSKI | Yesterday Is Gone | Flemish Eye |
| 7 | MA POLAINE’S GREAT DECLINE | City of Love | OMH |
| 8 | JOANNE SHENANDOAH | “Your Legacy” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | GANGSTAGRASS | No Time For Enemies | Antifragile |
| 10 | WILDMANS, THE | The Wildmans | Travianna |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLY ANAKIN | At the End of the Day. | Mutant Academy |
| 2 | BLU AND EXILE | Miles | Dirty Science |
| 3 | MOEMAW NAEDON | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 4 | JABEE | This World Is So Fragile And Cruel I’m Glad I Got You | Grand Union |
| 5 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter [Advance Tracks] | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | PROFESSIONALS, THE | The Professionals | Madlib Invasion |
| 7 | STOVE GOD COOKS | Reasonable Drought | Self-Released |
| 8 | FELT | Felt 4 U | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | SADISTIK | Elysium | Clockwork Grey |
| 10 | BIG SEAN | Detroit 2 | Def Jam |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IOCRHOMA | Kolopsia | Self-Released |
| 2 | FINNTROLL | Vredesvavd | Century Media |
| 3 | ENSLAVED | Utgard | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | SKELETAL REMAINS | The Entombment Of Chaos | Century Media |
| 5 | INCANTATION | Sect Of Vile Divinities | Relapse |
| 6 | BENEDICTION | Scriptures | Century Media |
| 7 | STILLBIRTH | Revive The Throne | Unique Leader |
| 8 | WOR | Prisoners | Bungalo |
| 9 | CARCASS | Despicable [EP] | Nuclear Blast |
| 10 | ARMORED SAINT | “End Of The Attention Span” [Single] | Metal Blade |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOFT PINK TRUTH, THE | Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? | Thrill Jockey |
| 2 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Inner Song | Smalltown Supersound |
| 3 | NAKED ROOMMATE | Do The Duvet | Trouble In Mind |
| 4 | POWERMAN 5000 | The Noble Rot | Cleopatra |
| 5 | FOUR TET | Sixteen Oceans | Text |
| 6 | DUKES OF CHUTNEY | Hazel | Beats In Space |
| 7 | PHEW | Vertigo KO | Disciples |
| 8 | RE-STONED, THE | Thunders of the Deep | Clostridium |
| 9 | BELBURY POLY | The Gone Away | Ghost Box |
| 10 | TREES SPEAK | Ohms | Soul Jazz |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAHAWA DOUMBIA | Kanawa | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 2 | TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS | Got To Be Tough | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 3 | MODOU TOURE | Touki | ARC |
| 4 | PETE RODRIGUEZ | I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi) | Fania/Craft/Concord |
| 5 | ALHOUSSEINI ANIVOLLA AND GIRUM MEZMUR | Afropentatonism | Piranha |
| 6 | JUAN PINA CON LA REVELACION | Juan Pina Con La Revelacion | Vampisoul |
| 7 | JAAKKO LAITINEN AND VAARA RAHA | Borek | Playground |
| 8 | SUPERFONICOS | “El Adios” [Single] | Hi-Fi |
| 9 | TAMIKREST | Tamotait | Glitterbeat |
| 10 | MATEUS ALELUIA | Olorum | Selo Sesc |
Anna C. September 15th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Fly Anakin, Iocrhoma, Jake Blount, Nahawa Doumbia, The Soft Pink Truth
Genre charts for week ending Sep 14 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Sep 14
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAR AND TREATY, THE | Healing Tide | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS | The Waves, The Wake | Nettwerk |
| 3 | TUNNG | Songs You Make At Night | Full Time Hobby |
| 4 | BEN HOWARD | Noonday Dream | Republic |
| 5 | TANNAHILL WEAVERS, THE | Orach | Compass |
| 6 | TRACY GRAMMER | Low Tide | Self-Released |
| 7 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder/Concord |
| 8 | KATHY MATTEA | Pretty Bird | Captain Potato |
| 9 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | America’s Child | Alligator |
| 10 | JULIANA DAUGHERTY | Light | Western Vinyl |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG KAHUNA OG AND FLY ANAKIN | Big Fly 2 [EP] | Mutant Academy |
| 2 | BLOOD ORANGE | Negro Swan | Domino |
| 3 | GINKGOA | One Time | Self-Released |
| 4 | MAYA JUPITER | Never Said Yes | Artivist |
| 5 | MICHAEL MILLIONS | Hard To Be King | Self-Released |
| 6 | PHONY PPL | mō’zā-Ik. | 300 Entertainment |
| 7 | MAC MILLER | Swimming | Warner Bros |
| 8 | OHBLIV AND BEN FM | Give it Uuup | Problematica |
| 9 | FLATBUSH ZOMBIES | Vacation in Hell | Glorious Dead |
| 10 | DEATH GRIPS | Year of the Snitch | Harvest/Third Worlds |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WINDHAND | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 2 | NINE INCH NAILS | Bad Witch | The Null Corporation/Capitol |
| 3 | ABORTED | Terrorvision | Century Media |
| 4 | JUDAS PRIEST | Firepower | Epic |
| 5 | PIG | Risen | Metropolis |
| 6 | TRASH DEITY | Cross and Divide | Metropolis |
| 7 | A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION | Becoming | Metropolis |
| 8 | AT THE HEART OF THE WORLD | Rotting Forms | Glory Kid Limited |
| 9 | KNUTZ, THE | The Tower | afmusic |
| 10 | BARBARELLATONES, THE | “Surfing In Drag” [Single] | Self-Released |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEACH ME EQUALS | Fix History | Wild Klamath |
| 2 | CARPENTER BRUT | Leather Teeth | Caroline |
| 3 | ITAL TEK | Bodied | Planet Mu |
| 4 | PAUL WHITE | Rejuvenate | R&S |
| 5 | JANELLE MONAE | “I Like That (Naxxos Remix)” [Single] | Bad Boy |
| 6 | WINGTIPS | “Relativity” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | GOO MUNDAY | Goo Munday [EP] | Negative Gain Productions |
| 8 | SIWO | Stretch | Symphonic Distribution |
| 9 | LORN | REMNANT | Wednesday Sound |
| 10 | KIDDY SMILE | One Trick Pony | Neverbeener |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
| 2 | NICKODEMUS | A Long Engagement | Wonderwheel |
| 3 | TANNAHILL WEAVERS, THE | Orach | Compass |
| 4 | DIZZY MANDJEKU AND ALE KUMA | De Palenque A Matonge | Zephyrus |
| 5 | DOCTOR NATIVO | Guatemaya | Stonetree |
| 6 | DIALI CISSOKHO AND KAIRA BA | Routes | Twelve | Eight |
| 7 | BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan |
| 8 | LOS TEXMANIACS | Cruzando Borders | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 9 | MINYESHU | Daa Dee | Arc |
| 10 | DE’ANZA | Cosmic Dream | Fusion Beats |
Anna C. September 15th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Big Kahuna OG, Fly Anakin, Jupiter and Okwess, Teach Me Equals, The War and Treaty, Windhand
Genre charts for week ending Jul 20 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Jul 20
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLIVER THE CROW | OLIVER THE CROW | Self-Released |
| 2 | RODNEY CROWELL | Acoustic Classics | RC1 |
| 3 | ALANIS OBOMSAWIN | Bush Lady | Constellation |
| 4 | CR AND THE DEGENERATES | Coming Of Age | Sniffling Indie Kids/Mint 400 |
| 5 | JACKSON EMMER | Jukebox | Lost Homey |
| 6 | SALT HOUSE | Undersong | Self-Released |
| 7 | MILK CARTON KIDS, THE | All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do | Anti- |
| 8 | TRAMPLED BY TURTLES | Life Is Good On The Open Road | Banjodad |
| 9 | RAY DAVIES | Our Country Americana Act II | Legacy |
| 10 | CAROLINA STORY | Lay Your Head Down | Americana |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLY ANAKIN AND OHBLIV | Backyard Boogie | Mutant Academy |
| 2 | DRAKE | Scorpion | Republic |
| 3 | MAD SKILLZ | Im the DJ….And the Rapper | Big Kidz Ent |
| 4 | SABA | Care For Me | Saba Pivot |
| 5 | FREDDIE GIBBS | Freddie | Empire |
| 6 | GORILLAZ | The Now Now | Parlophone/Warner Bros. |
| 7 | JORJA SMITH | Lost & Found | RCA |
| 8 | PUSHA T | Daytona | Def Jam |
| 9 | REJJIE SNOW | Dear Annie | 300 |
| 10 | ROC MARCIANO | RR2: The Bitter Dose | Marci Enterprises |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DESERT ALTAR | Desert Altar | Self-Released |
| 2 | GUMMING | Human Values | Self-Released |
| 3 | SINISTER PURPOSE | Aces Low | Vinyl Conflict |
| 4 | SMIRKS, THE | The Smirks | Self-Released |
| 5 | DESERT MOUNTAIN TRIBE | Om Parvat Mystery | Metropolis |
| 6 | ZEAL AND ARDOR | Stranger Fruit | Self-Released |
| 7 | BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT | Blackwater Holylight | Ridingeasy |
| 8 | SISTA BOSSEN | Tio låtar om privilegierat lidande | Crunchy Frog |
| 9 | KOMRADS | Resistor | Self-Released |
| 10 | MOCK IDENTITY | Paradise | Scam Likely |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LET’S EAT GRANDMA | I’m All Ears | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 2 | FM SKYLINE | EarthSim | Crystal Pistol |
| 3 | BEAK> | >>> [Advance Tracks] | Ivanda |
| 4 | CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO | Bienaventuranza | Wonderwheel |
| 5 | ECHO COLLECTIVE | Plays Amnesiac | 7K! |
| 6 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 7 | SUBELO CUBA | Havana Cultura: ¡Súbelo, Cuba! | Brownswood |
| 8 | тпсб | Sekundenschlaf | Blackest Ever Black |
| 9 | NMESH | Pharma | Orange Milk |
| 10 | LINDSTROM | It’s Alright Between Us as It Is | Smalltown Supersound |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Remain In Light | Kraven Works |
| 2 | BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan |
| 3 | ABU OBAIDA HASSAN | Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan | Ostinato |
| 4 | ALPHEUS | Light Of Day | Liquidator |
| 5 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
| 6 | AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Africa |
| 7 | SIDI TOURE | Toubalbero | Thrill Jockey |
| 8 | KING KONG | Repatriation | Irie Ites |
| 9 | REGGAE SAX RIDDIM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Reggae Vibes |
| 10 | MYSTERY OF THE BULGARIAN VOICES, THE | BooCheeMish | Prophecy |
Anna C. July 21st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Desert Altar, Fly Anakin, Let's Eat Grandma, ohbliv, Oliver the Crow
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 20 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 20
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 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 2 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 3 | Hoax Hunters | Dormant – EP | Cherub |
| 4 | Fly Anakin & Ohbliv | Backyard Boogie | Mutant Academy |
| 5 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom+Pop |
| 6 | Mazzy Star | Still – EP | Rhymes of an Hour |
| 7 | Tower of Power | Soul Side of Town | Artistry Music |
| 8 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 9 | Drake | Scorpion | Young Money Entertainment / Cash Money / Republic |
| 10 | Angelique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 11 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 12 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 13 | Oliver The Crow | Oliver The Crow | OTC |
| 14 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 15 | Teyana Taylor | K.T.S.E. | GOOD Music |
| 16 | 77:78 | Jellies | Heavenly |
| 17 | Mad Skillz | Im the DJ….And the Rapper | Big Kidz Ent |
| 18 | Peach Kelli Pop | Gentle Leader | Mint |
| 19 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 20 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 21 | Saba | Care for Me | Saba Pivot |
| 22 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Verve |
| 23 | The Jayhawks | Back Roads and Abandoned Motels | Legacy |
| 24 | Rodney Crowell | Acoustic Classics | RC1 |
| 25 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 26 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 27 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 28 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 29 | Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy | Drag City |
| 30 | Prana Crafter | Enter The Stream | Sunrise Ocean Bender / Cardinal Fuzz |
Anna C. July 21st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Courtney Barnett, Fly Anakin, Hoax Hunters, Natalie Prass, ohbliv
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 26 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 26
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 27th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Fly Anakin, Lucy Dacus, Michael Millions, Opin, Ras G, Stephanie
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 17 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 17
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. November 18th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Fly Anakin, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Koncept Jack$on, Sharon Jones, Shilpa Ray, Sid Kingsley, The Dap-Kings, Tuamie
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 10 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 10
The weekly chart reflects the diversity of programming on WRIR. In an average week, WRIR DJs play approximately 1,200 albums (and EPs and singles).
To make it on the list, an album must be released in the past year. Local bands and albums played by more than one DJ are given priority in the rankings.
Below the chart is a list of new albums added to the music library once that information has been compiled. Check back later if it’s not there yet
Anna C. November 11th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Antiphons, Blush Face, Da Cruz, Fly Anakin, Koncept Jack$on, Overcoats, Tuamie