top 30 new albums for May 19 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.

1 Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture Youkounkoun – EP PRAH
2 Benny the Butcher, Rick Hyde & Heem Da Mob – Single BSF
3 Santrofi Alewa Outhere
4 Eliza Juno Do Tree Lobsters Experience Love self-released
5 Eliza Battle Like Leaves self-released
6 Big No Big No Flux Editions
7 Buscabulla Regresa Ribbon Music
8 Sunwatchers Oh Yeah? Trouble In Mind
9 Bishop Nehru Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts Nehruvia
10 Melenas Días Raros Trouble In Mind
11 X ALPHABETLAND Fat Possum
12 Kenny Mason Angelic Hoodrat self-released
13 RJD2 The Fun Ones RJ’s Electrical Connections
14 Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters Epic
15 Reel Smoovv 31st K.Nights self-released
16 The Soft Pink Truth Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? Thrill Jockey
17 Nadia Reid Out of My Province Slow Time
18 Emotionz Gems Beast Van
19 Thick 5 Years Behind Epitaph
20 Hamerkop Remote Drag City
21 Moses Sumney græ Jagjaguwar
22 Light Beams Self Help Don Giovanni
23 Westside Gunn Pray for Paris Griselda
24 Vos Like Water – Single Sad Art
25 The Sonic Dawn Enter the Mirage Heavy Psych Sounds
26 Sarah Jarosz World On The Ground Rounder
27 Steve Palmer Useful Histories Sunrise Ocean Bender
28 The Mastersons No Time for Love Songs Red House
29 Khruangbin Mordechai Dead Oceans
30 The SteelDrivers Bad For You Rounder

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    May 19th, 2020

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genre charts for May 19 presents:

AAA

Rank Artist Album Label
1 MASTERSONS, THE No Time For Love Songs Red House/Compass
2 STEELDRIVERS, THE Bad For You Rounder/Concord
3 SARAH JAROSZ World On The Ground Rounder
4 DANA GAVANSKI Yesterday Is Gone Flemish Eye
5 APPALACHIAN ROAD SHOW, THE Tribulation Billy Blue
6 AARON JONAH LEWIS Mozart Of The Banjo Tiki Parlour
7 MERIEM BEN AMOR “La Rosa Enflorece” [Single] Electrofone
8 ROE FAMILY SINGERS, THE Roll Up the Rug Compass
9 MOSSES T.V. Sun Anyway
10 NATE LEE Wings of a Jetliner Adverb

Hip-Hop

Rank Artist Album Label
1 BENNY THE BUTCHER, RICK HYDE AND HEEM “Da Mob” [Single] BSF
2 BISHOP NEHRU Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts Nehruvia
3 KENNY MASON Angelic Hoodrat Self-Released
4 RJD2 The Fun Ones RJ’s Electrical Connections
5 REEL SMOOVV 31st K.Nights Self-Released
6 WESTSIDE GUNN Pray for Paris Griselda
7 VOS “Like Water” [Single] Sad Art
8 JAMO GANG Walking With Lions Fat Beats
9 SCOOPKID ScoopKid Satellite Syndicate
10 ANKHELJOHN The Face of Jason Shaap

Loud

None this week.

RPM

Rank Artist Album Label
1 SOFT PINK TRUTH, THE Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? Thrill Jockey
2 HAMERKOP Remote Drag City
3 FOUR TET Sixteen Oceans Text
4 GREEN HOUSE Six Songs From Invisible Gardens [EP] Leaving
5 MARK RENNER Seaworthy Vessels are in Short Supply The Gate International
6 SCATTLE Shine [EP] Self-Released
7 NOVA MATERIA “Strength” [Single] Self-Released
8 PICKLE “Sing It” [Single] Self-Released
9 I’M NOT A BLONDE “Happy Face (Ácido Pantera Remix)” [Single] INRI
10 RJD2 The Fun Ones RJ’s Electrical Connections

World

Rank Artist Album Label
1 FALLE NIOKE AND GHOST CULTURE “Barke” [Single] PRAH
2 SANTROFI Alewa Out Here
3 FADHILEE ITULYA Kwetu Naxos World
4 LADAMA “Nobreza” [Single] Six Degrees
5 FRANCK BIYONG FEAT CRISTINA VIOLLE Trouble [EP] Hot Casa
6 K FRIMPONG AND SUPER COMPLEX SOUNDS Ahyewa Special Hot Casa
7 TIDIANE THIAM Siftorde Sahel Sounds
8 KENYATTA HILL AND CULTURE “Free Africa” [Single] Rockers Artist Agency
9 BUSCABULLA Regresa Ribbon
10 ARCHIVES, THE Carry Me Home [Advance Tracks] Montserrat House

    May 19th, 2020

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