top 30 new albums for Oct 6 presents:
top 30 new albums for Oct 6
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 | IDLES | Ultra Mono | Partisan / Liberator Music |
| 2 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 3 | Sufjan Stevens | The Ascension | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 4 | Action Bronson | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 5 | Nas | King’s Disease | Mass Appeal |
| 6 | Bill Callahan | Gold Record | Drag City |
| 7 | SUUNS | FICTION – EP | Joyful Noise / Secret City |
| 8 | Cabbage | Amanita Pantherina | Brassica |
| 9 | Naked Pictures | W I D E | self-released |
| 10 | Fly Anakin | The 8’s (2015-2018) | Mutant Academy |
| 11 | ShotClock | Side A – EP | self-released |
| 12 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 13 | Positive No | Kyanite | Little Black Cloud |
| 14 | Ruth Good | Haunt – EP | Citrus City |
| 15 | Outer World | Fixed Like A Painting | self-released |
| 16 | Talk Me Off | Cursed | Smartpunk |
| 17 | Radio B. | All Art Ain’t Pretty | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 18 | Red Sammy | That Raging Heart | Red Sammy |
| 19 | Ric Robertson | Strange World – EP | Free Dirt |
| 20 | Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon | Noon | Megaplum / ATO |
| 21 | The Mommyheads | New Kings of Pop | Fanfar! |
| 22 | Telco | My Name Is Not Kaiser – EP | telco |
| 23 | Alex Rasmussen | Make It Real – EP | Lovely Ruckus |
| 24 | Lomelda | Hannah | Double Double Whammy |
| 25 | Josiah Johnson | Every Feeling on a Loop | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 26 | Marques Martin | Brave & Afraid | Operator |
| 27 | Hey, King! | Be Still – EP | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 28 | The Wilderness | Until Tomorrow | self-released |
| 29 | Jabee | This World Is So Fragile and Cruel I’m Glad I Got You | Grand Union Media |
| 30 | The Milwaukees | The Calling | Mint 400 |
Anna C. October 6th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Action Bronson, Butcher Brown, Idles, Nas, Sufjan Stevens
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 21 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 21
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 | Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | Partisan |
| 2 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 4 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 5 | Mirah | Understanding | Absolute Magnitude |
| 6 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 7 | Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone |
| 8 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti/Epitaph |
| 9 | Exploded View | Obey | Sacred Bones |
| 10 | Eric Bachmann | No Recover | Merge |
| 11 | Dilly Dally | Heaven | Partisan |
| 12 | Ashes | Good Nothings – EP | Crystal Pistol |
| 13 | Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá | De Palenque à Matongé | Zephyrus |
| 14 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 15 | Spiritualized | And Nothing Hurt | Fat Possum |
| 16 | Richard Thompson | 13 Rivers | New West |
| 17 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 18 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | self-released |
| 21 | We Were Promised Jetpacks | The More I Sleep the Less I Dream | self released |
| 22 | Marc Ribot | Songs of Resistance 1948-2018 | Anti- |
| 23 | Jungle | For Ever | XL |
| 24 | Tirzah | Devotion | Domino |
| 25 | Aphex Twin | Collapse – EP | Warp |
| 26 | Advance Base | Animal Companionship | Run for Cover |
| 27 | Aimee Lay | The Other Side of You | Respectful Lust |
| 28 | Alien Boy | Sleeping Lessons | Tiny Engines |
| 29 | Thalia Zedek Band | Fighting Season | Thrill Jockey |
| 30 | Iron & Wine | Weed Garden – EP | Sub Pop |
Anna C. September 22nd, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Idles, Low, Mirah, Mitski, Young Scum