Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 29 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 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 | Piranha Rama | You’ve Earned It | Trrrash |
| 2 | Sammi Lanzetta | Ceiling Mirror | 6131 |
| 3 | Sleepwalkers | Ages | Spacebomb |
| 4 | Carmen Souza | The Silver Messengers | Galileo Music |
| 5 | Josienne Clarke | In All Weather | Rough Trade |
| 6 | Bonnie “Prince” Billy | I Made a Place | Drag City |
| 7 | Jon Batiste | Chronology of a Dream (Live at the Village Vanguard) | Verve |
| 8 | Sudan Archives | Athena | Stones Throw |
| 9 | Various Artists | Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots | Bloodshot |
| 10 | Fanfare | I Could Live Here, I Could Die Here – EP | Elevator Music |
| 11 | Future Projektor | Terma | self-released |
| 12 | Weekend Plans | State of Nine | Elephant Ear |
| 13 | Tyler Meacham | Property – EP | Damage Control |
| 14 | Petrichor | II | self-released |
| 15 | Gorrak | Gorrak | self-released |
| 16 | Camp Howard | Cañón | self-released |
| 17 | DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 18 | EmiSunshine and the Rain | Family Wars | Little Blackbird |
| 19 | Run River North | Monsters Calling Home, Vol. 2 | Nettwerk |
| 20 | Erin Anne | Tough Love | Carpark |
| 21 | Charly Bliss | Supermoon – EP | Barsuk |
| 22 | Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra | Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall | Doomtree |
| 23 | FKA Twigs | MAGDALENE | Young Turks |
| 24 | Kae Astra | Fortune – EP | Modern Outsider |
| 25 | Ice Cream | Fed Up | Ice Cream |
| 26 | Fran | A Private Picture | Fire Talk |
| 27 | Basement Revolver | Wax and Digital – EP | Sonic Unyon |
| 28 | FEA | No Novelties | Blackheart |
| 29 | The Deer | Do No Harm | Keeled Scales |
| 30 | Nikki Jean | Beautiful Prison | Rhymesayers |
Anna C. November 30th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Carmen Souza, Josienne Clarke, Piranha Rama, Sammi Lanzetta, Sleepwalkers
Genre charts for week ending Nov 29 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Nov 29
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOSIENNE CLARKE | In All Weather | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 2 | BONNIE PRINCE BILLY | I Made A Place | Drag City |
| 3 | TOO LATE TO PRAY: DEFIANT CHICAGO ROOTS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bloodshot |
| 4 | TYLER MEACHAM | Property [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | EMISUNSHINE AND THE RAIN | Family Wars | Little Blackbird |
| 6 | LANKUM | The Livelong Day | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 7 | BILL CALLAHAN | Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest | Drag City |
| 8 | WISHED BONE | Sap Season | Self-Released |
| 9 | LIZANNE KNOTT | Bones And Gravity | Good Dog Jake |
| 10 | MARIEE SIOUX | Grief in Exile | Night Bloom |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | ANT THE SYMBOL | The What?! | Gritty City |
| 3 | JUSTIS BRATT | Justified [EP] | Hollywood Starstruck |
| 4 | KANYE WEST | Jesus Is King | Def Jam |
| 5 | TY SORRELL | At God’s House | Citrus City/Disposable America |
| 6 | SOL DEVELOPMENT | The Sol of Black Folk | Self-Released |
| 7 | DANIEL SON AND FUTUREWAVE | Moonshine Mix 2 | Self-Released |
| 8 | VADO | Long Run Vol. 1 | DMG |
| 9 | IMBI THE GIRL | Back Then [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | ILLA STYLES | A Quarter ‘Til a Mil | Monsta Inc |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FUTUREPROJEKTOR | Terma | Self-Released |
| 2 | PETRICHOR | II | Custom Made |
| 3 | DEATH ANGEL | Humanicide | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | EXMORTUS | Legions Of The Undead [EP] | M-Theory |
| 5 | BLOOD INCANTATION | Hidden History of the Human Race | Dark Descent |
| 6 | CATTLE DECAPITATION | Death Atlas | Metal Blade |
| 7 | EQUIPOISE | Demiurgus | The Artisan Era |
| 8 | RINGS OF SATURN | GIDIM | Nuclear Blast |
| 9 | PELICAN | Nighttime Stories | Southern Lord |
| 10 | MONOLORD | No Comfort | Relapse |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FKA TWIGS | Magdalene | Young Turks/Beggars |
| 2 | GORRAK | Gorrak | Self-Released |
| 3 | FLYING LOTUS | Flamagra | Warp |
| 4 | YEULE | Serotonin II | Bayonet |
| 5 | TYCHO | Weather | Mom+Pop/Ninja Tune |
| 6 | COMET IS COMING, THE | Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery | Impulse! |
| 7 | DAM FUNK | STFU II | Glydezone |
| 8 | FEVER RAY | Live At Troxy | Mute |
| 9 | RHONDA HEAD | Akihtasona [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | OPIN | “No 3” [Single] | Self-Released |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KOKOLO AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA | 100 Fevers | Peace & Rhythm |
| 2 | LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE | Humans | Self-Released |
| 3 | LAKOU MIZIK | HaitiaNola | Cumbancha |
| 4 | OTAVA YO | Do You Love | ARC |
| 5 | HOPE MASIKE | The Exorcism Of A Spinster | WMN |
| 6 | XENIA RUBINOS | “DIOSA vs BUGEISHA” [Single] | Anti- |
| 7 | THIRD WORLD | “You’re Not The Only One (feat Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley)” [Single] | Ghetto Youth International |
| 8 | JAY DOUGLAS | “Jah Children (feat General Trees)” [Single] | Slammin Media |
| 9 | ROOTS RADICS | 12 Inches Of Dub [Advance Tracks] | VP |
| 10 | RICHIE SPACE | “Together We Stand” [Single] | VP |
Anna C. November 30th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: DJ Shadow, FKA twigs, FutureProjektor, Josienne Clarke, Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra