genre charts for Jan 17 presents:
genre charts for Jan 17
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROZI PLAIN | Prize | Memphis Industries |
| 2 | JULIANNA RIOLINO | All Blue | You’ve Changed |
| 3 | MARISA ANDERSON | Still, Here | Thrill Jockey |
| 4 | ELIZA NIEMI | Staying Mellow Blows | Vain Mina |
| 5 | WILLI CARLISLE | Peculiar, Missouri | Free Dirt |
| 6 | JESCA HOOP | Order Of Romance | Memphis Industries |
| 7 | LUCY KAPLANSKY | Last Days Of Summer | Lucyricky |
| 8 | KENNY ROBY | Kenny Roby | Royal Potato Family |
| 9 | JESSIE BAYLIN | Jersey Girl | Blonde Rat |
| 10 | CHRISTINE SWEENEY | Heart In A Hurry | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOECHII | she/her/black b**ch [EP] | Top Dawg/Capitol |
| 2 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 3 | SOL MESSIAH | GOD CMPLX | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | MONDAY NIGHT AND 3WAYSLIM | Good Company | AllWeNeed |
| 5 | MOPES | Unwound | Strange Famous |
| 6 | DUB SONATA | Tranquilizer Dart | Man Bites Dog |
| 7 | CORMEGA | The Realness II | Viper |
| 8 | JID | The Forever Story | Dreamville/Interscope |
| 9 | HOMEBOY SANDMAN | Still Champion | Mello |
| 10 | PUSHA T | It’s Almost Dry | Getting Out Our Dreams |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THUNDERCHIEF | Dekk Meg | Self-Released |
| 2 | BYZANTINE | Black Sea Codex [EP] | EMI |
| 3 | ATROCITY | Okkult III | Massacre |
| 4 | RUSSIAN CIRCLES | Gnosis | Sargent House |
| 5 | DEMON KING | Vesania | The Artisan Era |
| 6 | FLUB | Dream Worlds | The Artisan Era |
| 7 | NE OBLIVISCARIS | Exul | Season of Mist |
| 8 | ERIK LARSON | Everything Breaks | Self-Released |
| 9 | ABLAZE MY SORROW | The Loss Of All Hope [EP] | Black Lion |
| 10 | SPIRE OF LAZARUS | Soaked In The Sands | Self-Released |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMET IS COMING, THE | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam | Impulse!/Verve |
| 2 | TREES SPEAK | Vertigo Of Flaws: Emancipation Of The Dissonance And Temperaments In Irrational Waveforms | Soul Jazz |
| 3 | MIA | MATA | island |
| 4 | ARCA | KiCK iiiii | XL |
| 5 | GHOST POWER | Ghost Power | Duophonic |
| 6 | EIKE HOSENFELD | Coctemalan | Salon Mondial |
| 7 | ARP NOVA AND SILENCE GROOVE | August Rush [EP] | 31 |
| 8 | FOUR TET | “Mango Feedback” b/w “Watersynth” [Single] | Text |
| 9 | HALOGENIX | Lost Friends [EP] | Gemini Gemini |
| 10 | BEBORN BETON | “Dancer In The Dark” [Single] | Dependent |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOS BITCHOS | Los Chrismos [EP] | City Slang |
| 2 | STAR FEMININE BAND | Star Feminine Band In Paris | Born Bad |
| 3 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | Ali | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 4 | BIO RITMO | Salsa System [EP] | Electric Cowbell |
| 5 | PERU SELVATICO | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Africa |
| 6 | CABRUERA | Sol A Pino | Polen |
| 7 | BALKA SOUND | Balka Sound | Strut |
| 8 | REDDY AMISI | Bailo Canto | Casa Do Canto |
| 9 | OLIVER NAYOKA | Oka Mmadu | Odogwu/Palenque |
| 10 | BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Sonbonbela | Sublime Frequencies |
Anna C. January 17th, 2023
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Doechii, Los Bitchos, Rozi Plain, The Comet is Coming, Thunderchief
top 30 new albums for Apr 12 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 12
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 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | Domino |
| 2 | Denzel Curry | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista |
| 3 | Widow Rings | Songs for the Hearse, Vol. 2 – Single | Housefire |
| 4 | The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys | Never Slow Down | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 5 | Los Bitchos | Let the Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 6 | Just Mustard | Heart Under | Partisan / Liberator Music |
| 7 | Mary J. Blige | Good Morning Gorgeous | 300 Entertainment |
| 8 | Fly Anakin | Frank | Lex |
| 9 | Guerilla Toss | Famously Alive | Sub Pop |
| 10 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Electricity | Merge |
| 11 | Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway | Crooked Tree | Nonesuch |
| 12 | Cliff and Ivy | Bloody Ghost – Single | House of Extreme Darkness |
| 13 | Shawnis and the Shimmers | Wasteland | Adang |
| 14 | Cut the Architect’s Hand | The Eternity Box | Aunt Mary / New Dirt |
| 15 | 3:33 | Moon Maniac – EP | self-released |
| 16 | Prayer Group | Michael Dose | self-released |
| 17 | A New Dawn Fades | I See the Nightbirds (Deluxe Reissue) | Cherub |
| 18 | Chris Ratterree | Established in 1971 | self-released |
| 19 | Ant The Symbol | Ant’s Addition | Vintage Youth |
| 20 | Ed Schrader’s Music Beat | Nightclub Daydreaming | Carpark |
| 21 | Anand Wilder | I Don’t Know My Words | Last Gang |
| 22 | Kilo Kish | AMERICAN GURL | Kisha Soundscapes + Audio |
| 23 | Jamie McLean Band | Paradise Found | Harmonized |
| 24 | Freakons | Freakons | Fluff and Gravy |
| 25 | Widowspeak | The Jacket | Captured Tracks |
| 26 | BODEGA | Broken Equipment | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 27 | Jeremy Ivey | Invisible Pictures | Anti/Epitaph |
| 28 | Whiskey West | Freight Train Mama | Whiskey West |
| 29 | Ceramic Animal | Sweet Unknown | Easy Eye Sound |
| 30 | The Birthday Massacre | Fascination | Metropolis |
Anna C. April 12th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Denzel Curry, Los Bitchos, The Po' Ramblin' Boys, wet leg, Widow rings
Tuesday Breakfast Blend presents:
Tuesday Breakfast Blend: March 8, 2022
Radio pals, I have a new theme song for the weeks when I’m filling in here. I ran across it a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t resist.
Anna C.’s playlist:
Anna C. Tuesday Breakfast Blend March 8th, 2022
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Anaïs Mitchell, Bitch, Cat Power, illuminati hotties, Los Bitchos, Mitski, Mr Twin Sister
top 30 new albums for Feb 15 presents:
top 30 new albums for Feb 15
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 | The Smile | The Smoke – Single | XL |
| 2 | Los Bitchos | Let the Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 3 | Fly Anakin | Frank | Lex |
| 4 | Silverbacks | Archive Material | Full Time Hobby |
| 5 | Mannequin Pussy | Perfect – EP | Epitaph |
| 6 | Cut the Architect’s Hand | The Eternity Box | Aunt Mary / New Dirt |
| 7 | Afro-Zen Allstars | The Buzz and the Bells | Aza |
| 8 | 3:33 | Moon Maniac – EP | self-released |
| 9 | Ben Butterworth | Purgatory Emporium | Walrus Party |
| 10 | Cassidy Snider & The Wranglers | Losing Lovers – EP | Vocal Rest |
| 11 | Frames | Every Room | Know Hope |
| 12 | Angelica Garcia | Echo Eléctrico – EP | Spacebomb |
| 13 | Various Artists | 20 Years of Cherub Records | Cherub |
| 14 | Animal Collective | Time Skiffs | Domino |
| 15 | Steve Poltz | Stardust and Satellites | Red House |
| 16 | Mitski | Laurel Hell | Dead Oceans |
| 17 | Rupert Wates | For the People | Bitemusic |
| 18 | Black Country, New Road | Ants From Up There | Ninja Tune |
| 19 | yeule | Glitch Princess | Bayonet |
| 20 | Anaïs Mitchell | Anaïs Mitchell | BMG |
| 21 | Reptaliens | Multiverse | Captured Tracks |
| 22 | Cloakroom | Dissolution Wave | Relapse |
| 23 | FKA twigs | CAPRISONGS | Young |
| 24 | Natalie Jane Hill | Solely | Dear Life |
| 25 | George Mann | A World Like This | Running Scared |
| 26 | They Might Be Giants | Book | Idlewild |
| 27 | IDLES | CRAWLER | Partisan / Liberator |
| 28 | Phương Tâm | Magical Nights: Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966) | Sublime Frequencies |
| 29 | Curtis Harding | If Words Were Flowers | Anti- |
| 30 | Dummy | Mandatory Enjoyment | Trouble In Mind |
Anna C. February 15th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Fly Anakin, Los Bitchos, Mannequin Pussy, Silverbacks, The Smile
genre charts for Feb 8 presents:
genre charts for Feb 8
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEN BUTTERWORTH | Purgatory Emporium | Walrus Party |
| 2 | FOREST SUN | “Embers” [Single] | Painted Sun |
| 3 | NICO PADDEN | Pirate Queen | Self-Released |
| 4 | JUDY NAZEMETZ | Meat Bird In Beigeville | Self-Released |
| 5 | ANAIS MITCHELL | Anais Mitchell | BMG |
| 6 | WATCHHOUSE | Watchhouse | Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | MYRIAM GENDRON | Ma Delire: Songs Of Love Lost & Found | Feeding Tube |
| 8 | SIERRA FERRELL | Long Time Coming | Rounder/Concord |
| 9 | HAND HABITS | Fun House | Saddle Creek |
| 10 | LUMP | Animal | Partisan/Chrysalis |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAPOLEON DA LEGEND | Modus Operandi | Self-Released |
| 2 | FLY ANAKIN | “No Dough” [Single] | Lex |
| 3 | RAHEIM SUPREME AND OHBLIV | Black Keys With The Melodies | Fuzzoscope |
| 4 | TENNISHU | Three Sides | American Paradox |
| 5 | DUCTTAPE JESUS | DuctTape Jesus | Public Welfare |
| 6 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | JAKE PALUMBO | Plant-Based Libtard | SpaceLAB |
| 8 | AWFUL P | Learning How To Fall | Self-Released |
| 9 | BANE CAPITAL AND KONCEPT JACKSON | Good Product | Self-Released |
| 10 | CUBBIEBEAR AND SEEZ MICS | Even In Death | Strange Famous |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DARKTHRONE | Eternal Hails…… | Peaceville |
| 2 | OBSCURA | A Valediction | Nuclear Blast |
| 3 | MAYHEM | Atavistic Black Disorder Kommando [EP] | Century |
| 4 | MODAL CITIZAN | Idolatry [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | SHADOW OF INTENT | “Intensified Genocide” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | PEBBLES PALACE | Shockoe Sessions Live! | In Your Ear Studio |
| 7 | ARMAGEDDON DILDOS | Destruction | Alfa Matrix |
| 8 | FIRST AID 4 SOULS | Beyond the Galaxy (Rework Version) | Alfa Matrix |
| 9 | RECTOR SCANNER | Das Mädchen Aus Dem All – EP II [EP] | Alfa Matrix |
| 10 | MATRIXX: 20 YEARS OF ALFA MATRIX | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Alfa Matrix |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NIGHTMARES ON WAX | Shout Out! To Freedom | Warp |
| 2 | GODFREE | LP1 | Self-Released |
| 3 | BURIAL | Antidawn EP [EP] | Hyperdub |
| 4 | EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY | Yellow | Movementt |
| 5 | FLYING LOTUS | Yasuke | Warp |
| 6 | UFFE | Words and Endings | On The Corner |
| 7 | OUI ENNUI | Zombie Head Bowling League | Self-Released |
| 8 | COLD BEAT | War Garden | Self-Released |
| 9 | ARUSHI JAIN | Under The Lilac Sky | Leaving |
| 10 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | “Electricity” [Single] | Merge |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOS BITCHOS | Let The Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 2 | PHUONG TAM | Magical Nights: Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul 1964-1966 | Sublime Frequencies |
| 3 | OLIVER NAYOKA | Club Series Chapter One | Odogwu/Palenque |
| 4 | AYANE SHINO | Sakura | Sublime |
| 5 | BURKINA AZZA | Wari Bo | Social Joy |
| 6 | YOUSSOU N’DOUR | Mbalax | Universal Africa |
| 7 | ORCHESTRE TOUT PUISSANT MARCEL DUCHAMP | We’re OK. But We’re Lost Anyway | Bongo Joe |
| 8 | BOUBACAR BADIAN DIABATE | Mande Guitar: African Guitar Series, Volume 1 | Lion Songs |
| 9 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 10 | MAJID SOULA | Chant Amazigh (Habibi Funk 017) | Habibi Funk |
Anna C. February 8th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Ben Butterworth, Los Bitchos, Napoleon Da Legend, Nightmares on Wax