Top 30 new albums for the week ending Nov 2 presents:
Top 30 new albums for the week ending Nov 2
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 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 4 | The Bevis Frond | We’re Your Friends, Man | Fire |
| 5 | Mirah | Understanding | Absolute Magnitude |
| 6 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Lakeshore |
| 7 | Mountain Man | Magic Ship | Nonesuch |
| 8 | Lucinda Slim & the Lawmen | Lucinda Slim & the Lawmen | Haggis |
| 9 | Death Valley Girls | Darkness Rains | Suicide Squeeze |
| 10 | Various artists | Bad Reputation (Music from the Original Motion Picture) | Blackheart |
| 11 | Adrianne Lenker | abysskiss | Saddle Creek |
| 12 | Museum District | I Like It EP | self-released |
| 13 | Midlife Pilot | Ready To Be That Way – EP | self-released |
| 14 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 15 | Oneness of Juju | African Rhythms | Strut |
| 16 | Pill | Soft Hell | Mexican Summer |
| 17 | Antarctigo Vespucci | Love in the Time of E-Mail | Polyvinyl |
| 18 | Oh Pep! | I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You… | ATO |
| 19 | Boygenius | boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 20 | Julia Holter | Aviary | Domino |
| 21 | Yoko Ono | WARZONE | Chimera |
| 22 | Warm Drag | Warm Drag | In the Red |
| 23 | Bicicletas Por La Paz | Surfeando Un Cometa | self-released |
| 24 | Cloud Nothings | Last Building Burning | Carpark |
| 25 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 26 | Surfbort | Friendship Music | Cult / Fat Possum |
| 27 | Dean Wareham and Cheval Sombre | Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre | Double Feature |
| 28 | Mountain Movers | Pink Skies | Trouble in Mind |
| 29 | Connan Mockasin | Jassbusters | Mexican Summer |
| 30 | The Bottle Rockets | Bit Logic | Bloodshot |
Anna C. November 3rd, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cat Power, Manzara, Mirah, The Bevis Frond, Unmaker
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 28 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 28
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 | Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 | Free Dirt |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Black Masala | Trains And Moonlight Destinies | self-released |
| 4 | Bad Moves | Tell No One | Don Giovanni |
| 5 | Woolen Men | Post | Dogs Table |
| 6 | Eric Bachmann | No Recover | Merge |
| 7 | Maya Jupiter | Never Said Yes | Artivist Entertainment |
| 8 | Jeff the Brotherhood | Magick Songs | Dine Alone |
| 9 | The Sha La Das | Love in the Wind | Daptone |
| 10 | Custard Flux | Helium | self-released |
| 11 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 12 | Thalia Zedek Band | Fighting Season | Thrill Jockey |
| 13 | Death Bells | Echoes / Move Through Me – Single | Burning Rose |
| 14 | Low Cut Connie | Dirty Pictures (Part 2) | Contender |
| 15 | Erik Koskinen | Cruising Paradise – EP | Real Phonic |
| 16 | Human People | Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears | Exploding in Sound |
| 17 | Metric | Art of Doubt | BMG |
| 18 | Museum District | I Like It EP | self-released |
| 19 | Ohbliv | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 20 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 21 | Womajich Dialyseiz | Live in RVA | Grimakiln |
| 22 | Toward Space | Gently With a Chainsaw | Cult 45 |
| 23 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 24 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 25 | Malcolm Holcolmbe | Come Hell or High Water | Gypsy Eyes/Proper |
| 26 | The Goon Sax | We’re Not Talking | Wichita |
| 27 | Slothrust | The Pact | Dangerbird |
| 28 | Tirzah | Devotion | Domino |
| 29 | Mirah | Understanding | Absolute Magnitude |
| 30 | Spiritualized | And Nothing Hurt | Fat Possum |
Anna C. September 29th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Alice Gerrard, Bad Moves, Black Masala, Hazel Dickens, Manzara, Woolen Men
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24
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 | Toxic Moxie | BRATCORE (VCR cover) – Single | self-released |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Oh Sees | Smote Reverser | Castle Face |
| 4 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 6 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 7 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 8 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 9 | Songs From The Road Band | Road to Nowhere | Lucks Dumpy Toad |
| 10 | Phantastic Ferniture | Phantastic Ferniture | Polyvinyl |
| 11 | Preoccupations | New Material | Jagjaguwar |
| 12 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Calicoco | Float | Dadstache |
| 15 | Noisia & Two Fingers | Dzjengis – Single | Division |
| 16 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 17 | Ohbliv | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 18 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Mass Gothic | I’ve Tortured You Long Enough | Sub Pop |
| 21 | Nothing | Dance on the Blacktop | Relapse |
| 22 | Death Cab for Cutie | Thank You for Today | Atlantic |
| 23 | Dizzy | Baby Teeth | Royal Mountain |
| 24 | CoCo O’Connor | This Ol’ War | Satarah |
| 25 | Glenn Jones | The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works For 6 & 12 String Guitar | Thrill Jockey |
| 26 | Still Corners | Slow Air | Wrecking Light |
| 27 | Jeremy & the Harlequins | Remember This | Yep Roc |
| 28 | Indigo Girls | Live with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra | Rounder |
| 29 | Basement Revolver | Heavy Eyes | Sonic Unyon |
| 30 | Hawks and Doves | From a White Hotel | Jullian |
Anna C. August 25th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Kenneka Cook, Manzara, Mitski, Oh Sees, Toxic Moxie
Sunrise Ocean Bender (1st, 3rd)/ Altered Circuitry: ReWired (2nd,4th) / Various (5th) presents:
Sunrise Ocean Bender : August 23, 2018
Anna C. here from the Monday Breakfast Blend, filling in for Mr. Atavist on one of my favorite WRIR programs.
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Anna C. Sunrise Ocean Bender (1st, 3rd)/ Altered Circuitry: ReWired (2nd,4th) / Various (5th) August 23rd, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Canary Oh Canary, Lumerians, Manzara, Oh Sees, Prana Crafter, The Myrrors, Wooden Shjips
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 10 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 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
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Beach House | 7 | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 6 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 7 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 8 | Estrons | You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough | Gofod |
| 9 | The Hare and Hoofe | Voyager – EP | self-released |
| 10 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 11 | Murder by Death | The Other Shore | Bloodshot |
| 12 | Eliza Gilkyson | Secularia | Red House |
| 13 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 14 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 15 | Gabbie Rotts | Pink Drink Season | self-released |
| 16 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 17 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 18 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 19 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 20 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 21 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 22 | Ollen | Home Less | self-released |
| 23 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 24 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 25 | Free Cake For Every Creature | The Bluest Star | Double Double Whammy |
| 26 | Lemon Bucket Orkestra | If I Had The Strength | Six Degrees |
| 27 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberator Music |
| 28 | Denzel Curry | TA13OO | Loma Vista |
| 29 | Echo Courts | Room with a View | Refresh |
| 30 | Mariel Buckley | Driving in the Dark | self-released |
Anna C. August 11th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Beach House, Manzara, Piranha Rama, Spooky Cool
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 3 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 3
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 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 2 | The Internet | Hive Mind | Columbia |
| 3 | Tanukichan | Sundays | Company |
| 4 | Angelique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 5 | Bodega | Endless Scroll | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 6 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 7 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 8 | Lucy Dacus | Historian | Matador |
| 9 | Parquet Courts | Wide Awake! | Rough Trade |
| 10 | The Sword | Used Future | Razor & Tie |
| 11 | Speedy Ortiz | Twerp Verse | Carpark |
| 12 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom+Pop / Marathon / Milk! |
| 13 | Mourn | Sorpresa Familia | Captured Tracks |
| 14 | Kristin Hersh | Possible Dust Clouds | Fire |
| 15 | The Essex Green | Hardly Electronic | Merge |
| 16 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 17 | The Devil Makes Three | Chains Are Broken | New West |
| 18 | Yeni Nostalji | Yeni Nostalji | Ropeadope |
| 19 | Woody Woodworth & the Piners | Virginia | self-released |
| 20 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 21 | Cole Hicks | May Day | ANONYMOUS Genius / Purple Republic |
| 22 | Brunswick | Five Years | Papa Hotel |
| 23 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 24 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 25 | Here Lies Man | You Will Know Nothing | RidingEasy |
| 26 | Zoe Speaks | Wings | RedBird |
| 27 | Kevin Gordon | Tilt and Shine | Crowville Media |
| 28 | Denzel Curry | TA13OO | Loma Vista |
| 29 | YOB | Our Raw Heart | Relapse |
| 30 | Thin Lips | Chosen Family | Lame-O |
Anna C. August 4th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Angélique Kidjo, Bodega, Manzara, Tanukichan, The Internet
Top 30 for Feb 1-7 presents:
Top 30 for Feb 1-7
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Dacus | I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore [single] | Egghunt |
| 2 | Manzara | the hills are aLIVE AT SOUND OF MUSIC | self-released |
| 3 | Bob Mould | Voices in My Head [single] | Merge |
| 4 | Sidestepper | Supernatural Love | Real World Records |
| 5 | Hinds | Leave Me Alone | Mom + Pop |
| 6 | Bomba Estéreo | Amanecer | Sony Music Latin |
| 7 | Saintseneca | Such Things | Anti- |
| 8 | Promised Land Sound | For Use And Delight | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 9 | Ane Brun | When I’m Free | Balloon Ranger |
| 10 | Camille Trust | Wake Your Body Up [single] | self-released |
| 11 | Tindersticks | The Waiting Room | City Slang |
| 12 | Dumbo Gets Mad | Thank You Neil | Ghost / Bad Panda |
| 13 | Cage the Elephant | Tell Me I’m Pretty | RCA |
| 14 | E1SBAR | Televisual | Polar Vortex |
| 15 | Freakwater | Scheherazade | Bloodshot |
| 16 | Eleanor Friedberger | New View | Frenchkiss |
| 17 | Chairlift | Moth | Columbia |
| 18 | Future Elevators | Machine Maker [single] | Communicating Vessels |
| 19 | John Cale | M:Fans | Domino |
| 20 | Dressy Bessy | Kingsized | Yep Roc |
| 21 | Iggy Pop | Gardenia [single] | Loma Vista / Concord |
| 22 | Dawn Landes & Piers Faccini | Desert Songs | Six Degrees |
| 23 | Mothers | Copper Mines [single] | Grand Jury |
| 24 | Husky Rescue | The Long Lost Friend [Special Edition] | Catskills |
| 25 | Emily Yacina | Soft Stuff | self-released |
| 26 | Lil BUB | Science & Magic: A Soundtrack to the Universe | Joyful Noise |
| 27 | Lilith Ai | Riot | Lo |
| 28 | jennylee | right on! | Rough Trade |
| 29 | Au Pair | One Armed Candy Bear | Sham / Thirty Tigers |
| 30 | Klaus Johann Grobe | Baby lass uns sein b/w Ich bin nicht der Grund | Trouble in Mind |
Anna C. February 8th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: bob mould, Hinds, Lucy Dacus, Manzara, sidestepper