top 30 new albums for May 25 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 25
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 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 2 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 3 | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy | Superwolves | Drag City |
| 4 | Natik Awayez | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 5 | José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz | Lua Ki Di Nos | Hot Mule |
| 6 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | Matador |
| 7 | Downhaul | Proof | Refresh |
| 8 | Castalia | Blue Moon – EP | self-released |
| 9 | Gusher | Bleed Out | Gusher1312 |
| 10 | Gutterwall | After The Fall | Etching Tin |
| 11 | Current Joys | Voyager | Secretly Canadian |
| 12 | Five Mile Mountain Road | Swingbilly Swagger | Patuxent Music |
| 13 | FACS | Present Tense | Trouble In Mind |
| 14 | Lionel Boy | Lionel Boy | Innovative Leisure |
| 15 | Sarah Neufeld | Detritus | Paper Bag |
| 16 | The Black Keys | Delta Kream | Nonesuch |
| 17 | St. Vincent | Daddy’s Home | Loma Vista |
| 18 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 19 | Rae Isla | Another Life | INSRGNT ARTS |
| 20 | Colleen | The Tunnel and the Clearing | Thrill Jockey |
| 21 | TOR | Oasis Sky | self-released |
| 22 | Crumb | Ice Melt | self-released |
| 23 | Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade | Merge |
| 24 | Rochelle Jordan | Play with the Changes | self-released |
| 25 | Silver Synthetic | Silver Synthetic | Third Man |
| 26 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 27 | Death from Above 1979 | Is 4 Lovers | Everything Eleven |
| 28 | Danny Burns | Hurricane – EP | Bonfire |
| 29 | Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! | Constellation |
Anna C. May 25th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Goat Girl, José Carlos Schwarz, Le Cobiana Djazz, Matt Sweeney, McKinley Dixon, Natik Awayez
genre charts for May 25 presents:
genre charts for May 25
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATIK AWAYEZ | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 2 | CASTALIA | Blue Moon [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | FIVE MILE MOUNTAIN ROAD | Swingbilly Swagger | Self-Released |
| 4 | DANNY BURNS | Hurricane [EP] | Bonfire |
| 5 | FLOCK OF DIMES | Head Of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 6 | CHRIS PIERCE | American Silence | Self-Released |
| 7 | JP HARRIS’ DREADFUL WIND AND RAIN | Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man | Free Dirt |
| 8 | JOHN CRAIGIE | Asterisk The Universe | Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | LADY MAISERY | Mayday | Self-Released |
| 10 | CLEM SNIDE AND EEF BARZELAY | “I Can’t Make You Love Me” [Single] | Zahpwee |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 2 | LUSHLIFE | Redamancy [EP] | Fortune Tellers |
| 3 | ALCHEMIST, THE | This Thing Of Ours [EP] | ALC |
| 4 | DRAKE | Scary Hours 2 [EP] | Ovo/Republic |
| 5 | DJ MUGGS AND FLEE LORD | Rammellzee | Soul Assassins |
| 6 | CONWAY THE MACHINE | La Maquina | Griselda/Drumwork/EMPIRE |
| 7 | ARMAND HAMMER AND THE ALCHEMIST | Haram | Backwoodz |
| 8 | ICEROCKS | Crossing The Rubicon | Self-Released |
| 9 | PINK SIIFU AND FLY ANAKIN | $mokebreak | Lex |
| 10 | EVIDENCE | “Pardon Me” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CANNIBAL CORPSE | Violence Unimagined | Metal Blade |
| 2 | EMPYRIUM | Über den Sternen | Prophecy Productions |
| 3 | MORBIFIC | Ominous Seep of Putridity | Self-Released |
| 4 | STORTREGN | Impermanence | The Artisan Era |
| 5 | FORELUNAR | Forlorn in Despair | Self-Released |
| 6 | VALDAUDR | Drapsdalen | Soulseller |
| 7 | SOLSTICE | Casting the Die | Emanzipation Producitons |
| 8 | AT THE GATES | “Spectre Of Extinction” [Single] | Century Media |
| 9 | CURSE MACKEY | Submerge | Negative Gain Productions |
| 10 | KIRLIAN CAMERA | Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate of Toxic Daybreak) | Dependent |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GUTTERWALL | After The Fall | Etching Tin |
| 2 | COLLEEN | “Hidden In The Current” [Single] | Thrill Jockey |
| 3 | ROCHELLE JORDAN | Play With The Changes | Young Art |
| 4 | YU SU | Yellow River Blue | Bie |
| 5 | DNTEL | The Seas Trees See | Morr |
| 6 | GARY NUMAN | Intruder [Advance Tracks] | BMG |
| 7 | BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS | Cosmorama | Ghost Box |
| 8 | UNKNOWN ME | Bishintai | Not Not Fun |
| 9 | BARA HARI | Dark New Day | Re:mission Entertainment |
| 10 | MOTH EFFECT | Hovering | Cue Dot |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 2 | COLOR DE TROPICO, VOL. 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | El Palmas |
| 3 | U-ROY | “Man Next Door (feat Santigold)” [Single] | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 4 | BAIUCA | Embruxo | Raso Estudio |
| 5 | NATIK AWAYEZ | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 6 | INNOV GNAWA | Lila | Daptone |
| 7 | MARIA RAQUEL Y SUS MARAVILLAS | “El Tiempo Se Acabo” [Single] | Chulo |
| 8 | AYUUNE SULE | Putoo Katare Tire | Rebel Up |
| 9 | STRAIGHT FROM THE DECKS 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Pura Vida Sounds/Heavenly Sweetness |
| 10 | DOBET GNAHORE | Couleur [Advance Tracks] | Cumbancha |
Anna C. May 25th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cannibal Corpse, Gutterwall, McKinley Dixon, Mdou Moctar, Natik Awayez