Top 30 new albums for week ending May 18 presents:

Top 30 new albums for week ending May 18

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	Nickelus F	Stuck	AGM
2	Yeni Nostalji	Yeni Nostalji	Ropeadope
3	Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks	Sparkle Hard	Domino
4	Davis Kathriner	Losing Habits	Amano
5	Mr. Airplane Man	Jacaranda Blue	self-released
6	Cavern of Anti-Matter	Hormone Lemonade	Duophonic
7	Mitski	Be the Cowboy	Dead Oceans
8	The Sea and Cake	Any Day	Thrill Jockey
9	Princess Nokia	A Girl Cried Red	Rough Trade
10	Fly Anakin & Ohbliv	Backyard Boogie	Mutant Academy
11	Saw Black	Water Tower	Crystal Pistol
12	Millz	The NorthFace, Vol 1.	self-released
13	Lucy Dacus	Historian	Matador
14	Ohbliv & Ben FM	Give it Uuup	Problematica
15	FM Skyline	EarthSim	Crystal Pistol
16	Parquet Courts	Wide Awake!	Rough Trade
17	Tracyanne & Danny	Tracyanne & Danny	Merge
18	Connections	Foreign Affairs	Trouble in Mind
19	Domenico Lancellotti	The Good is a Big God	Luaka Bop
20	Niña Dioz	Reyna	Nacional
21	The Bones of J.R. Jones	Ones to Keep Close	self-released
22	Illuminati Hotties	Kiss Yr Frenemies	Tiny Engines
23	Annie Lou	End Zone	Near North Music
24	Iceage	Beyondless	Matador
25	Beach House	7	Sub Pop
26	Black Moth Super Rainbow	Panic Blooms	Rad Cult
27	Middle Kids	Lost Friends	Lucky Number
28	La Luz	Floating Features	Hardly Art
29	Nickodemus	A Long Engagement	Wonderwheel
30	Speedy Ortiz	Twerp Verse	Carpark

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Anna C.    May 19th, 2018

Posted In: Charts

Tags: Davis Kathriner, Mr. Airplane Man, Nickelus F, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, Yeni Nostalji