Genre charts for week ending Nov 22 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Nov 22
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHARMA BOMBS | Enjoy The View | Self-Released |
| 2 | JOSIENNE CLARKE | In All Weather | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 3 | TOO LATE TO PRAY: DEFIANT CHICAGO ROOTS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bloodshot |
| 4 | GIRL IN RED | Beginnings | Self-Released |
| 5 | CHE APALACHE | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 6 | JAKE OWEN | Greetings From…Jake | Big Loud |
| 7 | MATTHEW AND THE ATLAS | Morning Dancer (Unplugged) | MATA |
| 8 | ROBBIE BASHO | Visions of the Country | Gnome Life |
| 9 | JIM MORAY | The Outlander | Managed Decline |
| 10 | SMITH AND MCCLENNAN | Small Town Stories | White Fall |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOGFUQ | L’alphabet | Self-Released |
| 2 | OHBLIV | Give Thanks | Fat Beats |
| 3 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 4 | APOLLO BROWN | Sincerely, Detroit | Mellow |
| 5 | MUSTARD | Perfect Ten | Ten Summers |
| 6 | KOOL KEITH | Keith | Mello |
| 7 | JUSTIS BRATT | Justified [EP] | Hollywood Starstruck |
| 8 | MEGAN THEE STALLION | Fever | 300 |
| 9 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN |
| 10 | FAT JOE | “YES” [Single] | RNG / EMPIRE |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETRICHOR | II | Custom Made |
| 2 | MONOLORD | No Comfort | Relapse |
| 3 | NILE | Vile Nilotic Rites | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | SUNN O))) | Pyroclasts | Sounthern Lord |
| 5 | PELICAN | Nighttime Stories | Southern Lord |
| 6 | RINGS OF SATURN | Gidim | Nuclear Blast |
| 7 | EQUIPOISE | Demiurgus | The Artisan Era |
| 8 | KING DIAMOND | “Masquerade Of Madness” [Single] | Metal Blade |
| 9 | SEPULTURA | “Isolation” [Single] | Nuclear Blast |
| 10 | OBITUARY | “A Dying World” [Single] | Relapse |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHROMATICS | Closer To Grey | Italians Do It Better |
| 2 | TOXIC MOXIE | Falkonia | Self-Released |
| 3 | COM TRUISE | Persuasion System | Ghostly |
| 4 | BLACK MARBLE | Bigger Than Life | Sacred Bones |
| 5 | CITY AND IO | Spirit Volume | PTP |
| 6 | HYPNOLOVE | Plexus | Record Makers |
| 7 | HERON AND CRANE | Firesides | Hibernator Gigs |
| 8 | AFRIQUA | Colored | R & S |
| 9 | DJ HARAM | Grace [EP] | Hyperdub |
| 10 | DANKMUS | It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Blurst of Times. | Dankcrest Enterprises |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JUANA MOLINA | Forfun [EP] | Crammed |
| 2 | POUR ME A GROG | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Ostinato |
| 3 | ADOLFO ECHEVERRIA Y SU ORQUESTA | Sabroso Bacalao | Vampisoul |
| 4 | FARAFI | Calico Soul | Piranha |
| 5 | KEITH AND TEX | Greatest Hits 1966-1970 | Rebel Sound |
| 6 | FLYING ORKESTAR | Les Yeux Qui Pleurent | Eben Productions |
| 7 | LOS AFROINS | A Gozar Salsomanos | Vampisoul |
| 8 | TINARIWEN | Amadjar | Anti- |
| 9 | GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE, THE | Aban | Stonetree |
| 10 | JAH9 | “Ma’at (Each Man)” [Single] | VP |
Anna C. November 23rd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Chromatics, Dharma Bombs, Dogfuq, Juana Molina, Petrichor
Genre charts for week ending Oct 4 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Oct 4
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHE APALACHE | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 2 | CHARLIE PARR | Charlie Parr | Red House/Compass |
| 3 | DEAD SOUTH, THE | Sugar & Joy | Six Shooter |
| 4 | AN AMERICAN FOREST | O Brother, Donder Yonder? | Self-Released |
| 5 | SAFIA NOLIN | xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx [EP] | Bonsound |
| 6 | PEARLA | Quilting And Other Activities | Egghunt |
| 7 | CERNY BROTHERS, THE | Common Sense [EP] | Cleveland International |
| 8 | HACKENSAW BOYS | A Fireproof House Of Sunshine [EP] | Free Dirt |
| 9 | DORI FREEMAN | Every Single Star | Blue Hens |
| 10 | JONAH TOLCHIN | Fires For The Cold | Yep Roc |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIRTAW | Vandals | MXC |
| 2 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | WIKI | “Eggs” [Single] | Wikset Enterprises |
| 4 | OPIOID ERA, THE | 3 X Dope West Coast Edition | Pill Press |
| 5 | SYCHO SID | Sunset Drive 2 | Mutant Academy |
| 6 | KONCEPT JACKSON | Newport 1000s | Self-Released |
| 7 | BIGAL HARRISON | Bintage | Self-Released |
| 8 | DANNY BROWN | uknowhatimsayin¿ [Advance Tracks] | Warp |
| 9 | ATM | ATM [EP] | Mass Appeal |
| 10 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETRICHOR | II | Custom Made |
| 2 | STONEBURNER | Technology Implies Belligerence | Self-Released |
| 3 | ENFORCER | Zenith | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | FALLUJAH | Undying Light | Nuclear Blast |
| 5 | ALCEST | Spiritual Instinct | Nuclear Blast |
| 6 | TOOL | Fear Inoculum | RCA |
| 7 | MO’YNOQ | Dreaming In A Dead Language | Self-Released |
| 8 | AENIMUS | Dreamcatcher | Nuclear Blast |
| 9 | PIG’S BLOOD | A Flock Slaughtered | Stygian Black Hand |
| 10 | CLIFF AND IVY | Deathmask Devotion [EP] | House of Extreme Darkness |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLUME | Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape) | Future Classic |
| 2 | OLI XL | Rogue Intruder, Soul Enhancer | Bloom |
| 3 | HOLLY HERNDON | Proto | 4AD |
| 4 | MORT GARSON | Mother Earth’s Plantasia [Reissue] | Sacred Bones |
| 5 | HERON AND CRANE | Firesides | Hibernator Gigs |
| 6 | AFROSIDERAL | El Olimpo De Los Orishas | Wonderwheel |
| 7 | CASHMERE CAT | PRINCESS CATGIRL | Mad Love/Interscope |
| 8 | KREIDLER | Flood | Bureau B |
| 9 | LISTENING CENTER | Echoes and Reverberations | A Year In The Country |
| 10 | GORRAK | Gorrak | Self-Released |
World
None this week.
Anna C. October 5th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Che Apalache, Flume, Mirtaw, Petrichor
Genre charts for week ending Feb 8 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Feb 8
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 2 | LULA WILES | What Will We Do | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 3 | MATT ELLIS | Rambler Pacifico | Self-Released |
| 4 | CHARLENE SORAIA | Where’s My Tribe | Peace Frog |
| 5 | DANNY BURNS | North Country | Pinecastle |
| 6 | MANDOLIN ORANGE | Tides Of A Teardrop [Advance Tracks] | Yep Roc |
| 7 | SARAH LOUISE | Nighttime Birds And Morning Stars | Thrill Jockey |
| 8 | SUE JEFFERS | Owning Class Hero | Self-Released |
| 9 | DANNY SCHMIDT | Owls | Self-Released |
| 10 | HAYES CARLL | What It Is | Dualtone |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAS | Milky Way | Dreamville |
| 2 | DOOF | Tha Bridge Strangler | Gritty City |
| 3 | JAMES BLAKE | Assume Form | Polydor |
| 4 | BLOOD ORANGE | Negro Swan | Domino |
| 5 | OHBLIV | Soulphonic | UKNOWY |
| 6 | TE’AMIR | Abyssinia Rise [EP] | Tru Thoughts |
| 7 | 21 SAVAGE | I Am > I Was | Slaughter Gang |
| 8 | BUDDY | Harlan & Alondra | Lil Cool Company |
| 9 | HECTOR GUERRA | Desde el Infierno | TheMusicJoint |
| 10 | MOURNING [A] BLKSTR | The Garner Poems | Electric Cowbell |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETRICHOR | II | Self-Released |
| 2 | ANGEL METRO | Dark Days Bright Lights | Self-Released |
| 3 | YATRA | Death Ritual | Grimoire |
| 4 | ROY BATTY | Roy Batty | Self-Released |
| 5 | GOTHIC LIZARD | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision |
| 6 | CURSIVE | Vitriola | 15 Passenger |
| 7 | DRAGONLORD | Dominion | Spinefarm |
| 8 | HATE ETERNAL | Upon Desolate Sands | Season Of Mist |
| 9 | GUMMING | Human Values | Self-Released |
| 10 | CONSTANT MONGREL | Living In Excellence | La Vide Es Un Mus Discos |
RPM
There were not a sufficient number of albums played to generate a chart this week.
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LE VENT DU NORD | Territoires | Borealis |
| 2 | DAKTARIS, THE | Soul Explosion [Remastered] | Desco/Daptone |
| 3 | SALIF KEITA | Un Autre Blanc | Naive |
| 4 | COMBO CHIMBITA | “Testigo” [Single] | Anti- |
| 5 | BERES HAMMOND | Never Ending | VP |
| 6 | THIRD WORLD | “Loving You Is Easy” [Single] | Ghetto Youths International |
| 7 | CLAUDE FONTAINE | “Cry For Another” [Single] | Innovative Leisure |
| 8 | STEP FORWARD YOUTH | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Greensleeves |
| 9 | JAAKKO LAITINEN AND VAARA RAHA | “I Taget Finns En Restaurangvagn” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
Anna C. February 9th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bas, Le Vent Du Nord, Leyla McCalla, Petrichor
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 25 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunswick | Five Years | Papa Hotel |
| 2 | Petrichor | II | self-released |
| 3 | Toro y Moi | Outer Peace | Carpark |
| 4 | Mdou Moctar | Ilana (The Creator) | Sahel Sounds |
| 5 | Sneaks | Highway Hypnosis | Merge |
| 6 | Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch | An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil | Sacred Bones |
| 7 | Piranha Rama | S/T | Trrrash |
| 8 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 9 | Michael Chapman | True North | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 10 | Colter Wall | Songs of the Plains | Young Mary’s |
| 11 | Gemini Love | This Is Not Science | self-released |
| 12 | Debrider | Gift Horse – EP | self-released |
| 13 | Large Margin | Large Margin | Cheap Cuts |
| 14 | Danny Burns | North Country | Pinecastle |
| 15 | Deerhunter | Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? | 4AD |
| 16 | Steve Gunn | The Unseen In Between | Matador |
| 17 | Buke and Gase | Scholars | Brassland |
| 18 | Pedro The Lion | Phoenix | Polyvinyl |
| 19 | DAWN | new breed | Local Action / Our Dawn Ent |
| 20 | Malibu Ken | Malibu Ken | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| 21 | James Blake | Assume Form | Polydor |
| 22 | Daniel Romano | Finally Free | New West |
| 23 | CAVE | Allways | Drag City |
| 24 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 25 | Kikagaku Moyo | Masana Temples | Guruguru Brain |
| 26 | Doe | Grow into It | Big Scary Monsters / Topshelf |
| 27 | Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams | Merge |
| 28 | The Dodos | Certainty Waves | Polyvinyl |
| 29 | Metric | Art of Doubt | BMG |
| 30 | Calvin Johnson | A Wonderful Beast | K |
Anna C. January 26th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Brunswick, Mdou Moctar, Petrichor, Sneaks, toro y moi
Genre charts for week ending Jan 25 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Jan 25
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COLTER WALL | Songs Of The Plains | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | DANNY BURNS | North Country | Self-Released |
| 3 | DANIEL ROMANO | Finally Free | You’ve Changed |
| 4 | MICHIGAN RATTLERS | Evergreen | Self-Released |
| 5 | HONEY DEWDROPS | Anyone Can See | Self-Released |
| 6 | AMY MCCARLEY | MECO | Self-Released |
| 7 | BLAKE MILLER AND THE OLD FASHIONED ACES | Quelle Belle Journee | Self-Released |
| 8 | DOM FLEMONS | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 9 | GRETCHEN PETERS | Dancing With The Beast | Curb |
| 10 | NEYLA PEKARAK | Rattlesnake | S-Curve |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAWN | New Breed | Local Action/Our Dawn |
| 2 | MALIBU KEN | Malibu Ken | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | JAMES BLAKE | Assume Form | Polydor |
| 4 | BAS | Milky Way | Dreamville |
| 5 | SANJI THE HEDGEHOG | Slump Garden | Self-Released |
| 6 | AYELLE | “Obvious” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | NONAME | “Song 31” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | MADISON MCFERRIN | Finding Foundations: Vol II [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | 99 Cent Dreams | Yep Roc |
| 10 | OHBLIV | Soulphonic | UKNOWY |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETRICHOR | II | Self-Released |
| 2 | UNMAKER | Firmament | Self-Released |
| 3 | FUCKED UP | Dose Your Dreams | Merge |
| 4 | BLOODYWOOD | “Endurant” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | ROY BATTY | Roy Batty | Self-Released |
| 6 | SERQET | “Oleander” [Single] | Vinyl Conflict |
| 7 | DRAGONLORD | Dominion | Spinefarm |
| 8 | HATE ETERNAL | Upon Desolate Sands | Season Of Mist |
| 9 | NAGLFAR | Principium | Floga |
| 10 | MONSTROSITY | The Passage of Existence | Metal Blade |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOZEF VAN WISSEM AND JIM JARMUSCH | An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil | Sacred Bones |
| 2 | COMET IS COMING, THE | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery | Impulse! |
| 3 | KID KOALA | Music to Draw To: Io | Arts & Crafts |
| 4 | MATMOS | Plastic Anniversary | Thrill Jockey |
| 5 | GEORGE CLANTON | Slide | 100% Electronica |
| 6 | JOHANN JOHANNSSON | Mandy [OST] | INVADA |
| 7 | JAKOB SKOTT | Instrumentality | El Paraiso |
| 8 | BOOKA SHADE | “I Go, I Go (feat. Kaktus Einarsson)” [Single] | Blaufield |
| 9 | GESAFFELSTEIN AND THE WEEKEND | “Lost in the Fire” [Single] | Columbia |
| 10 | SHORMEY | “Cruise!” [Single] | Citrus City |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MDOU MOCTAR | “Kamane Tarhanin” [Single] | Sahel Sounds |
| 2 | BASSEKOU KOUYATE AND NGONI BA | Miri | OutHere |
| 3 | JUANECO Y SU COMBO | El Gran Cacique | Infopesa |
| 4 | VAUDOU GAME | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 5 | SARAZINO | Mama Funny Day | Cumbancha |
| 6 | DUR DUR BAND | Dur Dur Band Of Somalia, Volume 1, Volume 2 | Analog Africa |
| 7 | ATERCIOPELADOS | Claroscura | Sony Colombia |
| 8 | DAKTARIS, THE | Soul Explosion [Remastered] | Desco/Daptone |
| 9 | SALIF KEITA | Un Autre Blanc | Naive |
| 10 | BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Siri Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies |
Anna C. January 26th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Colter Wall, DAWN, Jim Jarmusch, Jozef Van Wissem, Mdou Moctar, Petrichor