top 100 new albums for WRIR in 2020 presents:
top 100 new albums for WRIR in 2020
The chart reflects the diversity of programming on WRIR. In an average week, WRIR DJs play approximately 1,200 unique albums (and EPs and singles).
| 1 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 2 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | Positive No | Kyanite | Little Black Cloud |
| 4 | En Attendant Ana | Juillet | Trouble in Mind |
| 5 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 6 | Keleketla! | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 7 | Addy | Eclipse | Topshelf |
| 8 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 9 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad | Secretly Canadian |
| 10 | Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin | FlySiifu’s | Lex |
| 11 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia |
| 12 | Big No | Big No | self-released |
| 13 | Nas | King’s Disease | Mass Appeal |
| 14 | Moses Sumney | græ | Jagjaguwar |
| 15 | Johnny Ciggs | Lighters and Lightbulbs | Gritty City |
| 16 | Algiers | There Is No Year | Matador |
| 17 | Sneeze | Self-Titled | self-released |
| 18 | SAULT | UNTITLED (Black Is) | Forever Living Originals |
| 19 | Run The Jewels | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners / BMG |
| 20 | Melenas | Días Raros | Trouble in Mind |
| 21 | Horse Lords | The Common Task | Northern Spy |
| 22 | Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Epic |
| 23 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 24 | True Body | Heavenly Rhythms for the Uninitiated | Funeral Party |
| 25 | Fontaines D.C. | A Hero’s Death | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 26 | Angelica Garcia | Cha Cha Palace | Spacebomb |
| 27 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 28 | Shabaka and the Ancestors | We Are Sent Here By History | Impulse! |
| 29 | Moaning | Uneasy Laughter | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Megan Thee Stallion | Good News | 300 Entertainment |
| 31 | gnawing | Shaky – EP | Refresh |
| 32 | Coriky | Coriky | Dischord |
| 33 | Action Bronson | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 34 | Og Illa | Richmond Renegade | HLGNLIFE / Gritty City |
| 35 | Jake Blount | Spider Tales | Free Dirt |
| 36 | Deerhoof | Future Teenage Cave Artists | Joyful Noise |
| 37 | Blu & Exile | Miles | Fat Beats |
| 38 | Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes | What Kinda Music | Beyond The Groove / Blue Note |
| 39 | OOIOO | nijimusi | Thrill Jockey |
| 40 | Mourn | Self Worth | Captured Tracks |
| 41 | Man Man | Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between | Sub Pop |
| 42 | Aesop Rock | Spirit World Field Guide | Rhymesayers |
| 43 | Westside Gunn | Pray for Paris | Griselda |
| 44 | Trapcry | Dangerous | 1986 |
| 45 | The Birthday Massacre | Diamonds | Metropolis |
| 46 | Smyth Knight | North Chesterfield | Kidz At Play |
| 47 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Sideways to New Italy | Ivy League / Sub Pop |
| 48 | Protomartyr | Ultimate Success Today | Domino |
| 49 | OHMME | Fantasize Your Ghost | Joyful Noise |
| 50 | Julianna Barwick | Healing Is a Miracle | Ninja Tune |
| 51 | Inter Arma | Garbers Days Revisited | Relapse |
| 52 | Eliza Juno | Do Tree Lobsters Experience Love | Eliza Juno; self-released |
| 53 | Deradoorian | Find the Sun | Anti/Epitaph |
| 54 | Big Baby | Fizzy Cola – EP | self-released |
| 55 | Zhé Aqueen | The Hypnomonic Album | Heye Vibez |
| 56 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Warp |
| 57 | THICK | 5 Years Behind | Epitaph |
| 58 | Spectres | Nostalgia | Artoffact |
| 59 | Six Organs of Admittance | Companion Rises | Drag City |
| 60 | RVG | Feral | Fire |
| 61 | Prof | Powderhorn Suites | Ineffable |
| 62 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 63 | Homeboy Sandman | Don’t Feed the Monster | Mello Music Group |
| 64 | Hamerkop | Remote | Drag City |
| 65 | Flat Worms | Antarctica | GOD? |
| 66 | Christine and the Queens | La vita nuova – EP | Because Music |
| 67 | Chris Brown | Slime & B | Chris Brown Entertainment/300 Entertainment/RCA |
| 68 | Cable Ties | Far Enough | Poison City |
| 69 | Atmosphere | The Day Before Halloween | Rhymesayers |
| 70 | U.S. Girls | Heavy Light | 4AD |
| 71 | The Magnetic Fields | Quickies | Nonesuch |
| 72 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush | Island / Interscope / Fiction / Caroline |
| 73 | Sweeping Promises | Hunger for a Way Out | Feel It |
| 74 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 75 | Moses Boyd | Dark Matter | Exodus |
| 76 | Lomelda | Hannah | Double Double Whammy |
| 77 | Kosha Dillz | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 78 | Kenny Mason | Angelic Hoodrat | self-released |
| 79 | Jeff Parker | Suite for Max Brown | International Anthem |
| 80 | IDLES | Ultra Mono | PTKF; Partisan / Liberator Music |
| 81 | Holy Fuck | Deleter | Last Gang |
| 82 | Gumming | Overripe | Vinyl Conflict |
| 83 | FM Skyline | Liteware | 100% Electronica; Crystal Pistol |
| 84 | Fight Cloud | Thoughts Aligned | self-released |
| 85 | Colin Phils | Trust/Fall | Post. |
| 86 | Busta Rhymes | Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God | The Conglomerate Entertainment, Inc. / EMPIRE |
| 87 | Anjimile | Giver Taker | Father/Daughter |
| 88 | Adrianne Lenker | songs | 4AD |
| 89 | vv | III | self-released |
| 90 | The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers | Carpark |
| 91 | Testament | Titans of Creation | Nuclear Blast |
| 92 | Peel Dream Magazine | Agitprop Alterna | Slumberland |
| 93 | Open Mike Eagle | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 94 | Lithics | Tower of Age | Trouble In Mind |
| 95 | Kelly Lee Owens | Inner Song | Smalltown Supersound |
| 96 | Isobel Campbell | There is No Other… | Cooking Vinyl Limited |
| 97 | FACS | Void Moments | Trouble In Mind |
| 98 | Evidence | Unlearning – Single | Rhymesayers |
| 99 | Justis Bratt | LHPS (Radio Edit) – Single | Hollywood Starstruck |
| 100 | BlackLiq x Ohbliv | The Best – Single | No Other Way |
Anna C. December 29th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Addy, Butcher Brown, Deau Eyes, En Attendant Ana, Fly Anakin, Keleketla!, Phoebe Bridgers, Pink Siifu, Porridge Radio, Positive No, Sa-Roc
top 30 new albums for Jul 28 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jul 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.
| 1 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 2 | Irreversible Entanglements | Who Sent You? | International Anthem |
| 3 | Amon Tobin & Figueroa | Weather Girl – Single | Nomark |
| 4 | Algiers | There Is No Year | Matador |
| 5 | Blitzen Trapper | Holy Smokes Future Jokes | Yep Roc |
| 6 | Sons Of The James, Rob Milton & DJ Harrison | Happy / Things I Should Have Said – Single | Fresh Selects |
| 7 | Shagwüf | Dog Days of Disco | self-released |
| 8 | Melenas | Días Raros | Trouble In Mind |
| 9 | A Certain Ratio | Always In Love – Single | Mute |
| 10 | Eric Slick | Wiseacre | self-released |
| 11 | Lance Bangs | Whammy – EP | Citrus City |
| 12 | Koncept Jack$on | Thot Rap Chapter 2 | self-released |
| 13 | DarkTwaine_ | The Hainted | self released |
| 14 | gnawing | Shaky | Refresh |
| 15 | Ronnie Luxe | Rabbit Hole EP | self-released |
| 16 | Gumming | Overripe | Vinyl Conflict |
| 17 | FM Skyline | Liteware | 100% Electronica |
| 18 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 19 | Addy | Eclipse | Topshelf |
| 20 | Modal Citizan | Control Alter Deplete | self-released |
| 21 | Richmond Avant Improv Collective (RAIC) | Chance Operations | Blight |
| 22 | Faucet | Bitter Insane Melting | self-released |
| 23 | Big No | Big No | Flux Editions |
| 24 | The Jerry Cans | Echoes | Aakuluk Music |
| 25 | Khruangbin | Mordechai | Dead Oceans |
| 26 | Radnor & Lee | Golden State | Flower Moon |
| 27 | Dexateens | Live From Athens GA – Heathens Homecoming 2020 | Cornelius Chapel |
| 28 | Molly Maguires | Public Enemies | self-released |
| 29 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 30 | Jehnny Beth | To Love is to Live | 20L07 |
Anna C. July 28th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Algiers, Amon Tobin, Blitzen Trapper, Figueroa, Irreversible Entanglements, Phoebe Bridgers
top 30 new albums for July 14 presents:
top 30 new albums for July 14
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 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 2 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour | Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia |
| 3 | Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 4 | Fight Cloud | Thoughts Aligned | Fight Cloud |
| 5 | Sufjan Stevens | The Ascension | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 6 | Trapcry | Stay Up | 1986 |
| 7 | Public Enemy | State of the Union (STFU) – Single | Enemy |
| 8 | Khruangbin | Mordechai | Dead Oceans |
| 9 | Calibro 35 | Momentum | Record Kicks |
| 10 | Lido Pimienta | Miss Colombia | Anti- |
| 11 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 12 | Keleketla! | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 13 | Calvin Presents | Here. (feat. Sam Reed) – Single | self-released |
| 14 | Damaged Bug | Bug on Yonkers | Castle Face |
| 15 | Fontaines D.C. | A Hero’s Death | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 16 | THICK | 5 Years Behind | Epitaph |
| 17 | BAD MOVES | Untenable | Don Giovanni |
| 18 | Dirty Projectors | Flight Tower – EP | Domino |
| 19 | Marlon Craft | Work From Home – EP | Sony Music |
| 20 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 21 | Camille Delean | Cold House Burning | New Habitat |
| 22 | Owen | The Avalanche | Big Scary Monsters |
| 23 | Céu | APKÁ! | Six Degrees |
| 24 | Future Punx | 2020 | 2020 Anniversary |
| 25 | Don Bryant | You Make Me Feel | Fat Possum |
| 26 | Run The Jewels | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners |
| 27 | OHMME | Fantasize Your Ghost | Joyful Noise |
| 28 | Sports Team | Deep Down Happy | Bright Antenna |
| 29 | Modern Nature | Annual | Bella Union |
| 30 | No Age | Goons Be Gone | Drag City |
Anna C. July 14th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Black Jesus Experience, Chloe x Halle, Fight Cloud, Mulatu Astatke, Phoebe Bridgers, Sufjan Stevens
Top 30 new albums for Apr 21 presents:
Top 30 new albums for Apr 21
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 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 2 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 3 | Moses Sumney | græ | Jagjaguwar |
| 4 | Yaeji | WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 | XL |
| 5 | Colin Phils | Trust/Fall | Post. |
| 6 | The Legendary Ingramettes | Take a Look in the Book | Virginia Folklife |
| 7 | Tennis | Swimmer | Mutually Detrimental |
| 8 | Scoopkid | ScoopKid | Satellite Syndicate |
| 9 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 10 | Porches | Ricky Music | Domino |
| 11 | OOIOO | nijimusi | Thrill Jockey |
| 12 | Pharoah Sanders | Live in Paris (1975) | Transversales Disques |
| 13 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 14 | The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers | Carpark |
| 15 | The Buttertones | Jazzhound | Innovative Leisure |
| 16 | The Meters | Gettin’ Funkier All the Time: The Complete Josie, Reprise and Warner Recordings 1968-1977 | Warner Music |
| 17 | Man Man | Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between | Sub Pop |
| 18 | The Birthday Massacre | Diamonds | Metropolis |
| 19 | Six Organs of Admittance | Companion Rises | Drag City |
| 20 | Tre Burt | Caught It from the Rye | Oh Boy |
| 21 | Various Artists | Look Out For My Love: A Neil Young Covers Album | self-released |
| 22 | FM Skyline | Liteware | Crystal Pistol |
| 23 | Positive No | Kyanite | Little Black Cloud |
| 24 | Mitchel Evan | JUNK | self-released |
| 25 | True Body | Heavenly Rhythms for the Uninitiated | Funeral Party |
| 26 | Owen Martin | Foreground | self-released |
| 27 | Angelica Garcia | Cha Cha Palace | Spacebomb |
| 28 | Space Koi | Brainwash Box | self-released |
| 29 | Savak | Rotting Teeth in the Horse’s Mouth | Ernest Jenning |
| 30 | M. Ward | Migration Stories | Anti/Epitaph |
Anna C. April 21st, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Colin Phils, Moses Sumney, Phoebe Bridgers, Thundercat, Yaeji
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 9 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 9
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 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 3 | Boygenius | boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 4 | Hollie Cook | Sweet Like Chocolate / Dub Like Chocolate – Single | Merge |
| 5 | Recluse Raccoon | Recluse Raccoon | Citrus City |
| 6 | Balun | Prisma Tropical | Good Child Music |
| 7 | Pale Waves | My Mind Makes Noises | Dirty Hit / Hostess |
| 8 | Anna St. Louis | If Only There Was a River | Woodsist / Mare |
| 9 | Mipso | Edges Run | Antifragile Music |
| 10 | Dom Flemons | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 11 | Big Kahuna OG | Weapon OX | Mutant Academy |
| 12 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 13 | Black Acid Ritual | Resin | self-released |
| 14 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 15 | Corey Harris | Free Water Way | self-released |
| 16 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 17 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 18 | Scheme Team | Big Bluntz DVD | Mutant Academy |
| 19 | Sports Bar | Stranger in My Head | Mister Falcon |
| 20 | VNV Nation | Noire | Metropolis |
| 21 | Warm Drag | Warm Drag | In the Red |
| 22 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 23 | The Nude Party | The Nude Party | New West |
| 24 | Hater | Siesta | Fire |
| 25 | Kikagaku Moyo | Masana Temples | Guruguru Brain |
| 26 | Swearin’ | Fall into the Sun | Merge |
| 27 | Julia Holter | Aviary | Domino |
| 28 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberty & Lament |
| 29 | Mr Twin Sister | Salt | Twin Group |
| 30 | Antarctigo Vespucci | Love in the Time of E-Mail | Polyvinyl |
Anna C. November 10th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Hollie Cook, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Recluse Raccoon, Windhand, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 5 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 5
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
Anna C. January 6th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Big Thief, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Jones, St. Vincent, The Dap-Kings