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 Nov 3 presents:
top 30 new albums for Nov 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.
| 1 | Westside Gunn | Who Made the Sunshine? | Griselda/Shady/Interscope |
| 2 | Koncept Jack$on | Thot Rap, Chapter 2 | self-released |
| 3 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | Black Thought | Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able | Republic |
| 5 | Og Illa | Richmond Renegade | HLGNLIFE |
| 6 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | Action Bronson | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 8 | This Is The Kit | Off Off On | Rough Trade |
| 9 | Anjimile | Giver Taker | Father/Daughter |
| 10 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 11 | Naked Pictures | W I D E | Cheap Cuts |
| 12 | The Barracudas | Days of a Quiet Sun | Feel It |
| 13 | Raye Zaragoza | Woman in Color | Rebel River |
| 14 | Adrianne Lenker | songs and instrumentals | 4AD |
| 15 | Songhoy Blues | Optimisme | Transgressive |
| 16 | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Daptone |
| 17 | The Mountain Goats | Getting Into Knives | Merge |
| 18 | ela minus | acts of rebellion | Domino |
| 19 | LOMA | Don’t Shy Away | Sub Pop |
| 20 | Open Mike Eagle | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 21 | Emmy the Great | April/月音 | Bella Union |
| 22 | Kurt Vile | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV – EP | Matador |
| 23 | Paris | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
| 24 | Kosha Dillz | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 25 | Jordan Tice | Motivational Speakeasy | Padiddle |
| 26 | Hen Ogledd | Free Humans | Weird World |
| 27 | METZ | Atlas Vending | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Sad13 | Haunted Painting | Wax Nine |
| 29 | Deradoorian | Find the Sun | Anti/Epitaph |
| 30 | Tricky | Fall to Pieces | False Idols |
Anna C. November 3rd, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Black Thought, Koncept Jack$on, Og Illa, Sa-Roc, Westside Gunn
top 30 new albums for Oct 27 presents:
top 30 new albums for Oct 27
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 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 2 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | Kurt Vile | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV – EP | Matador |
| 4 | Ghouli | Nothing – EP | DAM |
| 5 | Dee-1 and Murs | He’s the Christian, I’m the Rapper | Mission Vision Music / Murs 316 |
| 6 | Quintron & Miss Pussycat | Goblin Alert | Goner |
| 7 | Eric Slick | Wiseacre | self-released |
| 8 | Hoboknife | Wig of Flies | self-released |
| 9 | Fly Anakin | The 8’s (2015-2018) | Mutant Academy |
| 10 | Gregory Darden | Soils | self-released |
| 11 | Gumming | Overripe | Vinyl Conflict |
| 12 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 13 | FM Skyline | JPEG Jamz | 100% Electronica |
| 14 | The Flavor Project | Food for Thought | Reeverb Entertainment |
| 15 | The Ar-Kaics | Ar-Kives: Volume 1 | Dig! |
| 16 | Jeremy Ivey | Waiting out the Storm | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 17 | Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz | This Mortal Farce EP | self-released |
| 18 | Kevin Morby | Sundowner | Dead Oceans |
| 19 | Tomberlin | Projections – EP | Saddle Creek |
| 20 | Juana Molina | ANRMAL (Live in México) | Crammed Discs |
| 21 | Open Mike Eagle | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 22 | Low Cut Connie | Private Lives | Contender |
| 23 | Cut Worms | Nobody Lives Here Anymore | Jagjaguwar |
| 24 | Seth Bogart | Men on the Verge of Nothing | Wacky Wacko |
| 25 | The Budos Band | Long in the Tooth | Daptone |
| 26 | Tank and the Bangas | Friend Goals | Verve Forcast |
| 27 | Cej | Friend of the Sky | Gnosong |
| 28 | Ivan & Alyosha | Ivan & Alyosha | Nettwerk |
| 29 | Paris | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
| 30 | Rilo Kiley | Rilo Kiley | Little |
Anna C. October 27th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
genre charts for Oct 27 presents:
genre charts for Oct 27
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JEREMY IVEY | Waiting Out The Storm | Anti- |
| 2 | ERIC ANDERS AND MARK O’BITZ | This Mortal Farce [EP] | Baggage Room |
| 3 | JAKE BLOUNT | Spider Tales | Free Dirt |
| 4 | JORDAN TICE | Motivational Speakeasy | Padiddle |
| 5 | MASSEY HARRIS | Massey Harris [EP] | Self-Released |
| 6 | PHIL HENRY | Chasing Echoes | Self-Released |
| 7 | GILLIAN WELCH | Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 | Acony |
| 8 | DARREL WILLIAM HERBERT | An Unwelcome Moment Of Clarity | Self-Released |
| 9 | DONOVAN WOODS | Without People | Meant Well |
| 10 | TWO BIRD STONE | Hands and Knees | Wondermore |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | MURS AND DEE-1 | He’s The Christian, I’m The Rapper | Mission Vision/Murs316 |
| 3 | FLY ANAKIN | The 8’s (2015-2018) | Mutant Academy |
| 4 | OPEN MIKE EAGLE | Anime, Trauma And Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 5 | JABEE | This World Is So Fragile And Cruel I’m Glad I Got You | Grand Union |
| 6 | PARIS | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
| 7 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 8 | ACTION BRONSON | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 9 | KOSHA DILLZ | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 10 | MARQUES MARTIN | Brave And Afraid | Operator |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOBOKNIFE | Wig of Flies | Self-Released |
| 2 | TESTAMENT | Titans Of Creation | Nuclear Blast |
| 3 | MORS PRINCIPIUM EST. | Seven | AFM |
| 4 | CYTOTOXIN | Nuklearth | Unique Leader |
| 5 | BURNING WITCHES | Dance With The Devil | Nuclear Blast |
| 6 | CARCASS | Despicable [EP] | Nuclear Blast |
| 7 | INFERI | Of Sunless Realms [EP] | The Artisan Era |
| 8 | DJINN-GHUL | Sordes Pyramis | Self-Released |
| 9 | NEUROMORAL DISSONANCE | My Wisdom My Grief | Amputated Vein |
| 10 | ZEAL AND ARDOR | Wake of a Nation [EP] | Self-Released |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GREGORY DARDEN | Soils | Self-Released |
| 2 | OPIN | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 3 | FM SKYLINE | JPEG Jamz | 100% Electronica |
| 4 | GREEN HOUSE | Six Songs From Invisible Gardens [EP] | Leaving |
| 5 | AUTECHRE | Sign | Warp |
| 6 | ELIZA JUNO | Do Tree Lobsters Experience Love | Self-Released |
| 7 | GASTON AREVALO | Terrain | A Strangely Isolated Place |
| 8 | MORT GARSON | Music from Patch Cord Productions | Thrill Jockey |
| 9 | FREE SLOPE | Isolation Drone I & II | Polytechnic Youth |
| 10 | SAGOR AND SWING | En musikalisk tolkning av Bröderna Lejonhjärta | Zeon Light |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUDOS BAND, THE | Long In The Tooth | Daptone |
| 2 | MADE KUTI | “Free Your Mind” [Single] | Partisan |
| 3 | LA LOCURA DE MACHUCA 1975-1980 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Africa |
| 4 | BAB L’BLUZ | Nayda! | Real World |
| 5 | RICARDO LEMVO AND MAKINA LOCA | N’Dona Ponte | Mopiato |
| 6 | NAHAWA DOUMBIA | Kanawa | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 7 | ALHOUSSEINI ANIVOLLA AND GIRUM MEZMUR | Afropentatonism | Piranha |
| 8 | JUANA MOLINA | ANRMAL (Live In Mexico) | Crammed |
| 9 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme | Fat Possum |
| 10 | LINGO SEINI ET SON GROUPE | Musique Hauka | Sahel Sounds |
Anna C. October 27th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Gregory Darden, Hoboknife, Jeremy Ivey, Sa-Roc, The Budos Band
top 30 new albums for Oct 20 presents:
top 30 new albums for Oct 20
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 | BlackLiq x Ohbliv | The Best – Single | No Other Way |
| 2 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 3 | Westside Gunn | Who Made the Sunshine? | Griselda |
| 4 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca | N’Dona Pointe | Mopiato |
| 6 | Deerhoof | Love-Lore | Joyful Noise |
| 7 | The Budos Band | Long in the Tooth | Daptone |
| 8 | Calvin Presents | Here. (feat. Sam Reed) – Single | self-released |
| 9 | Bill Callahan | Gold Record | Drag City |
| 10 | Landshapes | Contact | Bella Union |
| 11 | Iochroma | The Hideous Triumphs of Form and Function | self-released |
| 12 | Trapcry | Stay Up (Longer Deluxe) | 1986 |
| 13 | GULL | Relative Stranger | self-released |
| 14 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 15 | LJ & the Sleeze | Keepin’ it Sleezy | self-released |
| 16 | FM Skyline | JPEG Jamz | 100% Electronica |
| 17 | Deli Rowe | Girl on the Beat, Vol. 1 | Liberated Soul |
| 18 | Outer World | Fixed Like A Painting | self-released |
| 19 | Noah Page | ABBA: a thing I made you | self-released |
| 20 | Red Rum Club | The Hollow of Humdrum | Modern Sky UK |
| 21 | Low Cut Connie | Private Lives | Contender |
| 22 | Optic Sink | Optic Sink | Goner |
| 23 | Cut Worms | Nobody Lives Here Anymore | Jagjaguwar |
| 24 | Kosha Dillz | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 25 | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche | I Can Still Hear You | StorySound |
| 26 | Quintron & Miss Pussycat | Goblin Alert | Goner |
| 27 | Sylvan Esso | Free Love | Loma Vista |
| 28 | Hen Ogledd | Free Humans | Weird World |
| 29 | Night Club | Die Die Lullaby | Gato Blanco |
| 30 | Future Islands | As Long As You Are | 4AD |
Anna C. October 20th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Black Liquid, Butcher Brown, Makina Loca, ohbliv, Ricardo Lemvo, Sa-Roc, Westside Gunn
top 30 new albums for Sep 1 presents:
top 30 new albums for Sep 1
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 | Nas | King’s Disease | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | Death Valley Girls | Under the Spell of Joy | Suicide Squeeze |
| 3 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | Matmos | The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form | Thrill Jockey |
| 5 | Mary Lattimore | Silver Ladders | Ghostly International |
| 6 | Julianna Barwick | Healing Is a Miracle | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | Sneaks | Happy Birthday | Merge |
| 8 | The Flavor Project | Food for Thought | Reeverb Entertainment |
| 9 | Melenas | Días Raros | Trouble In Mind |
| 10 | Big Sty | Believe in Yourself – Single | self-released |
| 11 | Noveller | Arrow | Ba Da Bing! |
| 12 | Trapcry | Stay Up (Longer Deluxe) | 1986 |
| 13 | Rah Scrilla & Profound 79 | Sound Check – EP | Gritty City |
| 14 | Strike Anywhere | Nightmares of the West | Pure Noise |
| 15 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 16 | Angelica Garcia | Cha Cha Palace | Spacebomb |
| 17 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch – Single | Concord Jazz |
| 18 | Various Artists | Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story, 1975-1993 | Strut |
| 19 | Madeline Kenney | Sucker’s Lunch | Carpark |
| 20 | The Psychedelic Furs | Made Of Rain | Cooking Vinyl |
| 21 | Holy Hive | Float Back To You | Big Crown |
| 22 | Exploding Flowers | Stumbling Blocks | Smash It Up! |
| 23 | Hum | Inlet | Earth Analog |
| 24 | Illuminati Hotties | FREE I.H: This Is Not the One You’ve Been Waiting for | self-released |
| 25 | Pottery | Welcome to Bobby’s Motel | Partisan |
| 26 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 27 | Sports Team | Deep Down Happy | Bright Antenna |
| 28 | Jim White & Marisa Anderson | The Quickening | Thrill Jockey |
| 29 | Moses Sumney | græ | Jagjaguwar |
| 30 | lindsay | ASMR Love Letters – EP | Wildefolk |
Anna C. September 1st, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Death Valley Girls, Mary Lattimore, matmos, Nas, Sa-Roc