Genre charts for week ending Oct 11 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Oct 11
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEDOUINE | Bird Songs Of A Killjoy | Spacebomb |
| 2 | SINCERELY, IRIS | I’m Not the Same | Self-Released |
| 3 | KAREN AND HER SORROWS | Guaranteed Broken Heart | Self-Released |
| 4 | MONICA RIZZIO | Sunshine Is Free | Washashore |
| 5 | JUST AROUND THE BEND: SURVIVAL AND REVIVAL IN SOUTHERN BANJO STYLES – MIKE SEEGER’S LAST DOCUMENTARY | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 6 | MARIEE SIOUX | Grief in Exile | Night Bloom |
| 7 | SAFIA NOLIN | xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx [EP] | Bonsound |
| 8 | CRYS MATTHEWS | These Old Hands [EP] | NewSongs |
| 9 | PEARLA | Quilting And Other Activities | Egghunt |
| 10 | LIZZIE NO | Vanity | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | DANNY BROWN | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 3 | GISTO | Self Made | Historical |
| 4 | COMMON | Let Love | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | ATM | ATM [EP] | Mass Appeal |
| 6 | FLY ANAKIN | Holly Water | Fat Beats |
| 7 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN |
| 8 | MIRTAW | Vandals | MXC |
| 9 | NAS | Lost Tapes, Vol 2. | Def Jam |
| 10 | KOOL KEITH | Keith | Mello |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXKNIVES | Witches and Skindivers | Self-Released |
| 2 | APPALLING | Inverted Realm | Self-Released |
| 3 | MUNICIPAL WASTE | The Last Rager [EP] | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | GOST | Valedection | Century Media |
| 5 | DRUGS OF FAITH | Decay | Selfmadegod |
| 6 | RUSSIAN CIRCLES | Blood Year | Sargent House |
| 7 | SNOW BURIAL | Ostrava | Prosthetic |
| 8 | KMFDM | Paradise | Metropolis |
| 9 | VARICELLA | Even Deader | Machine Man |
| 10 | BLANK HELLSCAPE | Blank Hellscape | Self-Released |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNAPPED ANKLES | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf |
| 2 | SEVERED SKIES | Dimensions | DSBP |
| 3 | CLIPPING | There Existed An Addiction To Blood | Sub Pop |
| 4 | TR/ST | The Destroyer -2 [Advance Tracks] | Grouch/House Arrest |
| 5 | MR KITTY | Ephemeral | Negative Gain |
| 6 | ROBERT BUSHINSKY | The Breakdown Lane | Self-Released |
| 7 | HYPNOLOVE | Plexus | Record Makers |
| 8 | DANKMUS | It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Blurst of Times. | Dankcrest Enterprises |
| 9 | SON STEP | Fossilillies | Grind Select |
| 10 | ALISON COTTON | The Girl I Left Behind Me [EP] | Clay Pipe |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE, THE | Aban | Stonetree |
| 2 | BUDOS BAND, THE | The Budos Band V | Daptone |
| 3 | Y LA BAMBA | Entre Los Dos [EP] | Tender Loving Empire |
| 4 | NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN AND PARTY | Live At WOMAD 1985 | Real World |
| 5 | HOPE MASIKE | The Exorcism Of A Spinster | WMN |
| 6 | ZENOBIA | Zenobia [EP] | Crammed |
| 7 | ALMA AFROBEAT ENSEMBLE | Monkey See, Monkey Do | Slow Walk |
| 8 | BLASSICS, THE | Togetherings | Odd Funk |
| 9 | LUKA PRODUCTIONS | Falaw | Sahel Sounds |
| 10 | RACHID TAHA | Je Suis Africaine | Believe |
Anna C. October 12th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bedouine, ExKnives, Sampa the Great, Snapped Ankles, The Grarifuna Collective
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 4 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 4
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 | Mirtaw | Vandals | MXC |
| 2 | Sampa the Great | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | Jenny Hval | The Practice of Love | Sacred Bones |
| 4 | Imelda Marcos | Tatlo | Already Dead Tapes |
| 5 | Moon Duo | Stars Are the Light | Sacred Bones |
| 6 | Che Apalache | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 7 | Juana Molina | Paraguaya Punk – Single | Crammed Discs |
| 8 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
| 9 | Wiki | Eggs – Single | Wikset Enterprises |
| 10 | The Replacements | Dead Man’s Pop | Rhino/Warner |
| 11 | Lucy Dacus | Dancing In the Dark – Single | Matador |
| 12 | The Opioid Era | 3 X Dope West Coast Edition | Pill Press |
| 13 | The Visionary | Pulse – EP | Dark Dreama |
| 14 | Gorrak | Gorrak | self-released |
| 15 | Charles Owens Trio | Three and Thirteen | Ropeadope |
| 16 | Sycho Sid | Sunset Drive 2 | Mutant Academy |
| 17 | Koncept Jack$on | Newport 1000s | self-released |
| 18 | Eliza Battle | Like Leaves | self-released |
| 19 | Petrichor | II | Custom Made |
| 20 | Bigal Harrison | Bintage | CONTROL Ent. |
| 21 | Alessandro Cortini | Volume Massimo | Mute |
| 22 | Brian Crook & The Renderers | This World Just Eats Me Up Alive | Ba Da Bing! |
| 23 | Girl Band | The Talkies | Rough Trade |
| 24 | Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith | Songs from the Bardo | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 25 | Thigh Master | Now For Example | Goner |
| 26 | Temples | Hot Motion | ATO |
| 27 | Dori Freeman | Every Single Star | Blue Hens Music |
| 28 | Jonah Tolchin | Fires for the Cold | Yep Roc |
| 29 | Chastity Belt | Chastity Belt | Hardly Art |
| 30 | Chelsea Wolfe | Birth of Violence | Sargent House |
Anna C. October 5th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Imelda Marcos, Jenny Hval, Mirtaw, Moon Duo, Sampa the Great