Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 13 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 13
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 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 2 | The Innocence Mission | Sun on the Square | Bella Union |
| 3 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 4 | Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco | You’re Driving Me Crazy | Legacy |
| 5 | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Years | Bloodshot |
| 6 | Blush Face | What Do You Want? | Blush Face |
| 7 | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams | Vanished Gardens | Blue Note |
| 8 | Sleep | The Sciences | Third Man |
| 9 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 10 | Angélique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 11 | PMS and the Mood Swings | PMS and the Mood Swings | Burger |
| 12 | YOB | Our Raw Heart | Relapse |
| 13 | Bombino | Deran | Partisan |
| 14 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Impulse |
| 15 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 16 | Woolen Men | Post | self-released |
| 17 | Hoax Hunters | Dormant – EP | Cherub |
| 18 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 19 | Deathhouse Blues | The Beer Battered Boogies | self released |
| 20 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 21 | Big Kahuna OG | Sky Chryme | Mutant Academy |
| 22 | Tuamie | Emergency Raps, Vol. 2 | Mutant Academy |
| 23 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 24 | Jim James | Uniform Distortion | ATO |
| 25 | Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone |
| 26 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 27 | Wild Moccasins | Look Together | New West |
| 28 | The Smoking Flowers | Let’s Die Together | Bandaloop |
| 29 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Hope Downs | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Kamasi Washington | Heaven and Earth | Young Turks |
Anna C. July 14th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dumb Waiter, Joey DeFrancesco, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Snail Mail, The Innocence Mission, Van Morrison
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: May 7, 2018
Our recent fund drive was a resounding success, and as we hit our goal on Tuesday a couple weeks ago, several of us volunteers were hanging out at a nearby establishment to celebrate. The conversations ranged wide and far, as you might expect with a diverse group of people who have one main thing in common: a love of community radio. Many of those present were music DJs, and at some point, the conversation came around to the Indigo Girls and how much both DJ Otto and I are obsessed with them.
The long and the short of it is a gauntlet was thrown and we decided, along with DJ Ginger of the Wednesday Breakfast Blend, to do our part in putting more Indigo Girls on the WRIR airwaves. I then promptly forgot until Otto posted about his show last week, with DJ Ginger following suit.
So, this morning I will do my part to add some Indigo to the airwaves with a live version of my favorite track from Rites of Passage and, if there’s time, another favorite tune from that album as well.
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution May 7th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Abbe May, En Attendant Ana, Indigo Girls, Kitten Forever, Peach Kelli Pop, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers
Genre charts for week ending May 4 presents:
Genre charts for week ending May 4
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS | Years | Bloodshot |
| 2 | FAUSTINA MASIGAT | Faustina Masigat | Mama Bird Recording Co. |
| 3 | LORD HURON | Vide Noir | Republic |
| 4 | YOUNG VALLEY | Young Valley | Dial Back Sound |
| 5 | OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW | Volunteer [Advance Tracks] | Self-Released |
| 6 | CHRISTY HAYS | River Swimmer | Nine Mile |
| 7 | LUKE WINSLOW KING | Blue Mesa | Bloodshot |
| 8 | OLIVIA CHANEY | Shelter [Advance Tracks] | Nonesuch |
| 9 | TRACYANNE AND DANNY | “Alabama” [Single] | Merge |
| 10 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Man Standing | Legacy |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICHAEL MILLIONS | Hard To Be King | Self-Released |
| 2 | NU3RA NESS | Lights | Nu3ra Entertainment |
| 3 | OHBLIV AND BEN FM | Give it Uuup | PROBLEMATICA |
| 4 | FLY ANAKIN AND OHBLIV | Backyard Boogie | Mutant Academy |
| 5 | AWON AND PHONIKS | The Actual Proof | Don’t Sleep |
| 6 | BISHOP NEHRU | Elevators: Act I & II | Nehruvia LLC |
| 7 | J COLE | KOD | Interscope |
| 8 | JANELLE MONAE | Dirty Computer | Bad Boy |
| 9 | MC CHRIS | The April Fools Collection | Self-Released |
| 10 | PROF | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EARTHLESS | Black Heaven | Nuclear Blast |
| 2 | DUMB | Seeing Green [Advance Tracks] | Mint |
| 3 | GIANT HAYSTACKS | This Is All There Is | Mistake |
| 4 | GUERILLA TOSS | “Spider Heard” [Single] | DFA |
| 5 | THUNDERCHIEF | “Stone House” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | ZEAL AND ARDOR | Stranger Fruit | Self-Released |
| 7 | DOWNTOWN BOYS | Cost Of Living | Sub Pop |
| 8 | MYRKUR | Mareridt | Relapse |
| 9 | THE HIRS COLLECTIVE | Friends. Lovers. Favorites. | SRA / Get Better |
| 10 | TOMB WARDEN / MURDER | Split [EP] | Born Dead |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Age Of [Advance Tracks] | Warp |
| 2 | ALISON WONDERLAND | Awake | Astralwerks |
| 3 | MARY LATTIMORE | Hundreds of Days [Advance Tracks] | Ghostly International |
| 4 | PAUL WHITE | Rejuvenate | R&S |
| 5 | SOLAR FIELDS | Ourdom | Self-Released |
| 6 | WAAJEED | Mother [EP] | Planet E Communications |
| 7 | PERTURBATOR | New Model [EP] | Blood |
| 8 | 1-800 GIRLS | “U, Me and Madonna” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | SEGA BODEGA | ss (2017) | NUXXE |
| 10 | LAZERHAWK | Dreamrider | Rosso Corsa |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIDI TOURE | Toubalbero | Thrill Jockey |
| 2 | EL HIJO DE LA CUMBIA | Genero Genero | Nacional |
| 3 | AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Africa |
| 4 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | Orquesta Akokan | Daptone |
| 5 | ALI FARKA TOURE | The Source (Remastered) | World Circuit |
| 6 | IMARHAN | Temet | City Slang |
| 7 | DJENEBA AND FOUSCO | Kayeba Khasso | Lusafrica |
| 8 | SONIDO GALLO NEGRO | Mambo Cosmico | Glitterbeat |
| 9 | CAMARAO | The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie (1964-1974) | Analog Africa |
| 10 | SPANGLISH FLY | Ay Que Boogaloo! | Chaco World |
Anna C. May 5th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Earthless, Michael Millions, Oneohtrix Point Never, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Sidi Toure
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 4 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 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
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speedy Ortiz | Twerp Verse | Carpark |
| 2 | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Years | Bloodshot |
| 3 | Sidi Toure | Toubalbero | Thrill Jockey |
| 4 | Goat Girl | Goat Girl | Rough Trade |
| 5 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Saddle Creek |
| 6 | Peach Kelli Pop | Which Witch – EP | Mint |
| 7 | The Voidz | Virtue | RCA Label |
| 8 | Camarão | The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie: 1964-1974 | Analog Africa |
| 9 | Imarhan | Temet | City Slang |
| 10 | Olden Yolk | Olden Yolk | Trouble In Mind |
| 11 | Tune-Yards | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 12 | Forth Wanderers | Forth Wanderers | Sub Pop |
| 13 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 14 | Whyte Horses | Empty Words | CRC Music |
| 15 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Age Of | Warp |
| 16 | Ohbliv & Ben FM | Give it Uuup | PROBLEMATICA |
| 17 | Lucy Dacus | Historian | Matador |
| 18 | Opin | Drifters EP | Harding Street Assembly Lab |
| 19 | Piranha Rama | Beach Body – Single | Trrrash |
| 20 | Fly Anakin & Ohbliv | Backyard Boogie | Mutant Academy |
| 21 | Half Waif | Lavender | Cascine |
| 22 | Cut Worms | Hollow Ground | Jagjaguwar |
| 23 | Stimulator Jones | Exotic Worlds and Masterful Treasures | Stones Throw |
| 24 | Elohim | Elohim | BMG |
| 25 | Lord Huron | Vide Noir | Republic |
| 26 | Dr. Dog | Critical Equation | We Buy Gold / Thirty Tigers |
| 27 | The Beths | Warm Blood – EP | Carpark |
| 28 | King Tuff | The Other | Sub Pop |
| 29 | Prof | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| 30 | The Pandoras | Hey! It’s the Pandoras | Burger |
Anna C. May 5th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Goat Girl, Hop Along, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Sidi Toure, Speedy Ortiz
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 27 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 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
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Saddle Creek |
| 2 | Lucy Dacus | Historian | Matador |
| 3 | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Years | Bloodshot |
| 4 | Giggly Boys | Tap Tap Tap on a Fragile Bowl – EP | This Ain’t Heaven Recording Concern |
| 5 | Tank and the Bangas | Smoke.Netflix.Chill. – Single | Verve |
| 6 | John Paul Keith | Heart Shaped Shadow (feat. Will Sexton) | Last Chance |
| 7 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty Computer | Bad Boy |
| 8 | Kadhja Bonet | Childqueen | Fat Possum |
| 9 | Fat Spirit | Nihilist Blues | self-released |
| 10 | Nicole Atkins | Goodnight Rhonda Lee | Single Lock (Red) |
| 11 | Smino | blkswn | Downtown JV |
| 12 | John Morand | Scott’s Addiction | Sound of Music |
| 13 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 14 | Magnus Lush | Hell Is Real – EP | Trrrash |
| 15 | Opin | Drifters EP | Harding Street Assembly Lab |
| 16 | Thievery Corporation | Treasures from the Temple | ESL Music |
| 17 | Fiddlehead | Springtime and Blind | Run for Cover |
| 18 | Air Waves | Warrior | Western Vinyl |
| 19 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sex & Food | Jagjaguwar |
| 20 | Kitten Forever | Semi-Permanent | Rat Queen |
| 21 | En Attendant Ana | Lost and Found | Trouble In Mind |
| 22 | Haley Heynderickx | I Need to Start a Garden | Mama Bird |
| 23 | Abbe May | Fruit | Luxury Cat |
| 24 | Faustina Masigat | Faustina Masigat | Mama Bird |
| 25 | Alison Wonderland | Awake | Astralwerks |
| 26 | Wye Oak | The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs | Merge |
| 27 | Kississippi | Sunset Blush | Bug Crusher |
| 28 | Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics | State of All Things | self-released |
| 29 | Gizelle Smith | Ruthless Day | Jalapeno |
| 30 | Nihilist Cheerleader | Riot, Right? | Perfect Attendance |
Anna C. April 28th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Giggly Boys, Hop Along, Lucy Dacus, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Tank and the Bangas