top 30 new albums for Apr 6 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 6
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 | Snapped Ankles | Forest of Your Problems | The Leaf Label |
| 2 | black midi | Cavalcade | Rough Trade |
| 3 | Nightshift | Zöe | Trouble In Mind |
| 4 | Kevin Pittman | Victrola Mouth | self-released |
| 5 | Cloud Nothings | The Shadow I Remember | Carpark |
| 6 | Nervous Twitch | Nervous Twitch | Reckless Yes |
| 7 | Death from Above 1979 | Is 4 Lovers | Everything Eleven |
| 8 | Painted Shrines | Heaven and Holy | Woodsist |
| 9 | Various Artists | Edo Funk Explosion, Vol. 1 | Analog Africa |
| 10 | Icerocks | Crossing the Rubicon | 2 Piece |
| 11 | Sally Rose | Tread Light | self-released |
| 12 | Dazy | The Crowded Mind | self-released |
| 13 | JUJU | Live at 131 Prince Street | Strut |
| 14 | Enforced | Kill Grid | Century Media |
| 15 | Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley | Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection | Spacebomb |
| 16 | Tune-Yards | sketchy. | 4AD |
| 17 | Kishi Bashi | Emigrant – EP | Joyful Noise |
| 18 | Writhing Squares | Chart For The Solution | Trouble In Mind |
| 19 | Middle Kids | Today We’re the Greatest | Domino |
| 20 | Aaron Lee Tasjan | Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! | New West |
| 21 | Valerie June | The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers | Fantasy |
| 22 | Boot Juice | Shifting Gears | self-released |
| 23 | Johnny Ironsights | Murder Mountain | self-released |
| 24 | Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | House Anxiety / Ourness |
| 25 | Billy Nomates | Emergency Telephone – EP | INVADA |
| 26 | Brijean | Feelings | Ghostly International |
| 27 | Justin Moses | Fall Like Rain | Mountain Fever |
| 28 | A.J. Croce | By Request | Compass |
| 29 | Brad Leftwich & Linda Higginbotham | At Home in the Parlour | The Old-Time Tiki Parlour |
| 30 | Adrian Younge | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
Anna C. April 6th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: black midi, Cloud Nothings, Kevin Pittman, Nightshift, Snapped Ankles
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
Genre charts for week ending Jul 19 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Jul 19
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| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JESCA HOOP | STONECHILD | Memphis Industries |
| 2 | SI KAHN AND THE LOOPING BROTHERS | It’s A Dog’s Life | Strictly Country |
| 3 | BEN WINSHIP | Acorns | Snake River |
| 4 | JOHNATHAN RICE | The Long Game | Mano Walker |
| 5 | CHRIS AND ADAM CARROLL | Good Farmer | Self-Released |
| 6 | HOUSE AND LAND | Across The Field | Thrill Jockey |
| 7 | MAT CALLAHAN AND YVONNE MOORE | Working-Class Heroes: A History of Struggle in Song | Free Dirt |
| 8 | SMALL GLORIES, THE | Assiniboine & The Red | Red House |
| 9 | JADE JACKSON | Wilderness | Anti- |
| 10 | LOUISA BRANSCOMB | Gonna Love Anyway | Compass |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE GUNN | Flygod Is A Awesome God | Shady |
| 2 | BIGAL HARRISON | Bintage | Self-Released |
| 3 | RADIO B | Kill The Dreamer Vol 1: New Independence | AGM / Purple Republic |
| 4 | BLU AND EXILE | True & Livin’ | Dirty Science |
| 5 | GOOD PEOPLE, THE | The Summer [EP] | Below System |
| 6 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return [Advance Tracks] | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | DONWILL | One Word No Space | HiPNOTT |
| 8 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Madlib Invazion |
| 9 | NUGZ | Stashbox Chronicles | Self-Released |
| 10 | DJ KHALED | Father of Asahd | Epic/We The Best |
Loud
None this week.
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNAPPED ANKLES | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf |
| 2 | BLACK MIDI | Schlagenheim | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 3 | TENGGER | Spiritual 2 | Beyond Beyond Is Beyond |
| 4 | HOLLY HERNDON | Proto | 4AD |
| 5 | MATMOS | Plastic Anniversary | Thrill Jockey |
| 6 | LAUGHING EYE | Laughing Eye | Höga Nord |
| 7 | BEA1991 | Brand New Adult | Self-Released |
| 8 | QUANTIC | Atlantic Oscillations | Tru Thoughts |
| 9 | OCEAN FLOOR | Vernalis | Eiderdown |
| 10 | FLOATING POINTS | “LesAlpx” b/w “Coorabell” [Single] | Ninja Tune |
World
none this week
Anna C. July 20th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Jesca Hoop, Snapped Ankles, Westside Gunn
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 17 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 17
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 | Death and Vanilla | Are You a Dreamer? | Fire |
| 2 | Nots | 3 | Goner |
| 3 | Clinic | Wheeltappers and Shunters | Domino |
| 4 | The Coathangers | The Devil You Know | Suicide Squeeze |
| 5 | Snapped Ankles | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf Label |
| 6 | The Proper Ornaments | Six Lenins | Tapete |
| 7 | Bibio | Ribbons | Warp |
| 8 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 9 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 10 | Ohbliv | Give Thanks | Fat Beats |
| 11 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 12 | Dexter Story | Bahir | Soundway |
| 13 | Torche | Admission | Relapse |
| 14 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 15 | Monday Night | Scomaha, Vol. 1 | AllWeNeed |
| 16 | Miramar | Salida / Urgencia | Daptone |
| 17 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 18 | Hex Machine | Cave Painting | self-released |
| 19 | Lobo Marino | @Appalachian South Folklife Center – EP | Lobo Marino |
| 20 | Boogarins | Sombrou Dúvida | LAB 344 |
| 21 | POW! | Shift | Castleface |
| 22 | Matt Kivel | last night in america | Cascine |
| 23 | Carlton Jumel Smith | 1634 Lexington Avenue (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink) | Timmion |
| 24 | ShitKid | [Detention] | PNKSLM |
| 25 | Flamingods | Levitation | Moshi Moshi |
| 26 | DEHD | Water | Fire Talk |
| 27 | Drahla | Useless Coordinates | Captured Tracks |
| 28 | Fauvely | This is What the Living Do – EP | Diversion |
| 29 | ALASKALASKA | The Dots | Marathon Artists |
| 30 | An Horse | Modern Air | Lame-O |
Anna C. May 18th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clinic, Death and Vanilla, Nots, Snapped Ankles, The Coathangers
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 3 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priests | The Seduction of Kansas | Sister Polygon |
| 2 | John Paul White | The Hurting Kind | Single Lock |
| 3 | Helado Negro | This Is How You Smile | RVNG Intl. |
| 4 | Snapped Ankles | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf Label |
| 5 | The Fat White Family | Serfs Up! | Domino |
| 6 | Monday Night | Scomaha, Vol. 1 | AllWeNeed |
| 7 | CHAI | Punk | Burger |
| 8 | Ex Hex | It’s Real | Merge |
| 9 | Buck Gooter | Finer Thorns | Ramp Local |
| 10 | Amon Tobin | Fear in a Handful of Dust | Nomark |
| 11 | FONTAINES D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 12 | ScHoolboy Q | CrasH Talk | Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope |
| 13 | Bloodshot Bill | Come Get Your Love Right Now | Goner |
| 14 | Book of Wyrms | Remythologizer | Twin Earth |
| 15 | Fly Anakin & Tuamie | Emergency Raps Vol. 4 | Mutant Academy |
| 16 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 17 | Helms Alee | Noctiluca | Sargent House |
| 18 | Aldous Harding | Designer | Rough Trade |
| 19 | Stealing Sheep | Big Wows | Heavenly |
| 20 | Wand | Laughing Matter | Drag City |
| 21 | The Mountain Goats | In League with Dragons | Merge |
| 22 | Claude Fontaine | Claude Fontaine | Innovative Leisure |
| 23 | Kelly Finnigan | The Tales People Tell | Colemine |
| 24 | Frankie Cosmos | Haunted Items | Sub Pop |
| 25 | Norah Jones | Begin Again | Blue Note |
| 26 | Partner | Saturday the 14th – EP | Father/Daughter |
| 27 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 28 | Brutus | Nest | Hassle |
| 29 | Courtney Marie Andrews | May Your Kindness Remain (Acoustic) – EP | Loose Music |
| 30 | Little Simz | Grey Area | AGE 101 |
Anna C. May 4th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Helado Negro, John Paul White, Priests, Snapped Ankles, The Fat White Family
Top 30 new albums for week ending Mar 22 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Mar 22
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 | The Coathangers | The Devil You Know | Suicide Squeeze |
| 2 | Snapped Ankles | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf Label |
| 3 | Living Hour | Softer Faces | Kanine |
| 4 | Hand Habits | placeholder | Saddle Creek |
| 5 | SPELLLING | Mazy Fly | Sacred Bones |
| 6 | Ex Hex | It’s Real | Merge |
| 7 | TEEN | Good Fruit | Carpark |
| 8 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 9 | Todd Snider | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 | Aimless |
| 10 | Pom Poko | Birthday | Bella Union / PIAS / Hostess |
| 11 | Better Oblivion Community Center | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 12 | Jess Klein | Back to My Green | Motherlode |
| 13 | Cochemea | All My Relations | Daptone |
| 14 | Benjamin Shepherd | ’96 Corolla – Single | Montrose |
| 15 | Martha Spencer | Martha Spencer | Martha Spencer |
| 16 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | self-released |
| 17 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 18 | Carrie Newcomer | The Point of Arrival | Available Light |
| 19 | CHAI | Punk | Heavenly |
| 20 | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | Groove Denied | Matador |
| 21 | Durand Jones & The Indications | American Love Call | Dead Oceans |
| 22 | Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass | That’s Why I’m Lonesome | Patuxent |
| 23 | SASAMI | SASAMI | Domino |
| 24 | Stella Donnelly | Beware of the Dogs | Secretly Canadian |
| 25 | Delicate Steve | Till I Burn Up | Anti/Epitaph |
| 26 | Amanda Palmer | There Will Be No Intermission | 8ft. |
| 27 | Flying Hórses | Reverie | Bonsound |
| 28 | David Glaser | Caffeine and Nicotine | David Glaser |
| 29 | Westkust | Westkust | Run For Cover |
| 30 | Sunwatchers | Illegal Moves | Trouble In Mind |
Anna C. March 23rd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Hand Habits, Living Hour, Snapped Ankles, SPELLLING, The Coathangers
Genre charts for week ending Mar 22 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Mar 22
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TODD SNIDER | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol.3 | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | BENJAMIN SHEPHERD | “’96 Corolla” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | MARTHA SPENCER | Martha Spencer | Free Dirt |
| 4 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | The Point Of Arrival | Available Light |
| 5 | CHAD RICHARD | Worthy Cause | Self-Released |
| 6 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 7 | STEVE POLTZ | Shine On | Red House |
| 8 | PETER MULVEY | There Is Another World | Righteous Babe |
| 9 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | SUE JEFFERS | Owning Class Hero | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENESIS OWUSU | “WUTD + Vultures” [Single] | OURNESS |
| 2 | TIERRA WHACK | “Wasteland” [Single] | Interscope |
| 3 | ANDERSON PAAK | “King James” [Single] | Aftermath |
| 4 | LIZZO | Cuz I Love You [Advance Tracks] | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 5 | TYGA | “Girls Have Fun (feat. G-Eazy & Rich The Kid)” [Single] | Last Kings/EMPIRE |
| 6 | LIL WAYNE | Tha Carter V | Republic |
| 7 | OHBLIV | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 8 | SAMPA THE GREAT | “Energy” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | CREED II THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Mike WiLL Made-It |
| 10 | GORGEOUS GEORGE | “Bagg (Swisher House Remix)” [Single] | Nu Money Inc |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNMAKER | Firmament | Self-Released |
| 2 | INTER ARMA | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 3 | APPALLING | Inverted Realm | Self-Released |
| 4 | BAT | Axestasy [EP] | Hells Headbangers |
| 5 | SPELL | The Full Moon Sessions | Bad Omen |
| 6 | CIA, THE | The C.I.A. | In the Red |
| 7 | ROY BATTY | Roy Batty | Self-Released |
| 8 | ASTRAL VOID, THE | Mandragora | Self-Released |
| 9 | LUCIFER | Lucifer II | Century Media |
| 10 | NITA STRAUSS | Controlled Chaos | Sumerian |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNAPPED ANKLES | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf |
| 2 | SPELLLING | Mazy Fly | Sacred Bones |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 4 | FLYING HORSES | Reverie | Bon Sound |
| 5 | LOUIS FUTON | Way Back When | Self-Released |
| 6 | LAURIE SPIEGEL | Unseen Worlds | Unseen Worlds |
| 7 | COMET IS COMING, THE | Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery | Impulse! |
| 8 | WEVAL | The Weight | Kompact |
| 9 | CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE | No Geography [Advance Tracks] | Virgin |
| 10 | LADYTRON | Ladytron | !K7 |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 2 | DAKTARIS, THE | Soul Explosion [Remastered] | Desco/Daptone |
| 3 | COCHEMEA | All My Relations | Daptone |
| 4 | DEXTER STORY | Bahir | Soundway |
| 5 | BASSEKOU KOUYATE AND NGONI BA | Miri | OutHere |
| 6 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 7 | MISTER KALI | Step Fast | Rebel Sound |
| 8 | AHMED AG KAEDY | Alkaline Kidal | Sahel Sounds |
| 9 | DAWDA JOBARTEH | I Met Her By The River | Sterns Africa |
| 10 | LOBO MARINO | At Appalachian South Folklife Center | Self-Released |
Anna C. March 23rd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Genesis Owusu, Ibibio Sound Machine, Snapped Ankles, Todd Snider, Unmaker