top 30 new albums for Jul 12 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jul 12
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 | Quelle Chris | Deathfame | Mello Music Group |
| 2 | Spooky Cool | Time Will Tell – Single | self-released |
| 3 | Beyoncé | Break My Soul – Single | Parkwood Entertainment |
| 4 | NO BS! Brass | Undying | self-released |
| 5 | Ms. Jaylin Brown | Take it Easy – EP | self-released |
| 6 | Halfcast | Return | Neck Beard |
| 7 | Deau Eyes | Legacies | Tone Tree Music / Subflora |
| 8 | Justin Golden | Hard Times and a Woman | self-released |
| 9 | Dumb Waiter | Gauche Gists | Ossein |
| 10 | Ryan Kent | Dying Comes With Age | Rare Bird Lit |
| 11 | Naima Bock | Giant Palm | Sub Pop |
| 12 | Petrol Girls | Baby | Hassle |
| 13 | J.Rocc | A Wonderful Letter | Stones Throw |
| 14 | The Slocan Ramblers | Up the Hill and Through the Fog | self-released |
| 15 | Fashion Club | Scrutiny | felte |
| 16 | Brian Jackson | This Is Brian Jackson | BBE Music |
| 17 | Tanika Charles | Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly | Record Kicks |
| 18 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Electricity | Merge |
| 19 | Nilüfer Yanya | PAINLESS | ATO / Fontana North |
| 20 | Fly Anakin | Frank | Lex |
| 21 | Caroline No | Caroline No | Grapefruit |
| 22 | Pale Blue Eyes | Souvenirs | Full Time Hobby |
| 23 | Mick Trouble | It’s Mick Troubles Second LP | Emotional Response |
| 24 | Jack Harlow | Come Home The Kids Miss You | Generation Now/Atlantic |
| 25 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope |
| 26 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 27 | Noori & His Dorpa Band | Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast | Ostinato |
| 28 | Strawberry Moon | Control – Single | Bobo Studios |
| 29 | Lil Baby | In A Minute – Single | Quality Control Music/Motown |
| 30 | ODESZA | The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) – Single | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
Anna C. July 12th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Beyoncé, Ms Jaylin Brown, NO BS! Brass, Quelle Chris, Spooky Cool
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 11 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 11
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 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Steve Gunn | The Unseen In Between | Matador |
| 3 | Faux Ferocious | Pretty Groovy | Burger |
| 4 | Sunwatchers | Illegal Moves | Trouble in Mind |
| 5 | Femi Kuti | One People One World | Knitting Factory |
| 6 | Alpheus | Light of Day | Liquidator |
| 7 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 9 | Dom Flemons | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 10 | Gulp | All Good Wishes | E.L.K. |
| 11 | Debrider | Gift Horse | self-released |
| 12 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 13 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 14 | Boygenius | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 15 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 16 | Aerica Lauren | Summer Forever | self-released |
| 17 | Eiko Ishibashi | The Dream My Bones Dream | Drag City |
| 18 | Marie Davidson | So Right – EP | Ninja Tune |
| 19 | Exdreams | Physical Contact | exdreams |
| 20 | Chemtrails | Cuckoo Split – EP | PNKSLM |
| 21 | Zoe Boekbinder | Shadow | Zoe Boekbinder |
| 22 | Polly Panic | Losing Form | Polly Panic |
| 23 | My Brightest Diamond | A Million and One | Rhyme & Reason |
| 24 | Black Masala | Trains And Moonlight Destinies | self-released |
| 25 | David Benedict | The Golden Angle | self-released |
| 26 | Alien Sex Fiend | Possessed | Cherry Red |
| 27 | The Sha La Das | Love in the Wind | Daptone |
| 28 | June West | June West | Broken Circles |
| 29 | Chersea | In Limbo | Fierce Panda Canada |
| 30 | Gretta Ray | hERE aND nOW | self-released |
Anna C. October 12th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Faux Ferocious, Femi Kuti, Spooky Cool, Steve Gunn, Sunwatchers
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 4 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 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 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Steve Gunn | The Unseen In Between | Matador |
| 3 | Faux Ferocious | Pretty Groovy | Burger |
| 4 | Sunwatchers | Illegal Moves | Trouble in Mind |
| 5 | Femi Kuti | One People One World | Knitting Factory |
| 6 | Alpheus | Light of Day | Liquidator |
| 7 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 9 | Dom Flemons | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 10 | Gulp | All Good Wishes | E.L.K. |
| 11 | Debrider | Gift Horse | self-released |
| 12 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 13 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 14 | Boygenius | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 15 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 16 | Aerica Lauren | Summer Forever | self-released |
| 17 | Eiko Ishibashi | The Dream My Bones Dream | Drag City |
| 18 | Marie Davidson | So Right – EP | Ninja Tune |
| 19 | Exdreams | Physical Contact | exdreams |
| 20 | Chemtrails | Cuckoo Split – EP | PNKSLM |
| 21 | Zoe Boekbinder | Shadow | Zoe Boekbinder |
| 22 | Polly Panic | Losing Form | Polly Panic |
| 23 | My Brightest Diamond | A Million and One | Rhyme & Reason |
| 24 | Black Masala | Trains And Moonlight Destinies | self-released |
| 25 | David Benedict | The Golden Angle | self-released |
| 26 | Alien Sex Fiend | Possessed | Cherry Red |
| 27 | The Sha La Das | Love in the Wind | Daptone |
| 28 | June West | June West | Broken Circles |
| 29 | Chersea | In Limbo | Fierce Panda Canada |
| 30 | Gretta Ray | hERE aND nOW | self-released |
Anna C. January 5th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Faux Ferocious, Femi Kuti, Spooky Cool, Steve Gunn, Sunwatchers
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 31 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 31
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 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Blood Orange | Negro Swan | Domino |
| 3 | The War and Treaty | Healing Tide | Strong World Entertainment |
| 4 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 5 | Boygenius | boygenius | Matador |
| 6 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 7 | Pain in the Yeahs | Dopamine Noir | self-released |
| 8 | Cordovas | That Santa Fe Channel | ATO |
| 9 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom+Pop / Marathon / Milk! |
| 10 | Steve Barton | Tall Tales and Alibis | Sleepless Music |
| 11 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 12 | OHMME | Parts | Joyful Noise |
| 13 | Neil & Liam Finn | Lightsleeper | Inertia / PIAS |
| 14 | Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy | Drag City |
| 15 | Wax Idols | Happy Ending | Etruscan Gold |
| 16 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 17 | Bill and the Belles | Dreamsongs, Etc. | Jalopy |
| 18 | The Band Of Heathens | A Message from the People Revisited | self-released |
| 19 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 20 | Prabir Trio | Small Town Blues – EP | self-released |
| 21 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 22 | Fly Anakin & Big Kahuna OG | Life & Times of BigFly – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 23 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 24 | Steady Holiday | Nobody’s Watching | Barsuk |
| 25 | Interpol | Marauder | Matador |
| 26 | Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | Partisan |
| 27 | Wild Nothing | Indigo | Captured Tracks |
| 28 | Benjamin Francis Leftwich | I Am With You | Dirty Hit |
| 29 | Honyock | El Castillo | Friendship Fever |
| 30 | Nothing | Dance on the Blacktop | Relapse |
Anna C. September 1st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Blood Orange, Boygenius, Natalie Prass, Spooky Cool, The War and Treaty
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 10 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 10
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 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Beach House | 7 | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 6 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 7 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 8 | Estrons | You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough | Gofod |
| 9 | The Hare and Hoofe | Voyager – EP | self-released |
| 10 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 11 | Murder by Death | The Other Shore | Bloodshot |
| 12 | Eliza Gilkyson | Secularia | Red House |
| 13 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 14 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 15 | Gabbie Rotts | Pink Drink Season | self-released |
| 16 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 17 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 18 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 19 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 20 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 21 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 22 | Ollen | Home Less | self-released |
| 23 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 24 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 25 | Free Cake For Every Creature | The Bluest Star | Double Double Whammy |
| 26 | Lemon Bucket Orkestra | If I Had The Strength | Six Degrees |
| 27 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberator Music |
| 28 | Denzel Curry | TA13OO | Loma Vista |
| 29 | Echo Courts | Room with a View | Refresh |
| 30 | Mariel Buckley | Driving in the Dark | self-released |
Anna C. August 11th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Beach House, Manzara, Piranha Rama, Spooky Cool
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 8 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 8
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. December 9th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Björk, David Rawlings, Saw Black, Sharon Jones, Spooky Cool, The Dap-Kings
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 27 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending 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
Anna C. October 28th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Courtney Barnett, Guantanamo Baywatch, Kurt Vile, Long Arms, Spooky Cool, Washers