Top 30 new albums for week ending May 25 presents:

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 Neko Case Hell-On Anti/Epitaph
2 Parquet Courts Wide Awake! Rough Trade
3 Tracyanne & Danny Tracyanne & Danny Merge
4 Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel Mom+Pop
5 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Sparkle Hard Matador
6 La Luz Floating Features Hardly Art
7 Speedy Ortiz Twerp Verse Carpark
8 The Lovely Eggs This Is Eggland The Lovely Eggs
9 The Skull Defekts The Skull Defekts Thrill Jockey
10 Superorganism Superorganism Domino
11 Now, Now Saved Trans-
12 Facs Negative Houses Trouble in Mind
13 Half Waif Lavender Cascine
14 Jennifer Castle Angels of Death Paradise of Bachelors
15 The Breeders All Nerve 4AD
16 Beach House 7 Sub Pop
17 Various artists African Scream Contest 2 (Analog Africa No. 26) Analog Africa
18 Pharrell Williams x Camila Cabello Sangria Wine – Single Columbia
19 Yeni Nostalji Yeni Nostalji Ropeadope
20 Saw Black Water Tower Crystal Pistol
21 The Purge The Bad Ideas We Build Worlds Purge Music
22 Gumming Human Values self-released
23 Lucy Dacus Historian Matador
24 Magnus Lush Hell Is Real – EP Trrrash
25 Opin Drifters EP Harding Street Assembly Lab
26 Piranha Rama Beach Body Trrrash
27 The Dead Tongues Unsung Passage Psychic Hotline
28 Mary Lattimore Hundreds of Days Ghostly International
29 Peach Kelli Pop Gentle Leader Mint
30 Deeper Deeper Fire Talk

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    May 26th, 2018

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Top 30 new albums for week ending May 18 presents:

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 Nickelus F Stuck AGM
2 Yeni Nostalji Yeni Nostalji Ropeadope
3 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Sparkle Hard Domino
4 Davis Kathriner Losing Habits Amano
5 Mr. Airplane Man Jacaranda Blue self-released
6 Cavern of Anti-Matter Hormone Lemonade Duophonic
7 Mitski Be the Cowboy Dead Oceans
8 The Sea and Cake Any Day Thrill Jockey
9 Princess Nokia A Girl Cried Red Rough Trade
10 Fly Anakin & Ohbliv Backyard Boogie Mutant Academy
11 Saw Black Water Tower Crystal Pistol
12 Millz The NorthFace, Vol 1. self-released
13 Lucy Dacus Historian Matador
14 Ohbliv & Ben FM Give it Uuup Problematica
15 FM Skyline EarthSim Crystal Pistol
16 Parquet Courts Wide Awake! Rough Trade
17 Tracyanne & Danny Tracyanne & Danny Merge
18 Connections Foreign Affairs Trouble in Mind
19 Domenico Lancellotti The Good is a Big God Luaka Bop
20 Niña Dioz Reyna Nacional
21 The Bones of J.R. Jones Ones to Keep Close self-released
22 Illuminati Hotties Kiss Yr Frenemies Tiny Engines
23 Annie Lou End Zone Near North Music
24 Iceage Beyondless Matador
25 Beach House 7 Sub Pop
26 Black Moth Super Rainbow Panic Blooms Rad Cult
27 Middle Kids Lost Friends Lucky Number
28 La Luz Floating Features Hardly Art
29 Nickodemus A Long Engagement Wonderwheel
30 Speedy Ortiz Twerp Verse Carpark

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    May 19th, 2018

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