Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 15 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 15
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 | Crumb | Jinx | Crumb |
| 2 | Piranha Rama | You’ve Earned It | Trrrash |
| 3 | Theravada | Xennis Rodman | 2000 Entertainment |
| 4 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 5 | Automatic | Signal | Stones Throw |
| 6 | Doudou Copa | Loin des Barreaux | Diamond Prod |
| 7 | Angelica Garcia | Jícama (Edit) – Single | Spacebomb |
| 8 | Grebes | House Creature | Broken Circles |
| 9 | Quelle Chris | Guns | Mello Music Group |
| 10 | Juana Molina | Forfun – EP | Crammed Discs |
| 11 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 12 | Smoke Fairies | Darkness Brings the Wonders Home | Year Seven |
| 13 | Coco Montoya | Coming in Hot | Alligator |
| 14 | Lucy Dacus | 2019 | Matador |
| 15 | The Purge | Honesty | self-released |
| 16 | Voarm | Voarm | self-released |
| 17 | Mirtaw | Vandals | MXC |
| 18 | Inter Arma | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 19 | Locobeach | Psychedelic Disco Cumbia | Dorsal Fin |
| 20 | Illiterate Light | Illiterate Light | Atlantic |
| 21 | Copperhead | Gazing in the Dark | PTP |
| 22 | Toxic Moxie | Falkonia | self-released |
| 23 | Dharma Bombs | Enjoy the View | Dharma Bombs |
| 24 | Sammi Lanzetta | Ceiling Mirror | 6131 |
| 25 | Camp Howard | Cañón | self-released |
| 26 | Russian Circles | Blood Year | Sargent House |
| 27 | Sleepwalkers | Ages | Spacebomb |
| 28 | NO BS! Brass | A Decade of Noise | self-released |
| 29 | Various Artists | Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots | Bloodshot |
| 30 | Landon Elliott | Domino | American Paradox |
Anna C. November 16th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Automatic, Crumb, Piranha Rama, TacocaT, Theravada
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 19 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 19
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 | Jesca Hoop | Stonechild | Memphis Industries |
| 2 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 3 | Prettiest Eyes | Volume 3 | Castle Face |
| 4 | Various Artists | Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘the Midnight Organ Fight’ | Canvasback |
| 5 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Joanna Sternberg | Then I Try Some More | Team Love |
| 7 | Snapped Ankles | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf Label |
| 8 | black midi | Schlagenheim | Rough Trade |
| 9 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 10 | Mal Blum | Pity Boy | Don Giovanni |
| 11 | Julia Shapiro | Perfect Version | Hardly Art |
| 12 | MANNEQUIN PUSSY | Patience | Epitaph |
| 13 | Stef Chura | Midnight | Saddle Creek |
| 14 | Jillian Rae | I Can’t Be the One You Want Me to Be | theDIYteam |
| 15 | Westside Gunn | Flygod Is an Awesome God | Griselda |
| 16 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
| 17 | Gothic Lizard | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision |
| 18 | Tijuana Panthers | Carpet Denim | Innovative Leisure |
| 19 | Sebadoh | Act Surprised | Dangerbird |
| 20 | Angelica Garcia | It Don’t Hinder Me – Single | Spacebomb |
| 21 | Lucy Dacus | Forever Half Mast – Single | Matador |
| 22 | Minami Deutsch | Can’t Get There – Single | Höga Nord |
| 23 | Sleepwalkers | Ages | Spacebomb |
| 24 | Bigal Harrison | Bintage | CONTROL Ent. |
| 25 | Radio B | Kill The Dreamer Vol 1: New Independence | AGM / Purple Republic |
| 26 | Sea of Storms | Saddest Faction | Sound Era |
| 27 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 29 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 30 | BUTT | Bad Sex | self-released |
Anna C. July 20th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Frightened Rabbit, Jesca Hoop, Prettiest Eyes, Purple Mountains, TacocaT
Top 30 new albums for week ending June 14 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending June 14
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 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Vic Spencer | Things Change I Don’t | Old Fart Luggage |
| 3 | Positive No | Teenage Waistline – Single | Dromedary |
| 4 | Cate Le Bon | Reward | Mexican Summer |
| 5 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 6 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 7 | She Keeps Bees | Kinship | Ba Da Bing! |
| 8 | C Keys & Kazi | Keys 2 Kazi | Below System |
| 9 | Your Old Droog | It Wasn’t Even Close | Gogul Mogul |
| 10 | The Mountain Goats | In League with Dragons | Merge |
| 11 | The National | I Am Easy to Find | 4AD |
| 12 | Earth | Full upon Her Burning Lips | Sargent House |
| 13 | Faye Webster | Atlanta Millionaires Club | Secretly Canadian |
| 14 | Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation | Sacred Dreams | Rocket |
| 15 | Omen Stones | Omen Stones | self-released |
| 16 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 17 | ohbliv | Give Thanks | Fat Beats |
| 18 | Prayer Group | Eudean | self-released |
| 19 | Copperhead | Copperhead | self-released |
| 20 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 21 | Membranes | What Nature Gives… Nature Takes Away | Cherry Red |
| 22 | Pixx | Small Mercies | 4AD |
| 23 | Bill Callahan | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | Drag City |
| 24 | Stef Chura | Midnight | Saddle Creek |
| 25 | Peter Perrett | Humanworld | Domino |
| 26 | Palehound | Black Friday | Polyvinyl |
| 27 | SACRED PAWS | Run Around the Sun | Merge |
| 28 | The Gotobeds | Debt Begins at 30 | Sub Pop |
| 29 | Mavis Staples | We Get By | Anti/Epitaph |
| 30 | Pronoun | i’ll show you stronger | Rhyme & Reason |
Anna C. June 15th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cate Le Bon, Positive No, Shana Cleveland, TacocaT, Vic Spencer
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
MMBB: June 10, 2019
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 June 10th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Cate Le Bon, Dressy Bessy, Haviah Mighty, Jamila Woods, Middle Kids, TacocaT, Xenia Rubinos
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 7 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 7
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 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 3 | Positive No | Teenage Waistline – Single | Dromedary |
| 4 | Drugdealer | Raw Honey | Mexican Summer / MAGNIPH / Hostess |
| 5 | Darkthrone | Old Star | Peaceville |
| 6 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 7 | Reigning Sound | Abdication… For Your Love | Merge |
| 8 | Grace Ives | 2nd | Dots Per Inch Music |
| 9 | Lovenloops | Bev Lives On – EP | self-released |
| 10 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 12 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 13 | Lobo Marino | @Appalachian South Folklife Center – EP | Lobo Marino |
| 14 | SACRED PAWS | Run Around the Sun | Merge |
| 15 | Willie Nelson | Ride Me Back Home | Legacy |
| 16 | French Vanilla | How Am I Not Myself? | Danger Collective |
| 17 | Earth | Full upon Her Burning Lips | Sargent House |
| 18 | Flying Lotus | Flamagra | Warp |
| 19 | Bambi Lee Savage | Berlin-Nashville Express | Hoof & Antler |
| 20 | Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble | Where Future Unfolds | International Anthem |
| 21 | Mavis Staples | We Get By | Anti/Epitaph |
| 22 | Ellis Paul | The Storyteller’s Suitcase | Rosella |
| 23 | Middle Kids | New Songs for Old Problems – EP | Domino |
| 24 | Juan Wauters | Introducing Juan Pablo | Captured Tracks |
| 25 | Nils Lofgren | Blue with Lou | Cattle Track Road |
| 26 | TK & The Holy Know-Nothings | Arguably OK | Mama Bird |
| 27 | Sebadoh | act surprised | Dangerbird |
| 28 | Clinic | Wheeltappers and Shunters | Domino |
| 29 | Operators | Radiant Dawn | Last Gang |
| 30 | Olden Yolk | Living Theatre | Trouble In Mind |
Anna C. June 8th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Darkthrone, Drugdealer, Positive No, Shana Cleveland, TacocaT
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
MMBB: June 3, 2019
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 June 3rd, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Dressy Bessy, Haviah Mighty, Jamila Woods, L7, Nots, SOAK, TacocaT
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
MMBB: May 27, 2019
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 27th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Combo Chimbita, Dressy Bessy, Esperanza Spalding, Ex Hex, Jamila Woods, L7, SOAK, TacocaT
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
MMBB: May 13, 2019
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 13th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Brutus, Combo Chimbita, Ex Hex, Four Eyes, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jackie Mendoza, L7, Little Simz, Priests, Shana Cleveland, SOAK, Stef Chura, TacocaT
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 10 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 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 | Drahla | Useless Coordinates | Captured Tracks |
| 2 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Priests | The Seduction of Kansas | Sister Polygon |
| 4 | Norma Tanega | Sad About The Times | Anthology |
| 5 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 6 | The Mountain Goats | In League with Dragons | Merge |
| 7 | Show Me the Body | Dog Whistle | Loma Vista |
| 8 | Angel Metro | Dark Days Bright Lights | self-released |
| 9 | Hackensaw Boys | A Fireproof House of Sunshine – EP | Free Dirt |
| 10 | Inter Arma | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 11 | Monday Night | Scomaha, Vol. 1 | AllWeNeed |
| 12 | NDEFRU | Foreign Local – EP | Blue Ether Sound |
| 13 | Yatra | Death Ritual | Grimoire |
| 14 | The Mystery Lights | Too Much Tension! | Wick |
| 15 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | The Balance | Universal-Island |
| 16 | Unwed Sailor | Heavy Age | Current Taste |
| 17 | RGD | Million Reasons | Serious Machines |
| 18 | Craig Finn | I Need a New War | Partisan |
| 19 | L7 | Scatter the Rats | Blackheart |
| 20 | Wand | Laughing Matter | Drag City |
| 21 | The Yawpers | Human Question | Bloodshot |
| 22 | Daniel Norgren | Wooh Dang | Superpuma |
| 23 | Anna Tivel | The Question | Fluff and Gravy |
| 24 | Ivy Mairi | Polarity – EP | Bruce Trail |
| 25 | Emily Reo | Only You Can See It | Carpark / Hostess |
| 26 | FONTAINES D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 27 | The Budos Band | V | Daptone |
| 28 | Partner | Saturday the 14th – EP | Father/Daughter |
| 29 | Brutus | Nest | Hassle |
| 30 | Little Simz | Grey Area | AGE 101 |
Anna C. May 11th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Drahla, Norma Tanega, Priests, Shana Cleveland, TacocaT
Top 30 for Jun 27 – Jul 3 presents:
Top 30 for Jun 27 – Jul 3
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thao & the Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 2 | TEEN | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 3 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 4 | Gazebos | Die Alone | Hardly Art |
| 5 | Kristin Kontrol | X-Communicate | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | White Lung | Paradise | Domino |
| 8 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | EggHunt |
| 9 | Gnoomes | Ngan! | Rocket Recordings |
| 10 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 11 | Summer Cannibals | Full of It | Kill Rock Stars |
| 12 | Chris Cohen | As If Apart | Captured Tracks |
| 13 | Regrettes | A Living Human Girl | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Nap Eyes | Thought Rock Fish Scale | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 15 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 16 | Tanya Donelly | Swan Song Series | American Laundromat |
| 17 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 18 | Frightened Rabbit | Painting of a Panic Attack | Canvasback |
| 19 | Aloha | Little Windows Cut Right Through | Polyvinyl |
| 20 | Sunflower Bean | Human Ceremony | Fat Possum |
| 21 | Boulevards | Groove! | Captured Tracks |
| 22 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily’s D+Evolution | Concord |
| 23 | Fruit Bats | Absolute Loser | Easy Sound |
| 24 | Casket Girls | The Night Machines | Graveface |
| 25 | Amber Arcades | Fading Lines | Heavenly |
| 26 | Levitation Room | Ethos | Burger |
| 27 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial | Matador |
| 28 | Lydia Lunch and Marc Hurtado | My Lover the Killer | Munster |
| 29 | Big Thief | Masterpiece | Saddle Creek |
| 30 | Erin McKeown | According to Us | TVP |
Anna C. July 4th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Gazebos, Kristin Kontrol, TacocaT, TEEN, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down