Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 3 presents:

Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 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	Manzara	Hello My Name Is … Friend	Nosy Pants
2	The Internet	Hive Mind	Columbia
3	Tanukichan	Sundays	Company
4	Angelique Kidjo	Remain in Light	Kravenworks
5	Bodega	Endless Scroll	What’s Your Rupture?
6	Bad Magic	What’s Wrong with My Eyes?	self-released
7	Piranha Rama	Piranha Rama	Trrrash
8	Lucy Dacus	Historian	Matador
9	Parquet Courts	Wide Awake!	Rough Trade
10	The Sword	Used Future	Razor & Tie
11	Speedy Ortiz	Twerp Verse	Carpark
12	Courtney Barnett	Tell Me How You Really Feel	Mom+Pop / Marathon / Milk!
13	Mourn	Sorpresa Familia	Captured Tracks
14	Kristin Hersh	Possible Dust Clouds	Fire
15	The Essex Green	Hardly Electronic	Merge
16	La Luz	Floating Features	Hardly Art
17	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	New West
18	Yeni Nostalji	Yeni Nostalji	Ropeadope
19	Woody Woodworth & the Piners	Virginia	self-released
20	Natalie Prass	The Future and the Past	ATO
21	Cole Hicks	May Day	ANONYMOUS Genius / Purple Republic
22	Brunswick	Five Years	Papa Hotel
23	Spooky Cool	Every Thing Ever – EP	Citrus City
24	Windhand	Eternal Return	Relapse
25	Here Lies Man	You Will Know Nothing	RidingEasy
26	Zoe Speaks	Wings	RedBird
27	Kevin Gordon	Tilt and Shine	Crowville Media
28	Denzel Curry	TA13OO	Loma Vista
29	YOB	Our Raw Heart	Relapse
30	Thin Lips	Chosen Family	Lame-O

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Anna C.    August 4th, 2018

Posted In: Charts

Tags: Angélique Kidjo, Bodega, Manzara, Tanukichan, The Internet