top 200 albums of 2021 presents:

In the past year, WRIR DJs played 52,000+ songs from 6,700+ albums, EPs, and singles released in 2021. These included 300+ recordings from local artists and bands. Below is a chart of the top 200 albums and EPs (local in bold).

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    December 31st, 2021

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top 30 new albums for Feb 16 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.

1 Yasmin Williams Urban Driftwood Spinster
2 The Weather Station Ignorance Fat Possum
3 The Notwist Vertigo Days Morr Music
4 Johnny Ciggs Paradise Gritty City
5 Mickey Guyton Bridges – EP Capitol Nashville
6 Modal Citizan Control, Alter, Deplete. self-released
7 Butcher Brown #KingButch Concord Jazz
8 Tiffany Williams I’ll Be Back Soon self-released
9 Sun June Somewhere Run For Cover
10 Rupert Wates Lamentations self-released
11 The Staves Good Woman Atlantic UK
12 God Is an Astronaut Ghost Tapes #10 Napalm Handels GmbH
13 Goat Girl On All Fours Rough Trade
14 Cub Scout Bowling Pins Heaven Beats Iowa – EP GBV Inc
15 Greenlights Music The Art Of Poise Greenlights Music
16 Hilang Child Every Mover Bella Union
17 Roland Roberts All About the Timing self-released
18 Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams Plastic Bouquet New West
19 Cabaret Voltaire Shadow of Fear Mute
20 Shygirl ALIAS Because Music Ltd.
21 Negativland The World Will Decide Seeland
22 Heather Trost Petrichor Third Man
23 Adrianne Lenker songs 4AD
24 Various Artists The Harry Smith B-Sides Dust to Digital
25 Bartees Strange Live Forever Memory Music
26 Hen Ogledd Free Humans Weird World
27 Black Country, New Road For the First Time Ninja Tune
28 Theravada Xenophon 2000 ENT.
29 John Dwyer Witch Egg (feat. Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas & Greg Coates) Castle Face
30 Tribulation Where the Gloom Becomes Sound Metal Blade

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    February 16th, 2021

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top 30 new albums for Feb 2 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.

1 The Notwist Vertigo Days Morr Music
2 Shame Drunk Tank Pink Dead Oceans
3 Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca N’dona Ponte Mopiato Music
4 Cult of Luna The Raging River Red Creek
5 Willie Nelson That’s Life Legacy
6 Big Kahuna OG & Monday Night Shark Report SCHEME TEAM
7 Yung Ongoing Dispute PNKSLM
8 Goat Girl On All Fours Rough Trade
9 Julien Baker Little Oblivions Matador
10 Kiwi jr. Cooler Returns Fontana North
11 Anansy Cisse Anoura Riverboat
12 Raye Zaragoza Woman in Color Rebel River
13 Prop Vintage Luggage HLGNLIFE
14 Tamikrest Tamotait Glitterbeat
15 Star Feminine Band Star Feminine Band Born Bad
16 Here Lies Man Ritual Divination RidingEasy
17 Gumming Overripe Vinyl Conflict
18 The Budos Band Long In The Tooth Daptone
19 Afel Bocoum Lindé World Circuit
20 Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song Smalltown Supersound
21 Japanese Television III – EP Tip Top
22 Ruth Good Haunt – EP Citrus City
23 Lande Hekt Going to Hell Get Better
24 Shormey God Bless Bob Ross: A Collection of Low Fidelity Recordings self-released
25 Quintron & Miss Pussycat Goblin Alert Goner
26 Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin FlySiifu’s Lex
27 Deradoorian Find the Sun Anti/Epitaph
28 Old Man of the Woods Dissolve – EP self-released
29 Beautify Junkyards Cosmorama Ghost Box
30 Zonke Family At the Studio Lokalophon

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    February 2nd, 2021

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