Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 18 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 18
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 | Drahla | Useless Coordinates | Captured Tracks |
| 2 | Kim Gordon | No Home Record | Matador |
| 3 | Olivia Jean | Night Owl | Third Man |
| 4 | The Hecks | My Star | Trouble In Mind |
| 5 | Toxic Moxie | Falkonia | self-released |
| 6 | The Wimps | Plasma | self-released |
| 7 | Slump | Flashbacks from Black Dust Country | Feel It |
| 8 | Sammi Lanzetta | Ceiling Mirror | 6131 |
| 9 | Camp Howard | Cañón | Egghunt |
| 10 | Downhaul | Before You Fall Asleep | Refresh |
| 11 | Enforced | At the Walls | WAR |
| 12 | Plunky & Oneness | Afroclectic | N.A.M.E. Brand |
| 13 | Illiterate Light | Sweet Beast – EP | Atlantic |
| 14 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 15 | Rebekah Rafferty and The Wakes | Aging Up – EP | self-released |
| 16 | Danny Brown | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 17 | Big Thief | Two Hands | 4AD |
| 18 | Bob Bradshaw | Queen of the West | Fluke |
| 19 | Erthlings | Indigo – EP | Future Classic |
| 20 | Tegan and Sara | Hey, I’m Just Like You | Sire |
| 21 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Ghosteen | Ghosteen Ltd |
| 22 | Kacy & Clayton | Carrying On | New West |
| 23 | Rituals of Mine | SLEEPER HOLD | Carpark |
| 24 | Sofia Talvik | Paws of a Bear | Makaki Music |
| 25 | Alexa Rose | Medicine for Living | Big Legal Mess |
| 26 | Sui Zhen | Losing, Linda | Dot Dash |
| 27 | Kate Teague | Kate Teague | Muscle Beach |
| 28 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO / Fontana North |
| 29 | Fix | Fix – EP | KIllroom |
| 30 | Snoh Aalegra | -Ugh, those feels again | Artium / AWAL |
Anna C. October 19th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Drahla, Kim Gordon, Olivia Jean, The Hecks, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24
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 | Toxic Moxie | BRATCORE (VCR cover) – Single | self-released |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Oh Sees | Smote Reverser | Castle Face |
| 4 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 6 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 7 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 8 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 9 | Songs From The Road Band | Road to Nowhere | Lucks Dumpy Toad |
| 10 | Phantastic Ferniture | Phantastic Ferniture | Polyvinyl |
| 11 | Preoccupations | New Material | Jagjaguwar |
| 12 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Calicoco | Float | Dadstache |
| 15 | Noisia & Two Fingers | Dzjengis – Single | Division |
| 16 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 17 | Ohbliv | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 18 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Mass Gothic | I’ve Tortured You Long Enough | Sub Pop |
| 21 | Nothing | Dance on the Blacktop | Relapse |
| 22 | Death Cab for Cutie | Thank You for Today | Atlantic |
| 23 | Dizzy | Baby Teeth | Royal Mountain |
| 24 | CoCo O’Connor | This Ol’ War | Satarah |
| 25 | Glenn Jones | The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works For 6 & 12 String Guitar | Thrill Jockey |
| 26 | Still Corners | Slow Air | Wrecking Light |
| 27 | Jeremy & the Harlequins | Remember This | Yep Roc |
| 28 | Indigo Girls | Live with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra | Rounder |
| 29 | Basement Revolver | Heavy Eyes | Sonic Unyon |
| 30 | Hawks and Doves | From a White Hotel | Jullian |
Anna C. August 25th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Kenneka Cook, Manzara, Mitski, Oh Sees, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 20 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 20
Anna C. October 21st, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, King Krule, Positive No, Toxic Moxie, Wu-Tang Clan
Top 30 for Jul 11-17 presents:
Top 30 for Jul 11-17
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | Egghunt |
| 2 | Get In The Car | Get In The Car | self-released |
| 3 | Nelly Kate | Woodshedding | self-released |
| 4 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 5 | Naked Pictures | Nudes | self-released |
| 6 | Money Chica | Echo En Mexico | Vampisoul |
| 7 | Joe Battan | Call My Name | Vampisoul |
| 8 | The Wimps | The Wimps | Bad Grrrl |
| 9 | Jeremy D. Simmons | Pie in the Sky | Elephant Ear |
| 10 | Tanya Donelly | Swan Song Series | American Laundromat |
| 11 | The Coathangers | Nosebleed Weekend | Suicide Squeeze |
| 12 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 13 | Blood Orange | Freetown Sound | Domino |
| 14 | Miramar | Dedication to Sylvia Rexach | Barbes |
| 15 | Kristin Kontrol | X-Communicate | Sub Pop |
| 16 | Andy Shauf | The Party | Anti- |
| 17 | Kevin Morby | Singing Saw | Dead Oceans |
| 18 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 19 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 20 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 21 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Monolith of Phobos | ATO |
| 22 | William Tyler | Modern Country | Merge |
| 23 | Aloha | Little Windows Cut Right Through | Polyvinyl |
| 24 | Whitney | Light Upon the Lake | Secretly Canadian |
| 25 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Drag City |
| 26 | Fruit Bats | Absolute Loser | Easy Sound |
| 27 | Mystery Lights | The Mystery Lights | Wick |
| 28 | BADBADNOTGOOD | IV | Innovative Leisure |
| 29 | Omar | I Want It to Be | Freestyle |
| 30 | case/lang/veirs | case/lang/veirs | Anti- |
Anna C. July 18th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Get in the Car, Naked Pictures, Nelly Kate, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for Jun 13-26 presents:
Top 30 for Jun 13-26
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 2 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 3 | Get in the Car | Get in the Car | self-released |
| 4 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Crystal Pistol / Citrus City / Bad Grrrl |
| 5 | Bandrew | In the Meantime | self-released |
| 6 | Kingbees | The Big Rock | Omnivore |
| 7 | Marissa Nadler | Strangers | Sacred Bones Records |
| 8 | Doll Baby | Polliwog EP | self-released |
| 9 | The So So Glos | Kamikaze | Votiv |
| 10 | Various Artists | Heartworn Highways Soundtrack | Light in the Attic |
| 11 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil Thing |
| 12 | Miramar | Dedication to Sylvia Rexach | Barbès |
| 13 | Empty Houses | Daydream | Sargent House |
| 14 | Anthony Joseph | Caribbean Roots | Heavenly Sweetness / Strut |
| 15 | Lisa Prank | Adult Teen | Father/Daughter |
| 16 | Kaleo | A/B | New Elektra |
| 17 | Vexine | Little Sin | Zap |
| 18 | Sunwatchers | Sunwatchers | Castle Face |
| 19 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 20 | Spray Paint | Feel the Clamps | Goner |
| 21 | Honey Radar | Blank Cartoon | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 22 | Andy Shauf | The Party | Anti- |
| 23 | PUP | The Dream is Over | SideOneDummy |
| 24 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 25 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 26 | Whitney | Light Upon the Lake | Secretly Canadian |
| 27 | Summer Cannibals | Full of It | Kill Rock Stars |
| 28 | Steve Gunn | Eyes on the Lines | Matador |
| 29 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Drag City |
| 30 | Andrew Bird | Are You Serious | Loma Vista |
Anna C. June 27th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bandrew, Camp Howard, Clair Morgan, Get in the Car, Toxic Moxie
The Church of the Ecstatic presents:
The Church of the Ecstatic 32 – Let’s Queer things UP!
I had been planning this playlist for Pride month ages ago, but this week it became especially important. A personal and emotional show for me, focusing on gender and LGBT issues and artists – especially artists that opened my eyes and inspired me through the years. No matter your identity or orientation, stand tall. Much love to you all!
Sister Euphonia The Church of the Ecstatic June 16th, 2016
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Gender, LGBTQ, Pride, Queer Rocket, RVA Music, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for May 16-22 presents:
Top 30 for May 16-22
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 2 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 3 | The Wimps | The Wimps | BadGrrrl |
| 4 | Manatree | Manatree | Egghunt |
| 5 | NO BS! Brass Band | Brass Knuckles | self-released |
| 6 | ZOMBI | Shape Shift | Relapse |
| 7 | A Giant Dog | Pile | Merge |
| 8 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 9 | My Darling Fury | Aches | self-released |
| 10 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | XL |
| 11 | Beth Orton | 1973 [single] | Anti- |
| 12 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 13 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 14 | Ra Ra Riot | Need Your Light | Barsuk |
| 15 | TEEN | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 16 | Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds | La Araña es la Vida | In the Red |
| 17 | Sunflower Bean | Human Ceremony | Fat Possum |
| 18 | Charles Bradley | Changes | Daptone |
| 19 | Aurora | All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend | Glassnote |
| 20 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 21 | Jessy Lanza | Oh No | Hyperdub |
| 22 | Hurry | Guided Meditation | Lame-O |
| 23 | Hazmat Modine | Extra-Deluxe-Supreme | Barbes |
| 24 | Ry X | Dawn | Loma Vista |
| 25 | Oscar | Cut and Paste | Wichita |
| 26 | Bleached | Welcome the Worms | Dead Oceans |
| 27 | Allen Stone | Radius (Deluxe Edition) | ATO |
| 28 | Autolux | Pussy’s Dead | 30th Century |
| 29 | Casey Mecija | Psychic Materials | self-released |
| 30 | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | PersonA | Community Music |
Anna C. May 23rd, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Manatree, NO BS Brass Band, The Wimps, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for Apr 25 – May 1 presents:
Top 30 for Apr 25 – May 1
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil’ Thing |
| 2 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 3 | The Wimps | The Wimps | Bad Grrrl |
| 4 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | EggHunt |
| 5 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Citrus City / Crystal Pistol / Bad Grrrl |
| 6 | PJ Harvey | The Hope Six Demolition Project | Vagrant / Island |
| 7 | Wire | Nocturnal Koreans | Pink Flag |
| 8 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Drag City |
| 9 | M. Ward | More Rain | Merge |
| 10 | TEEN | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 11 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance | Rough Trade |
| 12 | Thao & the Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 13 | Pity Sex | White Hot Moon | Run for Cover |
| 14 | Free Cake For Every Creature | Talking Quietly of Anything with You | Double Double Whammy |
| 15 | The Coathangers | Nosebleed Weekend | Suicide Squeeze |
| 16 | Higher Authorities | Neptune | Domino |
| 17 | Chelsea Wolfe | Hypnos b/w Flame | Sargent House |
| 18 | Kyle Craft | Dolls of Highland | Sub Pop |
| 19 | Rogue Wave | Delusions of Grand Fur | Easy Sound |
| 20 | Woods | City Sun Eater in the River of Light | Woodsist |
| 21 | Teleman | Brilliant Sanity | Moshi Moshi |
| 22 | Prince Rama | X-treme Now | Carpark |
| 23 | Summer Cannibals | Say My Name [single] | Kill Rock Stars |
| 24 | Summer Twins | Limbo | Burger |
| 25 | Petra Haden | Imaginaryland [reissue] | Bar/None |
| 26 | Lucius | Good Grief | Mom + Pop |
| 27 | Laura Gibson | Empire Builder | Barsuk |
| 28 | The Bonnevilles | Arrow Pierce My Heart | Alive Naturalsound |
| 29 | Melaena Cadiz | Sunfair | Misra |
| 30 | Michelle Blades | Polylust | Midnight Special |
Anna C. May 2nd, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Camp Howard, Imaginary Sons, Lucy Dacus, The Wimps, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for Mar 21-27 presents:
Top 30 for Mar 21-27
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quilt | Plaza | Mexican Summer |
| 2 | Charles Bradley | Changes | Daptone |
| 3 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon |
| 4 | Shopping | Why Choose | FatCat |
| 5 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 6 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 7 | Rokia Traoré | Né So | Nonesuch |
| 8 | The James Hunter Six | Hold On! | Daptone |
| 9 | Joy Formidable | Hitch | self-released |
| 10 | Bombino | Azel | Partisan |
| 11 | The Bonnevilles | Arrow Pierce My Heart | Alive |
| 12 | Aziza Brahim | Abbar el Hamada | Glitterbeat |
| 13 | The KVB | …Of Desire | Invada |
| 14 | Mothers | When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired | Grand Jury |
| 15 | The Spook School | Try to be Hopeful | Fortuna POP! |
| 16 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 17 | Iggy Pop | Post Pop Depression | Loma Vista / Concord |
| 18 | Wild Nothing | Life of Pause | Captured Tracks |
| 19 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily's D+Evolution | Concord |
| 20 | Savages | Adore Life | Matador |
| 21 | Thermals | Hey You [single] | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | Dreamtime | Dreamtime [reissue] | Captcha / Cardinal Fuzz |
| 23 | Fatima Al Qadiri | Brute | Hyperdub |
| 24 | Brackish Water Jamboree | Brackish Water Jamboree | Riverrock |
| 25 | Sidestepper | Supernatural Love | Real World |
| 26 | Mavis Staples | Livin' on a High Note | Anti- |
| 27 | Laney Jones | Laney Jones | self-released |
| 28 | Eerie Wanda | Hum | Beyond Beyond is Beyond |
| 29 | Gazebos | Die Alone | Hardly Art |
| 30 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | EggHunt |
Anna C. March 28th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Charles Bradley, Quilt, Shopping, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for Mar 14-20 presents:
Top 30 for Mar 14-20
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | Egghunt |
| 2 | Foals | What Went Down | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Lianne La Havas | Blood | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Lobo Marino | We Hear the Ocean | Bad Friends |
| 5 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 6 | Sula Bassana | Shipwrecked | Sulatron |
| 7 | Palm | Trading Basics | Exploding in Sound |
| 8 | Sidestepper | Supernatural Love | Real World |
| 9 | Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color | ATO |
| 10 | Coathangers | Nosebleed Weekend | Suicide Squeeze |
| 11 | Teen | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 12 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily's D+Evolution | Concord |
| 13 | Cavum | ebb//flow | Bad Grrrl |
| 14 | Big Quiet | Big Quiet | self-released |
| 15 | Mary Lattimore | At the Dam | Ghostly International |
| 16 | Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 17 | Iggy Pop | Post Pop Depression | Loma Vista,Rekords Rekord |
| 18 | Quilt | Plaza | Mexican Summer |
| 19 | Animal Collective | Painting With | Domino |
| 20 | Ra Ra Riot | Need Your Light | Barsuk |
| 21 | M. Ward | More Rain | Merge |
| 22 | Wild Nothing | Life of Pause | Captured Tracks |
| 23 | Sunflower Bean | Human Ceremony | Fat Possum |
| 24 | Heron Oblivion | Heron Oblivion | Sub Pop |
| 25 | Waco Brothers | Going Down In History | Bloodshot |
| 26 | Savages | Adore Life | Matador |
| 27 | Prince Rama | X-treme Now | Carpark |
| 28 | La Sera | Music for Listening to Music to | Polyvinyl |
| 29 | Charles Bradley | Changes | Daptone |
| 30 | Pete Yorn | ArrangingTime | Capitol |
Anna C. March 21st, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Foals, Lianne La Havas, Lobo Marino, Lucy Dacus, Toxic Moxie