Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 18 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Miri | Out Here |
| 2 | Angel Metro | Dark Days Bright Lights | self-released |
| 3 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 4 | Deerhunter | Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? | 4AD |
| 5 | Adia Victoria | Silences | Canvasback/ATL |
| 6 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 7 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 8 | Big Joanie | Sistahs | Cargo |
| 9 | Anderson .Paak | Oxnard | Aftermath / 12 Tone Music |
| 10 | St. Vincent | MassEducation | Loma Vista |
| 11 | Dom Flemons | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 12 | Stephanie | tangerine nightmare | self-released |
| 13 | Debrider | Gift Horse | self-released |
| 14 | Grime Lords | Wimbledon Dons | Boiler Room |
| 15 | Planningtorock | Powerhouse | DFA |
| 16 | Mattiel | Customer Copy – EP | Burger |
| 17 | Jeff Tweedy | WARM | dBpm |
| 18 | Jon Spencer | Spencer Sings the Hits! | In the Red |
| 19 | Georgia Anne Muldrow | Overload | Brainfeeder |
| 20 | Dead Can Dance | Dionysus | PIAS |
| 21 | SRSQ | Unreality | Dais |
| 22 | The Putbacks | The Putbacks | HopeStreet |
| 23 | J Mascis | Elastic Days | Sub Pop |
| 24 | Cary Morin | When I Rise | Cary Morin |
| 25 | Yoko Ono | Warzone | Chimera Music |
| 26 | Pill | Soft Hell | Mexican Summer |
| 27 | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Look Now | Concord |
| 28 | Dean Wareham & Cheval Sombre | Dean Wareham vs. Cheval Sombre | Double Feature |
| 29 | Liz Brasher | Painted Image | Fat Possum |
| 30 | Conway The Machine | Eif 2: Eat What U Kill | Grizelda |
Anna C. January 19th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Adia Victoria, Angel Metro, Bassekou Kouyate, Deerhunter, Ngoni Ba, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 9 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 9
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 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 3 | Boygenius | boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 4 | Hollie Cook | Sweet Like Chocolate / Dub Like Chocolate – Single | Merge |
| 5 | Recluse Raccoon | Recluse Raccoon | Citrus City |
| 6 | Balun | Prisma Tropical | Good Child Music |
| 7 | Pale Waves | My Mind Makes Noises | Dirty Hit / Hostess |
| 8 | Anna St. Louis | If Only There Was a River | Woodsist / Mare |
| 9 | Mipso | Edges Run | Antifragile Music |
| 10 | Dom Flemons | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 11 | Big Kahuna OG | Weapon OX | Mutant Academy |
| 12 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 13 | Black Acid Ritual | Resin | self-released |
| 14 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 15 | Corey Harris | Free Water Way | self-released |
| 16 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 17 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 18 | Scheme Team | Big Bluntz DVD | Mutant Academy |
| 19 | Sports Bar | Stranger in My Head | Mister Falcon |
| 20 | VNV Nation | Noire | Metropolis |
| 21 | Warm Drag | Warm Drag | In the Red |
| 22 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 23 | The Nude Party | The Nude Party | New West |
| 24 | Hater | Siesta | Fire |
| 25 | Kikagaku Moyo | Masana Temples | Guruguru Brain |
| 26 | Swearin’ | Fall into the Sun | Merge |
| 27 | Julia Holter | Aviary | Domino |
| 28 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberty & Lament |
| 29 | Mr Twin Sister | Salt | Twin Group |
| 30 | Antarctigo Vespucci | Love in the Time of E-Mail | Polyvinyl |
Anna C. November 10th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Hollie Cook, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Recluse Raccoon, Windhand, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 12 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 12
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 | Roc Marciano | Behold a Dark Horse | Marci Enterprises |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 3 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 4 | Sports Bar | Stranger in My Head | self-released |
| 5 | Recluse Raccoon | Recluse Raccoon | Citrus City |
| 6 | Lina Symone | Need That – Single | self-released |
| 7 | Big No | Life on a String / When I Think of Heaven | Steady Sounds |
| 8 | Lucy Dacus | Historian | Matador |
| 9 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 10 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 11 | Bigal Harrison | Bintage | self-released |
| 12 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 13 | Lala Lala | The Lamb | Sub Pop |
| 14 | Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 | Free Dirt |
| 15 | Sleepwalkers | Never Enough – Single | Spacebomb |
| 16 | Dance With the Dead | Loved to Death | Dance with the Dead |
| 17 | Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | Partisan |
| 18 | Doctor Nativo | Guatemaya | Stonetree |
| 19 | Illiterate Light | Growin’ Down – Single | self-released |
| 20 | Molly Burch | First Flower | Captured Tracks |
| 21 | Big Joanie | Fall Asleep – Single | Blank Editions |
| 22 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 23 | Chris Smither | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 24 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 25 | Fly Anakin & Big Kahuna OG | Life & Times of BigFly – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 26 | Namebrand | Chatham Grove | Purple Republic / AGM |
| 27 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 28 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 29 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | self-released |
| 30 | David Nance Group | Peaced and Slightly Pulverized | Trouble in Mind |
Anna C. October 13th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Recluse Raccoon, Roc Marciano, Saw Black, Sports Bar, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 21 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 21
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 | Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | Partisan |
| 2 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 4 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 5 | Mirah | Understanding | Absolute Magnitude |
| 6 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 7 | Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone |
| 8 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti/Epitaph |
| 9 | Exploded View | Obey | Sacred Bones |
| 10 | Eric Bachmann | No Recover | Merge |
| 11 | Dilly Dally | Heaven | Partisan |
| 12 | Ashes | Good Nothings – EP | Crystal Pistol |
| 13 | Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá | De Palenque à Matongé | Zephyrus |
| 14 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 15 | Spiritualized | And Nothing Hurt | Fat Possum |
| 16 | Richard Thompson | 13 Rivers | New West |
| 17 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 18 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | self-released |
| 21 | We Were Promised Jetpacks | The More I Sleep the Less I Dream | self released |
| 22 | Marc Ribot | Songs of Resistance 1948-2018 | Anti- |
| 23 | Jungle | For Ever | XL |
| 24 | Tirzah | Devotion | Domino |
| 25 | Aphex Twin | Collapse – EP | Warp |
| 26 | Advance Base | Animal Companionship | Run for Cover |
| 27 | Aimee Lay | The Other Side of You | Respectful Lust |
| 28 | Alien Boy | Sleeping Lessons | Tiny Engines |
| 29 | Thalia Zedek Band | Fighting Season | Thrill Jockey |
| 30 | Iron & Wine | Weed Garden – EP | Sub Pop |
Anna C. September 22nd, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Idles, Low, Mirah, Mitski, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 14 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 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 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 3 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Escape-ism | The Lost Record | Merge |
| 6 | Rubblebucket | Sun Machine | Grand Jury Music |
| 7 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 8 | Jupiter & Okwess | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
| 9 | Anna Calvi | Hunter | Domino |
| 10 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Anti/Epitaph |
| 11 | The War and Treaty | Healing Tide | Strong World Entertainment |
| 12 | Doctor Nativo | Guatemaya | Stonetree |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Geometric Vision | Fire! Fire! Fire | Swiss Dark Nights |
| 15 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 16 | Tomberlin | At Weddings | Saddle Creek |
| 17 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 18 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 19 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 20 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 21 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | Elizabeth Owens |
| 22 | Eliza Juno | Body In Flames | self-released |
| 23 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 24 | Ohbliv | Ecstasis by Darktwaine | self-released |
| 25 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti- |
| 26 | Say Hi | Caterpillar Centipede | Euphobia |
| 27 | Detroit Rebellion | See You Next Year | Bodan Kuma |
| 28 | Jeff the Brotherhood | Magick Songs | Dine Alone |
| 29 | The Holydrug Couple | Hyper Super Mega | Sacred Bones |
| 30 | Alien Boy | Sleeping Lessons | Tiny Engines |
Anna C. September 15th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Escape-ism, Kenneka Cook, Piranha Rama, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 15 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 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
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 2 | Yeni Nostalji | Yeni Nostalji | Ropeadope |
| 3 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 4 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 5 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 6 | Kanye West | ye | GOOD Music / Def Jam |
| 7 | Wooden Shjips | V. | Thrill Jockey |
| 8 | Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino | Domino |
| 9 | Allan Harris | The Genius of Eddie Jefferson (feat. Eric Reed, George DeLancey, Willie Jones III, Ralph Moore) | Resilience Music Alliance |
| 10 | Angelique Kidjo | Remain In Light | Kravenworks |
| 11 | Simian Mobile Disco | Murmurations | Wichita |
| 12 | Sam Lewis | Loversity | self-released |
| 13 | Jorja Smith | Lost & Found | FAMM Limited |
| 14 | Anna Calvi | Hunter | Domino |
| 15 | Sound VVitch | Hide – Single | self-released |
| 16 | The Pendletons | Funk Forever – EP | Bastard Jazz |
| 17 | Eternal Summers | Every Day It Feels Like I’m Dying… | Nevado |
| 18 | Tia Fuller | Diamond Cut | Mack Avenue |
| 19 | Melody’s Echo Chamber | Bon Voyage | Fat Possum |
| 20 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 21 | Tuamie | Emergency Raps, Vol. 2 | Mutant Academy |
| 22 | Scott Clark | ToNow | Clean Feed |
| 23 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 24 | John Morand | Scott’s Addiction | Sound of Music |
| 25 | I Am the Liquor | Feed on My Sorrow – EP | self-released |
| 26 | Love Roses | What Doesn’t Thrill You | self-released |
| 27 | Opin | Drifters EP | Harding Street Assembly Lab |
| 28 | Lunger | Hell is coming with us. – EP | self-released |
| 29 | Anthony Curtis | Lyrebird | Field of Sound |
| 30 | DJ Williams | Live From Over Where | Projekt |
Anna C. June 16th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Natalie Prass, Nickelus F, Saw Black, Yeni Nostalji, Young Scum
Top 30 for week ending Feb 3 presents:
Top 30 for week ending Feb 3
Anna C. February 4th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cherry Glazerr, Lucy Dacus, Priests, Systema Solar, Young Scum
Top 30 for Dec 12-18 presents:
Top 30 for Dec 12-18
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil’ Thing |
| 2 | Young Scum | Zona | Citrus City |
| 3 | Grass Panther | Vignette | self-released |
| 4 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 5 | Way, Shape or Form | Elseware | self-released |
| 6 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Citrus City / Bad Grrrl / Crystal Pistol |
| 7 | Dazeases | C R U M B S | self-released |
| 8 | Sylvan Esso | Radio b/w Kick Jump Twist | Loma Vista Recordings |
| 9 | Eleanor Friedberger | New View | Frenchkiss |
| 10 | Jenny Hval | Blood Bitch | Sacred Bones |
| 11 | Kadhja Bonet | The Visitor | Fat Possum |
| 12 | The Wimps | The Wimps | self-released |
| 13 | Petrichor | Petrichor | self-released |
| 14 | Lightfields | Feelings | self-released |
| 15 | Pete Curry | Doin’ Nothin’ | self-released |
| 16 | Jack Skuller | Sun Studio Sessions | Mint 400 |
| 17 | Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | Until the Hunter | Tendril Tales |
| 18 | Forth Wanderers | Slop | Father/Daughter |
| 19 | Martha Wainwright | Goodnight City | PIAS |
| 20 | Ruby Friedman Orchestra | Gem | Pulchrum |
| 21 | Agnes Obel | Citizen of Glass | PIAS |
| 22 | Fever High | All Work | Sire |
| 23 | Lisa Mitchell | Warriors | PIAS |
| 24 | La Femme | Mystère | Disques Pointus |
| 25 | Emma Ruth Rundle | Marked for Death | Sargent House |
| 26 | Hannah Williams & the Affirmations | Late Nights & Heartbreak | Record Kicks |
| 27 | Weyes Blood | Front Row Seat to Earth | Mexican Summer |
| 28 | The Seshen | Flames & Figures | Tru Thoughts |
| 29 | The Pretenders | Alone | BMG |
| 30 | Jeff Rosenstock | Worry. | Side One Dummy |
Anna C. December 19th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Grass Panther, Imaginary Sons, Way Shape or Form, Young Scum
Top 30 for Nov 14-20 presents:
Top 30 for Nov 14-20
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warpaint | Heads Up | Rough Trade |
| 2 | Various Artists | Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith | American Laundromat |
| 3 | Young Scum | Zona | Citrus City |
| 4 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Bad Grrrl / Citrus City / Crystal Pistol |
| 5 | Leonard Cohen | You Want it Darker | Sony |
| 6 | Jeff Rosenstock | WORRY. | SideOneDummy |
| 7 | Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 | Struggle Sounds | Sony Masterworks |
| 8 | LVL UP | Return to Love | Sub Pop |
| 9 | Tiken Jah Fakoly | Racines | Wrasse |
| 10 | Vaudou Game | Kidayu | Hot Casa |
| 11 | Alkibar Jr. | Jamal | Studio Mali |
| 12 | Noura Mint Seymali | Arbina | Glitterbeat |
| 13 | Dawes | We’re All Gonna Die | Hub / Q Prime |
| 14 | Lee Fields & The Expressions | Special Night | Big Crown |
| 15 | Paul & the Tall Trees | Our Love in the Light | Big Crown |
| 16 | Flock of Dimes | If You See Me, Say Yes | Partisan |
| 17 | Julia Jacklin | Don’t Let the Kids Win | Polyvinyl |
| 18 | Alejandro Escovedo | Burn Something Beautiful | Fantasy |
| 19 | Helen Money | Become Zero | Thrill Jockey |
| 20 | Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | Until the Hunter | Tendril Tales |
| 21 | Various Artists | The Ultimate Guide to English Folk | ARC Music |
| 22 | Sad13 | Slugger | Carpark |
| 23 | Wolf People | Ruins | Jagjaguwar |
| 24 | Major Stars | Motion Set | Drag City |
| 25 | American Wrestlers | Goodbye Terrible Youth | Fat Possum |
| 26 | Kristine Schmitt | Good Dirt | self-released |
| 27 | TOY | Clear Shot | Heavenly / PIAS |
| 28 | Vanishing Twin | Choose Your Own Adventure | Soundway |
| 29 | Honeyblood | Babes Never Die | FatCat |
| 30 | ESP Ohio | Starting Point of the Royal Cyclopean | Rockathon |
Anna C. November 21st, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Camp Howard, Leonard Cohen, Warpaint, Young Scum
Top 30 for Oct 24-30 presents:
Top 30 for Oct 24-30
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Scum | Zona | Citrus City |
| 2 | Pete Curry | Night Logic | Crystal Pistol |
| 3 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Citrus City/Crystal Pistol/Bad Grrrl |
| 4 | LVL UP | Return to Love | Sub Pop |
| 5 | Naked Pictures | Wade the Water | self-released |
| 6 | Haley Bonar | Impossible Dream | GNDWIRE / Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | Warpaint | Heads Up | Rough Trade |
| 8 | Ultimate Painting | Dusk | Trouble in Mind |
| 9 | La Femme | Mystère | Disques Pointus |
| 10 | Slothrust | Everyone Else | Dangerbird |
| 11 | American Football | American Football | Polyvinyl |
| 12 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million | Jagjaguwar |
| 13 | Katie Burden | Strange Moon | Cautionary Tail |
| 14 | Psychic Twin | Strange Diary | Polyvinyl |
| 15 | Wovenhand | Star Treatment | Sargent House |
| 16 | Ian Sweet | Shapeshifter | Hardly Art |
| 17 | Against Me! | Shape Shift with Me | Total Treble |
| 18 | Duchess Says | Sciences Nouvelles | Slovenly |
| 19 | GRIT | LA Don’t Love You | Bodan Kuma |
| 20 | StarBenders | Heavy Petting | Institution |
| 21 | Husbandry | Fera | Aqualamb |
| 22 | Deap Vally | FEMEJISM | Nevado |
| 23 | Nots | Cosmetic | Goner |
| 24 | AJJ | The Bible 2 | SideOneDummy |
| 25 | High Waisted | On Ludlow | self-released |
| 26 | Pill | Convenience | Mexican Summer |
| 27 | Avers | Omega/Whatever | EggHunt |
| 28 | Jacob Collier | In My Room | self-released |
| 29 | Omni | Deluxe | Trouble in Mind |
| 30 | Jherek Bischoff | Cistern | Leaf |
Anna C. October 31st, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Camp Howard, LVL UP, Naked Pictures, Pete Curry, Young Scum