top 200 albums of 2021 presents:
top 200 albums of 2021
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).
Anna C. December 31st, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Book of Wyrms, Dry Cleaning, Goat Girl, Lucy Dacus, Mdou Moctar, PJ Sykes, Prabir Trio, Squid, The Notwist, Vaudou Game
top 30 new albums for May 25 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 25
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 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 2 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 3 | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy | Superwolves | Drag City |
| 4 | Natik Awayez | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 5 | José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz | Lua Ki Di Nos | Hot Mule |
| 6 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | Matador |
| 7 | Downhaul | Proof | Refresh |
| 8 | Castalia | Blue Moon – EP | self-released |
| 9 | Gusher | Bleed Out | Gusher1312 |
| 10 | Gutterwall | After The Fall | Etching Tin |
| 11 | Current Joys | Voyager | Secretly Canadian |
| 12 | Five Mile Mountain Road | Swingbilly Swagger | Patuxent Music |
| 13 | FACS | Present Tense | Trouble In Mind |
| 14 | Lionel Boy | Lionel Boy | Innovative Leisure |
| 15 | Sarah Neufeld | Detritus | Paper Bag |
| 16 | The Black Keys | Delta Kream | Nonesuch |
| 17 | St. Vincent | Daddy’s Home | Loma Vista |
| 18 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 19 | Rae Isla | Another Life | INSRGNT ARTS |
| 20 | Colleen | The Tunnel and the Clearing | Thrill Jockey |
| 21 | TOR | Oasis Sky | self-released |
| 22 | Crumb | Ice Melt | self-released |
| 23 | Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade | Merge |
| 24 | Rochelle Jordan | Play with the Changes | self-released |
| 25 | Silver Synthetic | Silver Synthetic | Third Man |
| 26 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 27 | Death from Above 1979 | Is 4 Lovers | Everything Eleven |
| 28 | Danny Burns | Hurricane – EP | Bonfire |
| 29 | Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! | Constellation |
Anna C. May 25th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Goat Girl, José Carlos Schwarz, Le Cobiana Djazz, Matt Sweeney, McKinley Dixon, Natik Awayez
top 30 new albums for Mar 2 presents:
top 30 new albums for Mar 2
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 | Madlib | Sound Ancestors | Madlib Invazion |
| 2 | Aaron Espe | Rock & Roll Man – EP | Nettwerk |
| 3 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 4 | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | I Told You So | Colemine |
| 5 | Dimmu Borgir | Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia [Japan Edition] | Avalon Label |
| 6 | Sweeping Promises | Hunger for a Way Out | Feel It |
| 7 | Way, Shape, or Form | Infinite Lives | self-released |
| 8 | Nick Coward and the Last Battle | Thieves | Apparitioner |
| 9 | Dan Croll | Grand Plan – Live | Spacebomb |
| 10 | Modal Citizan | Control, Alter, Deplete. | Modal Citizan |
| 11 | Public Acid | Condemnation – EP | Beach Impediment |
| 12 | Lefthnd | Ad Mausoleum | American Paradox |
| 13 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 14 | Newscaster | 3.612574 | self-released |
| 15 | Another Michael | New Music and Big Pop | Run For Cover |
| 16 | Lael Neale | Acquainted with Night | Sub Pop |
| 17 | Black Country, New Road | For the First Time | Ninja Tune |
| 18 | Ani DiFranco | Revolutionary Love | Righteous Babe |
| 19 | Tele Novella | Merlynn Belle | Kill Rock Stars |
| 20 | Rupert Wates | Lamentations | self-released |
| 21 | The Notwist | Vertigo Days | Morr Music |
| 22 | Still Corners | The Last Exit | Wrecking Light |
| 23 | Kiwi jr | Cooler Returns | Sub Pop |
| 24 | shame | Drunk Tank Pink | Dead Oceans |
| 25 | The Burnt Pines | The Burnt Pines | Spinnup |
| 26 | Here Lies Man | Ritual Divination | RidingEasy |
| 27 | Nothing | The Great Dismal | Relapse |
| 28 | Adam Hurt | Back to the Earth | Ubiquitone |
| 29 | Open Mike Eagle | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 30 | Ela Minus | acts of rebellion | Domino |
Anna C. March 2nd, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Aaron Espe, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Dimmu Borgir, Goat Girl, Madlib
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 4 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 4
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 | Speedy Ortiz | Twerp Verse | Carpark |
| 2 | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Years | Bloodshot |
| 3 | Sidi Toure | Toubalbero | Thrill Jockey |
| 4 | Goat Girl | Goat Girl | Rough Trade |
| 5 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Saddle Creek |
| 6 | Peach Kelli Pop | Which Witch – EP | Mint |
| 7 | The Voidz | Virtue | RCA Label |
| 8 | Camarão | The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie: 1964-1974 | Analog Africa |
| 9 | Imarhan | Temet | City Slang |
| 10 | Olden Yolk | Olden Yolk | Trouble In Mind |
| 11 | Tune-Yards | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 12 | Forth Wanderers | Forth Wanderers | Sub Pop |
| 13 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 14 | Whyte Horses | Empty Words | CRC Music |
| 15 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Age Of | Warp |
| 16 | Ohbliv & Ben FM | Give it Uuup | PROBLEMATICA |
| 17 | Lucy Dacus | Historian | Matador |
| 18 | Opin | Drifters EP | Harding Street Assembly Lab |
| 19 | Piranha Rama | Beach Body – Single | Trrrash |
| 20 | Fly Anakin & Ohbliv | Backyard Boogie | Mutant Academy |
| 21 | Half Waif | Lavender | Cascine |
| 22 | Cut Worms | Hollow Ground | Jagjaguwar |
| 23 | Stimulator Jones | Exotic Worlds and Masterful Treasures | Stones Throw |
| 24 | Elohim | Elohim | BMG |
| 25 | Lord Huron | Vide Noir | Republic |
| 26 | Dr. Dog | Critical Equation | We Buy Gold / Thirty Tigers |
| 27 | The Beths | Warm Blood – EP | Carpark |
| 28 | King Tuff | The Other | Sub Pop |
| 29 | Prof | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| 30 | The Pandoras | Hey! It’s the Pandoras | Burger |
Anna C. May 5th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Goat Girl, Hop Along, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Sidi Toure, Speedy Ortiz
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: April 30, 2018
We made our fundraising goal and then some! Thank you for supporting the best radio station in Richmond.
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 April 30th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: En Attendant Ana, Goat Girl, Hop Along, Peach Kelli Pop, Speedy Ortiz, Wye Oak