Top 30 new albums for Jan 7 presents:
Top 30 new albums for Jan 7
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 | FONTAINES D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan / Fontana North;Pod / Inertia under exclusive licence from Partisan |
| 2 | Mirtaw | Vandals | MXC |
| 3 | Vanishing Twin | The Age of Immunology | Fire |
| 4 | The Fat White Family | Serfs Up! | Domino |
| 5 | Fever Ray | Plunge Remix | Mute |
| 6 | Cary Grace | Lady of Turquoise | Door 13 |
| 7 | Michael Kiwanuka | KIWANUKA | Polydor |
| 8 | Angelica Garcia | Jícama (Edit) – Single | Spacebomb |
| 9 | Angelica Garcia | It Don’t Hinder Me – Single | Spacebomb |
| 10 | Todd Snider | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 | Aimless |
| 11 | Sault | 5 | Forever Living Originals |
| 12 | Sanji the Hedgehog | Sanji Adventure Battle | Secret Bonus Level |
| 13 | Sensual World | Feeling Wild | Stupid Bag |
| 14 | Echo the Night | Zero Eight-One Three | self-released |
| 15 | Piranha Rama | You’ve Earned It | Trrrash |
| 16 | ExKnives | Witches and Skindivers | self-released |
| 17 | KT | The Harmony of Spheres | Cherub |
| 18 | Inter Arma | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 19 | Book of Wyrms | Remythologizer | Twin Earth |
| 20 | Fan Ran | parole party | Gritty City |
| 21 | Ohbliv | LewseJoints V | self-released |
| 22 | dogfuck | L’alphabet | self-released |
| 23 | Iochroma | Kolopsia | self-released |
| 24 | Prayer Group | Eudean – EP | self-released |
| 25 | I Am the Liquor | Escape from Planet Smoke | I Am the Liquor |
| 26 | Lounge Lizzard | Eat The Trash | self-released |
| 27 | Gothic Lizard | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision Inc. |
| 28 | Sammi Lanzetta | Ceiling Mirror | 6131 |
| 29 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 30 | Girl Ray | Girl | Moshi Moshi |
Anna C. January 4th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Fever Ray, FONTAINES D.C., Mirtaw, The Fat White Family, Vanishing Twin
Genre charts for Jan 7 presents:
Genre charts for Jan 7
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TODD SNIDER | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol.3 | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | DORI FREEMAN | Every Single Star | Blue Hens |
| 3 | ALASDAIR ROBERTS | The Fiery Margin | Drag City |
| 4 | VOLLMERS | Waves On The Sea | Self-Released |
| 5 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 6 | JUST AROUND THE BEND: SURVIVAL AND REVIVAL IN SOUTHERN BANJO STYLES – MIKE SEEGER’S LAST DOCUMENTARY | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 7 | CHE APALACHE | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 8 | OZARK HIGHBALLERS | Going Down To ‘Leven Point | Self-Released |
| 9 | TOM RUSSELL | October In The Railroad Earth | Proper |
| 10 | AN AMERICAN FOREST | O Brother, Donder Yonder? | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIRTAW | Vandals | MXC |
| 2 | SANJI THE HEDGEHOG | Sanji Adventure Battle | Secret Bonus Level |
| 3 | FAN RAN | parole party | Gritty City |
| 4 | OHBLIV | LewseJoints V | Self-Released |
| 5 | DOGFUQ | L’alphabet | Self-Released |
| 6 | ANT THE SYMBOL | The What?! | Gritty City |
| 7 | WESTSIDE GUNN | Flygod Is A Awesome God | Shady |
| 8 | YOUR OLD DROOG | Jewelry | Self-Released |
| 9 | RADIO B | Kill The Dreamer Vol 1: New Independence | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 10 | JUSTIS BRATT | Justified [EP] | Hollywood Starstruck |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTER ARMA | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 2 | IOCRHOMA | Kolopsia | Self-Released |
| 3 | GOTHIC LIZARD | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision |
| 4 | RUSSIAN CIRCLES | Blood Year | Sargent House |
| 5 | CLOAK | The Burning Dawn | Season of Mist |
| 6 | MALEVOLENT CREATION | The 13th Beast | M-Therory |
| 7 | PELICAN | Nighttime Stories | Southern Lord |
| 8 | BORIS | Love And Evol | Third Man |
| 9 | RINGS OF SATURN | Gidim | Nuclear Blast |
| 10 | EQUIPOISE | Demiurgus | The Artisan Era |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FEVER RAY | Plunge Remix | Mute |
| 2 | ECHO THE NIGHT | Zero Eight-One Three | Self-Released |
| 3 | FLOATING POINTS | Crush | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | LADYTRON | Far From Home (Night Versions) [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | PORANGUI | PORANGUI | Self-Released |
| 6 | PLAID | Polymer | Warp |
| 7 | KID KOALA | Music to Draw To: Io | Arts & Crafts |
| 8 | FOLLAKZOID | I (One) | Sacred Bones |
| 9 | KAYTRANADA | Bubba | RCA |
| 10 | FM SKYLINE | Advanced Memory Suite | Crystal Pistol |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALEFA MADAGASCAR: SALEGY, SOUKOUS AND SOUL FROM THE RED ISLAND 1974-1984 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Strut |
| 2 | WUTA MAYI | La Face Cachee | Sterns |
| 3 | JUANA MOLINA | Forfun [EP] | Crammed |
| 4 | JAMBU (E OS MITICOS SONS DA AMAZONIA) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Africa |
| 5 | ZAIKO LANGA LANGA AND JOSSART NYOKA LONGO | Seve | Prozal |
| 6 | POUR ME A GROG | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Ostinato |
| 7 | JULIAN Y SU COMBO | Noche De Fiesta | Vampisoul |
| 8 | GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE, THE | Aban | Stonetree |
| 9 | RACHID TAHA | Je Suis Africaine | Believe |
| 10 | AGGROLITES, THE | Reggae Now! | Pirates Press |
Anna C. January 4th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Alefa Madagascar, Fever Ray, Inter Arma, Mirtaw, Todd Snider
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 1 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 1
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 | Piranha Rama | You’ve Earned It | Trrrash |
| 2 | Common Holly | When I say to you Black Lightning | Barsuk / Solitaire |
| 3 | Mirtaw | Vandals | MXC |
| 4 | Danny Brown | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 5 | Alexa Rose | Medicine for Living | Big Legal Mess |
| 6 | Fly Anakin;Fly Anakin & Big Kahuna Og | Holly Water | Fat Beats |
| 7 | Karen & the Sorrows | Guaranteed Broken Heart | Ocean Born Mary Music |
| 8 | Easalio | Fly | July’s Prize / Purple Republic |
| 9 | Floating Points | Crush | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | Haybaby | They Get There | Tiny Engines |
| 11 | Stephanie | tangerine nightmare | self-released |
| 12 | The Wimps | Plasma | self-released |
| 13 | Toxic Moxie | Falkonia | self-released |
| 14 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 15 | NDEFRU | Foreign Local – EP | Blue Ether Sound |
| 16 | The Comet Is Coming | The Afterlife | Impulse! |
| 17 | Anna Meredith | Fibs | Black Prince Fury |
| 18 | Automatic | Signal | Stones Throw |
| 19 | Hovvdy | Heavy Lifter | Double Double Whammy |
| 20 | Miriam Clancy | Astronomy | Desert Road |
| 21 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 22 | Starcrawler | Devour You | Rough Trade |
| 23 | Dominic Sen | Visitor | Roll Call |
| 24 | Sylvia Black | Twilight Animals | self-released |
| 25 | Kim Gordon | No Home Record | Matador |
| 26 | Begonia | Fear | Rex Baby |
| 27 | Camp Howard | Cañón | Camp Howard |
| 28 | Marika Hackman | Any Human Friend (Acoustic EP) | Sub Pop |
| 29 | Rhi | The Pale Queen | Tru Thoughts |
| 30 | Boris | LOVE & EVOL | Third Man |
Anna C. November 2nd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Alexa Rose, Common Holly, Danny Brown, Mirtaw, Piranha Rama
Genre charts for week ending Nov 1 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Nov 1
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMMON HOLLY | When I Say To You Black Lightning | Barsuk/Solitaire |
| 2 | ALEXA ROSE | Medicine For Living | Big Legal Mess |
| 3 | KAREN AND THE SORROWS | Guaranteed Broken Heart | Ocean Born Mary |
| 4 | MILK CARTON KIDS, THE | The Only Ones [EP] | Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | OAKLAND HOMELESS HEART COLLECTIVE | Homeless Oakland Heart | Electric Cowbell |
| 6 | LASSES, THE | Undone | Self-Released |
| 7 | LANDON ELLIOTT | Domino | American Paradox |
| 8 | DARRIN BRADBURY | Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs | Anti- |
| 9 | MOLLY SARLE | Karaoke Angel | Partisan |
| 10 | ROSIER | ROSIER [EP] | Famgroup |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIRTAW | Vandals | MXC |
| 2 | DANNY BROWN | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 3 | FLY ANAKIN | Holly Water | Fat Beats |
| 4 | EASALIO | Fly | July’s Prize/Purple Republic |
| 5 | NDEFRU AND OHBLIV | Foreign Local [EP] | Blue Ether Sound |
| 6 | ALCHEMIST | Yacht Rock 2 | Self-Released |
| 7 | NAS | Lost Tapes, Vol 2. | Def Jam |
| 8 | 3WAYSLIM | MVP | 3-Way |
| 9 | FLEE LORD | Loyalty & Trust | GGBR |
| 10 | DABABY | Baby On Baby | Interscope |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BORIS | Love And Evol | Third Man |
| 2 | RUSSIAN CIRCLES | Blood Year | Sargent House |
| 3 | PELICAN | Nighttime Stories | Southern Lord |
| 4 | ALLEGAEON | Apoptosis | Metal Blade |
| 5 | CLOAK | The Burning Dawn | Season of Mist |
| 6 | WINDHAND | Live Elsewhere | Relapse |
| 7 | ALCEST | Spiritual Instinct | Nuclear Blast |
| 8 | EQUIPOISE | Waking Divinity | Artisan Era |
| 9 | RUSSIAN WHITE, THE | The Haunted Beach | Lost Glacier |
| 10 | PRODUCT KF | Songs of the Groves | Chicago Research |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLOATING POINTS | Crush | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | RHI | The Pale Queen | Tru Thoughts |
| 3 | SUI ZHEN | Losing, Linda | Cascine |
| 4 | BOY HARSHER | Country Girl Uncut | Ascetic House |
| 5 | FATAMORGANA | Terra Alta | La Vida Es Un Mus Discos |
| 6 | ANDRZEJ KORZYNSKI | Plastic Dance 2 | Finders Keepers |
| 7 | HOUSE OF IBIZA 2019 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Street King |
| 8 | LAMB | Backspace Unwind | Cooking Vinyl |
| 9 | THROBBING GRISTLE | A Souvenir of Camber Sands | Mute |
| 10 | AFROSCHNITZEL | Cagliari Azure [EP] | Nite Grooves |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EARLY CONGO MUSIC 1946-1962: FIRST RUMBA TO THE REAL RUMBA | VARIOUS ARTISTS | El Sur |
| 2 | POUR ME A GROG | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Ostinato |
| 3 | AFROINS, LOS | A Gozar Salsomanos | Vampisoul |
| 4 | GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE, THE | Aban | Stonetree |
| 5 | CANALON DE TIMBIQUI | De Mar Y Rio | Llorona |
| 6 | ADNAN OTHMAN | Bershukor: A Retrospective Of Hits By A Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend | Sublime Frequencies |
| 7 | LOCOBEACH | Psychedelic Disco Cumbia | Dorsal Fin/Peace & Rhythm |
| 8 | KEITH AND TEX | Greatest Hits 1966-1970 | Rebel Sound |
| 9 | FARAFI | Calico Soul | Piranha |
| 10 | ADOLFO ECHEVERRIA Y SU ORQUESTA | Sabroso Bacalao | Vampisoul |
Anna C. November 2nd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Boris, Common Holly, Early Congo Music, Floating Points, Mirtaw
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 4 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 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.
| 1 | Mirtaw | Vandals | MXC |
| 2 | Sampa the Great | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | Jenny Hval | The Practice of Love | Sacred Bones |
| 4 | Imelda Marcos | Tatlo | Already Dead Tapes |
| 5 | Moon Duo | Stars Are the Light | Sacred Bones |
| 6 | Che Apalache | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 7 | Juana Molina | Paraguaya Punk – Single | Crammed Discs |
| 8 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
| 9 | Wiki | Eggs – Single | Wikset Enterprises |
| 10 | The Replacements | Dead Man’s Pop | Rhino/Warner |
| 11 | Lucy Dacus | Dancing In the Dark – Single | Matador |
| 12 | The Opioid Era | 3 X Dope West Coast Edition | Pill Press |
| 13 | The Visionary | Pulse – EP | Dark Dreama |
| 14 | Gorrak | Gorrak | self-released |
| 15 | Charles Owens Trio | Three and Thirteen | Ropeadope |
| 16 | Sycho Sid | Sunset Drive 2 | Mutant Academy |
| 17 | Koncept Jack$on | Newport 1000s | self-released |
| 18 | Eliza Battle | Like Leaves | self-released |
| 19 | Petrichor | II | Custom Made |
| 20 | Bigal Harrison | Bintage | CONTROL Ent. |
| 21 | Alessandro Cortini | Volume Massimo | Mute |
| 22 | Brian Crook & The Renderers | This World Just Eats Me Up Alive | Ba Da Bing! |
| 23 | Girl Band | The Talkies | Rough Trade |
| 24 | Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith | Songs from the Bardo | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 25 | Thigh Master | Now For Example | Goner |
| 26 | Temples | Hot Motion | ATO |
| 27 | Dori Freeman | Every Single Star | Blue Hens Music |
| 28 | Jonah Tolchin | Fires for the Cold | Yep Roc |
| 29 | Chastity Belt | Chastity Belt | Hardly Art |
| 30 | Chelsea Wolfe | Birth of Violence | Sargent House |
Anna C. October 5th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Imelda Marcos, Jenny Hval, Mirtaw, Moon Duo, Sampa the Great
Genre charts for week ending Oct 4 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Oct 4
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHE APALACHE | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 2 | CHARLIE PARR | Charlie Parr | Red House/Compass |
| 3 | DEAD SOUTH, THE | Sugar & Joy | Six Shooter |
| 4 | AN AMERICAN FOREST | O Brother, Donder Yonder? | Self-Released |
| 5 | SAFIA NOLIN | xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx [EP] | Bonsound |
| 6 | PEARLA | Quilting And Other Activities | Egghunt |
| 7 | CERNY BROTHERS, THE | Common Sense [EP] | Cleveland International |
| 8 | HACKENSAW BOYS | A Fireproof House Of Sunshine [EP] | Free Dirt |
| 9 | DORI FREEMAN | Every Single Star | Blue Hens |
| 10 | JONAH TOLCHIN | Fires For The Cold | Yep Roc |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIRTAW | Vandals | MXC |
| 2 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | WIKI | “Eggs” [Single] | Wikset Enterprises |
| 4 | OPIOID ERA, THE | 3 X Dope West Coast Edition | Pill Press |
| 5 | SYCHO SID | Sunset Drive 2 | Mutant Academy |
| 6 | KONCEPT JACKSON | Newport 1000s | Self-Released |
| 7 | BIGAL HARRISON | Bintage | Self-Released |
| 8 | DANNY BROWN | uknowhatimsayin¿ [Advance Tracks] | Warp |
| 9 | ATM | ATM [EP] | Mass Appeal |
| 10 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Keep Cool/RCA/Madlib Invazion/ESGN |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETRICHOR | II | Custom Made |
| 2 | STONEBURNER | Technology Implies Belligerence | Self-Released |
| 3 | ENFORCER | Zenith | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | FALLUJAH | Undying Light | Nuclear Blast |
| 5 | ALCEST | Spiritual Instinct | Nuclear Blast |
| 6 | TOOL | Fear Inoculum | RCA |
| 7 | MO’YNOQ | Dreaming In A Dead Language | Self-Released |
| 8 | AENIMUS | Dreamcatcher | Nuclear Blast |
| 9 | PIG’S BLOOD | A Flock Slaughtered | Stygian Black Hand |
| 10 | CLIFF AND IVY | Deathmask Devotion [EP] | House of Extreme Darkness |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLUME | Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape) | Future Classic |
| 2 | OLI XL | Rogue Intruder, Soul Enhancer | Bloom |
| 3 | HOLLY HERNDON | Proto | 4AD |
| 4 | MORT GARSON | Mother Earth’s Plantasia [Reissue] | Sacred Bones |
| 5 | HERON AND CRANE | Firesides | Hibernator Gigs |
| 6 | AFROSIDERAL | El Olimpo De Los Orishas | Wonderwheel |
| 7 | CASHMERE CAT | PRINCESS CATGIRL | Mad Love/Interscope |
| 8 | KREIDLER | Flood | Bureau B |
| 9 | LISTENING CENTER | Echoes and Reverberations | A Year In The Country |
| 10 | GORRAK | Gorrak | Self-Released |
World
None this week.
Anna C. October 5th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Che Apalache, Flume, Mirtaw, Petrichor