Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 7 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piranha Rama | S/T | Trrrash |
| 2 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | Bad Magic |
| 3 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 4 | Roy Batty | Roy Batty | self-released |
| 5 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 6 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 7 | Magnus Lush | Hell is Real – EP | Kyle Vibez |
| 8 | V.E & Various Eggs | Gold – Single | Mending Wall |
| 9 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 10 | Sleep | The Sciences | Third Man |
| 11 | Our Girl | Stranger Today | Cannibal Hymns |
| 12 | Pill | Soft Hell | Mexican Summer |
| 13 | Vaudou Game | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 14 | Solemn Shapes | Loss (DR3AMCLINIC Mix) – Single | self-released |
| 15 | Los Jets | Lección de Twist | Munster |
| 16 | Fleet Foxes | First Collection 2006-2009 | Sub Pop |
| 17 | Charles Bradley | Black Velvet | Dunham |
| 18 | Bryan Ferry | Bitter-Sweet | BMG |
| 19 | Eric Godsey | The Spooky Time Radio Hour | self-released |
| 20 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 21 | Large Margin | Large Margin | Cheap Cuts |
| 22 | Ashes | Good Nothings – EP | Crystal Pistol |
| 23 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 24 | Boygenius | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 25 | Angel Corpus Christi | TheRealAngelCorpusChristi | Mono-Tone |
| 26 | Foxwarren | Foxwarren | Anti/Epitaph |
| 27 | Polly Panic | Losing Form | Polly Panic |
| 28 | Tomorrows Tulips | Harnessed to Flesh | Burger |
| 29 | June West | June West | Broken Circles |
| 30 | Chersea | In Limbo | Fierce Panda Canada |
Anna C. December 8th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Piranha Rama, Roy Batty, Shadow Age, The Ar-Kaics
Genre charts for week ending Dec 7 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Dec 7
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLEET FOXES | First Collection 2006-2009 | Sub Pop |
| 2 | ADDY | Rose Eyes [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | AMY RAY | Holler | Compass |
| 4 | CHRIS PEACE | Song Craft | Winding Way |
| 5 | KATHY KALLICK BAND | Horrible World | Live Oak |
| 6 | LIAM RUSSELL | No Contest | Slaight |
| 7 | NICKI BLUHM | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Compass |
| 8 | OH PEP | I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You | ATO |
| 9 | RAY BONNEVILLE | At King Electric | Stonefly |
| 10 | TRACYANNE AND DANNY | Tracyanne And Danny | Merge |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANELLE MONAE | Dirty Computer | Bad Boy |
| 2 | GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW | Overload | Brainfeeder |
| 3 | TASHA | Alone At Last | Father/Daughter |
| 4 | MEEK MILL | Championships | Maybach |
| 5 | MCKINLEY DIXON | The Importance of Self Belief | Wadada |
| 6 | ANDERSON PAAK | Oxnard | Aftermath/12 Tone |
| 7 | MESHELL N’DEGEOCELLO | Ventriloquism | Naive |
| 8 | SABA | Care For Me | Saba Pivot |
| 9 | JID | Dicaprio 2 | Dreamville/Interscope |
| 10 | CHANCE THE RAPPER | “The Man Who Has Everything” [Single] | Self-Released |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROY BATTY | Roy Batty | Self-Released |
| 2 | WINDHAND | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 3 | UNMAKER | Firmament | Self-Released |
| 4 | LAURA JANE GRACE AND THE DEVOURING MOTHERS | Bought To Rot | Bloodshot |
| 5 | LAIR | In Exile | Self-Released |
| 6 | CULT LEADER | A Patient Man | Deathwish |
| 7 | MINISTRY | AmeriKKKant | Nuclear Blast |
| 8 | LESSER GLOW | Ruined | Pelagic |
| 9 | INDARRA | Walk On Fire | Mettropolis |
| 10 | BIG JOANIE | Sistahs | Cargo |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ERIC GODSEY | The Spooky Time Radio Hour | Self-Released |
| 2 | DEAD CAN DANCE | Dionysus | PIAS |
| 3 | LET’S EAT GRANDMA | I’m All Ears | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 4 | SRSQ | Unreality | Dais |
| 5 | TRENTEMOLLER | Harbour Boat Trips Vol. 02: Copenhagen | HFN |
| 6 | RAIN WITHIN, THE | Atomic Eyes | Negative Gain |
| 7 | VOX LOW | Vox Low | Born Bad |
| 8 | I YA TOYAH | Code Blue | Self-Released |
| 9 | THOM YORKE | Suspiria | XL |
| 10 | TRACEY THORN | Record | Merge |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Siri Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies |
| 2 | SALIF KEITA | Un Autre Blanc | Naive |
| 3 | LUIZ MELODIA | Maravilhas Contemporaneas | Vinilisssimo |
| 4 | NOVA MATERIA | It Comes | Crammed |
| 5 | MINYESHU | Daa Dee | Arc |
| 6 | LOKKHI TERRA AND DELE SOSIMI | Cubafrobeat | Funkiwala |
| 7 | CLARA LUCIANI | Sainte-Victoire | Universal France |
| 8 | TANYA TAGAQ AND DAMIAN ABRAHAM | “Run To The Hills” [Single] | Six Shooter |
| 9 | IDRISSA DIOP | L’Aventurier | Prince Arts |
| 10 | FLAVIEN BERGER | Contre-Temps | Pan European |
Anna C. December 8th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band, Eric Godsey, Fleet Foxes, Janelle Monáe, Roy Batty