Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 13 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 13
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 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 2 | The Innocence Mission | Sun on the Square | Bella Union |
| 3 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 4 | Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco | You’re Driving Me Crazy | Legacy |
| 5 | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Years | Bloodshot |
| 6 | Blush Face | What Do You Want? | Blush Face |
| 7 | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams | Vanished Gardens | Blue Note |
| 8 | Sleep | The Sciences | Third Man |
| 9 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 10 | Angélique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 11 | PMS and the Mood Swings | PMS and the Mood Swings | Burger |
| 12 | YOB | Our Raw Heart | Relapse |
| 13 | Bombino | Deran | Partisan |
| 14 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Impulse |
| 15 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 16 | Woolen Men | Post | self-released |
| 17 | Hoax Hunters | Dormant – EP | Cherub |
| 18 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 19 | Deathhouse Blues | The Beer Battered Boogies | self released |
| 20 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 21 | Big Kahuna OG | Sky Chryme | Mutant Academy |
| 22 | Tuamie | Emergency Raps, Vol. 2 | Mutant Academy |
| 23 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 24 | Jim James | Uniform Distortion | ATO |
| 25 | Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone |
| 26 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 27 | Wild Moccasins | Look Together | New West |
| 28 | The Smoking Flowers | Let’s Die Together | Bandaloop |
| 29 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Hope Downs | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Kamasi Washington | Heaven and Earth | Young Turks |
New Albums Added:
77:78 – Jellies (Heavenly / PIAS, 2018)
Beharie, Michael and Teddy Rankin-Parker – A Heart From Your Shadow (Mondoj, 2018)
BODEGA – Endless Scroll (What’s Your Rupture?, 2018)
C.R. and the Degenerates – Coming of Age (Sniffling Indie Kids / Mint 400, 2018)
Champion, Jenn – Single Rider (Hardly Art, 2018)
Chastity – Death Lust (Captured Tracks, 2018)
Davis, Mikaela – Delivery (Rounder / Concord, 2018)
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti-, 2018)
Dentist – Night Swimming (Cleopatra, 2018)
Elysian Fields – Pink Air (Ojet, 2018)
Evil Triplet – Have a Nice Trip (Super Secret, 2018)
Garcia Peoples – Cosmic Cash (Beyond Beyond is Beyond, 2018)
Gilkyson, Eliza – Secularia (Red House, 2018)
Ginkgoa – One Time (self-released, 2018)
Gloomies, The – Romance (Thrill Me, 2018)
Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (Skinnyfish, 2018)
Han Drabur – Delta Rezuwreckshan (Sunset Recordings, 2014)
Henry, Sean – Fink (Double Double Whammy, 2018)
Holy Esque – Television/Sweet (Beyond The Frequency, 2018)
Jake Mason Trio – The Stranger in the Mirror (Soul Messin, 2018)
JFDR – White Sun Live. Part I: Strings (Morr Music, 2018)
Luluc – Sculptor (Sub Pop, 2018)
Murr, Cornelia – Lake Tear of the Clouds (Autumn Tone, 2018)
Protoje – A Matter of Time (Easy Star, 2018)
Samia – Collected Singles (Grand Jury, 2018)
ShadowParty – s/t (Mute, 2018)
Static and Surrender – s/t (Funzalo, 2018)
Taiwò, Vicktor – Joy Comes in Spirit (Innovative Leisure, 2018)
Twin Gable – Gritty Gold (self-released, 2018)
Various Artists – Oscillations (Strange Neighbor, 2018)
Wild Pink – Yolk in the Fur (Tiny Engines, 2018)
Yarn/Wire – Images of Duration (In Homage to Ellsworth Kelly) (Northern Spy, 2018)
Playlist:
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Anna C. July 14th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dumb Waiter, Joey DeFrancesco, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Snail Mail, The Innocence Mission, Van Morrison