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 |
New Music:
Ainsworth, Lydia – Sparkles & Debris (Zombie Cat, 2021)
Anchorsong – Mirage (Tru Thoughts, 2021)
Aztec Two-Step 2.0 – Birth Days (self-released, 2021)
Beta Radio – Year of Love (Nettwerk, 2021)
Brodka – BRUT (PIAS, 2021)
CHAI – WINK (Sub Pop, 2021)
Clamb – Earth Mother Grapefruit (Mint 400 / Raining, 2021)
de Casier, Erika – Sensational (4AD, 2021)
Ducks Ltd. – Get Bleak (Carpark, 2021)
Finley, Robert – Sharecropper’s Son (Easy Eye Sound / Concord, 2021)
Fly Pan Am – Frontera (Constellation, 2021)
Green-House – Music for Living Spaces (Leaving, 2021)
Gruff Rhys – Seeking New Gods (Rough Trade, 2021)
Lambchop – Showtunes (Merge, 2021)
Lord Huron – Long Lost (Whispering Pines / Republic, 2021)
Lula Wiles – Shame and Sedition (Smithsonian Folkways, 2021)
Mannequin Pussy – Perfect (Epitaph, 2021)
Marquis – Aurora (LADTK / Caroline, 2021)
Mees, Jared & The Grown Children – Real Connection (Tender Loving Empire, 2021)
Modern Fools – SEER (Echo Finch, 2021)
No Joy – Can My Daughter See Me From Heaven (Joyful Noise, 2021)
Nuna, Audrey – A Liquid Breakfast (Arista, 2021)
Pixel Grip – Arena (Feeltrip, 2021)
Russell, Allison – Outside Child (Fantasy / Concord, 2021)
Samuels, Johanna – Excelsior! (Mama Bird, 2021)
Sharktank – Get it Done (Ink Music, 2021)
Sons of Raphael – Full-Throated Messianic Homage (Because Music, 2021)
Speak, Memory – Adirondack (Clerestory AV, 2021)
Star Moles – Camelot (Earth Libraries, 2021)
Strictly Elizabeth – Contemporary Construction (Data Water, 2021)
Stuart, Isaac – Hello America (Lab, 2021)
Sunroof – Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 1 (Parallel Series / Mute, 2021)
Sylvia – Sweet Stuff [reissue] (Wewantsounds, 2021)
Trade Wind – The Day We Got What We Deserved (Other People, 2021)
Unwed Sailor – Truth or Consequences (Spartan, 2021)
Various Artists – Kitsuné America, The West Coast Edition (Kitsuné, 2021)
Vasandani, Sachal ft. Romain Collin – Midnight Shelter (Edition, 2021)
Yoo Doo Right – Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose (Mothland, 2021)
Zazou, Hector – Geographies (Made to Measure Vol. 5) (Crammed Discs, 2021)
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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