top 100 new albums for WRIR in 2020 presents:
top 100 new albums for WRIR in 2020
The chart reflects the diversity of programming on WRIR. In an average week, WRIR DJs play approximately 1,200 unique albums (and EPs and singles).
| 1 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 2 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | Positive No | Kyanite | Little Black Cloud |
| 4 | En Attendant Ana | Juillet | Trouble in Mind |
| 5 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 6 | Keleketla! | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 7 | Addy | Eclipse | Topshelf |
| 8 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 9 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad | Secretly Canadian |
| 10 | Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin | FlySiifu’s | Lex |
| 11 | Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia |
| 12 | Big No | Big No | self-released |
| 13 | Nas | King’s Disease | Mass Appeal |
| 14 | Moses Sumney | græ | Jagjaguwar |
| 15 | Johnny Ciggs | Lighters and Lightbulbs | Gritty City |
| 16 | Algiers | There Is No Year | Matador |
| 17 | Sneeze | Self-Titled | self-released |
| 18 | SAULT | UNTITLED (Black Is) | Forever Living Originals |
| 19 | Run The Jewels | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners / BMG |
| 20 | Melenas | Días Raros | Trouble in Mind |
| 21 | Horse Lords | The Common Task | Northern Spy |
| 22 | Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Epic |
| 23 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 24 | True Body | Heavenly Rhythms for the Uninitiated | Funeral Party |
| 25 | Fontaines D.C. | A Hero’s Death | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 26 | Angelica Garcia | Cha Cha Palace | Spacebomb |
| 27 | Thundercat | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 28 | Shabaka and the Ancestors | We Are Sent Here By History | Impulse! |
| 29 | Moaning | Uneasy Laughter | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Megan Thee Stallion | Good News | 300 Entertainment |
| 31 | gnawing | Shaky – EP | Refresh |
| 32 | Coriky | Coriky | Dischord |
| 33 | Action Bronson | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 34 | Og Illa | Richmond Renegade | HLGNLIFE / Gritty City |
| 35 | Jake Blount | Spider Tales | Free Dirt |
| 36 | Deerhoof | Future Teenage Cave Artists | Joyful Noise |
| 37 | Blu & Exile | Miles | Fat Beats |
| 38 | Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes | What Kinda Music | Beyond The Groove / Blue Note |
| 39 | OOIOO | nijimusi | Thrill Jockey |
| 40 | Mourn | Self Worth | Captured Tracks |
| 41 | Man Man | Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between | Sub Pop |
| 42 | Aesop Rock | Spirit World Field Guide | Rhymesayers |
| 43 | Westside Gunn | Pray for Paris | Griselda |
| 44 | Trapcry | Dangerous | 1986 |
| 45 | The Birthday Massacre | Diamonds | Metropolis |
| 46 | Smyth Knight | North Chesterfield | Kidz At Play |
| 47 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Sideways to New Italy | Ivy League / Sub Pop |
| 48 | Protomartyr | Ultimate Success Today | Domino |
| 49 | OHMME | Fantasize Your Ghost | Joyful Noise |
| 50 | Julianna Barwick | Healing Is a Miracle | Ninja Tune |
| 51 | Inter Arma | Garbers Days Revisited | Relapse |
| 52 | Eliza Juno | Do Tree Lobsters Experience Love | Eliza Juno; self-released |
| 53 | Deradoorian | Find the Sun | Anti/Epitaph |
| 54 | Big Baby | Fizzy Cola – EP | self-released |
| 55 | Zhé Aqueen | The Hypnomonic Album | Heye Vibez |
| 56 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Warp |
| 57 | THICK | 5 Years Behind | Epitaph |
| 58 | Spectres | Nostalgia | Artoffact |
| 59 | Six Organs of Admittance | Companion Rises | Drag City |
| 60 | RVG | Feral | Fire |
| 61 | Prof | Powderhorn Suites | Ineffable |
| 62 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 63 | Homeboy Sandman | Don’t Feed the Monster | Mello Music Group |
| 64 | Hamerkop | Remote | Drag City |
| 65 | Flat Worms | Antarctica | GOD? |
| 66 | Christine and the Queens | La vita nuova – EP | Because Music |
| 67 | Chris Brown | Slime & B | Chris Brown Entertainment/300 Entertainment/RCA |
| 68 | Cable Ties | Far Enough | Poison City |
| 69 | Atmosphere | The Day Before Halloween | Rhymesayers |
| 70 | U.S. Girls | Heavy Light | 4AD |
| 71 | The Magnetic Fields | Quickies | Nonesuch |
| 72 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush | Island / Interscope / Fiction / Caroline |
| 73 | Sweeping Promises | Hunger for a Way Out | Feel It |
| 74 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 75 | Moses Boyd | Dark Matter | Exodus |
| 76 | Lomelda | Hannah | Double Double Whammy |
| 77 | Kosha Dillz | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 78 | Kenny Mason | Angelic Hoodrat | self-released |
| 79 | Jeff Parker | Suite for Max Brown | International Anthem |
| 80 | IDLES | Ultra Mono | PTKF; Partisan / Liberator Music |
| 81 | Holy Fuck | Deleter | Last Gang |
| 82 | Gumming | Overripe | Vinyl Conflict |
| 83 | FM Skyline | Liteware | 100% Electronica; Crystal Pistol |
| 84 | Fight Cloud | Thoughts Aligned | self-released |
| 85 | Colin Phils | Trust/Fall | Post. |
| 86 | Busta Rhymes | Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God | The Conglomerate Entertainment, Inc. / EMPIRE |
| 87 | Anjimile | Giver Taker | Father/Daughter |
| 88 | Adrianne Lenker | songs | 4AD |
| 89 | vv | III | self-released |
| 90 | The Beths | Jump Rope Gazers | Carpark |
| 91 | Testament | Titans of Creation | Nuclear Blast |
| 92 | Peel Dream Magazine | Agitprop Alterna | Slumberland |
| 93 | Open Mike Eagle | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 94 | Lithics | Tower of Age | Trouble In Mind |
| 95 | Kelly Lee Owens | Inner Song | Smalltown Supersound |
| 96 | Isobel Campbell | There is No Other… | Cooking Vinyl Limited |
| 97 | FACS | Void Moments | Trouble In Mind |
| 98 | Evidence | Unlearning – Single | Rhymesayers |
| 99 | Justis Bratt | LHPS (Radio Edit) – Single | Hollywood Starstruck |
| 100 | BlackLiq x Ohbliv | The Best – Single | No Other Way |
Anna C. December 29th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Addy, Butcher Brown, Deau Eyes, En Attendant Ana, Fly Anakin, Keleketla!, Phoebe Bridgers, Pink Siifu, Porridge Radio, Positive No, Sa-Roc
Top 30 new albums for Mar 31 presents:
Top 30 new albums for Mar 31
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 | Mdou Moctar | Ibitlan – Single | Sahel Sounds |
| 2 | FM Skyline | Liteware | Crystal Pistol |
| 3 | Addy | Eclipse | Topshelf |
| 4 | Bashful | Driving | Low Risk |
| 5 | Big No | Big No | Flux Editions |
| 6 | Myrkur | Folkesange | Relapse |
| 7 | Waco Brothers | Resist! | Bloodshot |
| 8 | The Revenue Man | 25 Years Behind | self-released |
| 9 | Swamp Dogg | Sorry You Couldn’t Make It | Joyful Noise |
| 10 | Black Market Brass | Undying Thirst | Colemine |
| 11 | Trout Steak Revival | The Light We Bring | self-released |
| 12 | Ratboys | Printer’s Devil | Topshelf |
| 13 | Trip McCool | Hang Me Out to Dry | Thinking Dog |
| 14 | Kate Mills | Each Bittersweet Drop | self-released |
| 15 | Fiona Silver | Hostage of Love | self-released |
| 16 | BAMBARA | Stray | Wharf Cat |
| 17 | Kombilesa Mi | Esa Palenkera | self-released |
| 18 | Ladygod | Trash Medium | Bossy Lil’ Thing |
| 19 | Rose City Band | Summerlong | Thrill Jockey |
| 20 | The Birthday Massacre | Diamonds | Metropolis |
| 21 | Angelica Garcia | Cha Cha Palace | Spacebomb |
| 22 | Katie Pruitt | Expectations | Rounder |
| 23 | Grip | Snubnose | Stray Society / Human Re Sources |
| 24 | Shopping | All or Nothing | FatCat |
| 25 | Fat Tony | Wake Up | CARPARK |
| 26 | Atmosphere | Whenever | Rhymesayers |
| 27 | Ohbliv | Spirit Medicine | self-released |
| 28 | Curt Sydnor | Deep End Shallow | Out Of Your Head |
| 29 | I Ya Toyah | Code Blue Reloaded | self-released |
| 30 | Lutkie | The Dominator Is Cuddled Inside Me – EP | No Rent |
Anna C. March 31st, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Addy, Bashful, Big No, FM Skyline, Mdou Moctar
Genre charts for week ending Nov 23 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Nov 23
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADDY | Rose Eyes [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | HAZEL DICKENS AND ALICE GERRARD | Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 | Free Dirt |
| 3 | MICHIGAN RATTLERS | Evergreen | Self-Released |
| 4 | SILO ROAD | Signal Hill | Self-Released |
| 5 | WILL COURTNEY | Crazy Love | Super Secret |
| 6 | YVETTE LANDRY | Louisiana Lovin’ | Soko |
| 7 | SAW BLACK | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 8 | DOC WATSON | Live at Club 47 | Yep Roc |
| 9 | MARY GAUTHIER | Rifles And Rosary Beads | Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | RHETT MILLER | The Messenger | ATO |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LINA SYMONE | “Need That” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | ABBY JASMINE | Trap Mom | Cinematic |
| 3 | DEM ATLAS | Bad Actress | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | TASHA | Alone At Last | Father/Daughter |
| 5 | BIG G | Lonely Tears | Stone River |
| 6 | BIG KAHUNA OG | Sky Chryme | Mutant Academy |
| 7 | ACTION BRONSON | White Bronco | Empire |
| 8 | AVANTDALE BOWLING CLUB | Avantdale Bowling Club | Years Gone By |
| 9 | BUN B | Return Of The Trill | DreamVille |
| 10 | CHOKER | Honeybloom | Jet Fuzz |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNMAKER | Firmament | Self-Released |
| 2 | WINDHAND | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 3 | LAURA JANE GRACE AND THE DEVOURING MOTHERS | Bought To Rot | Bloodshot |
| 4 | YOB | Our Raw Heart | Relapse |
| 5 | GUMMING | Human Values | Self-Released |
| 6 | MONSTER MAGNET | Mindfucker | Napalm |
| 7 | RESPIRE | Memorial (An Accompaniment) | Self-Released |
| 8 | WAY OUT | Arc of Descent [EP] | Atomic Action! |
| 9 | KEYS AND THE CREATOR, THE | The Gate Opens | Self-Released |
| 10 | HALO IN REVERSE | I Am Become Death Destroyer of Worlds | Alfa Matrix |
RPM
Not enough new albums were played to generate a chart.
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VAUDOU GAME | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 2 | AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS | A Toda Cuba Le Gusta | World Circuit |
| 3 | JOHNNY CLARKE | Creation Rebel | VP |
| 4 | STEP FORWARD YOUTH | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Greensleeves |
| 5 | BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Siri Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies |
| 6 | DANIEL KAHN AND THE PAINTED BIRD | The Butcher’s Share | Oriente Musik |
| 7 | DUR DUR BAND | Dur Dur Band of Somalia, Volume 1, Volume 2 | Analog Africa |
| 8 | BLACK MASALA | Trains And Moonlight Destinies | Self-Released |
| 9 | LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA | If I Had The Strength | Six Degrees |
| 10 | ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Remain In Light | Kraven Works |
Anna C. November 24th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Addy, Lina Symone, Unmaker, Vaudou Game