top 30 new albums for Jun 15 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jun 15
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 | Gruff Rhys | Seeking New Gods | Rough Trade |
| 2 | black midi | Cavalcade | Rough Trade |
| 3 | Clinic | Fine Dining – Single | Domino |
| 4 | Peter Rosenberg | Real Late | Real Late |
| 5 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 6 | Prabir Trio | Haanji | self-released |
| 7 | Pj Sykes | Fuzz | Cherub |
| 8 | Book of Wyrms | Occult New Age | Desert |
| 9 | naomiisaac | letters from richmond | self-released |
| 10 | DarkTwaine_ | Esoteric Jam | self-released |
| 11 | Butcher Brown | ENCORE – EP | Concord Jazz |
| 12 | Reptile Tile | Drop the Lead – EP | Picky Choosie |
| 13 | Dust~ | Bravado – EP | self-released |
| 14 | MF Tomlinson | Strange Time | self-released |
| 15 | N0V3L | NON-FICTION | Flemish Eye |
| 16 | Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee | Dead Oceans |
| 17 | Night Beats | Outlaw R&B | Fuzz Club |
| 18 | Jenny Don’t And The Spurs | Fire on the Ridge | Fluff and Gravy |
| 19 | Tristen | Aquatic Flowers | Mama Bird |
| 20 | Robin Bienemann | Animal Communicator | self-released |
| 21 | CHAI | WINK | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Lula Wiles | Shame and Sedition | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 23 | Mannequin Pussy | Perfect – EP | Epitaph |
| 24 | Lord Huron | Long Lost | Republic |
| 25 | Sons of Raphael | Full-Throated Messianic Homage | Because |
| 26 | Fly Pan Am | Frontera | Constellation |
| 27 | AUDREY NUNA | a liquid breakfast | Arista |
| 28 | Kipp Stone | Faygo Baby | Closed Sessions |
| 29 | Pardoner | Came Down Different | Bar/None |
| 30 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
Anna C. June 15th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: black midi, Clinic, Dry Cleaning, Gruff Rhys, Peter Rosenberg
top 30 new albums for Apr 6 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 6
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 | Snapped Ankles | Forest of Your Problems | The Leaf Label |
| 2 | black midi | Cavalcade | Rough Trade |
| 3 | Nightshift | Zöe | Trouble In Mind |
| 4 | Kevin Pittman | Victrola Mouth | self-released |
| 5 | Cloud Nothings | The Shadow I Remember | Carpark |
| 6 | Nervous Twitch | Nervous Twitch | Reckless Yes |
| 7 | Death from Above 1979 | Is 4 Lovers | Everything Eleven |
| 8 | Painted Shrines | Heaven and Holy | Woodsist |
| 9 | Various Artists | Edo Funk Explosion, Vol. 1 | Analog Africa |
| 10 | Icerocks | Crossing the Rubicon | 2 Piece |
| 11 | Sally Rose | Tread Light | self-released |
| 12 | Dazy | The Crowded Mind | self-released |
| 13 | JUJU | Live at 131 Prince Street | Strut |
| 14 | Enforced | Kill Grid | Century Media |
| 15 | Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley | Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection | Spacebomb |
| 16 | Tune-Yards | sketchy. | 4AD |
| 17 | Kishi Bashi | Emigrant – EP | Joyful Noise |
| 18 | Writhing Squares | Chart For The Solution | Trouble In Mind |
| 19 | Middle Kids | Today We’re the Greatest | Domino |
| 20 | Aaron Lee Tasjan | Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! | New West |
| 21 | Valerie June | The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers | Fantasy |
| 22 | Boot Juice | Shifting Gears | self-released |
| 23 | Johnny Ironsights | Murder Mountain | self-released |
| 24 | Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | House Anxiety / Ourness |
| 25 | Billy Nomates | Emergency Telephone – EP | INVADA |
| 26 | Brijean | Feelings | Ghostly International |
| 27 | Justin Moses | Fall Like Rain | Mountain Fever |
| 28 | A.J. Croce | By Request | Compass |
| 29 | Brad Leftwich & Linda Higginbotham | At Home in the Parlour | The Old-Time Tiki Parlour |
| 30 | Adrian Younge | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
Anna C. April 6th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: black midi, Cloud Nothings, Kevin Pittman, Nightshift, Snapped Ankles
What the Fontaine?! presents:
2019 in Review (L.J. hosts!)
Let’s start talking about the music of 2019! I’m going to touch on some of the highlights of my musical year!
El Jay What the Fontaine?! December 20th, 2019
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: angel olson, Bat for Lashes, black midi, bon iver, Chelsea Wolfe, Chromatics, Clinic, Danny Brown, desert sessions, FKA twigs, Frank Ocean, Holly Herndon, James Blake, Kim Gordon, Lana Del Rey, matmos, nick cave, paul cauthen, Purple Mountains, rustin man, sandy alex g, Sharon Van Etten, Sudan Archives, vampire weekend, Wilco
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 5 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 5
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 | Vanishing Twin | The Age of Immunology | Fire |
| 2 | Oahu | Slow Waves & Simple Sounds | self-released |
| 3 | The Fat White Family | Serfs Up! | Domino |
| 4 | black midi | Schlagenheim | Rough Trade |
| 5 | Beak> | Life Goes On – EP | Temporary Residence |
| 6 | Crumb | Jinx | Crumb |
| 7 | French Vanilla | How Am I Not Myself? | Danger Collective |
| 8 | Dire Wolves | Grow Towards the Light | Beyond Beyond Is Beyond |
| 9 | Severed Skies | Dimensions | DSBP |
| 10 | Angel Metro | Dark Days Bright Lights | self-released |
| 11 | Analog Suspects | Transmission 001 | Charged Up Entertainment |
| 12 | The Purge | Rain | Purge Music |
| 13 | The Wimps | Plasma | self-released |
| 14 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 15 | Gothic Lizard | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision Inc. |
| 16 | Brijean | Walkie Talkie | Native Cat |
| 17 | Horse Jumper of Love | So Divine | Run For Cover |
| 18 | MANNEQUIN PUSSY | Patience | Epitaph |
| 19 | Gabrielle Marlena | Manners – EP | Breakstone |
| 20 | Hatchie | Keepsake | Double Double Whammy |
| 21 | Mattiel | Satis Factory | Heavenly |
| 22 | Julia Shapiro | Perfect Version | Hardly Art |
| 23 | jeanines | Jeanines | Slumberland |
| 24 | Jillian Rae | I Can’t Be the One You Want Me to Be | theDIYteam |
| 25 | Cat Clyde | Hunters Trance | Cinematic Music Group |
| 26 | Meernaa | Heart Hunger | Native Cat |
| 27 | Harlan | Harlan | House Arrest |
| 28 | Baroness | Gold & Grey | Sony |
| 29 | Bill Callahan | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | Drag City |
| 30 | Stef Chura | Midnight | Saddle Creek |
Anna C. July 6th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Beak>, black midi, Oahu, The Fat White Family, Vanishing Twin
Friday Clock Out presents:
What happens when you mash up Mobb Deep and Throbbling Gristle? (L.J. hosts)
What happens when you mash up Mobb Deep and Throbbling Gristle? (L.J. hosts)
El Jay Friday Clock Out July 5th, 2019
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: black midi, drive time, indie rock, mobb deep, music, RVA, thom yorke, WRIR