top 30 new albums for Apr 19 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 19
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 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | Domino |
| 2 | Fly Anakin | Frank | Lex |
| 3 | Grey Wulf | Path of Urda | PTP |
| 4 | Denzel Curry | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista |
| 5 | EXEK | Advertise Here | Castle Face |
| 6 | WIDOWSPEAK | The Jacket | Captured Tracks |
| 7 | Superchunk | Wild Loneliness | Merge |
| 8 | empath | Visitor | Fat Possum |
| 9 | Bitch | Bitchcraft | Kill Rock Stars |
| 10 | Atmosphere | WORD? | Rhymesayers |
| 11 | Geena B. Valentine & Rufus | White Mice | Blue Flame |
| 12 | King Khazm | Return of a MAD | Fresh Chopped Beats / MADK Productions |
| 13 | Curtis Harding | If Words Were Flowers | Anti- |
| 14 | Aesop Rock & Blockhead | Garbology | Rhymesayers |
| 15 | Hand Habits | Fun House | Saddle Creek |
| 16 | Buffalo Nichols | Buffalo Nichols | Fat Possum |
| 17 | Deerhoof | Actually, You Can | Joyful Noise |
| 18 | Desborde | Todo Es una Mierda – EP | Yeah You! |
| 19 | Epoch | About That… Paradise Killer B – Sides | self-released |
| 20 | Various Artists | The Full Spectrum Part 1 | Ekou |
| 21 | Saxxon | Termination EP | self-released |
| 22 | iblss | Raja’s Sun | Break All |
| 23 | Blue Lab Beats | Motherland Journey | Blue Adventure |
| 24 | Jarle Skavhellen | Monochrome Sunset | Beech Street |
| 25 | Various Artists | Lèspri Ka: New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981 – 2010 | Time Capsule |
| 26 | Seba | Ingaro | Secret Operations |
| 27 | cauzndefx & Scuml°rd | Buffalo | self-released |
| 28 | Dash | Break the Silence – EP | Default |
| 29 | Africa Negra | Antologia, Vol. 1 | Les Disques Bongo Joe |
| 30 | Paula Cole | American Quilt | BMG |
Anna C. April 19th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Denzel Curry, EXEK, Fly Anakin, Grey Wulf, wet leg
genre charts for Nov 24 presents:
genre charts for Nov 24
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THIS IS THE KIT | Off Off On | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 2 | TIM BARRY | Live 2018 | Chunksaah |
| 3 | PETER LAWLOR | A Pillow In The Sky | Self-Released |
| 4 | STRUNG LIKE A HORSE | WHOA! | Transoceanic |
| 5 | SUSAN PEPPER | Prettiest Bird | Self-Released |
| 6 | DOC AND MERLE WATSON | Songs Doc Didn’t Sing | Fli |
| 7 | DZAMBO AGUSEVI ORCHESTRA | Brasses For The Masses | Asphalt Tango |
| 8 | JUSTIN FARREN | Pretty Free | Self-Released |
| 9 | KRISTI FLAGG | Brave New View | Self-Released |
| 10 | HOLY RIVER | Courage | Earth Folk Collective |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAS | King’s Disease | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | PINK SIIFU AND FLY ANAKIN | FlySiifu’s | Lex |
| 3 | AESOP ROCK | Spirit World Field Guide | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | ATMOSPHERE | The Day Before Halloween | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | KOSHA DILLZ | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 7 | MARQUES MARTIN | Brave And Afraid | Operator |
| 8 | OPEN MIKE EAGLE | Anime, Trauma And Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 9 | WESTSIDE GUNN | Pray for Paris | Griselda |
| 10 | BENNY THE BUTCHER | Burden Of Proof | Griselda/EMPIRE |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FATES WARNING | Long Day Good Night | Metal Blade |
| 2 | MACABRE | Carnival Of Killers | Nuclear Blast |
| 3 | INSIDIOUS DISEASE | After Death | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | VANATH | The Art of Decay | Self-Released |
| 5 | PILLORY | Scourge upon Humanity | Unique Leader |
| 6 | INTERVALS | Circadian | Sheet Happens |
| 7 | OZZY OSBOURNE | Blizzard of Ozz (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition) | Epic/Legacy |
| 8 | ASTRAL BLACK | “Twilight” [Single] | Astral Unltd |
| 9 | WEDNESDAY 13 | “Devil Inside” [Single] | Nuclear Blast |
| 10 | PIG | Pain is God | Metropolis |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GREY WULF | Seeing, Vol. 1 | Self-Released |
| 2 | CAMILA FUCHS | Kids Talk Sun | Felte |
| 3 | CLIPPING | Visions Of Bodies Being Burned | Sub Pop |
| 4 | ELA MINUS | Acts Of Rebellion | Domino |
| 5 | WORKING MEN’S CLUB | Working Men’s Club | Heavenly/PIAS |
| 6 | BIBIO | Sleep On The Wing | Warp |
| 7 | ROISIN MURPHY | Róisín Machine | Skint/BMG |
| 8 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Inner Song | Smalltown Supersound |
| 9 | BRONSON | BRONSON | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 10 | SUFJAN STEVENS | The Ascension | Asthmatic Kitty |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAWULI DECKER | “Lololi-Lomko” [Single] | Matasuna |
| 2 | KOKOROKO | “Baba Ayoola” [Single] | Brownswood |
| 3 | BOUNALY | Music From Saharan WhatsApp 10 [EP] | Sahel Sound |
| 4 | ABELARDO CARBOBO Y SU CONJUNTO | Guana Tangula | Vampisoul |
| 5 | BOSQ | Y Su Descarga Internacional | Bacalao |
| 6 | MODOU TOURE | Touki | ARC |
| 7 | MONKEY MARC | Vital Sound | Digikillaz/DubShot |
| 8 | LEYLA MCCALLA | Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute To Langston Hughes | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 9 | JUANA MOLINA | ANRMAL (Live In Mexico) | Crammed |
| 10 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme | Fat Possum |
Anna C. November 24th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Fates Warning, Grey Wulf, Mawuli Decker, Nas, This Is the Kit
genre charts for Jul 21 presents:
genre charts for Jul 21
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOC WATSON AND GAITHER CARLTON | Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | JAIME WYATT | Neon Cross | New West |
| 3 | LAURA MARLING | Song For Our Daughter | Chrysalis/Partisan |
| 4 | LOWEST PAIR, THE | The Perfect Plan | Delicata |
| 5 | ROE FAMILY SINGERS, THE | Roll Up The Rug! | Bonfire |
| 6 | SHEMEIKA COPELAND | “Uncivil War” [Single] | Alligator |
| 7 | I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. AND THE GOOD INTENTIONS | hawks with good intentions | western seeds |
| 8 | PARTY OF THE SUN | Goldenwood [EP] | Trailing Twelve |
| 9 | MARGO PRICE | That’s How Rumors Get Started | Loma Vista |
| 10 | TAMI NEILSON | Chickaboom! | Outside |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUBLIC ENEMY | “State Of The Union” [Single] | Enemy |
| 2 | MCKINLEY DIXON | The House That Got Knocked Down | 773049 DK2 |
| 3 | TRAUMA LAVERN | Album Announcement Fail | Cold Rhymes |
| 4 | MARLON CRAFT | Work From Home [EP] | RCA |
| 5 | MOEMAW NAEDON | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 6 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 7 | LITTLE SIMZ | Drop 6 [EP] | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 8 | DEANTE HITCHCOCK | BETTER | RCA |
| 9 | SHABAZZ PALACES | The Don Of Diamond Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 10 | REEL SMOOVV | 31st K.Nights | Self-Released |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GREY WULF | Seeing, Vol. 1 | Self-Released |
| 2 | FM SKYLINE | Liteware | Crystal Pistol |
| 3 | YVES TUMOR | Heaven To A Tortured Mind | Warp |
| 4 | MOOR JEWELRY | True Opera | Don Giovanni |
| 5 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 6 | JULIANNA BARWICK | Healing Is A Miracle | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | ZENOBIA | Halak Halak | Acid Arab/Crammed |
| 8 | GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE, THE | Aban | Stonetree |
| 9 | GASLAMP KILLER, THE | The Cat’s Meow | Self-Released |
| 10 | MATMOS | “No Concept” [Single] | Thrill Jockey |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA DAME BLANCHE | “Cogelo Con Calma” [Single] | Nacional |
| 2 | MINYO CRUSADERS PLUS FRENTE CUMBIERO | “Cumbia Del Monte Fuji” [Single] | Mais Um Discos |
| 3 | JUAN PINA CON LA REVELACION | Juan Pina Con La Revelacion | Vampisoul |
| 4 | JIMI TENOR | “Sugar And Spice / Lover’s Bridge” [Single] | Philophon |
| 5 | PETE RODRIGUEZ | “I Like It Like That” (Uproot Andy Remix) b/w “I Like It Like That (Original)” [Single] | Craft |
| 6 | BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE | Dankele | Lusafrica |
| 7 | FADHILEE ITULYA | Kwetu | Naxos World |
| 8 | JUNGLE FIRE | Jungle Fire | Nacional |
| 9 | CEU | APKA! | Six Degrees |
| 10 | DANDANA | “Free The System” [Single] | Rebel Up |
Anna C. July 21st, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton, Grey Wulf, La Dame Blanche, Public Enemy