top 30 new albums for Dec 13 presents:

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 Homeboy Sandman Still Champion Mello Music Group
2 Omen Stones Omen Stones self-released
3 Marlowe Marlowe 3 Mello Music Group
4 Babehoven Light Moving Time Double Double Whammy
5 Rachael Dadd Kaleidoscope Memphis Industries
6 Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene Cost of Living Mello Music Group
7 Timothy Bailey & The Humans Timothy Bailey & the Humans self-released
8 Hewolf The Deserter – EP self-released
9 Henry Haggard Songs of the Sea self-released
10 The Silent Boys Sand to Pearls, Coal to Diamonds self-released
11 Appalling Sacrilege self-released
12 Høly River Høly River Shockoe Sessions LIVE Shockoe
13 Charles Owens Quartet Golden Moments La Reserve
14 Byzantine Black Sea Codex – EP EMI
15 Acre Memos A Collection of Bird Songs Double Yolk
16 Joseph Decosimo While You Were Slumbering self-released
17 STR4TA STR4TASFEAR Brownswood
18 Weyes Blood And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow Sub Pop
19 Brothertiger Brothertiger Satanic Panic
20 RIBBON STAGE HIT WITH THE MOST Perennial / K
21 Archers of Loaf Reason in Decline Merge
22 Dazy Outofbody Lame-O
23 Bill Callahan YTI⅃AƎЯ Drag City
24 Palm Nicks and Grazes Saddle Creek
25 The Black Lips Apocalypse Love Fire
26 Babe Rainbow The Organic Band Eureka Music
27 Alvvays Blue Rev Polyvinyl
28 Sol Messiah GOD CMPLX Rhymesayers
29 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cool It Down Secretly Canadian
30 The Black Angels Wilderness of Mirrors Partisan

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    December 13th, 2022

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genre charts for Dec 13 presents:

AAA

Rank Artist Album Label
1 RACHAEL DADD Kaleidoscope Memphis Industries
2 HENRY HAGGARD Songs Of The Sea Self-Released
3 CHARLES OWENS QUARTET Golden Moments La Reserve
4 ACRE MEMOS A Collection Of Bird Songs Double Yolk
5 JOSEPH DECOSIMO While You Were Slumbering Sleepy Cat
6 BILL CALLAHAN Ytilear Drag City
7 LOWEST PAIR, THE AND SMALL TOWN THERAPY Horse Camp Delicata
8 ODIE LEIGH “Crop Circles” [Single] In My House!
9 SEAMUS EGAN “Winter’s Traveler” [Single] Self-Released
10 ANAIS MITCHELL Anais Mitchell BMG

Hip-Hop

Rank Artist Album Label
1 HOMEBOY SANDMAN Still Champion Mello
2 MARLOWE Marlowe 3 Mello Group
3 APOLLO BROWN AND PHILMORE GREENE Cost Of Living Mello
4 SOL MESSIAH GOD CMPLX Rhymesayers
5 DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT Cheat Codes BMG
6 DUB SONATA Tranquilizer Dart Man Bites Dog
7 CORMEGA The Realness II Viper
8 KROHME The Ceremony Of Innocense Man Bites Dog
9 AKAI SOLO Spirit Roaming Backwoodz
10 SLEEP SINATRA Shadow Self Self-Released

Loud

Rank Artist Album Label
1 OMEN STONES Omen Stones Self-Released
2 APPALLING Sacrilege Self-Released
3 BYZANTINE Black Sea Codex [EP] EMI
4 RUSSIAN CIRCLES Gnosis Sargent House
5 RINGS OF SATURN Rings of Saturn Self-Released
6 DARKANE Inhuman Spirits Massacre
7 DARKTHRONE Astral Fortress Peaceville
8 WORM Bluenothing [EP] 20 Buck Spin
9 BERRIED ALIVE “The Gratest” [Single] Self-Released
10 INSIDE THE VOID “The Portal Ov Cessation” [Single] Self-Released

RPM

Rank Artist Album Label
1 BROTHERTIGER Brothertiger Satanic Panic
2 RROXYMORE Perpetual Now Smalltown Supersound
3 MOIN Paste AD 93
4 YASUAKI SHIMIZU Kiren Palto Flats
5 DEATH’S DYNAMIC SHROUD Darklife Self-Released
6 CARLA DAL FORNO Come Around Kallista
7 KILO KISH American Gurl Kisha/Independent
8 ARP NOVA AND SILENCE GROOVE August Rush [EP] 31
9 SNEAKS Eva [EP] Merge
10 BJORK Fossora One Little Indian

World

Rank Artist Album Label
1 PERU SELVATICO VARIOUS ARTISTS Analog Africa
2 SUPERFONICOS “Primera Luz” [Single] Self-Released
3 OLIVER NAYOKA Oka Mmadu Odogwu/Palenque
4 BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND Sonbonbela Sublime Frequencies
5 PABLO MOSES Revolutionary Dream Baco
6 LA SONORA MAZUREN “Charanga Mazuren” b/w “Cachicha” [Single] Names You Can Trust
7 T.P. ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO Afro-Funk Albarika Store
8 SHURWAYNE WINCHESTER AND DAVID RUDDER “Bacchanal Come” [Single] SW Limited
9 JULIVERT A Tamarit! Microscopi
10 AL-QASAR Who Are We? Glitterbeat

    December 13th, 2022

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top 30 new albums for Nov 29 presents:

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 Homeboy Sandman Still Champion Mello Music Group
2 Piranha Rama Omniscient Cloud Cover Brokers Tip
3 Nas King’s Disease III Mass Appeal
4 Florist Florist Double Double Whammy
5 Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene Cost of Living Mello Music Group
6 Cassidy Snider & The Wranglers A Good Heartbreak self-released
7 Lucrecia Dalt ¡Ay! RVNG Intl.
8 Rebekah Rafferty and The Wakes Two of Swords self-released
9 True Body Temple of Song – EP self-released
10 Dazy Outofbody Lame-O
11 Matthew E. White Only in America – EP Domino
12 Twain Noon Keeled Scales
13 Blush Face Mirage Island – EP self-released
14 Grebes mess – EP self-released
15 Drook Life in Estates – EP Brat Daddy
16 Ohbliv LewseJoints Eleven self-released
17 Strawberry Moon Habitual Creatures Sockhead
18 Courting Guitar Music PIAS
19 Spooky Cool Existential Pie self-released
20 Horrid Peace Agony Surrounds – EP Sorry State
21 Röyksopp Profound Mysteries III Dog Triumph
22 Joseph Decosimo While You Were Slumbering Sleepy Cat
23 Plaid Feorm Falorx Warp
24 Young Mister Revisions – EP Refresh
25 Loudon Wainwright III Lifetime Achievement Proper
26 Lisa Richards Waiting to Fly Fierce & Bright
27 Big Joanie Back Home Kill Rock Stars
28 Chris Bullinger True Rendition self-released
29 Féleth Divine Blight Rob Mules
30 Dan Mangan Being Somewhere Arts & Crafts México

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    November 29th, 2022

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genre charts for Nov 29 presents:

AAA

Rank Artist Album Label
1 TWAIN Noon Keeled Scales
2 JOSEPH DECOSIMO While You Were Slumbering Sleepy Cat
3 YOUNG MISTER Revisions [EP] Refresh
4 LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Lifetime Achievement StorySound
5 JAKE BLOUNT The New Faith Smithsonian Folkways
6 LUKE SITAL-SINGH Dressing Like A Stranger Nettwerk
7 TYLER CHILDERS Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven? RCA
8 KENNY SHORE Time Stands Still Self-Released
9 BRIAN BLAKE Book Of Life Self-Released
10 TRAMPLED BY TURTLES Alpenglow Banjodad/Thirty Tigers

Hip-Hop

Rank Artist Album Label
1 HOMEBOY SANDMAN Still Champion Mello
2 NAS King’s Disease III Mass Appeal
3 APOLLO BROWN AND PHILMORE GREENE Cost Of Living Mello
4 OHBLIV LewseJoints Eleven Self-Released
5 MOOR MOTHER Jazz Codes Anti-
6 SOL MESSIAH GOD CMPLX Rhymesayers
7 DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT Cheat Codes BMG
8 COAST CONTRA Apt. 505 Area51/Virgin
9 J ROCC A Wonderful Letter Stones Throw
10 DOECHII she/her/black b**ch [EP] Top Dawg/Capitol

Loud

Rank Artist Album Label
1 FELETH Divine Blight Rob Mules
2 PARIUS The Signal Heard Throughout Space Self-Released
3 WRATH OF THE NEBULA The Ruthless Leviathan M&O
4 INVERTED MATTER Harbinger Lethal Scissor
5 ABDUCTED Chambers of Misfortune Moon Tracer
6 BENEATH AN OBSIDIAN SKY Noctem [EP] Self-Released
7 JET ENGINE DRAGONS “Shell of Reverie” [Single] Self-Released
8 STELLAR DEATH “Sentient (Chapter 1)” [Single] Bravemusic
9 KORN Requiem Loma Vista/Concord
10 KEITH MERROW Mojave Repressions Self-Released

RPM

Rank Artist Album Label
1 ROYKSOPP Profound Mysteries III Dog Triumph/PIAS
2 PLAID FEORM FALORX Warp
3 SISTER ZO Freak Shift [EP] 3024
4 BJORK Fossora One Little Indian
5 LALALAR Bi Cinnete Bakar Bongo Joe
6 KATIE ALICE GREER Barbarism FourFour
7 SALAMANDA ashbalkum Human Pitch
8 NAOMI ELIZABETH Some of My Songs Self-Released
9 JOGGING HOUSE Fiber Self-Released
10 COLE PULICE Scry Moon Glyph

World

Rank Artist Album Label
1 C.A.M.P.O.S. The 8th Door Peace & Rhythm
2 BALKA SOUND Balka Sound Strut
3 18TH PARALLEL, THE Downtown Sessions Fruits
4 TINARIWEN Kel Tinariwen Wedge
5 SYSTEMA SOLAR “Comer De Verdad” [Single] Self-Released
6 SONIDO VERDE DE MOYOBAMBA Limited Dance Edition Nr. 17 Analog Africa
7 LOS SANDER’S DE ÑAÑA Tú Y Yo Discos Fantastico
8 SINERGIA “S.O.S.” [Single] Guspira
9 ROGER DAMAWUZAN Seda Hot Casa
10 WGANDA KENYA Africa 5000 Vampisoul

    November 29th, 2022

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top 30 new albums for Nov 8 presents:

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 Homeboy Sandman Still Champion Mello
2 Book of Wyrms Sodapop Glacier – Single Desert
3 Marlowe Marlowe 3 Mello
4 Ribbon Stage Hit With the Most Perennial / K
5 Quelle Chris Deathfame Mello
6 Nosaj Thing Continua LuckyMe
7 Danger Mouse & Black Thought Cheat Codes BMG
8 Alvvays Blue Rev Polyvinyl
9 Tuamie I Should Shoot You self-released
10 Clacks Tempesto self-released
11 Billy Capricorn [Backlog 003] Citrus City
12 Mudgee Voyage Tunes self-released
13 Monday Night & Heather Grey Soon You’ll Understand self-released
14 Fields of Few Polar Vessels Triplicate
15 Big Kahuna Og & Graymatter METAL GEAR SOLID (Catastrophic Inventions 2) Scheme Team
16 Flip Barrison Intuition EP Hot Bars
17 Time Rival Wheels – EP Triplicate
18 The Practitioner Sabbath Hawks self-released
19 Jack Royale PEACE self-released
20 Strawberry Moon Habitual Creatures Sockhead
21 Dumb Waiter Gauche Gists Ossein
22 Summer Starved Come Back self-released
23 Peter’s Jacket (First, Light) self-released
24 Junior Boys Waiting Game City Slang
25 Drugdealer Hiding in Plain Sight Mexican Summer
26 Babehoven Light Moving Time Double Double Whammy
27 Dazy OUTOFBODY Lame-O
28 Louis Cole Quality Over Opinion Brainfeeder
29 Alela Diane Looking Glass Soundly
30 Lucrecia Dalt ¡Ay! RVNG Intl.

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    November 8th, 2022

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genre charts for Nov 8 presents:

AAA

Rank Artist Album Label
1 ALELA DIANE Looking Glass Soundly
2 TOMBERLIN i don’t know who needs to hear this… Saddle Creek
3 NAIMA BOCK Giant Palm Sub Pop
4 GEORGE IS LORD My Sweet George Curation
5 ORVILLE PECK Bronco Columbia
6 ARNY MARGRET They Only Talk About the Weather One Little Independent
7 ANTHONY D’AMATO At First There Was Nothing Self-Released
8 JUNI HABEL “Chicory” [Single] Basin Rock
9 MILK CARTON KIDS, THE “Running on Sweet Smile” [Single] Far Cry / Thirty Tigers
10 ASHTON DUPRE “Louisiana Moon” [Single] Red Barn

Hip-Hop

Rank Artist Album Label
1 HOMEBOY SANDMAN “Get Yours” [Single] Mello
2 MARLOWE Marlowe 3 Mello
3 QUELLE CHRIS DEATHFAME Mello
4 DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT Cheat Codes BMG
5 TUAMIE I Should Shoot You Self-Released
6 BILLY CAPRICORN [Backlog 003] Citrus City
7 MUDGEE Voyage Tunes Self-Released
8 MONDAY NIGHT AND HEATHER GREY Soon You’ll Understand Self-Released
9 BIG KAHUNA OG AND GRAYMATTER METAL GEAR SOLID (Catastrophic Inventions 2) Scheme Team
10 FLIP BARRISON Intuition [EP] Hot Bars

RPM

Rank Artist Album Label
1 NOSAJ THING Continua LuckyMe
2 CLACKS Tempesto Self-Released
3 FIELDS OF FEW Polar Vessels Triplicate
4 TIME RIVAL Wheels [EP] Triplicate
5 PETER’S JACKET (First, Light) Self-Released
6 JUNIOR BOYS Waiting Game City Slang
7 MIDNIGHT, THE Heroes Counter
8 OKAY KAYA SAP Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group
9 GHOST POWER Ghost Power Duophonic
10 SOFT MOON, THE Exister Sacred Bones

World

Rank Artist Album Label
1 WESLI Tradisyon Cumbancha
2 LIRAZ Roya Glitterbeat
3 BIO RITMO Salsa System [EP] Electric Cowbell
4 TOUMANI DIABATE Toumani, Family & Friends Universal Africa
5 KANDA BONGO MAN Kekete Bue No Wahala Sounds
6 LA SONORA MAZUREN “Charanga Mazuren” b/w “Cachicha” [Single] Names You Can Trust
7 ROGE “Pra Vida” [Single] Diamond West
8 KOTTARASHKY AND THE RAIN DOGS Doghouse Asphalt Tango
9 ROGER DAMAWUZAN Seda Hot Casa
10 DERYA YILDIRIM AND GRUP SIMSEK Dost 2 Bongo Joe/Catapulte

    November 8th, 2022

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