genre charts for May 17 presents:
genre charts for May 17
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLOCK OF DIMES | Head Of Roses: Phantom Limb | Sub Pop |
| 2 | GREAT BEFORETIMES, THE | The Great Beforetimes | Vocal Rest |
| 3 | KIERAN KANE AND RAYNA GELLERT | The Flowers That Bloom In Spring | Dead Reckoning |
| 4 | ALLISON DE GROOT AND TATIANA HARGREAVES | Hurricane Clarice | Free Dirt |
| 5 | STEVE LUNDQUIST | My Life In Song | Self-Released |
| 6 | MIKE STEVENS | Breathe In The World, Breathe Out Music | Stony Plain |
| 7 | TOMBERLIN | i don’t know who needs to hear this… | Saddle Creek |
| 8 | STEVE FORBERT | Moving Through America | Blue Rose |
| 9 | ABBIE GARDNER | DobroSinger | Gimme Some Ribs |
| 10 | RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA | “Bookwoman’s Daughter” [Single] | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
| 2 | QUELLE CHRIS | Deathfame | Mello |
| 3 | NOAH-O | “Trillipino” [Single] | Charged Up |
| 4 | KENDRICK LAMAR | “The Heart Part 5” [Single] | pgLang/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope |
| 5 | DEFCEE AND BOATHOUSE | For All Debts Public And Private | Closed Sessions |
| 6 | LINQUA FRANQA | Bellringer | Ernest Jenning |
| 7 | MOPES | Unwound | Strange Famous |
| 8 | BENNY THE BUTCHER | Tana Talk 4 | Griselda/EMPIRE |
| 9 | SANKOFA | Legacy Materials | Self-Released |
| 10 | PUSHA T | It’s Almost Dry | Getting Out Our Dreams |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEVIL MASTER | Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night | Relapse |
| 2 | JUNGLE ROT | Call To Arms | Unique Leader |
| 3 | SOULFLY | “Superstition” [Single] | Nuclear Blast |
| 4 | LORD OF HORNS | The Forest at Dusk | Self-Released |
| 5 | HERIOT | Profound Morality | Church Road |
| 6 | ORGANECTOMY | Nail Below Nail | Self-Released |
| 7 | FALLUJAH | Empyrean | Nuclear Blast |
| 8 | CARRION VAEL | Abhorrent Obsessions | Self-Released |
| 9 | LINGUA IGNOTA | SINNER GET READY | Sargent House |
| 10 | SCORPIONS | Rock Believer (Deluxe) | Universal |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 2 | RANESHOUNDS | Misc. Club Edits & Remixes Vol. 1 | Self-Released |
| 3 | BEN MARC | Glass Effect | Innovative Leisure |
| 4 | FKA TWIGS | CAPRISONGS | Young/Atlantic |
| 5 | BITCH | Bitchcraft | Kill Rock Stars |
| 6 | KILO KISH | American Gurl | Kisha/Independent |
| 7 | WEMA | WEMA | !K7 |
| 8 | COM TRUISE | Galactic Melt- 10th Anniversary | Ghostly International |
| 9 | JACQUES GREENE | Fantasy | UMG |
| 10 | TSTEWART AND MACHINEDRUM | Elysian | Mercury KX |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MADALISTO BAND | Musakayike | Bongo Joe |
| 2 | CONGOTRONICS INTERNATIONAL | Where’s The One? | Crammed Discs |
| 3 | SELDA BAGCAN | Nem Kaldi | Turkofon |
| 4 | LOS CALVOS | Y Que Calvos! | El Palmas |
| 5 | MINI TRIO | “Hare Krishna” b/w “E O Que Ela Quer” [Single] | Munster |
| 6 | EL COMBO BATANGA | “Aji Gua Guo” b/w “El Barrio En La Mirada” [Single] | Lovemonk |
| 7 | LEYLA MCCALLA | Breaking The Thermometer | Anti- |
| 8 | PAPE NZIENGUI | Kadi Yombo | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 9 | LA PAMBELE | La Pambele | Names You Can Trust |
| 10 | SATELLITES | Satellites | Batov |
Anna C. May 17th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Devil Master, Flock of Dimes, Fly Anakin, Ibibio Sound Machine, Madalisto Band
genre charts for Apr 12 presents:
genre charts for Apr 12
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS, THE | Never Slow Down | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | FREAKONS | Freakons | Fluff And Gravy |
| 3 | JEREMY IVEY | Invisible Pictures | Anti- |
| 4 | WHISKEY WEST | Freight Train Mama | Self-Released |
| 5 | CARSON MCHONE | Still Life | Merge |
| 6 | STEVE POLTZ | Stardust And Satellites | Red House |
| 7 | JUDY COLLINS | Spellbound | Cleopatra |
| 8 | KIERAN KANE AND RAYNA GELLERT | The Flowers That Bloom In Spring | Dead Reckoning |
| 9 | MASON JENNINGS | Real Heart | Loosegroove |
| 10 | WILD RIVERS | Sidelines | Nettwerk |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DENZEL CURRY | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
| 3 | ANT THE SYMBOL | Ant’s Addition | Vintage Youth |
| 4 | ELZHI | Zhigeist | Nature Sounds |
| 5 | MOPES | Unwound | Strange Famous |
| 6 | BENNY THE BUTCHER | Tana Talk 4 | Griselda/EMPIRE |
| 7 | SKWEEKY WATAFAWLS | Pretty Hell | Gritty City |
| 8 | PHIFE DAWG | Forever | Smokin’ Needles/AWAL |
| 9 | CUBBIEBEAR AND SEEZ MICS | Even In Death | Strange Famous |
| 10 | COOL KIDS, THE | Before Shit Got Weird | Sounds Like Fun |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CUT THE ARCHITECT’S HAND | The Eternity Box | Aunt Mary/New Dirt |
| 2 | MANEATING ORCHID | Hive Mind | Self-Released |
| 3 | THUMOS | Nothing Further Beyond [EP] | Snow Wolf |
| 4 | MEDDDLER | Upsurge [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | NORDGEIST | Frostwinter | Kunsthall Produktionen |
| 6 | TERMINAL BLISS | Brute Errata | Relapse |
| 7 | KING WOMAN | Celestial Blues | Relapse |
| 8 | WE BUTTER THE BREAD WITH BUTTER | Das Album | AFM |
| 9 | ARKAZA | “Shadows” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | VONAMOR | VONAMOR | Time To Kill |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 2 | KILO KISH | American Gurl | Kisha/Independent |
| 3 | ALICE GLASS | PREY//IV | Eating Glass |
| 4 | ADULT | Becoming Undone | Dais |
| 5 | PICTISH TRAIL | Island Family | Bella Union |
| 6 | BLUE STATES | World Contact Day | Memphis Industries |
| 7 | MAX COOPER | Unspoken Words | Mesh |
| 8 | MICHAEL STEARNS | Planetary Unfolding (2022 Remaster) | Projekt |
| 9 | GOLDEN BUG | Piscolabis | La belle |
| 10 | YASUAKI SHIMIZU | Kiren | Palto Flats |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFRICA NEGRA | Antologia Vol. 1 | Bongo Joe |
| 2 | LESPRI KA: NEW DIRECTIONS IN GWOKA MUSIC FROM GUADELOUPE 1981-2010 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Time Capsule-Seance Centre |
| 3 | PAPE NZIENGUI | Kadi Yombo | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 4 | LA PAMBELE | La Pambele | Names You Can Trust |
| 5 | LE SUPER DJATA BAND DU MALI | En Super Forme, Vol. 1 | Numero Group |
| 6 | DOGO DU TOGO | “Soke Wo (Sol Power All-Stars remix)” [Single] | Sol Power Sound |
| 7 | ORCHESTRE MASSAKO | Orchestre Massako [EP] | Analog Africa |
| 8 | BIO RITMO | “Piraguero/Asia Minor” [Single] | Merge |
| 9 | VIVIANO TORRES AND ANE SWING | Joyas Champetuas De Todos Los Tiempos | Palenque |
| 10 | OUMOU SANGARE | “Samara” [Single] | World Circuit |
Anna C. April 12th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Africa Negra, Cut the Architect's Hand, Denzel Curry, Ibibio Sound Machine, The Po' Ramblin' Boys
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: August 12, 2019
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend August 12th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Angie McMahon, Bedouine, Carrie Newcomer, Dude York, Ibibio Sound Machine, Priests, Pronoun, Sacred Paws, Sir Babygirl, Stef Chura
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 21 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 21
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 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Sneaks | Highway Hypnosis | Merge |
| 3 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 4 | GoldLink | Diaspora | Squaaash Club / RCA |
| 5 | Faye Webster | Atlanta Millionaires Club | Secretly Canadian |
| 6 | Nots | 3. | Goner |
| 7 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Positive No | Teenage Waistline – Single | Dromedary |
| 9 | Deer Tick | Mayonnaise | PTKF |
| 10 | Big G | Let’s Party | Stone River |
| 11 | Lucy Dacus | La Vie en Rose – Single | Matador |
| 12 | New Lions | End Story – EP | Nodderly |
| 13 | Graham Stone Music | Bad News | Graham Stone Music |
| 14 | Space Koi | Bad Man (feat. Kana Kiehm) – Single | self-released |
| 15 | Bedouine | Bird Songs of a Killjoy | Spacebomb |
| 16 | Peter Perrett | Humanworld | Domino Recording Co |
| 17 | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | And Now for the Whatchamacallit | P-VINE |
| 18 | Sufjan Stevens | Love Yourself / With My Whole Heart – EP | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 19 | Haybaby | They Get There | Tiny Engines |
| 20 | Christelle Bofale | Swim Team – EP | Father/Daughter |
| 21 | Sacred Paws | Run Around the Sun | Merge |
| 22 | Yohuna | Mirroring | Orchid Tapes |
| 23 | Jen Awad | Jewel of the Nile – EP | Jen Awad |
| 24 | French Vanilla | How Am I Not Myself? | Danger Collective |
| 25 | Pip Blom | Boat | Heavenly |
| 26 | Amyl and the Sniffers | Amyl and the Sniffers | ATO / Fontana North |
| 27 | Mavis Staples | We Get By | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 28 | Middle Kids | New Songs for Old Problems – EP | Domino |
| 29 | Pronoun | i’ll show you stronger | Rhyme & Reason |
| 30 | House and Land | Across the Field | Thrill Jockey |
Anna C. June 22nd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Faye Webster, Goldlink, Ibibio Sound Machine, Orville Peck, Sneaks
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: May 13, 2019
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend May 13th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Brutus, Combo Chimbita, Ex Hex, Four Eyes, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jackie Mendoza, L7, Little Simz, Priests, Shana Cleveland, SOAK, Stef Chura, TacocaT
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: May 6, 2019
Listen for free tickets to see Mr Twin Sister at the Richmond Music Hall on Thursday.
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend May 6th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Ex Hex, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jenny Lewis, Mr Twin Sister, Partner, Priests, Weyes Blood
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: April 29, 2019
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend April 29th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Brutus, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ex Hex, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jayda G, Jenny Lewis, Laura Stevenson, Little Simz, Partner, Priests, Shana Cleveland, Weyes Blood
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: April 15, 2019
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend April 15th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Carrie Newcomer, Ex Hex, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jenny Lewis, Stella Donnelly, The Coathangers, Weyes Blood
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 12 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 12
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 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Book of Wyrms | Remythologizer | Twin Earth |
| 3 | Courtney Barnett | Everybody Here Hates You – Single | Mom+Pop |
| 4 | Eric Reed | Everybody Gets the Blues | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 6 | Dexter Story | Bahir | Soundway |
| 7 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Inter Arma | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 9 | Appalling | Inverted Realm | Redefining Darkness |
| 10 | Ash Wednesday | Futlility | self-released |
| 11 | Lobo Marino | @ Appalachian South Folklife Center | Lobo Marino |
| 12 | Scott Slay | The Rail | Bonfire |
| 13 | Partner | Saturday the 14th – EP | Father/Daughter |
| 14 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 15 | Jim and Lynna Woolsey | Long Ago | Bonfire |
| 16 | Laura Stevenson | The Big Freeze | Don Giovanni |
| 17 | Sonny & The Sunsets | Hairdressers From Heaven | Rocks In Your Head |
| 18 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 19 | Nilüfer Yanya | Miss Universe | ATO |
| 20 | Ex Hex | It’s Real | Merge |
| 21 | Shlohmo | The End | Friends Of Friends |
| 22 | CHAI | Punk | Burger |
| 23 | X | Wild Gift (2019 Remaster) | Fat Possum |
| 24 | The Coathangers | The Devil You Know | Suicide Squeeze |
| 25 | Kiwi jr. | Football Money | Mint |
| 26 | Helado Negro | This Is How You Smile | RVNG Intl. |
| 27 | Yves Jarvis | The Same But By Different Means | Anti- |
| 28 | Living Hour | Softer Faces | Kanine / Fontana North |
| 29 | Matmos | Plastic Anniversary | Thrill Jockey |
| 30 | Flight of the Conchords | Live in London | Sub Pop |
Anna C. April 13th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Book of Wyrms, Courtney Barnett, Eric Reed, Ibibio Sound Machine, Weyes Blood
Genre charts for week ending Mar 22 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Mar 22
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TODD SNIDER | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol.3 | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | BENJAMIN SHEPHERD | “’96 Corolla” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | MARTHA SPENCER | Martha Spencer | Free Dirt |
| 4 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | The Point Of Arrival | Available Light |
| 5 | CHAD RICHARD | Worthy Cause | Self-Released |
| 6 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 7 | STEVE POLTZ | Shine On | Red House |
| 8 | PETER MULVEY | There Is Another World | Righteous Babe |
| 9 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | SUE JEFFERS | Owning Class Hero | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENESIS OWUSU | “WUTD + Vultures” [Single] | OURNESS |
| 2 | TIERRA WHACK | “Wasteland” [Single] | Interscope |
| 3 | ANDERSON PAAK | “King James” [Single] | Aftermath |
| 4 | LIZZO | Cuz I Love You [Advance Tracks] | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 5 | TYGA | “Girls Have Fun (feat. G-Eazy & Rich The Kid)” [Single] | Last Kings/EMPIRE |
| 6 | LIL WAYNE | Tha Carter V | Republic |
| 7 | OHBLIV | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 8 | SAMPA THE GREAT | “Energy” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | CREED II THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Mike WiLL Made-It |
| 10 | GORGEOUS GEORGE | “Bagg (Swisher House Remix)” [Single] | Nu Money Inc |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNMAKER | Firmament | Self-Released |
| 2 | INTER ARMA | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 3 | APPALLING | Inverted Realm | Self-Released |
| 4 | BAT | Axestasy [EP] | Hells Headbangers |
| 5 | SPELL | The Full Moon Sessions | Bad Omen |
| 6 | CIA, THE | The C.I.A. | In the Red |
| 7 | ROY BATTY | Roy Batty | Self-Released |
| 8 | ASTRAL VOID, THE | Mandragora | Self-Released |
| 9 | LUCIFER | Lucifer II | Century Media |
| 10 | NITA STRAUSS | Controlled Chaos | Sumerian |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNAPPED ANKLES | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf |
| 2 | SPELLLING | Mazy Fly | Sacred Bones |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 4 | FLYING HORSES | Reverie | Bon Sound |
| 5 | LOUIS FUTON | Way Back When | Self-Released |
| 6 | LAURIE SPIEGEL | Unseen Worlds | Unseen Worlds |
| 7 | COMET IS COMING, THE | Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery | Impulse! |
| 8 | WEVAL | The Weight | Kompact |
| 9 | CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE | No Geography [Advance Tracks] | Virgin |
| 10 | LADYTRON | Ladytron | !K7 |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 2 | DAKTARIS, THE | Soul Explosion [Remastered] | Desco/Daptone |
| 3 | COCHEMEA | All My Relations | Daptone |
| 4 | DEXTER STORY | Bahir | Soundway |
| 5 | BASSEKOU KOUYATE AND NGONI BA | Miri | OutHere |
| 6 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 7 | MISTER KALI | Step Fast | Rebel Sound |
| 8 | AHMED AG KAEDY | Alkaline Kidal | Sahel Sounds |
| 9 | DAWDA JOBARTEH | I Met Her By The River | Sterns Africa |
| 10 | LOBO MARINO | At Appalachian South Folklife Center | Self-Released |
Anna C. March 23rd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Genesis Owusu, Ibibio Sound Machine, Snapped Ankles, Todd Snider, Unmaker