top 200 albums of 2021 presents:
top 200 albums of 2021
In the past year, WRIR DJs played 52,000+ songs from 6,700+ albums, EPs, and singles released in 2021. These included 300+ recordings from local artists and bands. Below is a chart of the top 200 albums and EPs (local in bold).
Anna C. December 31st, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Book of Wyrms, Dry Cleaning, Goat Girl, Lucy Dacus, Mdou Moctar, PJ Sykes, Prabir Trio, Squid, The Notwist, Vaudou Game
top 30 new albums for Jul 13 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jul 13
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 | Lucy Dacus | Home Video | Matador |
| 2 | Hiatus Kaiyote | Mood Valiant | Brainfeeder |
| 3 | The Catenary Wires | Birling Gap | Shelflife |
| 4 | gnawing | You Freak Me Out | Refresh |
| 5 | Evidence | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | Alessandro Cortini | Scuro Chiaro | Mute |
| 7 | La Femme | Paradigmes | Disque Pointu |
| 8 | Elizabeth Owens | Oversoon – Single | self-released |
| 9 | This Is the Kit | Off Off Oddities | Rough Trade |
| 10 | Book of Wyrms | Occult New Age | Desert |
| 11 | Sault | Nine | Forever Living Originals |
| 12 | Las Cafeteras | La Sirena – Single | self-released |
| 13 | Colin Phils | Into the Darkness (feat. Miriam Martin) – Single | Post. |
| 14 | Faye Webster | I Know I’m Funny haha | Secretly Canadian |
| 15 | Cedric Burnside | I Be Trying | Single Lock |
| 16 | Moh Alileche | Humanity Is Falling Apart | Flag Of Freedom Productions |
| 17 | L’Rain | Fatigue | Mexican Summer |
| 18 | Various Artists | Color de Trópico Vol 2 (Compiled By El Dragón Criollo y El Palmas) | El Palmas Music |
| 19 | black midi | Cavalcade | Rough Trade |
| 20 | Tyler, The Creator | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 21 | Sons Of Kemet | Black To The Future | Impulse! |
| 22 | Night Battles | Year of No Days | Snappy Little Numbers |
| 23 | The Practitioner | Wrought | self-released |
| 24 | Tiny Lights | Tiny Lights | self-released |
| 25 | Beex | The Early Years: 1979-1982 | Zero Degree |
| 26 | Bryan Hooten | OCCIPITAL1 | self-released |
| 27 | FRM3 | Hi | self-released |
| 28 | Prabir Trio | Haanji | self-released |
| 29 | Blake Layman | Goodness, Littered | self-released |
| 30 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
Anna C. July 13th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Evidence, gnawing, Hiatus Kaiyote, Lucy Dacus, The Catenary Wires
top 30 new albums for Apr 13 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 13
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 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 2 | Jon Batiste | WE ARE | Verve |
| 3 | Lucy Dacus | Thumbs – Single | Matador |
| 4 | Drug Store Romeos | The World Within Our Bedrooms | Fiction |
| 5 | Dinosaur Jr. | Sweep It Into Space | Jagjaguwar |
| 6 | Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders | Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) | Luaka Bop |
| 7 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 8 | Various Artists | Griselda & BSF: Conflicted (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Griselda |
| 9 | Mogwai | As the Love Continues | Temporary Residence |
| 10 | Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin | $mokebreak | Lex |
| 11 | Illa Styles | Top Down Living | Monsta |
| 12 | Dazy | The Crowded Mind | self-released |
| 13 | Ohbliv | Rugged Tranquility Vols. 1 & 2 | Paxico |
| 14 | Book of Wyrms | Occult New Age | Desert |
| 15 | PJ Sykes | Fuzz | Cherub |
| 16 | Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley | Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection | Spacebomb |
| 17 | Gusher | Bleed Out | Gusher1312 |
| 18 | Fruit Bats | The Pet Parade | Sub Pop |
| 19 | Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 20 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! | Constellation |
| 21 | Fake Fruit | Fake Fruit | Rocks In Your Head |
| 22 | Yeek | Valencia | AWAL |
| 23 | Tune-Yards | sketchy. | 4AD |
| 24 | Xiu Xiu | OH NO | Polyvinyl |
| 25 | Lo Talker | A Comedy Of Errors | Arts & Crafts México |
| 26 | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt |
| 27 | Corvair | Corvair | Paper Walls |
| 28 | Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | House Anxiety / Ourness |
| 29 | Altın Gün | Yol | ATO |
| 30 | Menahan Street Band | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
Anna C. April 13th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dinosaur Jr., Drug Store Romeos, Dry Cleaning, Jon Batiste, Lucy Dacus
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: December 23, 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 December 23rd, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Angelica Garcia, Girl Ray, Jackknife Stiletto, Lucy Dacus, Lula Wiles, Shopping
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: September 30, 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 September 30th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Bat for Lashes, Frankie Cosmos, Hater, Jay Som, Joseph, Lower Dens, Lucy Dacus, Olivia Jean, Sunny War
Rockin’ Modern Neon Sounds presents:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
Viens à la plage !
djannag Rockin’ Modern Neon Sounds August 28th, 2019
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: absurd, Lucy Dacus, weirdo
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: July 8, 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 July 8th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Hatchie, Jen Awad, Lucy Dacus, Mal Blum, Mannequin Pussy, Sacred Paws, Stef Chura
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: December 31, 2018
It’s the last Breakfast Blend of 2018! I’ve got the usual assortment of new releases to share, along with a few favorites from the past year mixed in.
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 December 31st, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Amy Ray, Angélique Kidjo, Ani Cordero, Boygenius, Hinds, I'm With Her, Kenneka Cook, Lucy Dacus, Maya Jupiter, Middle Kids, Neko Case
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 9 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 9
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 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 3 | Boygenius | boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 4 | Hollie Cook | Sweet Like Chocolate / Dub Like Chocolate – Single | Merge |
| 5 | Recluse Raccoon | Recluse Raccoon | Citrus City |
| 6 | Balun | Prisma Tropical | Good Child Music |
| 7 | Pale Waves | My Mind Makes Noises | Dirty Hit / Hostess |
| 8 | Anna St. Louis | If Only There Was a River | Woodsist / Mare |
| 9 | Mipso | Edges Run | Antifragile Music |
| 10 | Dom Flemons | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 11 | Big Kahuna OG | Weapon OX | Mutant Academy |
| 12 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 13 | Black Acid Ritual | Resin | self-released |
| 14 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 15 | Corey Harris | Free Water Way | self-released |
| 16 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 17 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 18 | Scheme Team | Big Bluntz DVD | Mutant Academy |
| 19 | Sports Bar | Stranger in My Head | Mister Falcon |
| 20 | VNV Nation | Noire | Metropolis |
| 21 | Warm Drag | Warm Drag | In the Red |
| 22 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 23 | The Nude Party | The Nude Party | New West |
| 24 | Hater | Siesta | Fire |
| 25 | Kikagaku Moyo | Masana Temples | Guruguru Brain |
| 26 | Swearin’ | Fall into the Sun | Merge |
| 27 | Julia Holter | Aviary | Domino |
| 28 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberty & Lament |
| 29 | Mr Twin Sister | Salt | Twin Group |
| 30 | Antarctigo Vespucci | Love in the Time of E-Mail | Polyvinyl |
Anna C. November 10th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Hollie Cook, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Recluse Raccoon, Windhand, Young Scum
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: October 22, 2018 — FALL FUND DRIVE EDITION
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.
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Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend October 22nd, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Amy Ray, Beth Ditto, Courtney Barnett, HAIM, Hinds, Ibibio Sound Machine, Kenneka Cook, Lucy Dacus, Natalie Prass, Neko Case, Sacred Paws, Shannon Shaw, The Wailin' Jennys