top 30 new albums for Mar 2 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 Madlib Sound Ancestors Madlib Invazion
2 Aaron Espe Rock & Roll Man – EP Nettwerk
3 Goat Girl On All Fours Rough Trade
4 Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio I Told You So Colemine
5 Dimmu Borgir Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia [Japan Edition] Avalon Label
6 Sweeping Promises Hunger for a Way Out Feel It
7 Way, Shape, or Form Infinite Lives self-released
8 Nick Coward and the Last Battle Thieves Apparitioner
9 Dan Croll Grand Plan – Live Spacebomb
10 Modal Citizan Control, Alter, Deplete. Modal Citizan
11 Public Acid Condemnation – EP Beach Impediment
12 Lefthnd Ad Mausoleum American Paradox
13 Butcher Brown #KingButch Concord Jazz
14 Newscaster 3.612574 self-released
15 Another Michael New Music and Big Pop Run For Cover
16 Lael Neale Acquainted with Night Sub Pop
17 Black Country, New Road For the First Time Ninja Tune
18 Ani DiFranco Revolutionary Love Righteous Babe
19 Tele Novella Merlynn Belle Kill Rock Stars
20 Rupert Wates Lamentations self-released
21 The Notwist Vertigo Days Morr Music
22 Still Corners The Last Exit Wrecking Light
23 Kiwi jr Cooler Returns Sub Pop
24 shame Drunk Tank Pink Dead Oceans
25 The Burnt Pines The Burnt Pines Spinnup
26 Here Lies Man Ritual Divination RidingEasy
27 Nothing The Great Dismal Relapse
28 Adam Hurt Back to the Earth Ubiquitone
29 Open Mike Eagle Anime, Trauma and Divorce Auto Reverse
30 Ela Minus acts of rebellion Domino

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    March 2nd, 2021

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genre charts for Mar 2 presents:

AAA

Rank Artist Album Label
1 AARON ESPE Rock And Roll Man [EP] Nettwerk
2 NICK COWARD AND THE LAST BATTLE Thieves Apparitioner
3 LAEL NEALE Acquainted With Night Sub Pop
4 ANI DIFRANCO Revolutionary Love Righteous Babe
5 RUPERT WATES Lamentations Self-Released
6 BURNT PINES, THE The Burnt Pines Adraela
7 ADAM HURT Back To The Earth Ubiquitone
8 LIAM PURCELL AND CANE MILL ROAD Roots Trailhead
9 RAYE ZARAGOZA Woman In Color Self-Released
10 THIS IS THE KIT Off Off On Rough Trade/Beggars

Hip-Hop

Rank Artist Album Label
1 OPEN MIKE EAGLE Anime, Trauma And Divorce Auto Reverse
2 SA-ROC The Sharecropper’s Daughter Rhymesayers
3 GUTTA BABY Remain Solid Gutta Baby
4 JOHNNY CIGGS Paradise Gritty City
5 SENICA DA MISFIT Masterpiece [EP] Self-Released
6 RAKIM “Black Messiah” [Single] Warner
7 PROP Vintage Luggage HLGNLIFE
8 SAHTYRE The Roaring Below System
9 RJD2 The Fun Ones RJ’s Electrical Connections
10 POP SMOKE Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon Republic

Loud

Rank Artist Album Label
1 DIMMU BORGIR Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia Avalon Label
2 MIDNIGHT Rebirth By Blasphemy Metal Blade
3 GYZE “Samurai Metal” [Single] Out Of Line
4 CHMCL STR8JCKT Th Drk Prgrssn Cleopatra
5 PARADOX OBSCUR Synoesis Self-Released
6 UNTO ASHES Moon Oppose Moon (Reissue) Projekt
7 A CLOUD OF RAVENS “When It Comes” [Single] Cleopatra
8 CRISTIAN MUNTEANU Quarantined ATTIC
9 IN THIS MOMENT Mother Roadrunner
10 MODAL CITIZAN Control Alter Deplete Self-Released

RPM

Rank Artist Album Label
1 MADLIB Sound Ancestors Madlib Invazion
2 ELA MINUS Acts Of Rebellion Domino
3 PHEW Vertigo KO Disciples
4 OLIVER COATES skins n slime RVNG Intl.
5 PEDRO Da Linha Enchufada
6 JULIANNA BARWICK Healing Is A Miracle Ninja Tune
7 TATI AU MIEL Solar Return Self-Released
8 STEVE ROACH Into the Majestic Projekt
9 NASHVILLE AMBIENT ENSEMBLE Cerulean Centripetal Force
10 JARGUNA A Peaceful Granular Day Projekt

World

Rank Artist Album Label
1 ADMAS Sons Of Ethiopia Frederiksberg
2 DOM LA NENA Tempo Six Degrees
3 ELIDA ALMEIDA Gerasonobu LusAfrica
4 FREE RADICALS White Power Outage, Vol. 1 Self-Released
5 NKUMBA SYSTEM Bailao Duro Prado
6 FLORENCE ADOONI “Mam Pe’ela Su’ure” [Single] Philophon
7 BUYEPONGO VS. QUITAPENAS “Cantarito/Inspiracion” [Single] Peace & Rhythm
8 FEMI KUTI Stop The Hate Partisan
9 JOAO SELVA Navegar Underdog
10 ANANSY CISSE Anoura Riverboat

    March 2nd, 2021

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top 30 new albums for Feb 9 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 Madlib Sound Ancestors Fat Beats
2 Saccades Flowing Fades Fuzz Club
3 Andy Bell The View from Halfway Down Sonic Cathedral
4 Doug Carn, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge Doug Carn JID005 Jazz Is Dead
5 Angelica Garcia Cha Cha Palace Spacebomb
6 Troy All We Got Is This – Single (feat. Mick Jenkins) – Single POVERTY
7 Jonathan Facka The Tarmac Broadcast
8 Big Kahuna OG & Monday Night Shark Report SCHEME TEAM
9 Various Artists Range Lights: A Relief Map Family & Friends Compilation self-released
10 Opin Media and Memory Remixed WarHen
11 naomiisaac letters from richmond self-released
12 Terminal Bliss Brute Err/ata Relapse
13 Naked Pictures W I D E Cheap Cuts
14 Monday Night S. Block Carter AllWeNeed
15 Billy Bacci Band Paint on It MB
16 Ohbliv LewseJoints Number 8(a) self-released
17 Deli Rowe Girl on the Beat, Vol. 1 Liberated Soul Music Group
18 EarRelevant Emoceans self-released
19 Divide And Dissolve Gas Lit Invada UK
20 Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams Transgressive
21 Tamar Aphek All Bets Are Off Kill Rock Stars
22 Tobe Nwigwe Cincoriginals self-released
23 The Body I’ve Seen All I Need to See Thrill Jockey
24 Bill Jr. Jr. Homebody self-released
25 Cub Scout Bowling Pins Heaven Beats Iowa – EP GBV Inc
26 Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns Kiwi Jr. / Fontana North
27 Tom Mullen Into the Twilight Skepticsongs
28 Sleaford Mods Spare Ribs Rough Trade
29 Georgie Jessup My Work Here Ain’t Yet Done self-released
30 Roland Roberts All About the Timing self-released

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    February 9th, 2021

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genre charts for Feb 9 presents:

AAA

Rank Artist Album Label
1 JONATHAN FACKA The Tarmac Broadcast
2 OPIN Media & Memory WarHen
3 BILL JR JR Homebody Bush League
4 GEORGIE JESSUP My Work Here Ain’t Done Yet Winkte
5 ROLAND ROBERTS All About The Timing Happy Life
6 BURNT PINES, THE The Burnt Pines Adraela
7 IZAAK OPATZ Hot And Heavy Handed Mama Bird
8 TIFFANY WILLIAMS I’ll Be Back Soon [EP] Blue Redbird
9 HARDENED AND TEMPERED Hold The Line Self-Released
10 FRANK AND ALLIE LEE Treat A Stranger Right Bake Tone

Hip-Hop

Rank Artist Album Label
1 TROY “All We Got Is This – Single (feat. Mick Jenkins)” [Single] POVERTY
2 BIG KAHUNA OG AND MONDAY NIGHT Shark Report Scheme Team
3 MONDAY NIGHT S. Block Carter AllWeNeed
4 OHBLIV LewseJoints Number 8(a) Self-Released
5 EARRELEVANT Emoceans Self-Released
6 TOBE NWIGWE Cincoriginals Self-Released
7 AESOP ROCK Spirit World Field Guide Rhymesayers
8 BLU AND EXILE Miles Dirty Science
9 SNEAKS Happy Birthday Merge
10 GUTTA BABY Remain Solid Gutta Baby

Loud

Rank Artist Album Label
1 TERMINAL BLISS Brute Err/ata Relapse
2 NERVOSA Perpetual Chaos Napalm
3 ORBIT CULTURE Nija Seek and Strike
4 HULDER Godslastering Hymns Of A Forlorn Peasantry Iron Bonehead
5 GATECREEPER An Unexpected Reality Closed Casket Activities
6 EMMA RUTH RUNDLE AND THOU The Helm Of Sorrow [EP] Sacred Bones
7 INFERI Of Sunless Realms [EP] The Artisan Era
8 CYTOTOXIN Nuklearth Unique Leader
9 NANSARUNAI Ultimul Rege Death Kvlt Productions
10 ATHAR AGHANON Fidelitas [EP] Ixiol Productions

RPM

Rank Artist Album Label
1 MADLIB Sound Ancestors Madlib Invazion
2 RONE Room With A View Infine
3 COM TRUISE In Decay, Too Ghostly International
4 MICHAEL ROTHER Dreaming Gronland
5 MILITARY GENIUS Deep Web Unheard Of Hope
6 SOPHIE “Unisil” [Single] Numbers
7 TRADVARELSE Cave Self-Released
8 LUKE ABBOTT Translate Border Community
9 DESIRE MAREA Desire Self-Released
10 ACEMO All My Life 2 Sonic Messengers

World

Rank Artist Album Label
1 BOMBA ESTEREO Deja [Advance Tracks] Sony Latin
2 JOAO SELVA Navegar Underdog
3 ANANSY CISSE Anoura Riverboat
4 BOSQ Y Su Descarga Internacional Bacalao
5 WARSAW AFROBEAT ORCHETRA Antibody Peace & Rhythm
6 BUDOS BAND, THE Long In The Tooth Daptone
7 GOOD ONES, THE “Soccer (Summer 1988)” [Single] Anti-
8 TP ORCHESTRE POLY RYTHMO DE COTONOU BENIN Volume 4: Yehoussei Leopold Batteur Acid Jazz
9 FAT FREDDY’S DROP Lock-In The Drop
10 BROOKLYN RAGA MASSIVE In D Self-Released

    February 9th, 2021

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