top 30 new albums for Aug 31 presents:
top 30 new albums for Aug 31
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 | Book of Wyrms | Occult New Age | Desert |
| 2 | Joshua Henry | Grow | BMG Rights Management (US) LLC |
| 3 | J. Clyde Morris | Stereo | self-released |
| 4 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 5 | Molly Burman | Fool Me With Flattery – EP | Prolifica / PIAS |
| 6 | Tropical Fuck Storm | Deep States | Joyful Noise |
| 7 | Ament | I Should Be Outside | Monkeywrench |
| 8 | Joey Cape | A Good Year to Forget | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 9 | Yola | Stand For Myself | Easy Eye Sound |
| 10 | Ty Segall | Harmonizer | Drag City |
| 11 | Son Volt | Electro Melodier | Transmit Sound |
| 12 | Prince | Welcome 2 America | Legacy |
| 13 | Durand Jones & The Indications | Private Space | Dead Oceans |
| 14 | The Halluci Nation | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 15 | LUMP | Animal | Chrysalis |
| 16 | Atmosphere | WORD? – Side A | Rhymesayers |
| 17 | Anika | Change | Sacred Bones |
| 18 | Tyler, the Creator | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 19 | Cochemea | Vol. II Baca Sewa | Daptone |
| 20 | Evidence | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 21 | Molly Lewis | The Forgotten Edge – EP | Jagjaguwar |
| 22 | Hiatus Kaiyote | Mood Valiant | Brainfeeder |
| 23 | Snapped Ankles | Forest of Your Problems | The Leaf Label |
| 24 | Whispering Sons | Several Others | PIAS |
| 25 | Deap Vally | American Cockroach – EP | Cooking Vinyl Limited |
| 26 | Robert Finley | Sharecropper’s Son | Easy Eye Sound |
| 27 | Tōth | You and Me and Everything | Northern Spy |
| 28 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 29 | Small Black | Cheap Dreams | 100% Electronica |
| 30 | Karmah | Richmond State of Mind – EP | self-released |
Anna C. August 31st, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Book of Wyrms, J. Clyde Morris, Joshua Henry, McKinley Dixon, Molly Burman
genre charts for Aug 31 presents:
genre charts for Aug 31
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SON VOLT | Electro Melodier | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | DAVID POTTS-DUPRE | Vladimir And Irene | Self-Released |
| 3 | TREVOR TCHIR | Sun & Moon | Self-Released |
| 4 | STURGILL SIMPSON | The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita | Hill Top Mountain |
| 5 | JIM LAUDERDALE | Hope | Yep Roc |
| 6 | JOHNNY CASH:FOREVER WORDS EXPANDED | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Legacy |
| 7 | NEWTON FAULKNER | “Four Leaf Clover” b/w “World Away” [Single] | Battenberg |
| 8 | BACKYARD TIRE FIRE | “Alejandro Escovedo” [Single] | Black Dirt/Royal Potato Family |
| 9 | DARLINGSIDE | “Keep Coming Home (feat. The Distantly Social Orchestra)” [Single] | More Doug/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | BEDOUINE | “The Wave” [Single] | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 2 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? – Side A [EP] | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | TYLER THE CREATOR | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 4 | EVIDENCE | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | KARMAH | Richmond State of Mind [EP] | Self-Released |
| 6 | DEF3 AND LATE NIGHT RADIO | Weddings And Funerals [EP] | Urbnet |
| 7 | ISAIAH RASHAD | The House Is Burning | TDE/Warner |
| 8 | MAL DEVISA | Wisdom Teeth | Self-Released |
| 9 | STIMULATOR JONES | Peaceful | Stones Throw |
| 10 | THEORY HAZIT | “Y’all Still Ain’t Washin’ Y’all Hands” [Single] | WetWork |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM | Primordial Arcana | Relapse |
| 2 | ABORTED | ManiaCult | Century Media |
| 3 | BIG BRAVE | Vital [EP] | Southern Lord |
| 4 | UNDERDARK | Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry | Self-Released |
| 5 | HUMAN IMPACT | Ep01 [EP] | Ipecac |
| 6 | JASON BIELER AND THE BARON VON BIELSKI ORCHESTRA | Songs for the Apocalypse | Frontiers |
| 7 | MILDREDA | I Was Never Really There | Dependent |
| 8 | KPT | Obliterate [EP] | GIVE/TAKE |
| 9 | MONSTER MAGNET | A Better Dystopia | Napalm |
| 10 | ALEXIS MARSHALL | House Of Lull . House Of When | Sargent House |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Radicalized |
| 2 | EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY | Yellow | Movementt |
| 3 | KONDI BAND | We Famous | Strut |
| 4 | JANA RUSH | Painful Enlightenment | Planet Mu |
| 5 | CLAIRE ROUSAY | A Softer Focus | American Dreams |
| 6 | KOMRADS | The Wolf | Negative Gain Productions |
| 7 | JARGUNA AND RYUZEN | Kitsune | Projekt |
| 8 | PRIKU FEAT. DINU | “ENDZ042” [Single] | Eastenderz |
| 9 | BIKINI DEATH RACE | “Refrigerator” [Single] | Negative Gain Productions |
| 10 | BLACK MARBLE | “Somewhere” [Single] | Sacred Bones |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MERIDIAN BROTHERS AND CONJUNTO MEDIA LUNA | Paz En La Tierra | Bongo Joe |
| 2 | A ESPECTACULAR CHARANGA DA FRANCA | “Nao Para (Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” [Single] | Mais Um |
| 3 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | “Mi Congo Es De Akokan” [Single] | Daptone |
| 4 | LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD | At Pioneer Works | Sahel Sounds |
| 5 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 6 | SUSANA BACA | “La Herida Oscura” [Single] | Real World |
| 7 | LOS SIDERAL’S | “Virgines Del Sol/Dongoh” [Single] | Munster |
| 8 | COCHEMEA | Vol. II Baca Sewa | Daptone |
| 9 | RECORD KICKS AFRO SIDES, VOL. 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Record Kicks |
| 10 | ACHOLI MACHON | Sons Of South Sudan [EP] | Good Deeds |
Anna C. August 31st, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Conjunto Media Luna, McKinley Dixon, Meridian Brothers, Son Volt, The Halluci Nation, Wolves in the Throne Room
top 30 new albums for Aug 10 presents:
top 30 new albums for Aug 10
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 | La Luz | In the Country – Single | Hardly Art |
| 2 | Castalia | Blue Moon – EP | self-released |
| 3 | Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley | Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection | Spacebomb |
| 4 | Frames | Every Room | Know Hope |
| 5 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 6 | Benét | Game Over! – EP | Bayonet |
| 7 | RAIC | Gestalt | Cacophonous Revival |
| 8 | Prabir Trio | Haanji | self-released |
| 9 | Doll Baby | Harmony Scar (acoustic demos) | self-released |
| 10 | Big Fundamental | Hyperbeam | Bad Gateway House |
| 11 | Flight Club | I’ve Been Kicked Out of Better Homes Than This – EP | Open Your Ears |
| 12 | Enforced | Kill Grid | Century Media |
| 13 | Tennishu | Maybe – EP | James Infinite |
| 14 | Mitchel Evan | Mitchel Evan | The Label Group |
| 15 | LJ & the Sleeze | Put Something Sleezy Between Your Legs – EP | Eight Ball Record$ |
| 16 | DJ Williams | Short Stories – EP | Projekt Music |
| 17 | Beex | The Early Years: 1979-1982 | Beach Impediment |
| 18 | Danja Mowf | Word of Mowf | Funtown/804 Flava |
| 19 | King Woman | Celestial Blues | Relapse |
| 20 | koleżanka | place is | Bar/None |
| 21 | Prince | Welcome 2 America | Legacy |
| 22 | Robin and Linda Williams | A Better Day a-Coming | self-released |
| 23 | Tyler, the Creator | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 24 | Anika | Change | Sacred Bones |
| 25 | Brittany Howard | Jaime Reimagined | ATO / Fontana North |
| 26 | Atmosphere | Word? | Rhymesayers |
| 27 | Nigel Hall | Spiritual | Regime Music Group |
| 28 | Umphrey’s McGee | YOU WALKED UP SHAKING IN YOUR BOOTS BUT YOU STOOD TALL AND LEFT A RAGING BULL | Nothing Too Fancy |
| 29 | Snapped Ankles | Forest of Your Problems | The Leaf Label |
| 30 | The Go! Team | Get Up Sequences Part One | Memphis Industries |
Anna C. August 10th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Castalia, Frames, La Luz, Lonnie Holley, Matthew E. White, McKinley Dixon
genre charts for Aug 10 presents:
genre charts for Aug 10
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CASTALIA | Blue Moon [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | MITCHEL EVAN | Mitchel Evan | Self-Released |
| 3 | ROBIN AND LINDA WILLIAMS | A Better Day A-Coming | Oakenwold |
| 4 | KEETON COFFMAN | Hard Times | Self-Released |
| 5 | ANYA HINKLE | Eden And Her Borderlands | Organic |
| 6 | PEACH AND QUIET | Just Beyond The Shine | Self-Released |
| 7 | DAN WHITAKER | One More Story Told | Self-Released |
| 8 | MATT BERRY | The Blue Elephant | Acid Jazz/PIAS |
| 9 | BRETT RATFLIFF | Whitesburg | June Appal |
| 10 | WILDFIRE | Quiet Country Town | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 2 | DANJA MOWF | Word of Mowf | Funtown/804 Flava |
| 3 | TYLER THE CREATOR | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Columbia |
| 4 | ATMOSPHERE | WORD? – Side A [EP] | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | SANKOFA | Blktchp | Self-Released |
| 6 | MARCEY YATES AND XOBOI | Culxr House: Freedom Summer | Saddle Creek |
| 7 | MILLA THYME | Everything Has Its Thyme | Urbnet |
| 8 | SUPAMAN | Medicine Bundle | Good Medicine |
| 9 | IDK | USEEFORYOURSELF | Clue |
| 10 | TRU NYCE | Win In Doubt | Tru Fresh Digital |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENFORCED | Kill Grid | Century Media |
| 2 | KING WOMAN | Celestial Blues | Relapse |
| 3 | PANOPTICON | …And Again Into The Light | Bindrune |
| 4 | ALUSTRIUM | A Monument To Silence | Unique Leader |
| 5 | FRACTAL UNIVERSE | The Impassable | Metal Blade |
| 6 | COGNITIVE | Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction | Unique Leader |
| 7 | EBULLISM | The Cosmic Web [EP] | Nebula |
| 8 | RIVERS OF NIHIL | “Clean” [Single] | Metal Blade |
| 9 | CRADLE OF FILTH | “Crawling King Chaos” [Single] | Nuclear Blast |
| 10 | CHILIASM | Flesh Over Finite [EP] | Self-Released |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAIC | Gestalt | Cacophonous Revival |
| 2 | BRIJEAN | Feelings | Ghostly International |
| 3 | DAM FUNK | Above The Fray | Glydezone |
| 4 | DEAN BLUNT | Black Metal 2 | Rough Trade |
| 5 | MEXICAN DUBWISER | In Dub | Echo Beach |
| 6 | REYMOUR | Leviosa | Knekelhuis |
| 7 | LORAINE JAMES | Reflection | Hyperdub |
| 8 | DJ BLACK LOW | Uwami | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 9 | DJ MANNY | Signals in My Head | Planet Mu |
| 10 | OSH | Northern Lights [EP] | Moon Rack |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VAUDOU GAME | Noussin | Hot Casa |
| 2 | OKUTE | Okuté | Chulo |
| 3 | MARCUS GAD MEETS TAMAL | “Tempo” [Single] | Easy Star |
| 4 | YEKO | “Yerna Fasse (feat Khaira Arby)” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | HAMDI BENANI, MEDHI HADDAB AND SPEED CARAVAN | Nuba Nova | Buda Musique |
| 6 | HAILU MERGIA AND THE WALIAS BAND | Tezeta | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 7 | DERYA YILDIRIM AND GRUP SIMSEK | Dost 1 | Light In The Attic |
| 8 | NIL’S JAZZ ENSEMBLE | Nil’s Jazz Ensemble | Vampisoul |
| 9 | COCHEMEA | Vol. II Baca Sewa | Daptone |
| 10 | BALIMAYA PROJECT | Wolo So | Jazz Re:Freshed |
Anna C. August 10th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Castalia, Enforced, McKinley Dixon, RAIC, Vaudou Game
top 30 new albums for May 25 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 25
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 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 2 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 3 | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy | Superwolves | Drag City |
| 4 | Natik Awayez | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 5 | José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz | Lua Ki Di Nos | Hot Mule |
| 6 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | Matador |
| 7 | Downhaul | Proof | Refresh |
| 8 | Castalia | Blue Moon – EP | self-released |
| 9 | Gusher | Bleed Out | Gusher1312 |
| 10 | Gutterwall | After The Fall | Etching Tin |
| 11 | Current Joys | Voyager | Secretly Canadian |
| 12 | Five Mile Mountain Road | Swingbilly Swagger | Patuxent Music |
| 13 | FACS | Present Tense | Trouble In Mind |
| 14 | Lionel Boy | Lionel Boy | Innovative Leisure |
| 15 | Sarah Neufeld | Detritus | Paper Bag |
| 16 | The Black Keys | Delta Kream | Nonesuch |
| 17 | St. Vincent | Daddy’s Home | Loma Vista |
| 18 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 19 | Rae Isla | Another Life | INSRGNT ARTS |
| 20 | Colleen | The Tunnel and the Clearing | Thrill Jockey |
| 21 | TOR | Oasis Sky | self-released |
| 22 | Crumb | Ice Melt | self-released |
| 23 | Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade | Merge |
| 24 | Rochelle Jordan | Play with the Changes | self-released |
| 25 | Silver Synthetic | Silver Synthetic | Third Man |
| 26 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 27 | Death from Above 1979 | Is 4 Lovers | Everything Eleven |
| 28 | Danny Burns | Hurricane – EP | Bonfire |
| 29 | Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! | Constellation |
Anna C. May 25th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Goat Girl, José Carlos Schwarz, Le Cobiana Djazz, Matt Sweeney, McKinley Dixon, Natik Awayez
genre charts for May 25 presents:
genre charts for May 25
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATIK AWAYEZ | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 2 | CASTALIA | Blue Moon [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | FIVE MILE MOUNTAIN ROAD | Swingbilly Swagger | Self-Released |
| 4 | DANNY BURNS | Hurricane [EP] | Bonfire |
| 5 | FLOCK OF DIMES | Head Of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 6 | CHRIS PIERCE | American Silence | Self-Released |
| 7 | JP HARRIS’ DREADFUL WIND AND RAIN | Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man | Free Dirt |
| 8 | JOHN CRAIGIE | Asterisk The Universe | Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | LADY MAISERY | Mayday | Self-Released |
| 10 | CLEM SNIDE AND EEF BARZELAY | “I Can’t Make You Love Me” [Single] | Zahpwee |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 2 | LUSHLIFE | Redamancy [EP] | Fortune Tellers |
| 3 | ALCHEMIST, THE | This Thing Of Ours [EP] | ALC |
| 4 | DRAKE | Scary Hours 2 [EP] | Ovo/Republic |
| 5 | DJ MUGGS AND FLEE LORD | Rammellzee | Soul Assassins |
| 6 | CONWAY THE MACHINE | La Maquina | Griselda/Drumwork/EMPIRE |
| 7 | ARMAND HAMMER AND THE ALCHEMIST | Haram | Backwoodz |
| 8 | ICEROCKS | Crossing The Rubicon | Self-Released |
| 9 | PINK SIIFU AND FLY ANAKIN | $mokebreak | Lex |
| 10 | EVIDENCE | “Pardon Me” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CANNIBAL CORPSE | Violence Unimagined | Metal Blade |
| 2 | EMPYRIUM | Über den Sternen | Prophecy Productions |
| 3 | MORBIFIC | Ominous Seep of Putridity | Self-Released |
| 4 | STORTREGN | Impermanence | The Artisan Era |
| 5 | FORELUNAR | Forlorn in Despair | Self-Released |
| 6 | VALDAUDR | Drapsdalen | Soulseller |
| 7 | SOLSTICE | Casting the Die | Emanzipation Producitons |
| 8 | AT THE GATES | “Spectre Of Extinction” [Single] | Century Media |
| 9 | CURSE MACKEY | Submerge | Negative Gain Productions |
| 10 | KIRLIAN CAMERA | Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate of Toxic Daybreak) | Dependent |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GUTTERWALL | After The Fall | Etching Tin |
| 2 | COLLEEN | “Hidden In The Current” [Single] | Thrill Jockey |
| 3 | ROCHELLE JORDAN | Play With The Changes | Young Art |
| 4 | YU SU | Yellow River Blue | Bie |
| 5 | DNTEL | The Seas Trees See | Morr |
| 6 | GARY NUMAN | Intruder [Advance Tracks] | BMG |
| 7 | BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS | Cosmorama | Ghost Box |
| 8 | UNKNOWN ME | Bishintai | Not Not Fun |
| 9 | BARA HARI | Dark New Day | Re:mission Entertainment |
| 10 | MOTH EFFECT | Hovering | Cue Dot |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 2 | COLOR DE TROPICO, VOL. 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | El Palmas |
| 3 | U-ROY | “Man Next Door (feat Santigold)” [Single] | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 4 | BAIUCA | Embruxo | Raso Estudio |
| 5 | NATIK AWAYEZ | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 6 | INNOV GNAWA | Lila | Daptone |
| 7 | MARIA RAQUEL Y SUS MARAVILLAS | “El Tiempo Se Acabo” [Single] | Chulo |
| 8 | AYUUNE SULE | Putoo Katare Tire | Rebel Up |
| 9 | STRAIGHT FROM THE DECKS 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Pura Vida Sounds/Heavenly Sweetness |
| 10 | DOBET GNAHORE | Couleur [Advance Tracks] | Cumbancha |
Anna C. May 25th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cannibal Corpse, Gutterwall, McKinley Dixon, Mdou Moctar, Natik Awayez
top 30 new albums for May 18 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 18
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 | Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall | The Marfa Tapes | Vanner / RCA |
| 2 | Dinosaur Jr. | Sweep It Into Space | Jagjaguwar |
| 3 | The Weather Station | Ignorance | Fat Possum |
| 4 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 5 | The Coral | Coral Island | Modern Sky UK |
| 6 | Nottz | Black Woman (feat. Rapsody, Ke Turner, Rah Digga & Nikki Grier) – Single | Raw Koncept |
| 7 | Dazy | The Crowded Mind | self-released |
| 8 | Downhaul | Proof | Refresh |
| 9 | Tennishu | Maybe | James Infinite |
| 10 | Prabir Trio | Haanji | self-released |
| 11 | Flying Lotus | Yasuke | Warp |
| 12 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | When God Was Great | Hellcat / Epitaph |
| 13 | Will Stratton | The Changing Wilderness | Bella Union / PIAS |
| 14 | Eamonn McCormack | Storyteller | Bem |
| 15 | Tony Joe White | Smoke From The Chimney | Easy Eye Sound |
| 16 | Blue Cactus | Stranger Again | Sleepy Cat |
| 17 | Remember Sports | Like a Stone | Father/Daughter |
| 18 | Mark Collie | Book of My Blues | self-released |
| 19 | Manchester Orchestra | The Million Masks Of God | Loma Vista |
| 20 | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy | Superwolves | Drag City |
| 21 | Mark O’Connor | Markology II | OMAC |
| 22 | Cliff Eberhardt | Knew Things | Tin Pan Ally |
| 23 | Racquel Jones | IgnoRANT | Magnetic Moon |
| 24 | Bowerbirds | Becalmyounglovers | Psychic Hotline |
| 25 | Jeff Rosenstock | SKA DREAM | Polyvinyl |
| 26 | The Wallflowers | Exit Wounds | New West |
| 27 | Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade | Merge |
| 28 | BROCKHAMPTON | ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE | Question Everything / RCA |
| 29 | Lou Barlow | Reason to Live | Joyful Noise |
| 30 | La Femme | Paradigmes | Disque Pointu |
Anna C. May 18th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dinosaur Jr., Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, McKinley Dixon, Miranda Lambert, The Coral, The Weather Station
top 30 new albums for Jul 21 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jul 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.
| 1 | Public Enemy | State of the Union (STFU) – Single | Enemy |
| 2 | Dream Wife | So When You Gonna… | Lucky Number |
| 3 | Christian Lee Hutson | Beginners | Anti- |
| 4 | bdrmm | Bedroom | Sonic Cathedral |
| 5 | McKinley Dixon | The House That Got Knock Down EP | self-released |
| 6 | Grey Wulf | Seeing, Vol. 1 | self-released |
| 7 | Rattlemouth | Precious Standing | self-released |
| 8 | FM Skyline | Liteware | 100% Electronica |
| 9 | VV | III | self-released |
| 10 | Richmond Avant Improv Collective (RAIC) | Chance Operations | Blight |
| 11 | Trauma Lavern | Album Announcement Fail | Cold Rhymes |
| 12 | Noah Page | ABBA: a thing I made you | self-released |
| 13 | Khruangbin | Mordechai | Dead Oceans |
| 14 | Remo Drive | A Portrait of an Ugly Man | Epitaph |
| 15 | Marlon Craft | Work From Home – EP | Same Plate |
| 16 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 17 | Moemaw Naedon | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 18 | Country Westerns | Country Westerns | Fat Possum |
| 19 | Don Bryant | You Make Me Feel | Fat Possum |
| 20 | Lithics | Tower of Age | Trouble In Mind |
| 21 | Run The Jewels | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners |
| 22 | Sonic Boom | All Things Being Equal | Carpark |
| 23 | Little Simz | Drop 6 – EP | AGE 101 |
| 24 | Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton | Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 25 | Deerhoof | Future Teenage Cave Artists | Joyful Noise |
| 26 | Deante’ Hitchcock | BETTER | ByStorm Entertainment/RCA |
| 27 | Jaime Wyatt | Neon Cross | New West |
| 28 | Man Man | Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between | Sub Pop |
| 29 | Yves Tumor | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Warp |
| 30 | Drive-By Truckers | The Unraveling | ATO |
Anna C. July 21st, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: bdrmm, Christian Lee Hutson, Dream Wife, McKinley Dixon, Public Enemy
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 22 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 22
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 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong With My Eyes? | self-released |
| 2 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 3 | McKinley Dixon | The Importance of Self Belief | Wadada |
| 4 | Ana Egge | White Tiger | StorySound |
| 5 | Jay Rock | Redemption | Top Dawg Entertainment / Interscope |
| 6 | Half Waif | Lavender | Cascine |
| 7 | DOTT | Heart Swell | Graveface |
| 8 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 9 | Brownout | Fear of a Brown Planet | Fat Beats |
| 10 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Beach House | 7 | Sub Pop |
| 12 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 13 | Neat Sweep | Space is for Dogs | self-released |
| 14 | The Concussion Theory | Lament | self-released |
| 15 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 16 | Steve Tilston | Distant Days | Riverboat |
| 17 | gobbinjr | ocala wick | Topshelf |
| 18 | Tangents | New Bodies | Temporary Residence Limited |
| 19 | We Are Scientists | Megaplex | 1 |
| 20 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 21 | Flasher | Constant Image | Domino |
| 22 | Melody’s Echo Chamber | Bon Voyage | Fat Possum |
| 23 | Gruff Rhys | Babelsberg | Rough Trade |
| 24 | Pusha T | DAYTONA | Def Jam |
| 25 | Marisa Anderson | Cloud Corner | Thrill Jockey |
| 26 | Kadhja Bonet | Childqueen | Fat Possum |
| 27 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Indie Rock |
| 28 | Lucius | Nudes | Mom+Pop |
| 29 | Beach Skulls | Las Dunas | PNKSLM |
| 30 | Hinds | I Don’t Run | Mom+Pop |
Anna C. June 23rd, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Ana Egge, Bad Magic, Jay Rock, McKinley Dixon, Nickelus F