Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 25 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunswick | Five Years | Papa Hotel |
| 2 | Petrichor | II | self-released |
| 3 | Toro y Moi | Outer Peace | Carpark |
| 4 | Mdou Moctar | Ilana (The Creator) | Sahel Sounds |
| 5 | Sneaks | Highway Hypnosis | Merge |
| 6 | Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch | An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil | Sacred Bones |
| 7 | Piranha Rama | S/T | Trrrash |
| 8 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 9 | Michael Chapman | True North | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 10 | Colter Wall | Songs of the Plains | Young Mary’s |
| 11 | Gemini Love | This Is Not Science | self-released |
| 12 | Debrider | Gift Horse – EP | self-released |
| 13 | Large Margin | Large Margin | Cheap Cuts |
| 14 | Danny Burns | North Country | Pinecastle |
| 15 | Deerhunter | Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? | 4AD |
| 16 | Steve Gunn | The Unseen In Between | Matador |
| 17 | Buke and Gase | Scholars | Brassland |
| 18 | Pedro The Lion | Phoenix | Polyvinyl |
| 19 | DAWN | new breed | Local Action / Our Dawn Ent |
| 20 | Malibu Ken | Malibu Ken | Rhymesayers Entertainment |
| 21 | James Blake | Assume Form | Polydor |
| 22 | Daniel Romano | Finally Free | New West |
| 23 | CAVE | Allways | Drag City |
| 24 | Cat Power | Wanderer | Domino |
| 25 | Kikagaku Moyo | Masana Temples | Guruguru Brain |
| 26 | Doe | Grow into It | Big Scary Monsters / Topshelf |
| 27 | Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams | Merge |
| 28 | The Dodos | Certainty Waves | Polyvinyl |
| 29 | Metric | Art of Doubt | BMG |
| 30 | Calvin Johnson | A Wonderful Beast | K |
Anna C. January 26th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Brunswick, Mdou Moctar, Petrichor, Sneaks, toro y moi
Genre charts for week ending Jan 25 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Jan 25
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COLTER WALL | Songs Of The Plains | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | DANNY BURNS | North Country | Self-Released |
| 3 | DANIEL ROMANO | Finally Free | You’ve Changed |
| 4 | MICHIGAN RATTLERS | Evergreen | Self-Released |
| 5 | HONEY DEWDROPS | Anyone Can See | Self-Released |
| 6 | AMY MCCARLEY | MECO | Self-Released |
| 7 | BLAKE MILLER AND THE OLD FASHIONED ACES | Quelle Belle Journee | Self-Released |
| 8 | DOM FLEMONS | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 9 | GRETCHEN PETERS | Dancing With The Beast | Curb |
| 10 | NEYLA PEKARAK | Rattlesnake | S-Curve |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAWN | New Breed | Local Action/Our Dawn |
| 2 | MALIBU KEN | Malibu Ken | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | JAMES BLAKE | Assume Form | Polydor |
| 4 | BAS | Milky Way | Dreamville |
| 5 | SANJI THE HEDGEHOG | Slump Garden | Self-Released |
| 6 | AYELLE | “Obvious” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | NONAME | “Song 31” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | MADISON MCFERRIN | Finding Foundations: Vol II [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | 99 Cent Dreams | Yep Roc |
| 10 | OHBLIV | Soulphonic | UKNOWY |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETRICHOR | II | Self-Released |
| 2 | UNMAKER | Firmament | Self-Released |
| 3 | FUCKED UP | Dose Your Dreams | Merge |
| 4 | BLOODYWOOD | “Endurant” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | ROY BATTY | Roy Batty | Self-Released |
| 6 | SERQET | “Oleander” [Single] | Vinyl Conflict |
| 7 | DRAGONLORD | Dominion | Spinefarm |
| 8 | HATE ETERNAL | Upon Desolate Sands | Season Of Mist |
| 9 | NAGLFAR | Principium | Floga |
| 10 | MONSTROSITY | The Passage of Existence | Metal Blade |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOZEF VAN WISSEM AND JIM JARMUSCH | An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil | Sacred Bones |
| 2 | COMET IS COMING, THE | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery | Impulse! |
| 3 | KID KOALA | Music to Draw To: Io | Arts & Crafts |
| 4 | MATMOS | Plastic Anniversary | Thrill Jockey |
| 5 | GEORGE CLANTON | Slide | 100% Electronica |
| 6 | JOHANN JOHANNSSON | Mandy [OST] | INVADA |
| 7 | JAKOB SKOTT | Instrumentality | El Paraiso |
| 8 | BOOKA SHADE | “I Go, I Go (feat. Kaktus Einarsson)” [Single] | Blaufield |
| 9 | GESAFFELSTEIN AND THE WEEKEND | “Lost in the Fire” [Single] | Columbia |
| 10 | SHORMEY | “Cruise!” [Single] | Citrus City |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MDOU MOCTAR | “Kamane Tarhanin” [Single] | Sahel Sounds |
| 2 | BASSEKOU KOUYATE AND NGONI BA | Miri | OutHere |
| 3 | JUANECO Y SU COMBO | El Gran Cacique | Infopesa |
| 4 | VAUDOU GAME | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 5 | SARAZINO | Mama Funny Day | Cumbancha |
| 6 | DUR DUR BAND | Dur Dur Band Of Somalia, Volume 1, Volume 2 | Analog Africa |
| 7 | ATERCIOPELADOS | Claroscura | Sony Colombia |
| 8 | DAKTARIS, THE | Soul Explosion [Remastered] | Desco/Daptone |
| 9 | SALIF KEITA | Un Autre Blanc | Naive |
| 10 | BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Siri Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies |
Anna C. January 26th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Colter Wall, DAWN, Jim Jarmusch, Jozef Van Wissem, Mdou Moctar, Petrichor