top 30 new albums for May 24 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 24
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 | Mitski | Laurel Hell | Dead Oceans |
| 2 | Beach House | Once Twice Melody | Mistletone |
| 3 | Death Loves Veronica | Corruption for the Insidious | self-released |
| 4 | Caroline No | Caroline No | Grapefruit |
| 5 | Lyle Lovett | 12th of June | Verve |
| 6 | Widow Rings | Songs for the Hearse, Vol. 2 – Single | Housefire |
| 7 | The Discrepants | The Beginning | Cacophinous Revival |
| 8 | Justin Golden | Hard Times and a Woman | self-released |
| 9 | Oneness of Juju | Bush Brothers and Space Rangers | Strut |
| 10 | Sofi Tukker | WET TENNIS | Ultra |
| 11 | Caroline Spence | True North | Rounder |
| 12 | Frog Eyes | The Bees | Paper Bag |
| 13 | Suki Waterhouse | I Can’t Let Go | Sub Pop |
| 14 | Yeah Buddy! Band | Hot Off the Line | self-released |
| 15 | Fontaines D.C. | Skinty Fia | Partisan / Liberator |
| 16 | CARRTOONS | Homegrown | Wichita |
| 17 | Alpha Rabbit | Eternity | Mint 400 |
| 18 | Spiritualized | Everything Was Beautiful | Fat Possum |
| 19 | Calexico | El Mirador | City Slang |
| 20 | Father John Misty | Chloë and the Next 20th Century | Sub Pop |
| 21 | The Dead Tongues | Dust | Psychic Hotline |
| 22 | Foxes | The Kick | PIAS |
| 23 | Camp Cope | Running with the Hurricane | Run For Cover |
| 24 | Cate Le Bon | Pompeii | Mexican Summer |
| 25 | Midlake | For The Sake of Bethel Woods | ATO |
| 26 | Los Bitchos | Let the Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 27 | Shamir | Heterosexuality | Antifragile |
| 28 | The Body & OAA | Enemy of Love | Thrill Jockey |
| 29 | Cat Power | Covers | Domino |
| 30 | BODEGA | Broken Equipment | What’s Your Rupture? |
Anna C. May 24th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Beach House, Caroline No, Death loves Veronica, Lyle Lovett, Mitski
Tuesday Breakfast Blend presents:
Tuesday Breakfast Blend: March 8, 2022
Radio pals, I have a new theme song for the weeks when I’m filling in here. I ran across it a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t resist.
Anna C. Tuesday Breakfast Blend March 8th, 2022
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Anaïs Mitchell, Bitch, Cat Power, illuminati hotties, Los Bitchos, Mitski, Mr Twin Sister
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: February 3, 2020
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 February 3rd, 2020
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Caveboy, En Attendant Ana, Isobel Campbell, Mitski, Scrunchies, Torres
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 21 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 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 | Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | Partisan |
| 2 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 4 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 5 | Mirah | Understanding | Absolute Magnitude |
| 6 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 7 | Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone |
| 8 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti/Epitaph |
| 9 | Exploded View | Obey | Sacred Bones |
| 10 | Eric Bachmann | No Recover | Merge |
| 11 | Dilly Dally | Heaven | Partisan |
| 12 | Ashes | Good Nothings – EP | Crystal Pistol |
| 13 | Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá | De Palenque à Matongé | Zephyrus |
| 14 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 15 | Spiritualized | And Nothing Hurt | Fat Possum |
| 16 | Richard Thompson | 13 Rivers | New West |
| 17 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 18 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | self-released |
| 21 | We Were Promised Jetpacks | The More I Sleep the Less I Dream | self released |
| 22 | Marc Ribot | Songs of Resistance 1948-2018 | Anti- |
| 23 | Jungle | For Ever | XL |
| 24 | Tirzah | Devotion | Domino |
| 25 | Aphex Twin | Collapse – EP | Warp |
| 26 | Advance Base | Animal Companionship | Run for Cover |
| 27 | Aimee Lay | The Other Side of You | Respectful Lust |
| 28 | Alien Boy | Sleeping Lessons | Tiny Engines |
| 29 | Thalia Zedek Band | Fighting Season | Thrill Jockey |
| 30 | Iron & Wine | Weed Garden – EP | Sub Pop |
Anna C. September 22nd, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Idles, Low, Mirah, Mitski, Young Scum
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: September 17, 2018
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. (more…)
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend September 17th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Amy Ray, Colleen Green, Let's Eat Grandma, Mirah, Mitski, Thalia Zedek
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: September 10, 2018
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. (more…)
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend September 10th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Bloods, Colleen Green, Ginkgoa, Gymshorts, Indigo Girls, Jenn Champion, Maya Jupiter, Mikaela Davis, Mitski, The Beths, Tomberlin
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24
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 | Toxic Moxie | BRATCORE (VCR cover) – Single | self-released |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Oh Sees | Smote Reverser | Castle Face |
| 4 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 6 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 7 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 8 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 9 | Songs From The Road Band | Road to Nowhere | Lucks Dumpy Toad |
| 10 | Phantastic Ferniture | Phantastic Ferniture | Polyvinyl |
| 11 | Preoccupations | New Material | Jagjaguwar |
| 12 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Calicoco | Float | Dadstache |
| 15 | Noisia & Two Fingers | Dzjengis – Single | Division |
| 16 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 17 | Ohbliv | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 18 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Mass Gothic | I’ve Tortured You Long Enough | Sub Pop |
| 21 | Nothing | Dance on the Blacktop | Relapse |
| 22 | Death Cab for Cutie | Thank You for Today | Atlantic |
| 23 | Dizzy | Baby Teeth | Royal Mountain |
| 24 | CoCo O’Connor | This Ol’ War | Satarah |
| 25 | Glenn Jones | The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works For 6 & 12 String Guitar | Thrill Jockey |
| 26 | Still Corners | Slow Air | Wrecking Light |
| 27 | Jeremy & the Harlequins | Remember This | Yep Roc |
| 28 | Indigo Girls | Live with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra | Rounder |
| 29 | Basement Revolver | Heavy Eyes | Sonic Unyon |
| 30 | Hawks and Doves | From a White Hotel | Jullian |
Anna C. August 25th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Kenneka Cook, Manzara, Mitski, Oh Sees, Toxic Moxie
The Breakfast Snob presents:
Iggy Pop remembers when he could smoke on the plane.
L.J. subs for Allan today and attempts a suitably “Allan-like” mix of songs!
El Jay The Breakfast Snob August 23rd, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: breakfast, iggy pop, Mitski, new, Oneohtrix Point Never, snob, underworld
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: August 19, 2018
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. (more…)
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend August 20th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Ginkgoa, Indigo Girls, Mikaela Davis, Mitski, The Beths
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: May 21, 2018
St. Vincent is playing at the National on Wednesday, and I’ve got two tickets to give away. Keep your dial locked, your ears open, and your fingers ready to dial.
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 21st, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Beach House, La Luz, Mitski, Niña Dioz, Speedy Ortiz, St. Vincent, Stef Chura