top 30 new albums for Jun 15 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jun 15
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 | Gruff Rhys | Seeking New Gods | Rough Trade |
| 2 | black midi | Cavalcade | Rough Trade |
| 3 | Clinic | Fine Dining – Single | Domino |
| 4 | Peter Rosenberg | Real Late | Real Late |
| 5 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 6 | Prabir Trio | Haanji | self-released |
| 7 | Pj Sykes | Fuzz | Cherub |
| 8 | Book of Wyrms | Occult New Age | Desert |
| 9 | naomiisaac | letters from richmond | self-released |
| 10 | DarkTwaine_ | Esoteric Jam | self-released |
| 11 | Butcher Brown | ENCORE – EP | Concord Jazz |
| 12 | Reptile Tile | Drop the Lead – EP | Picky Choosie |
| 13 | Dust~ | Bravado – EP | self-released |
| 14 | MF Tomlinson | Strange Time | self-released |
| 15 | N0V3L | NON-FICTION | Flemish Eye |
| 16 | Japanese Breakfast | Jubilee | Dead Oceans |
| 17 | Night Beats | Outlaw R&B | Fuzz Club |
| 18 | Jenny Don’t And The Spurs | Fire on the Ridge | Fluff and Gravy |
| 19 | Tristen | Aquatic Flowers | Mama Bird |
| 20 | Robin Bienemann | Animal Communicator | self-released |
| 21 | CHAI | WINK | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Lula Wiles | Shame and Sedition | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 23 | Mannequin Pussy | Perfect – EP | Epitaph |
| 24 | Lord Huron | Long Lost | Republic |
| 25 | Sons of Raphael | Full-Throated Messianic Homage | Because |
| 26 | Fly Pan Am | Frontera | Constellation |
| 27 | AUDREY NUNA | a liquid breakfast | Arista |
| 28 | Kipp Stone | Faygo Baby | Closed Sessions |
| 29 | Pardoner | Came Down Different | Bar/None |
| 30 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
Anna C. June 15th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: black midi, Clinic, Dry Cleaning, Gruff Rhys, Peter Rosenberg
genre charts for Jun 15 presents:
genre charts for Jun 15
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF TOMLINSON | Strange Time | Self-Released |
| 2 | JENNY DON’T AND THE SPURS | Fire On The Ridge | Fluff & Gravy |
| 3 | TRISTEN | Aquatic Flowers | Mama Bird |
| 4 | ROBIN BIENEMANN | Animal Communicator | Self-Released |
| 5 | LULA WILES | Shame & Sedition | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 6 | GRAHAM SHARP | Truer Picture | Yep Roc |
| 7 | SHANNON BIELSKI AND MOONLIGHT DRIVE | Tennessee Heart | Patuxent |
| 8 | FIVE MILE MOUNTAIN ROAD | Swingbilly Swagger | Self-Released |
| 9 | SKULLCRUSHER | Storm In Summer [EP] | Secretly Canadian |
| 10 | JP HARRIS’ DREADFUL WIND AND RAIN | Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man | Free Dirt |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETER ROSENBERG | Real Late | Real Late |
| 2 | KIPP STONE | Faygo Baby [EP] | Closed Sessions |
| 3 | MOTHER NATURE AND BOATHOUSE | SZNZ | Closed Sessions |
| 4 | RACQUEL JONES | IgnoRANT | Magnetic Moon |
| 5 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 6 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter (Deluxe Edition) | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | BENNY THE BUTCHER | The Plugs I Met 2 | Black Soprano Family |
| 8 | CADENCE WEAPON | Parallel World | eOne |
| 9 | SUPAMAN | Illuminatives | Good Medicine |
| 10 | CONWAY THE MACHINE | La Maquina | Griselda/Drumwork/EMPIRE |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOK OF WYRMS | Occult New Age | Self-Released |
| 2 | KNOLL | Interstice | Sludgelord |
| 3 | GENGHIS TRON | Dream Weapon | Relapse |
| 4 | CANVAS SOLARIS | Chromosphere | Divebomb |
| 5 | VIOLET COLD | Empire of Love | La Petite Mort Prod. |
| 6 | LOST SYMPHONY | Chapter III | XOFF |
| 7 | TRAITRS | The Sick, Tired & Ill [EP] | Freakwave / Schurbert |
| 8 | INSECT MACHINE, THE | “Haunted” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | CLIFF AND IVY | Bring Us The Night [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | AMMO | “Rose + Crown” [Single] | Mourning Sun |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DARKTWAINE | Esoteric Jam | Self-Released |
| 2 | DUST | Bravado [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | FLY PAN AM | Frontera | Constellation |
| 4 | COLLEEN | The Tunnel And The Clearing | Thrill Jockey |
| 5 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 6 | BRIJEAN | Feelings | Ghostly International |
| 7 | FOUNDATIONS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | DEEWEE/Because |
| 8 | FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | Promises | Luaka Bop |
| 9 | DJ BLACK LOW | Uwami | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 10 | HALLUCI NATION, THE | One More Saturday Night | Self-Released |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 2 | VAUDOU GAME | Noussin | Hot Casa |
| 3 | OKUTE | Okuté | Chulo |
| 4 | EDO FUNK EXPLOSION VOL 1 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Africa |
| 5 | CONKARAH | “Papaya (Sick Wit It Crew mix)” [Single] | BMG |
| 6 | META AND THE CORNERSTONES | “Breeze” [Single] | Nat Geo |
| 7 | DOBET GNAHORE | Couleur | Cumbancha |
| 8 | KASAI ALLSTARS | Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound | Crammed |
| 9 | AYUNNE SULE | Putoo Katare Yire | Rebel Up |
| 10 | STAR LOVERS | Boafo Ne Nyame | Hot Casa |
Anna C. June 15th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Book of Wyrms, DarkTwaine_, Mdou Moctar, MF Tomlinson, Peter Rosenberg
top 30 new albums for Jun 8 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jun 8
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 | Peter Rosenberg | Real Late | Real Late |
| 2 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | Matador |
| 3 | J. Cole | The Off-Season | Interscope |
| 4 | Mach-Hommy | Pray For Haiti | Griselda |
| 5 | Night Beats | Outlaw R&B | Fuzz Club |
| 6 | Vic Spencer | Legend Laws of Power | Old Fart Luggage |
| 7 | Curtis Harding | Hopeful – Single | Anti- |
| 8 | Blush Face | Had To – Single | self-released |
| 9 | Rome Streetz & Ankhlejohn | Genesis 1:27 | Rare Skrilla |
| 10 | PJ Sykes | Fuzz | Cherub |
| 11 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 12 | gnawing | You Freak Me Out | Refresh |
| 13 | The Haverchucks | The Haverchucks | self-released |
| 14 | Dazy | The Crowded Mind | Very Loud Sounds |
| 15 | Southern Energy Ensemble & Black Fire | Southern Energy | Strut |
| 16 | Downhaul | Proof | Refresh |
| 17 | Enforced | Kill Grid | Century Media |
| 18 | Cult Classic | Blade Brown | Renaissance |
| 19 | Talk Me Off | Abyss – EP | Smartpunk |
| 20 | Bachelor | Doomin’ Sun | Lucky Number |
| 21 | Will Stratton | The Changing Wilderness | Bella Union |
| 22 | Robert Finley | Sharecropper’s Son | Easy Eye Sound |
| 23 | Dawn Richard | Second Line | Merge |
| 24 | Lord Huron | Long Lost | Whispering Pines / Republic |
| 25 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 26 | Lula Wiles | Shame and Sedition | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 27 | FACS | Present Tense | Trouble In Mind |
| 28 | Kipp Stone | Faygo Baby | Closed Sessions |
| 29 | Carsie Blanton | Love & Rage | self-released |
| 30 | TEKE::TEKE | Shirushi | Kill Rock Stars |
Anna C. June 8th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: J. Cole, Mach-Hommy, Mdou Moctar, Night Beats, Peter Rosenberg
genre charts for Jun 8 presents:
genre charts for Jun 8
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LULA WILES | Shame & Sedition | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | HAND HABITS | dirt [EP] | Saddle Creek |
| 3 | BROTHER BROTHERS, THE | Calla Lily | Compass |
| 4 | CASSANDRA JENKINS | An Overview On Phenomenal Nature | Ba Da Bing |
| 5 | REGGIE HARRIS | On Solid Ground | Self-Released |
| 6 | NATIK AWAYEZ | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 7 | BRITTON PATRICK MORGAN | I Wanna Start A Band | Hill Country Artists |
| 8 | BILL AND THE BELLES | Happy Again | Ditty Boom |
| 9 | TURNER CODY AND THE SOLDIERS OF LOVE | Friends In High Places | Capitane |
| 10 | PEGGY SEEGER | First Farewell | Red Grape |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETER ROSENBERG | Real Late | Real Late |
| 2 | J COLE | The Off-Season | Dreamville |
| 3 | MACH-HOMMY | Pray For Haiti | Griselda |
| 4 | VIC SPENCER | Legend Laws of Power | Old Fart Luggage |
| 5 | ROME STREETZ AND ANKHLEJOHN | Genesis 1:27 | Rare Skrilla |
| 6 | MCKINLEY DIXON | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 7 | CULT CLASSIC | Blade Brown | Renaissance |
| 8 | KIPP STONE | Faygo Baby [EP] | Closed Sessions |
| 9 | LUSHLIFE | Redamancy [EP] | Fortune Tellers |
| 10 | RACQUEL JONES | IgnoRANT | Magnetic Moon |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENFORCED | Kill Grid | Century Media |
| 2 | AARA | Triade I Eos | Debemur Morti |
| 3 | WHEEL | Preserved In Time | Cruz Del Sur |
| 4 | MORK | Katerdralen | Peaceville |
| 5 | SIGNIFICANT POINT | Into The Storm | Dying Victims |
| 6 | FIVE THE HIEROPHANT | Through Aureate Void | Dark Essence |
| 7 | ALKERDEEL | Slonk | Babylon Doom Cult |
| 8 | GRIMA | Rotting Garden | Naturmacht Productions |
| 9 | XEPER | Ad Numen Satanae | Soulseller |
| 10 | AMMO | “Rose + Crown” [Single] | Mourning Sun |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 2 | DNTEL | The Seas Trees See | Morr |
| 3 | ANDY BELL | The Indica Gallery | Sonic Cathedral |
| 4 | ORGANI | Parlez-vous Français? | Alien Transistor |
| 5 | ANDY STOTT | Never the Right Time | Modern Love |
| 6 | REYMOUR | Leviosa | Knekelhuis |
| 7 | GARY NUMAN | Intruder | BMG |
| 8 | STONE GIANTS AND AMON TOBIN | West Coast Love Stories | Nomark |
| 9 | DENIRO | Æx014 | ÆX |
| 10 | ALAN ELETTRONICO | Electric Mind [EP] | Projekt |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MDOU MOCTAR | Afrique Victime | Matador/Beggars Group |
| 2 | MOH ALILECHE | Humanity Is Falling Apart | Flag Of Freedom Productions |
| 3 | DOBET GNAHORE | Couleur | Cumbancha |
| 4 | MACKA B | “My Father’s People” [Single] | Before Zero |
| 5 | PHIRPO Y SUS CARIBES | “Comencemos (Let’s Start)/Mi Moooto” [Single] | Matasuna |
| 6 | COLOR DE TROPICO, VOL. 2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | El Palmas |
| 7 | FLOR DE TOLOACHE | “Florecita Rockera” [Single] | Criteria |
| 8 | NATIK AWAYEZ | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 9 | INNOV GNAWA | Lila | Daptone |
| 10 | KHALAB AND M’BERRA ENSEMBLE | M’berra | Real World |
Anna C. June 8th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dawn Richard, Enforced, Lula Wiles, Peter Rosenberg