Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 26 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 26
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 | Piranha Rama | You’ve Earned It | Trrrash |
| 2 | Cate Le Bon | Reward | Mexican Summer / MAGNIPH / Hostess |
| 3 | Bobby Oroza | This Love | Big Crown |
| 4 | Nas | The Lost Tapes 2 | Mass Appeal |
| 5 | Mike Krol | Power Chords | Merge |
| 6 | Olden Yolk | Living Theatre | Trouble In Mind |
| 7 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 8 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 9 | Louisa Branscomb | Gonna Love Anyway | Compass |
| 10 | Hash Redactor | Drecksound | Goner |
| 11 | Minami Deutsch | Can’t Get There – Single | Höga Nord Rekords |
| 12 | Torche | Admission | Relapse |
| 13 | Gauche | A People’s History of Gauche | Merge |
| 14 | Sleepwalkers | Ages | Spacebomb |
| 15 | Big Fundamental | You Belong Here | self-released |
| 16 | Haybaby | They Get There | Tiny Engines |
| 17 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 18 | Illiterate Light | Sweet Beast – EP | Illiterate Light |
| 19 | Omen Stones | Omen Stones | self-released |
| 20 | Silvermoon | Leaving – EP | self-released |
| 21 | Prayer Group | Eudean | Buzzhowl |
| 22 | Goon | Heaven is Humming | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 23 | Dorian Electra | Flamboyant | Canyon |
| 24 | ViVii | Vivii | Dumont Dumont |
| 25 | Joanna Sternberg | Then I Try Some More | Team Love |
| 26 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 27 | Drab Majesty | Modern Mirror | Dais |
| 28 | Magdalena Bay | mini mix vol. 1 | Luminelle |
| 29 | Emma Elisabeth | Melancholic Milkshake | self-released |
| 30 | Bleached | Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? | Dead Oceans |
Anna C. July 27th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bobby Oroza, Cate Le Bon, Mike Krol, Nas, Piranha Rama
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 7 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 7
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 | Piranha Rama | S/T | Trrrash |
| 2 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | Bad Magic |
| 3 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 4 | Roy Batty | Roy Batty | self-released |
| 5 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 6 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 7 | Magnus Lush | Hell is Real – EP | Kyle Vibez |
| 8 | V.E & Various Eggs | Gold – Single | Mending Wall |
| 9 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 10 | Sleep | The Sciences | Third Man |
| 11 | Our Girl | Stranger Today | Cannibal Hymns |
| 12 | Pill | Soft Hell | Mexican Summer |
| 13 | Vaudou Game | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 14 | Solemn Shapes | Loss (DR3AMCLINIC Mix) – Single | self-released |
| 15 | Los Jets | Lección de Twist | Munster |
| 16 | Fleet Foxes | First Collection 2006-2009 | Sub Pop |
| 17 | Charles Bradley | Black Velvet | Dunham |
| 18 | Bryan Ferry | Bitter-Sweet | BMG |
| 19 | Eric Godsey | The Spooky Time Radio Hour | self-released |
| 20 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 21 | Large Margin | Large Margin | Cheap Cuts |
| 22 | Ashes | Good Nothings – EP | Crystal Pistol |
| 23 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 24 | Boygenius | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 25 | Angel Corpus Christi | TheRealAngelCorpusChristi | Mono-Tone |
| 26 | Foxwarren | Foxwarren | Anti/Epitaph |
| 27 | Polly Panic | Losing Form | Polly Panic |
| 28 | Tomorrows Tulips | Harnessed to Flesh | Burger |
| 29 | June West | June West | Broken Circles |
| 30 | Chersea | In Limbo | Fierce Panda Canada |
Anna C. December 8th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Piranha Rama, Roy Batty, Shadow Age, The Ar-Kaics
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 30 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 30
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 | Piranha Rama | S/T | Trrrash |
| 2 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 3 | Ghost | Prequelle | Concord Loma Vista |
| 4 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 5 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 6 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 7 | Yung Sums | Black Friday | self-released |
| 8 | Parquet Courts | Wide Awake! | Rough Trade |
| 9 | FONTAINES D.C. | Too Real – Single | Partisan |
| 10 | Benny | Tana Talk 3 | Griselda / Black Soprano Family |
| 11 | Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Sira Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies |
| 12 | Anderson .Paak | Oxnard | Aftermath / 12 Tone Music |
| 13 | Vaudou Game | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 14 | The Thin Cherries | On Moose Island | The Thin Cherries |
| 15 | Blancmange | Not a Priority – Single | Blanc Check |
| 16 | Miss World | Keeping Up With Miss World | PNKSLM |
| 17 | Gloria | Hey Gyp EP | Ample Play |
| 18 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 19 | Richard Thompson | 13 Rivers | New West |
| 20 | Nightcreature | On the Loose EP | Alfalfa Dreams |
| 21 | Large Margin | Large Margin | Cheap Cuts |
| 22 | Toward Space | Gently With a Chainsaw | Sound of Music |
| 23 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 24 | The Cemetery Boys | Death Warmed Over – EP | Spinnup |
| 25 | boygenius | boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 26 | David Benedict | The Golden Angle | self-released |
| 27 | Jon Spencer | Spencer Sings the Hits! | In the Red |
| 28 | Ty Segall | Fudge Sandwich | In the Red |
| 29 | Charles Bradley | Black Velvet | Dunham |
| 30 | Nylon Smile | Angel of Doubt – EP | Citrus City |
Anna C. December 1st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Ghost, Kenneka Cook, Natalie Prass, Piranha Rama, The Ar-Kaics
Top 30 new albums for two weeks ending Oct 26 presents:
Top 30 new albums for two weeks ending Oct 26
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 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 2 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 3 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 4 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 5 | Mountain Man | Magic Ship | Nonesuch |
| 6 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 7 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 8 | Kurt Vile | Bottle It In | Matador |
| 9 | Big Kahuna OG | Weapon OX | Mutant Academy |
| 10 | Sports Bar | Stranger In My Head | self-released |
| 11 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 12 | Namebrand | Chatham Grove | Purple Republic / AGM |
| 13 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 14 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 15 | Mylo Shift & Georgie Isaacs | Partners in Grime – EP | self-released |
| 16 | Druglord | New Day Dying | Sludgelord |
| 17 | Listless | Listless – EP | self-released |
| 18 | Horse Culture | Follow – EP | Furious Hooves |
| 19 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 20 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 21 | Scheme Team | Big Bluntz DVD | Mutant Academy |
| 22 | Oneness of Juju | African Rhythms | Strut |
| 23 | The Dodos | Certainty Waves | Polyvinyl |
| 24 | Hater | Siesta | Fire |
| 25 | Molly Burch | First Flower | Captured Tracks |
| 26 | Adrianne Lenker | abysskiss | Saddle Creek |
| 27 | Lala Lala | The Lamb | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Joyce Manor | Million Dollars to Kill Me | Epitaph |
| 29 | Angélique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 30 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon in Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
Anna C. October 27th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Kenneka Cook, Mountain Man, Natalie Prass, Piranha Rama, Unmaker
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 5 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 5
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 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 2 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 3 | Sleepwalkers | Wake Up – Single | Spacebomb |
| 4 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 5 | Namebrand | Chatham Grove | Purple Republic / AGM |
| 6 | BADBADNOTGOOD & Little Dragon | Tried – Single | BADBADNOTGOOD Ltd. |
| 7 | Lala Lala | The Lamb | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Zark Company | Paperbacks | self-released |
| 9 | Marissa Nadler | For My Crimes | Sacred Bones |
| 10 | Molly Burch | First Flower | Captured Tracks |
| 11 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 12 | Tirzah | Devotion | Domino |
| 13 | Lyla Foy | Bigger Brighter | self-released |
| 14 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | An American Treasure | Reprise |
| 15 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 16 | Recluse Racoon | Recluse Racoon | Citrus City |
| 17 | Midlife Pilot | Ready To Be That Way – EP | self-released |
| 18 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 21 | Mudhoney | Digital Garbage | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Marbled Eye | Leisure | Digital Regress |
| 23 | José James | Lean on Me | Blue Note |
| 24 | Amber Arcades | European Heartbreak | Heavenly |
| 25 | Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams | Merge |
| 26 | Adrianne Lenker | abysskiss | Saddle Creek |
| 27 | Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses | Sargent House |
| 28 | Christine and the Queens | Chris | Because Music |
| 29 | Miss World | Keeping Up With Miss World | PNKSLM |
| 30 | The Marcus King Band | Carolina Confessions | Fantasy |
Anna C. October 6th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Kenneka Cook, Namebrand, Piranha Rama, Sleepwalkers
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 14 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 14
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 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 3 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Escape-ism | The Lost Record | Merge |
| 6 | Rubblebucket | Sun Machine | Grand Jury Music |
| 7 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 8 | Jupiter & Okwess | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
| 9 | Anna Calvi | Hunter | Domino |
| 10 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Anti/Epitaph |
| 11 | The War and Treaty | Healing Tide | Strong World Entertainment |
| 12 | Doctor Nativo | Guatemaya | Stonetree |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Geometric Vision | Fire! Fire! Fire | Swiss Dark Nights |
| 15 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 16 | Tomberlin | At Weddings | Saddle Creek |
| 17 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 18 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 19 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 20 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 21 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | Elizabeth Owens |
| 22 | Eliza Juno | Body In Flames | self-released |
| 23 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 24 | Ohbliv | Ecstasis by Darktwaine | self-released |
| 25 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti- |
| 26 | Say Hi | Caterpillar Centipede | Euphobia |
| 27 | Detroit Rebellion | See You Next Year | Bodan Kuma |
| 28 | Jeff the Brotherhood | Magick Songs | Dine Alone |
| 29 | The Holydrug Couple | Hyper Super Mega | Sacred Bones |
| 30 | Alien Boy | Sleeping Lessons | Tiny Engines |
Anna C. September 15th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Escape-ism, Kenneka Cook, Piranha Rama, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 17 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 17
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 | Mikaela Davis | Delivery | Rounder / Concord |
| 2 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 3 | Calvin Presents | Dream – Single | self-released |
| 4 | The Nude Party | The Nude Party | New West |
| 5 | Hatchie | Sugar & Spice – EP | Double Double Whammy |
| 6 | Red Baraat | Sound the People | Rhyme & Reason |
| 7 | Sean Ardoin | Kreole Rock and Soul | self-released |
| 8 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 9 | Skinnyy Hendrixx | Lucid Reality | self-released |
| 10 | Oneness of Juju | African Rhythms | Strut |
| 11 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 12 | Yeni Nostalji | Yeni Nostalji | Ropeadope |
| 13 | Fly Anakin & Big Kahuna OG | Life & Times of BigFly – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 14 | Brunswick | Five Years | Papa Hotel |
| 15 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 16 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 17 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 18 | Indigo Girls | Live with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra | Rounder |
| 19 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 20 | Curse of Lono | As I Fell | Submarine Cat |
| 21 | Free Cake For Every Creature | The Bluest Star | Double Double Whammy |
| 22 | Phantastic Ferniture | Phantastic Ferniture | Polyvinyl |
| 23 | FOXTROTT | Meditations II – EP | One Little Indian |
| 24 | Lemon Bucket Orkestra | If I Had The Strength | Six Degrees |
| 25 | Calicoco | Float | Dadstache |
| 26 | Broken Baby | Broken Baby – EP | Poor Man |
| 27 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberator Music |
| 28 | Dennis | Alien Fantasy | self-released |
| 29 | YOB | Our Raw Heart | Relapse |
| 30 | Deaf Wish | Lithium Zion | Sub Pop |
Anna C. August 18th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Calvin Presents, Hatchie, Mikaela Davis, Piranha Rama, The Nude Party
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 10 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending 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
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Beach House | 7 | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 6 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 7 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 8 | Estrons | You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough | Gofod |
| 9 | The Hare and Hoofe | Voyager – EP | self-released |
| 10 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 11 | Murder by Death | The Other Shore | Bloodshot |
| 12 | Eliza Gilkyson | Secularia | Red House |
| 13 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 14 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 15 | Gabbie Rotts | Pink Drink Season | self-released |
| 16 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 17 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 18 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 19 | Andy Jenkins | Sweet Bunch | Liberator Music / Spacebomb |
| 20 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 21 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 22 | Ollen | Home Less | self-released |
| 23 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 24 | Nickelus F | Stuck | AGM |
| 25 | Free Cake For Every Creature | The Bluest Star | Double Double Whammy |
| 26 | Lemon Bucket Orkestra | If I Had The Strength | Six Degrees |
| 27 | Lucero | Among the Ghosts | Liberator Music |
| 28 | Denzel Curry | TA13OO | Loma Vista |
| 29 | Echo Courts | Room with a View | Refresh |
| 30 | Mariel Buckley | Driving in the Dark | self-released |
Anna C. August 11th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Beach House, Manzara, Piranha Rama, Spooky Cool
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 27 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 27
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 | Mourn | Sorpresa Familia | Captured Tracks |
| 3 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO Records |
| 4 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash Records |
| 5 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 6 | Manzara | hello my name is … friend | Nosy Pants |
| 7 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 8 | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams | Vanished Gardens | Capitol Records |
| 9 | Animal Collective | Tangerine Reef | Domino |
| 10 | Sudan Archives | Sink – EP | Stones Throw |
| 11 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 12 | Troy Roberts | Nu-Jive Perspective | Inner Circle Music |
| 13 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 14 | Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy | Drag City |
| 15 | Let’s Eat Grandma | I’m All Ears | Transgressive / PIAS |
| 16 | The Internet | Hive Mind | Columbia Records |
| 17 | Eddie Palmieri | Full Circle | Ropeadope |
| 18 | Prana Crafter | Enter The Stream | Sunrise Ocean Bender / Cardinal Fuzz |
| 19 | Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Drip / Tea – Single | Let’s Pretend Records |
| 20 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty Computer | Bad Boy Records |
| 21 | Dylan Carlson | Conquistador | Sargent House |
| 22 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Version) | Impulse! |
| 23 | Pram | Across the Meridian | Domino |
| 24 | Big Kahuna OG | Sky Chryme | Mutant Academy |
| 25 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 26 | The Hold Steady | The Stove & The Toaster / Star 18 – Single | Frenchkiss |
| 27 | Evil Triplet | Have A Nice Trip | Evil Triplet |
| 28 | Bodega | Endless Scroll | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 29 | Mikaela Davis | Delivery | Rounder / Concord |
| 30 | Hologram Teen | Between the Funk and the Fear | Polytechnic Youth |
Anna C. July 28th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Kenneka Cook, MOURN, Natalie Prass, Piranha Rama