What the Fontaine?! presents:
2019 in Review (L.J. hosts!)
Let’s start talking about the music of 2019! I’m going to touch on some of the highlights of my musical year!
El Jay What the Fontaine?! December 20th, 2019
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: angel olson, Bat for Lashes, black midi, bon iver, Chelsea Wolfe, Chromatics, Clinic, Danny Brown, desert sessions, FKA twigs, Frank Ocean, Holly Herndon, James Blake, Kim Gordon, Lana Del Rey, matmos, nick cave, paul cauthen, Purple Mountains, rustin man, sandy alex g, Sharon Van Etten, Sudan Archives, vampire weekend, Wilco
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 23 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 23
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 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Cass McCombs | Tip of the Sphere | Anti/Epitaph |
| 3 | Lightning Bolt | Sonic Citadel | Thrill Jockey |
| 4 | Che Apalache | Rearrange My Heart | Free Dirt |
| 5 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 6 | Ana Egge | Is It the Kiss | StorySound |
| 7 | Baroness | Gold & Grey | Abraxan Hymns |
| 8 | New Lions | End Story – EP | Nodderly |
| 9 | Piranha Rama | You’ve Earned It | Trrrash |
| 10 | Voarm | Voarm | self-released |
| 11 | Brother Rutherford | Tunneling | self-released |
| 12 | J. Clyde Morris | Tunnel Vision | self-released |
| 13 | Patrick Bates | Salad Days – EP | Verses |
| 14 | Moniker | Private Prophet – EP | Good Eye |
| 15 | Koncept Jack$on | Newport 1000s | self-released |
| 16 | Karen Jonas | Lucky, Revisited | Yellow Brick Road |
| 17 | Radio B | Kill the Dreamer, Vol. 1: New Independence | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 18 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 19 | NDEFRU | Foreign Local – EP | Blue Ether Sound |
| 20 | I Am the Liquor | Escape from Planet Smoke | self-released |
| 21 | Dharma Bombs | Enjoy the View | self-released |
| 22 | Enforced | At the Walls | War |
| 23 | Nine Line | All You’ve Ever Known – EP | self-released |
| 24 | Garrett T. Capps | All Right, All Night | Shotgun House |
| 25 | Infinity Crush | Virtual Heaven | Joy Void |
| 26 | Maria Usbeck | Envejeciendo | Cascine |
| 27 | Marika Hackman | Any Human Friend | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Russian Circles | Blood Year | Sargent House |
| 29 | Softee | Slow Melt – EP | self-released |
| 30 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
Anna C. August 24th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cass McCombs, Che Apalache, Lightning Bolt, Purple Mountains, Weyes Blood
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 16 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 16
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 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 3 | The Pendletons | You Do You / Life to Me – Single | Bastard Jazz |
| 4 | Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble | Where Future Unfolds | International Anthem |
| 5 | Mal Blum | Pity Boy | Don Giovanni |
| 6 | MANNEQUIN PUSSY | Patience | Epitaph |
| 7 | Nick Moss | Lucky Guy! | Alligator |
| 8 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 9 | Baroness | Gold & Grey | Sony |
| 10 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
| 11 | Florist | Emily Alone | Double Double Whammy |
| 12 | Cross Record | Cross Record | Ba Da Bing! |
| 13 | Palehound | Black Friday | Polyvinyl |
| 14 | Jay Som | Anak Ko | Polyvinyl |
| 15 | Angel Olsen | All Mirrors | Jagjaguwar |
| 16 | Combo Chimbita | Ahomale | Anti/Epitaph |
| 17 | Ape Hogan | Bee Tape | self-released |
| 18 | Weekend Plans | State of Nine | Elephant Ear |
| 19 | Sleepy Tyrant | Playing Creators | self-released |
| 20 | Omen Stones | Omen Stones | self-released |
| 21 | Koncept Jack$on | Newport 1000s | self-released |
| 22 | Radio B | Kill the Dreamer, Vol. 1: New Independence | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 23 | BUTT | BAD SEX | self-released |
| 24 | Sleepwalkers | Ages | Spacebomb |
| 25 | Saw Black | Space Heater – EP | Crystal Pistol |
| 26 | New Lions | End Story – EP | Nodderly |
| 27 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 28 | Positive No | Teenage Waistline – Single | Dromedary |
| 29 | David Shultz | Rush Hour Red – Single | Brackish Sounds |
| 30 | Angelica Garcia | It Don’t Hinder Me – Single | Spacebomb |
Anna C. August 17th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, Mal Blum, Piranha Rama, Purple Mountains, The Pendletons
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 19 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 19
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 | Jesca Hoop | Stonechild | Memphis Industries |
| 2 | Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains | Drag City |
| 3 | Prettiest Eyes | Volume 3 | Castle Face |
| 4 | Various Artists | Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘the Midnight Organ Fight’ | Canvasback |
| 5 | Tacocat | This Mess Is a Place | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Joanna Sternberg | Then I Try Some More | Team Love |
| 7 | Snapped Ankles | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf Label |
| 8 | black midi | Schlagenheim | Rough Trade |
| 9 | Sharon Van Etten | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 10 | Mal Blum | Pity Boy | Don Giovanni |
| 11 | Julia Shapiro | Perfect Version | Hardly Art |
| 12 | MANNEQUIN PUSSY | Patience | Epitaph |
| 13 | Stef Chura | Midnight | Saddle Creek |
| 14 | Jillian Rae | I Can’t Be the One You Want Me to Be | theDIYteam |
| 15 | Westside Gunn | Flygod Is an Awesome God | Griselda |
| 16 | Oh Sees | Face Stabber | Castle Face |
| 17 | Gothic Lizard | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision |
| 18 | Tijuana Panthers | Carpet Denim | Innovative Leisure |
| 19 | Sebadoh | Act Surprised | Dangerbird |
| 20 | Angelica Garcia | It Don’t Hinder Me – Single | Spacebomb |
| 21 | Lucy Dacus | Forever Half Mast – Single | Matador |
| 22 | Minami Deutsch | Can’t Get There – Single | Höga Nord |
| 23 | Sleepwalkers | Ages | Spacebomb |
| 24 | Bigal Harrison | Bintage | CONTROL Ent. |
| 25 | Radio B | Kill The Dreamer Vol 1: New Independence | AGM / Purple Republic |
| 26 | Sea of Storms | Saddest Faction | Sound Era |
| 27 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 29 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 30 | BUTT | Bad Sex | self-released |
Anna C. July 20th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Frightened Rabbit, Jesca Hoop, Prettiest Eyes, Purple Mountains, TacocaT