top 30 new albums for May 3 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 3
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 | jeanines | Don’t Wait for a Sign | Slumberland |
| 2 | Sault | Air | Forever Living Originals |
| 3 | Sean King | We’ll Cry About This Later | self-released |
| 4 | Prayer Group | Michael Dose | self-released |
| 5 | Plunky | Juju Jazz Poetics | N.A.M.E. Brand |
| 6 | Justin Golden | Hard Times and a Woman | self-released |
| 7 | Black Plastic | Black Plastic | Strawberry Moon |
| 8 | Congotronics International | Where’s the One? | Crammed Discs |
| 9 | CARRTOONS | Homegrown | Wichita |
| 10 | Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses: Phantom Limb | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Linqua Franqa | Bellringer | Ernest Jenning |
| 12 | Hackensaw Boys | Hackensaw Boys | SUNS WORK |
| 13 | Defcee & BoatHouse | For All Debts Public and Private | Closed Sessions |
| 14 | My Idea | CRY MFER | Hardly Art |
| 15 | Mal Blum | Ain’t It Nice – EP | self-released |
| 16 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | Domino |
| 17 | Jon Spencer & the HITmakers | Spencer Gets It Lit! | Bronzerat |
| 18 | Papercuts | Past Life Regression | Slumberland |
| 19 | Oceanator | Nothing’s Ever Fine | Big Scary Monsters |
| 20 | Denzel Curry | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista |
| 21 | No Frills | Downward Dog | Big Soap |
| 22 | Guerilla Toss | Famously Alive | Sub Pop |
| 23 | The Mysterines | Reeling | Fiction |
| 24 | WIDOWSPEAK | The Jacket | Captured Tracks |
| 25 | Fly Anakin | Frank | Lex |
| 26 | Ceramic Animal | Sweet Unknown | Easy Eye Sound |
| 27 | Nilüfer Yanya | PAINLESS | ATO |
| 28 | OMBIIGIZI | Sewn Back Together | Arts & Crafts |
| 29 | Softcult | Year of the Snake | Easy Life |
| 30 | Mitski | Laurel Hell | Dead Oceans |
Anna C. May 3rd, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: jeanines, Plunky, Prayer Group, Sault, Sean King
top 30 new albums for Jul 20 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jul 20
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 | Sault | Nine | Forever Living Originals |
| 2 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | Matador |
| 3 | Evidence | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | Courtney Barnett | Rae Street – Single | Mom + Pop |
| 5 | Vaudou Game | NOUSSIN | Hot Casa |
| 6 | Curtis Harding | I Won’t Let You Down – Single | Anti- |
| 7 | Lucy Dacus | Home Video | Matador |
| 8 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Butterfly 3000 | self-released |
| 9 | gnawing | You Freak Me Out | Refresh |
| 10 | Reptile Tile | Drop the Lead – EP | Picky Choosie |
| 11 | ohbliv | Darktwaine’s Esoteric Jam | self-released |
| 12 | Tim Easton | You Don’t Really Know Me | Black Mesa |
| 13 | The Mountain Goats | Dark in Here | Merge |
| 14 | The Catenary Wires | Birling Gap | Skep Wax |
| 15 | Deap Vally | American Cockroach – EP | Cooking Vinyl |
| 16 | Dani and Lizzy | The Opening | 604 |
| 17 | Bill and the Belles | Happy Again | self-released |
| 18 | BLK JKS | Abantu / Before Humans | We Are Busy Bodies |
| 19 | Wombo | Keesh Mountain – EP | Fire Talk |
| 20 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | When God Was Great | Hellcat/Epitaph |
| 21 | Colleen | The Tunnel and the Clearing | P-VINE |
| 22 | Ducks Ltd. | Get Bleak | Carpark |
| 23 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 24 | Mother Nature and Boathouse | SZNZ | Closed Sessions |
| 25 | TV Priest | Uppers | Sub Pop |
| 26 | Janet Simpson | Safe Distance | Cornelius Chapel |
| 27 | Miss Grit | Impostor – EP | Miss Grit |
| 28 | Sincere Gifts | Ghost of America – EP | self-released |
| 29 | Fake Fruit | Fake Fruit | Rocks In Your Head |
| 30 | Roland Roberts | All About the Timing | self-released |
Anna C. July 20th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Courtney Barnett, Evidence, Mdou Moctar, Sault, Vaudou Game
top 30 new albums for Jun 30 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jun 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.
| 1 | Sault | Untitled (Black Is) | Forever Living Originals |
| 2 | Public Enemy | State of the Union (STFU) – Single | self-released |
| 3 | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | The Mosaic of Transformation | Ghostly International |
| 4 | Groupe RTD | The Dancing Devils of Djibouti | Ostinato |
| 5 | Trapcry | Stay Up (Longer Deluxe) | self-released |
| 6 | Motihari Brigade | Power from Below | Creative Destruction |
| 7 | The Spitfires | Life Worth Living | Acid Jazz UK |
| 8 | Woven In | Highs and Ultra Lows / Razzmatazz | self-released |
| 9 | Calvin Presents | Here. (feat. Sam Reed) – Single | self-released |
| 10 | Coriky | Coriky | Dischord |
| 11 | Hoboknife | Wig of Flies | self-released |
| 12 | Fight Cloud | Thoughts Aligned | self-released |
| 13 | Fly Anakin | The 8’s (2015-2018) | Mutant Academy |
| 14 | Gumming | Overripe | Vinyl Conflict |
| 15 | Sick Bags | Only the Young Die Good – EP | Spaghetty Town |
| 16 | FM Skyline | Liteware | 100% Electronica |
| 17 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 18 | Positive No | Kyanite | Little Black Cloud |
| 19 | VV | III | self-released |
| 20 | Archangel | Architecture 2.0: Chapter 5 | Classical Trax |
| 21 | Braids | Shadow Offering | Secret City |
| 22 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 23 | Bibio | Sleep on the Wing | Warp |
| 24 | Sonic Boom | All Things Being Equal | Carpark |
| 25 | Jake Blount | Spider Tales | Free Dirt |
| 26 | Alice Bag | Sister Dynamite | In The Red |
| 27 | 2nd Grade | Hit to Hit | Double Double Whammy |
| 28 | Moses Sumney | græ | Jagjaguwar |
| 29 | Deerhoof | Future Teenage Cave Artists | Joyful Noise |
| 30 | Melenas | Días Raros | Trouble In Mind |
Anna C. June 30th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Groupe RTD, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Public Enemy, Sault, Trapcry