top 30 new albums for Jan 17 presents:
top 30 new albums for Jan 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 | The Black Angels | Wilderness of Mirrors | Partisan |
| 2 | Staples Jr. Singers | When Do We Get Paid | Luaka Bop |
| 3 | Ditz | The Great Regression | Alcopop! |
| 4 | Doechii | she / her / black bitch – EP | Top Dawg / Capitol |
| 5 | Beyoncé | RENAISSANCE | Parkwood / Columbia |
| 6 | Piranha Rama | Omniscient Cloud Cover | Brokers Tip |
| 7 | Dot Dash | Madman in the Rain | Beautiful Music |
| 8 | Spooky Cool | Existential Pie | self-released |
| 9 | Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchestra | Drunkard | Dig This Way |
| 10 | Shemekia Copeland | Done Come Too Far | Alligator |
| 11 | Alvvays | Blue Rev | Polyvinyl |
| 12 | Thunderchief | Dekk Meg | self-released |
| 13 | Winter | What Kind of Blue Are You? | Bar/None |
| 14 | Rodney Stith | The Soul Chronicles of Rodney Stith | Shockoe |
| 15 | Strange Cut | Strange As It Seems | Bear Fight |
| 16 | B4NK M4CHIN3 | Leisure, Recreation and Stability – EP | self-released |
| 17 | Flashlight Tag | Don’t Blink | self-released |
| 18 | Byzantine | Black Sea Codex – EP | Metal Blade |
| 19 | Rozi Plain | Prize | Memphis Industries |
| 20 | Fixtures | Hollywood Dog | Bobo Integral |
| 21 | SZA | SOS | Top Dawg / RCA |
| 22 | The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam | Impulse! |
| 23 | Seun Kuti & Black Thought | African Dreams – EP | SKE80 |
| 24 | Big Joanie | Back Home | Daydream Library |
| 25 | Lee Fields | Sentimental Fool | Daptone |
| 26 | Arctic Monkeys | The Car | Domino |
| 27 | Julianna Riolino | All Blue | You’ve Changed |
| 28 | The Orielles | Tableau | Heavenly |
| 29 | Wild Pink | ILYSM | Royal Mountain |
| 30 | Lucrecia Dalt | ¡Ay! | RVNG Intl. |
Anna C. January 17th, 2023
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Beyoncé, Ditz, Doechii, Staples Jr. Singers, The Black Angels
top 30 new albums for Oct 25 presents:
top 30 new albums for Oct 25
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 | The Black Angels | Wilderness of Mirrors | Partisan |
| 2 | Lizzo | Special | Nice Life / Atlantic |
| 3 | Papercuts | Past Life Regression | Slumberland |
| 4 | Mt. Joy | Orange Blood | Island |
| 5 | Gemma Rogers | No Place Like Home | Tiny Global Productions |
| 6 | Dungen | En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog | Mexican Summer |
| 7 | Walnugget | Walnugget | self-released |
| 8 | Sofia Lakis | Ravers Say / Weapons Grade | self-released |
| 9 | Springhouse | Quacks | self-released |
| 10 | Yajirobe | Other Spirits, Vol. 0: Lavender Town Tape | self-released |
| 11 | City of Caterpillar | Mystic Sisters | Relapse |
| 12 | Mudgee | Misc Playlist pt 2 | self-released |
| 13 | Terror Cell | Caustic Light | self-released |
| 14 | Tha Mark of Buddha | Bodhisatva | Nero Sol |
| 15 | Gutterwall | After The Fall | Etching Tin |
| 16 | Strategy Of Tension | 30-31lb | self-released |
| 17 | Billy Capricorn | [Backlog 002] | Citrus City |
| 18 | Bill Callahan | YTI⅃AƎЯ | Drag City |
| 19 | Palm | Nicks and Grazes | Saddle Creek |
| 20 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava | self-released |
| 21 | Baby No Name | Come Close – EP | self-released |
| 22 | Rusty Tinder | Alchemy Road | self-released |
| 23 | Lucrecia Dalt | ¡Ay! | RVNG Intl. |
| 24 | Dauzat St. Marie | Overthinking | Label Logic |
| 25 | Courtney Marie Andrews | Loose Future | Fat Possum |
| 26 | Alvvays | Blue Rev | Polyvinyl |
| 27 | Mamalarky | Pocket Fantasy | Fire Talk |
| 28 | Sol Messiah | GOD CMPLX | Rhymesayers |
| 29 | Jake Blount | The New Faith | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 30 | Suneaters | Suneaters IV: Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fingers | Lotuspool |
Anna C. October 25th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Gemma Rogers, lizzo, Mt. Joy, Papercuts, The Black Angels
top 30 new albums for Oct 18 presents:
top 30 new albums for Oct 18
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 | Piranha Rama | Omniscient Cloud Cover | Brokers Tip |
| 2 | Miguel Zenón | Música De Las Américas | Miel Music |
| 3 | The Mommyheads | Genius Killer | self-released |
| 4 | The Black Angels | Wilderness of Mirrors | Partisan / Liberator Music |
| 5 | The Cult | Under The Midnight Sun | Black Hill |
| 6 | Noah-O | TRILLipino (Mixtape Version) | Charged Up Entertainment |
| 7 | Craig Davis | Tone Paintings (feat. John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton) | MCG Jazz |
| 8 | Cormega | The Realness II | Viper |
| 9 | La Femme | Teatro Lúcido | Disque Pointu |
| 10 | Brian Lynch & Spheres of Influence | Songbook, Vol. 2: Dance the Way U Want To | Hollistic MusicWorks |
| 11 | Doechii | she / her / black bitch – EP | Top Dawg / Capitol |
| 12 | Atmosphere | Sculpting With Fire – Single | Rhymesayers |
| 13 | Alibi | Moore’s Law / Flawless – Single | Innerground |
| 14 | B4NK MACHIN3 | Leisure, Recreation and Stability – EP | self-released |
| 15 | Doug Macdonald | I’ll See You in My Dreams | self-released |
| 16 | KMFDM | Hyëna | Metropolis |
| 17 | Russian Circles | Gnosis | Sargent House |
| 18 | Vel Nine | Freakjet | self-released |
| 19 | Björk | Fossora | One Little Independent |
| 20 | Dungen | En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog | Mexican Summer |
| 21 | 2nd Grade | Easy Listening | Double Double Whammy |
| 22 | Holiday Ghosts | Credit Note EP | FatCat |
| 23 | Kokoroko | Could We Be More | Brownswood |
| 24 | Alvvays | Blue Rev | Polyvinyl |
| 25 | Calvin Keys | Blue Keys | Wide Hive |
| 26 | Billy Mohler | Anatomy | Contagious Music |
| 27 | Kurt Vile | (watch my moves) | Verve Forecast |
| 28 | Halfcast | Return | Neck Beard |
| 29 | Erik Larson | Red Lines | self-released |
| 30 | ohbliv | Raw Power Vibrations Extended Play | self-released |
Anna C. October 18th, 2022
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Miguel Zenón, Piranha Rama, The Black Angels, The Cult, The Mommyheads