top 30 new albums for Nov 3 presents:
top 30 new albums for Nov 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 | Westside Gunn | Who Made the Sunshine? | Griselda/Shady/Interscope |
| 2 | Koncept Jack$on | Thot Rap, Chapter 2 | self-released |
| 3 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | Black Thought | Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able | Republic |
| 5 | Og Illa | Richmond Renegade | HLGNLIFE |
| 6 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | Action Bronson | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 8 | This Is The Kit | Off Off On | Rough Trade |
| 9 | Anjimile | Giver Taker | Father/Daughter |
| 10 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 11 | Naked Pictures | W I D E | Cheap Cuts |
| 12 | The Barracudas | Days of a Quiet Sun | Feel It |
| 13 | Raye Zaragoza | Woman in Color | Rebel River |
| 14 | Adrianne Lenker | songs and instrumentals | 4AD |
| 15 | Songhoy Blues | Optimisme | Transgressive |
| 16 | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Daptone |
| 17 | The Mountain Goats | Getting Into Knives | Merge |
| 18 | ela minus | acts of rebellion | Domino |
| 19 | LOMA | Don’t Shy Away | Sub Pop |
| 20 | Open Mike Eagle | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 21 | Emmy the Great | April/月音 | Bella Union |
| 22 | Kurt Vile | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV – EP | Matador |
| 23 | Paris | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
| 24 | Kosha Dillz | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 25 | Jordan Tice | Motivational Speakeasy | Padiddle |
| 26 | Hen Ogledd | Free Humans | Weird World |
| 27 | METZ | Atlas Vending | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Sad13 | Haunted Painting | Wax Nine |
| 29 | Deradoorian | Find the Sun | Anti/Epitaph |
| 30 | Tricky | Fall to Pieces | False Idols |
Anna C. November 3rd, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Black Thought, Koncept Jack$on, Og Illa, Sa-Roc, Westside Gunn
genre charts for Nov 3 presents:
genre charts for Nov 3
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THIS IS THE KIT | Off Off On | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 2 | RAYE ZARAGOZA | Woman In Color | Self-Released |
| 3 | JORDAN TICE | Motivational Speakeasy | Padiddle |
| 4 | SAM AMIDON | Sam Amidon | Nonesuch |
| 5 | TWO BIRD STONE | Hands and Knees | Soundly |
| 6 | CLEM SNIDE | Forever Just Beyond | Ramseur |
| 7 | DARLINGSIDE | Fish Pond Fish | More Doug/Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | STURGILL SIMPSON | Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 | High Top Mountain |
| 9 | SAMANTHA CRAIN | A Small Death | Ramseur |
| 10 | BLUEGRASS 2020 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Pinecastle |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE GUNN | Who Made The Sunshine? | Griselda |
| 2 | KONCEPT JACKSON | Thot Rap Chapter 2 | Self-Released |
| 3 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | BLACK THOUGHT | Streams Of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane And Abel [EP] | Passyunk |
| 5 | ACTION BRONSON | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 6 | OPEN MIKE EAGLE | Anime, Trauma And Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 7 | PARIS | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
| 8 | KOSHA DILLZ | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 9 | JABEE | This World Is So Fragile And Cruel I’m Glad I Got You | Grand Union |
| 10 | ATMOSPHERE | The Day Before Halloween | Rhymesayers |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GORATORY | Sour Grapes | Everlasting Spew |
| 2 | DEEDS OF FLESH | Nucleus | Unique Leader |
| 3 | NECROT | Mortal | Tankcrimes |
| 4 | DEPRAVITY | Grand Malevolence | Transcending Obscurity |
| 5 | REPUKED | Dawn of Reintoxication | Soulseller |
| 6 | INFERI | Of Sunless Realms [EP] | The Artisan Era |
| 7 | DYSPHORIA | Primal Entropy | Self-Released |
| 8 | NERVOSA | Perpetual Chaos | Napalm |
| 9 | DESECRATED EXTINCTION | “Sex 101” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | MISCREATION | “Degradation” [Single] | Troy Johnson |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELA MINUS | acts of rebellion | Domino |
| 2 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Inner Song | Smalltown Supersound |
| 3 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 4 | BLACK MARBLE | I Must Be Living Twice [EP] | Sacred Bones |
| 5 | SIGHTLESS PIT | Grave Of A Dog | Thrill Jockey |
| 6 | HOLY FUCK | Deleter | Holy EF |
| 7 | AMON TOBIN | Ghostcards [EP] | Nomark |
| 8 | DJ SHUB | War Club | Self-Released |
| 9 | ACTIVITY | Unmask Whoever | Western Vinyl |
| 10 | FAT FREDDY’S DROP | LOCK-IN | The Drop |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA LOCURA DE MACHUCA 1975-1980 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Analog Africa |
| 2 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 3 | MADE KUTI | “Free Your Mind” [Single] | Partisan |
| 4 | WARSAW AFROBEAT ORCHETRA | Antibody | Peace & Rhythm |
| 5 | BUDOS BAND, THE | Long In The Tooth | Daptone |
| 6 | MODESTE HUGUES AND KILEMA | Ala Maintso – Green World | ARC |
| 7 | RICARDO LEMVO AND MAKINA LOCA | N’Dona Ponte | Mopiato |
| 8 | MUKAMBO PRESENTS GLOBAL AFROBEAT MOVEMENT | VARIOUS ARTISTS | NYP |
| 9 | NATION BEAT | The Royal Chase | Self-Released |
| 10 | GARMARNA | Forbundet | Season Of Mist |
Anna C. November 3rd, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Ela Minus, Goratory, La Locura de Machuca, This Is the Kit, Westside Gunn
top 30 new albums for Oct 20 presents:
top 30 new albums for Oct 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 | BlackLiq x Ohbliv | The Best – Single | No Other Way |
| 2 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 3 | Westside Gunn | Who Made the Sunshine? | Griselda |
| 4 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca | N’Dona Pointe | Mopiato |
| 6 | Deerhoof | Love-Lore | Joyful Noise |
| 7 | The Budos Band | Long in the Tooth | Daptone |
| 8 | Calvin Presents | Here. (feat. Sam Reed) – Single | self-released |
| 9 | Bill Callahan | Gold Record | Drag City |
| 10 | Landshapes | Contact | Bella Union |
| 11 | Iochroma | The Hideous Triumphs of Form and Function | self-released |
| 12 | Trapcry | Stay Up (Longer Deluxe) | 1986 |
| 13 | GULL | Relative Stranger | self-released |
| 14 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 15 | LJ & the Sleeze | Keepin’ it Sleezy | self-released |
| 16 | FM Skyline | JPEG Jamz | 100% Electronica |
| 17 | Deli Rowe | Girl on the Beat, Vol. 1 | Liberated Soul |
| 18 | Outer World | Fixed Like A Painting | self-released |
| 19 | Noah Page | ABBA: a thing I made you | self-released |
| 20 | Red Rum Club | The Hollow of Humdrum | Modern Sky UK |
| 21 | Low Cut Connie | Private Lives | Contender |
| 22 | Optic Sink | Optic Sink | Goner |
| 23 | Cut Worms | Nobody Lives Here Anymore | Jagjaguwar |
| 24 | Kosha Dillz | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 25 | Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche | I Can Still Hear You | StorySound |
| 26 | Quintron & Miss Pussycat | Goblin Alert | Goner |
| 27 | Sylvan Esso | Free Love | Loma Vista |
| 28 | Hen Ogledd | Free Humans | Weird World |
| 29 | Night Club | Die Die Lullaby | Gato Blanco |
| 30 | Future Islands | As Long As You Are | 4AD |
Anna C. October 20th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Black Liquid, Butcher Brown, Makina Loca, ohbliv, Ricardo Lemvo, Sa-Roc, Westside Gunn
top 30 new albums for Apr 28 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 28
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 | Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Epic |
| 2 | Westside Gunn | Pray for Paris | Griselda |
| 3 | Basic Plumbing | Keeping Up Appearances | self-released |
| 4 | En Attendant Ana | Juillet | Trouble In Mind |
| 5 | True Body | Heavenly Rhythms for the Uninitiated | Funeral Party |
| 6 | Asylum XIII | Waiting and Awake | self-released |
| 7 | Fight Cloud | Thoughts Aligned | self-released |
| 8 | Midlife Pilot | Telepathic – EP | Nodderly |
| 9 | The Legendary Ingramettes | Take a Look in the Book | Virginia Folklife |
| 10 | Colin Phils | Squirrel Gym – Live at Go West Studios | self-released |
| 11 | Deau Eyes | Let It Leave | Egghunt |
| 12 | Big Baby | Fizzy Cola – EP | self-released |
| 13 | addy | Eclipse | Topshelf |
| 14 | Angelica Garcia | Cha Cha Palace | Spacebomb |
| 15 | Laura Marling | Song For Our Daughter | Chrysalis |
| 16 | Bassel & the Supernaturals | Smoke & Mirrors | self-released |
| 17 | Flat Worms | Antarctica | GOD? |
| 18 | Berlin Taxi | In Pursuit | self-released |
| 19 | Nikki & the Phantom Callers | Everybody’s Going to Hell (But You and Me) | Tiny Tornado |
| 20 | Reel Smoovv | 31st K.Nights | Deeply Rooted Tribe Ent |
| 21 | Datura4 | West Coast Highway Cosmic | Alive Naturalsound |
| 22 | FACS | Void Moments | Trouble In Mind |
| 23 | Moaning | Uneasy Laughter | Sub Pop |
| 24 | Deeper | Auto-Pain | Fire Talk |
| 25 | Porridge Radio | Every Bad | Secretly Canadian |
| 26 | Black Market Brass | Undying Thirst | Colemine |
| 27 | Swamp Dogg | Sorry You Couldn’t Make It | Joyful Noise |
| 28 | Emotionz | Gems | Beast Van |
| 29 | Haleek Maul | Errol | Lex |
| 30 | Soccer Mommy | color theory | Loma Vista |
Anna C. April 28th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Basic Plumbing, En Attendant Ana, Fiona Apple, True Body, Westside Gunn
Genre charts for Apr 28 presents:
Genre charts for Apr 28
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Bonny Light Horseman | 37d03d |
| 2 | OZORIO TRIO | Big Town | Tratore |
| 3 | DANA GAVANSKI | Yesterday Is Gone | Flemish Eye |
| 4 | LAURA MARLING | Song For Our Daughter | Chrysalis/Partisan |
| 5 | SWAMP DOGG | Sorry You Couldn’t Make It | Joyful Noise |
| 6 | NIKKI AND THE PHANTOM CALLERS | Everybody’s Going To Hell (But You And Me) | Self-Released |
| 7 | DAN CROLL | Grand Plan / Work [EP] | Caroline International |
| 8 | LANDON ELLIOTT | Domino | American Paradox |
| 9 | BILL FAY | Countless Branches | Dead Oceans |
| 10 | SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE | Companion Rises | Drag City |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE GUNN | Pray for Paris | Griselda |
| 2 | REEL SMOOVV | 31st K.Nights | Self-Released |
| 3 | HALEEK MAUL | Errol | Lex |
| 4 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked | Loma Vista |
| 5 | CALL ME ACE | Working From Home [EP] | Light Armor |
| 6 | MEGAN THEE STALLION | Suga [EP] | 300 Entertainment |
| 7 | ELLMATIC AND MPDREES24 | Practice Makes Perfect | HHV |
| 8 | BIG STY | Motiv8ion Mondays: Season 1 | Self-Released |
| 9 | ENEMY RADIO | Loud Is Not Enough | Self-Released |
| 10 | AESOP ROCK | Music From The Game Freedom Finger | Rhymesayers |
Loud
None this week.
RPM
None this week.
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OZORIO TRIO | Big Town | Tratore |
| 2 | LEVE LEVE: SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SOUNDS (70S – 80S) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bongo Joe |
| 3 | SANTROFI | Alewa | Out Here |
| 4 | HAILU MERGIA | Yene Mircha | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 5 | TAMIKREST | Tamotait | Glitterbeat |
| 6 | GUASA, CUNUNO Y MARIMBA: AFRO-COLOMBIAN MUSIC FROM THE PACIFIC COAST | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Vampisoul |
| 7 | ETRAN DE L’AIR | Music From Saharan WhatsApp 01 [EP] | Sahel Sounds |
| 8 | EL WALI | Tiris | Sahel Sounds |
| 9 | KOKOLO AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA | 100 Fevers | Peace & Rhythm |
| 10 | BROWNOUT | Berlin Sessions | Fat Beats |
Anna C. April 28th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Genre charts for week ending Jul 19 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Jul 19
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JESCA HOOP | STONECHILD | Memphis Industries |
| 2 | SI KAHN AND THE LOOPING BROTHERS | It’s A Dog’s Life | Strictly Country |
| 3 | BEN WINSHIP | Acorns | Snake River |
| 4 | JOHNATHAN RICE | The Long Game | Mano Walker |
| 5 | CHRIS AND ADAM CARROLL | Good Farmer | Self-Released |
| 6 | HOUSE AND LAND | Across The Field | Thrill Jockey |
| 7 | MAT CALLAHAN AND YVONNE MOORE | Working-Class Heroes: A History of Struggle in Song | Free Dirt |
| 8 | SMALL GLORIES, THE | Assiniboine & The Red | Red House |
| 9 | JADE JACKSON | Wilderness | Anti- |
| 10 | LOUISA BRANSCOMB | Gonna Love Anyway | Compass |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTSIDE GUNN | Flygod Is A Awesome God | Shady |
| 2 | BIGAL HARRISON | Bintage | Self-Released |
| 3 | RADIO B | Kill The Dreamer Vol 1: New Independence | AGM / Purple Republic |
| 4 | BLU AND EXILE | True & Livin’ | Dirty Science |
| 5 | GOOD PEOPLE, THE | The Summer [EP] | Below System |
| 6 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return [Advance Tracks] | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | DONWILL | One Word No Space | HiPNOTT |
| 8 | FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB | Bandana | Madlib Invazion |
| 9 | NUGZ | Stashbox Chronicles | Self-Released |
| 10 | DJ KHALED | Father of Asahd | Epic/We The Best |
Loud
None this week.
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNAPPED ANKLES | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf |
| 2 | BLACK MIDI | Schlagenheim | Rough Trade/Beggars |
| 3 | TENGGER | Spiritual 2 | Beyond Beyond Is Beyond |
| 4 | HOLLY HERNDON | Proto | 4AD |
| 5 | MATMOS | Plastic Anniversary | Thrill Jockey |
| 6 | LAUGHING EYE | Laughing Eye | Höga Nord |
| 7 | BEA1991 | Brand New Adult | Self-Released |
| 8 | QUANTIC | Atlantic Oscillations | Tru Thoughts |
| 9 | OCEAN FLOOR | Vernalis | Eiderdown |
| 10 | FLOATING POINTS | “LesAlpx” b/w “Coorabell” [Single] | Ninja Tune |
World
none this week
Anna C. July 20th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Jesca Hoop, Snapped Ankles, Westside Gunn