top 30 new album for Feb 21 presents:

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 BlackLiq & ohbliv What Will It Take – EP Man Bites Dog
2 Kelela Raven Warp
3 Young Fathers Heavy Heavy Ninja Tune
4 De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising AOI
5 Monday Night & 3wayslim Good Company AllWeNeed
6 Troy A Nigga Might’ve Cared Too Much POVERTY LLC
7 Timothy Bailey & The Humans Timothy Bailey & The Humans self-released
8 Piranha Rama Omniscient Cloud Cover Brokers Tip
9 Strawberry Moon Habitual Creatures Sockhead
10 Hotspit Memory of a Mirror Image – EP self-released
11 Drook Life in Estates – EP Brat Daddy
12 Andy Shauf Norm Anti-
13 Black Belt Eagle Scout The Land, The Water, The Sky Saddle Creek
14 Guided By Voices La La Land Rockathon
15 Billy Nomates CACTI Invada
16 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava self-released
17 Oneida Success Joyful Noise
18 Heaven For Real Energy Bar Mint
19 Butcher Brown Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey Concord Jazz
20 Braxton Cook Black Mona Lisa – EP Nettwerk
21 Why Bonnie 90 In November Keeled Scales
22 Keep Happy In Here Honey Suckle Sound
23 Pile All Fiction Exploding In Sound
24 Yo La Tengo This Stupid World Matador
25 Equipment Pointed Ankh From Inside the House Bruit Direct Disques
26 Lana Del Rey Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Polydor
27 Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Perpetual Novice
28 U.S. Girls Bless This Mess 4AD
29 Andy’s Mints 03 self-released
30 Decimate Our Kind Thrillingly Dead self-released

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    February 21st, 2023

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top 30 new albums for Feb 14 presents:

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 Young Fathers Heavy Heavy Ninja Tune
2 BlackLiq & ohbliv What Will It Take – EP Man Bites Dog
3 Human Hand Tremor Cardinal Fuzz / Feeding Tube
4 TOBACCO High on Life, Vol. 1 Rad Cult
5 Kimi Djabaté Dindin Cumbancha
6 Viagra Boys Cave World (Deluxe) YEAR0001
7 Sunny War Anarchist Gospel New West
8 Holiday Ghosts Absolute Reality FatCat
9 YOUNG SHILOH Ricochet self-released
10 Monday Night & 3wayslim Good Company AllWeNeed
11 Troy A Nigga Might’ve Cared Too Much Poverty LLC
12 Westside Gunn 10 Griselda / EMPIRE
13 Eto & Futurewave Dead Poets New Crack Era
14 King Tuff Smalltown Stardust Sub Pop
15 Meg Baird Furling Drag City
16 Nosaj Thing Continua LuckyMe
17 The Tubs Dead Meat Trouble In Mind
18 Marlody I’m Not Sure at All Skep Wax
19 Alicia Clara Velveteen – EP Hot Tramp
20 Scout Gillett no roof no floor Captured Tracks
21 Babehoven Light Moving Time Double Double Whammy
22 Fievel Is Glauque Flaming Swords MATH Interactive
23 Plaid Feorm Falorx Warp
24 Ruth Radelet The Other Side – EP self-released
25 The Orielles Tableau Heavenly
26 Sloan Steady Yep Roc
27 Cumulus Something Brighter Share It Music
28 Confidence Man RE-TILT I OH YOU
29 Archers of Loaf Reason in Decline Merge
30 Ariel Bui Real & Fantasy Audio Network

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    February 14th, 2023

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Friday Clock Out presents:

Low's Double Negative Album Cover

Based of the first four songs that have been released from it thus far, Low’s next album, Double Negative, promises to be a stunner. This evening’s show will feature the latest single from the album, “Disarray,” which was released on the 16th of this month.

    Friday Clock Out    August 24th, 2018

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Top 30 new albums for week ending Mar 23 presents:

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

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    March 24th, 2018

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