River City Limits presents:
RCL 6-1-24 RIP Bob Schick, local legend – Jay Smack Host
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Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend / WAR – Women Rock
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Carol Olson Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution March 11th, 2024
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Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend-Women Art Revolution – Women Music VABeach
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Carol Olson Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution November 20th, 2023
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Wednesday Breakfast Blend presents:
The Breakfast Blend
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DonteOnTheMic Wednesday Breakfast Blend October 3rd, 2023
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River City Limits presents:
RCL 9-2-23 – Jay Smack Host
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River City Limits presents:
RCL 8-5-23 – Jay Smack Host
smack River City Limits August 10th, 2023
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top 30 new albums for Apr 25 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dom Flemons | Traveling Wildfire | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | A Certain Ratio | 1982 | Mute |
| 3 | Fly Anakin | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 4 | Magdalena Bay | mini mix vol. 3 | Luminelle |
| 5 | Rose City Band | Garden Party | Thrill Jockey |
| 6 | Fenne Lily | Big Picture | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | Lobby Boy | Pure P.O.P. | self-released |
| 8 | Severed Skies | Dreamscapes | self released |
| 9 | Dorthia Cottrell | Death Folk Country | Relapse |
| 10 | Blush Face | Mirage Island – EP | self-released |
| 11 | Spooky Cool | Existential Pie | Riot Daddy |
| 12 | The Hold Steady | The Price of Progress | Positive Jams |
| 13 | Deerhoof | Miracle-Level | Joyful Noise |
| 14 | Nickel Creek | Celebrants | Repair |
| 15 | Andrew Gabbard | Cedar City Sweetheart | Karma Chief |
| 16 | Death And Vanilla | Flicker | Fire |
| 17 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 18 | Robbie Fulks | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass |
| 19 | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1 | Woodstock |
| 20 | Shana Cleveland | Manzanita | Hardly Art |
| 21 | David Haerle | El Camino Sierra | Edendale |
| 22 | Darling West | Cosmos | Jansen |
| 23 | Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy | Canvas | Linus Entertainment |
| 24 | Various Artists | Penrose Flurry of 45s | Penrose |
| 25 | Young Fathers | Heavy Heavy | Ninja Tune |
| 26 | Ibex Clone | All Channels Clear | Goner |
| 27 | Jonah Yano | Portrait of a Dog | Innovative Leisure |
| 28 | Piranha Rama | Omniscient Cloud Cover | Brokers Tip |
| 29 | Parricide Sentence | Parricide Sentence – EP | Death Eternal |
| 30 | Strawberry Moon | Habitual Creatures | Sockhead |
Anna C. April 25th, 2023
Posted In: Charts
Tags: A Certain Ratio, Dom Flemons, Fly Anakin, Magdalena Bay, Rose City Band
genre charts for Apr 25 presents:
genre charts for Apr 25
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOM FLEMONS | Traveling Wildfire | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 2 | DORTHIA COTTRELL | Death Folk Country | Relapse |
| 3 | NICKEL CREEK | Celebrants | Repair/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | ROBBIE FULKS | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass |
| 5 | PROFESSOR LOUIE AND THE CROWMATIX | Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1 | Woodstock |
| 6 | DARLING WEST | Cosmos | Jansen |
| 7 | NATALIE MACMASTER AND DONNELL LEAHY | Canvas | Self-Released |
| 8 | RENEE MASKIN AND THE MYSTERIOUS WILDS | Renee Maskin & The Mysterious Wilds | Mint 400 |
| 9 | JOSEPH DECOSIMO | While You Were Slumbering | Sleepy Cat |
| 10 | CALEB ELLIOTT | Weed, Wine & Time | Single Lock |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 2 | SKYZOO AND THE OTHER GUYS | The Mind Of A Saint | First Generation Rich |
| 3 | KOOL KEITH X REAL BAD MAN | Serpent | Badman |
| 4 | REUBEN VINCENT | Love Is War | Jamla |
| 5 | PROF | Horse | Stophouse |
| 6 | BLACKLIQ AND MOPES | Choice Is A Chance | Strange Famous |
| 7 | CORMEGA | The Realness II | Viper |
| 8 | JESSE THE TREE | Pigeon Man | Strange Famous |
| 9 | BOLDY JAMES AND REAL BAD MAN | Killing Nothing | Real Bad Man |
| 10 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | “Facetime” feat. Sam Herring [Single] | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENTHEOS | Time Will Take Us All | Metal Blade |
| 2 | GOROD | The Orb | Self-Released |
| 3 | MESSA | Live At Roadburn | Svart |
| 4 | TWILIGHT FORCE | At The Heart Of Wintervale | Nuclear Blast |
| 5 | AARA | Triade II-Hemera | Debemur Morti |
| 6 | CIRCLE BREAKER | PanDEMOnium | Self-Released |
| 7 | PYRAMID MASS | Monolith | Ossein |
| 8 | CLOAK | “Seven Thunders” [Single] | Season Of Mist |
| 9 | BABYMETAL | THE OTHER ONE | Cooking Vinyl |
| 10 | MELISSA | II | Urge |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEVERED SKIES | Dreamscapes | Self-Released |
| 2 | TZUSING | Green Hat | PAN |
| 3 | TREES SPEAK | Mind Maze | Soul Jazz |
| 4 | SAINT ABDULLAH AND JASON NAZARY | Evicted In The Morning | Disciples |
| 5 | PEARLY DROPS | A Little Disaster | Cascine |
| 6 | GALCHER LUSTWERK | 100% Galcher | Ghostly International |
| 7 | FIRST AID 4 SOULS | This Present Darkness | Alfa Matrix |
| 8 | ADAM RAHMAN | Theta | KitchenSync |
| 9 | GUTEVOLK | Mezameru Wakusei | Self-Released |
| 10 | KAKUHAN | Metal Zone | NAKID |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|
Anna C. April 25th, 2023
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dom Flemons, Entheos, Fly Anakin, Severed Skies
top 30 new albums for Apr 18 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Shepherd | This Was Supposed to Be Temporary | self-released |
| 2 | boygenius | the record | Interscope |
| 3 | Wednesday | Rat Saw God | Dead Oceans |
| 4 | Pearla | Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming | Spacebomb |
| 5 | Shana Cleveland | Manzanita | Hardly Art |
| 6 | Son Rompe Pera | Chimborazo | Aya |
| 7 | This Is the Kit | Careful of Your Keepers | Rough Trade |
| 8 | The Wilson Springs Hotel | Old Thoughts and Memories | self-released |
| 9 | gnawing | Modern Survival Techniques | Refresh |
| 10 | Honest Debts | Can’t Be Trusted | self-released |
| 11 | Strawberry Moon | Habitual Creatures | Sockhead |
| 12 | Heartworms | A Comforting Notion – EP | Speedy Wunderground / PIAS |
| 13 | Caroline Rose | The Art of Forgetting | New West |
| 14 | Los Bitchos | Pah! | City Slang |
| 15 | Tuelo | Am/Fm – EP | Minah Management |
| 16 | Kosaya Gora | Kosogor | 2MR |
| 17 | Genevieve Artadi | Forever Forever | Brainfeeder |
| 18 | Fever Ray | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 19 | Screaming Females | Desire Pathway | Don Giovanni |
| 20 | Darling West | Cosmos | Jansen |
| 21 | Bunny Barnes | It Goes Like It Goes | Bunny Barnes |
| 22 | Hello Mary | Hello Mary | Frenchkiss |
| 23 | Clea Anaïs | Circle Zero | Moorworks |
| 24 | Hillary Susz | Sexy as Loss – EP | self-released |
| 25 | LANNDS | Music for the Future | Run For Cover |
| 26 | Adi Oasis | Lotus Glow | Unity |
| 27 | Jackie Mendoza | Galaxia de Emociones | ZZK |
| 28 | Jenn Howard | Valiant Women | Bathtub Music |
| 29 | Sam Casey | More Songs About Weed and Toxic Relationships – EP | The Confidence Emperors |
| 30 | Death Valley Girls | Islands in the Sky | Suicide Squeeze |
Anna C. April 18th, 2023
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Benjamin Shepherd, Boygenius, Pearla, Shana Cleveland, Wednesday
genre charts for Apr 18 presents:
genre charts for Apr 18
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BENJAMIN SHEPHERD | This Was Supposed to Be Temporary | Self-Released |
| 2 | WILSON SPRINGS HOTEL, THE | Old Thoughts And Memories | Self-Released |
| 3 | TUELO | AM/FM [EP] | Minah |
| 4 | MACKENZIE ROARK | Rollin’ High, Feelin’ Low | Vocal Rest |
| 5 | DARLING WEST | Cosmos | Jansen |
| 6 | BUNNY BARNES | It Goes Like It Goes | BB Tune |
| 7 | FIELD SCHOOL | When Summer Comes | Bobo Integral |
| 8 | SPENCER CULLUM | Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 2 | P-VINE |
| 9 | JEFFREY LEWIS | Nonsense | Self-Released |
| 10 | CAROLINA STORY | Colors of My Mind | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARLOWE | Marlowe 3 | Mello Group |
| 2 | SOL MESSIAH | GOD CMPLX | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | SKYZOO AND THE OTHER GUYS | The Mind Of A Saint | First Generation Rich |
| 4 | YAHYA | Soul Searching | Yahya |
| 5 | NOAH-O AND BIG NO | Richmond Brave | Charged Up Entertainment |
| 6 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 7 | KOOL KEITH X REAL BAD MAN | Serpent | Badman |
| 8 | REUBEN VINCENT | Love Is War | Jamla |
| 9 | NAPOLEON DA LEGEND AND D-STYLES | “Wu Masters” [Single] | TeamNDL |
| 10 | ATMOSPHERE | “Okay” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OOZING WOUND | We Cater To Cowards | Thrill Jockey |
| 2 | GOROD | The Orb | Self-Released |
| 3 | ELVENKING | Reader Of The Runes – Rapture | AFM |
| 4 | A GHOST IN RAGS | Akarano [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | BACKING TRACK | The Slayer Wars | IceVox |
| 6 | GHOST | Phantomime [EP] | Lorna Vista |
| 7 | ENCOUNTER TRUTH | Panspermia [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | DZINCH | Lightlines | Self-Released |
| 9 | METALOW | Gericcot [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | MORAL COLLAPSE | Divine Prosthetics | Subcontinental |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KOSAYA GORA | Kosogor | 2MR |
| 2 | KELELA | Raven | Warp |
| 3 | MISS GRIT | Follow The Cyborg | Mute |
| 4 | JESSICA WINTER | Limerence [EP] | Lucky Number |
| 5 | YAEJI | With A Hammer | XL/Beggars Group |
| 6 | FURNEY | Other Soul | Soul Deep Exclusives |
| 7 | TREES SPEAK | Mind Maze | Soul Jazz |
| 8 | VHS HEAD | Phocus | Skam |
| 9 | SAEKO KILLY | Morphing Polaroids | Bureau B |
| 10 | SWANS | “Paradise Is Mine” [Single] | Young God |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALEX FIGUEIRA | Mentallogenic | M*sic With Soul |
| 2 | FRUKO Y SUS TESOS | Fruko Power Vol. 1: Rarities & Deep Album Cuts 1970-1974 | Vampisoul |
| 3 | IMMY OWUSU | “Flashback” [Single] | Hopestreet |
| 4 | ANTIDOPING | “No Te Desamines” [Single] | FaroLatino |
| 5 | LOS BITCHOS | PAH! [EP] | City Slang |
| 6 | DJ BLACK LOW | Impumelelo | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 7 | DIANA BURCO | “Mal Amores” [Single] | Codiscos |
| 8 | LES ABRANIS | Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 | Bongo Joe |
| 9 | BORGA REVOLUTION, VOLUME 2: GHANAIAN DANCE MUSIC IN THE DIGITAL AGE, 1983-1996 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Kalita |
| 10 | MOUSSA TCHINGOU | Tamiditime [EP] | Sahel Sounds |
Anna C. April 18th, 2023
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Alex Figueira, Benjamin Shepherd, Kosaya Gora, Marlowe, Oozing Wound