Handful Of Brains presents:
The Heavy Heavy!
We’ll give away two tickets to see The Heavy Heavy w/ The Thing at The Broadberry on 7/25/24 on Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We’ve also got an eclectic mix of music including Low Cut Connie, Monsters Of Folk, Clairo, boygenius, Ronnie James Dio, America, The Gaslight Anthem, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
TonyJ42 Handful Of Brains July 23rd, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: america, Boygenius, broadberry, Clairo, Handful of Brains, Heavy Heavy, Low Cut Connie, Monsters Of Folk, Ronnie James Dio, The Gaslight Anthem, Tony Jordan, WRIR
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
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
MMBB: January 7, 2019
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution January 7th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Aerica Lauren, Boygenius, Cat Power, Hater, Marie Davidson, Metric, Middle Kids, My Brightest Diamond
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: December 31, 2018
It’s the last Breakfast Blend of 2018! I’ve got the usual assortment of new releases to share, along with a few favorites from the past year mixed in.
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution December 31st, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Amy Ray, Angélique Kidjo, Ani Cordero, Boygenius, Hinds, I'm With Her, Kenneka Cook, Lucy Dacus, Maya Jupiter, Middle Kids, Neko Case
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 23 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 23
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 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native of the North |
| 2 | Lina Symone | Need That – Single | self-released |
| 3 | Boygenius | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 4 | Barro | Somos | self-released |
| 5 | Angélique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 6 | Vaudou Game | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 7 | Kaleta & Super Yamba Band | Mr. Diva / Hungry Man, Angry Man | Yamba |
| 8 | Julia Holter | Aviary | Domino |
| 9 | Sports Bar | Stranger in My Head | Mister Falcon |
| 10 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 11 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 12 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 13 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 14 | Black Masala | Trains and Moonlight Destinies | self-released |
| 15 | Kelly Pardekooper | 50-Weight | Leisure Time |
| 16 | Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers | Bought to Rot | Bloodshot |
| 17 | Charles Bradley | Black Velvet | Daptone |
| 18 | The Mountain Movers | Pink Skies | Trouble In Mind |
| 19 | The Bottle Rockets | Bit Logic | Bloodshot |
| 20 | Kero Kero Bonito | Time ‘n’ Place | Polyvinyl |
| 21 | Doe Paoro | Soft Power | Anti/Epitaph |
| 22 | Mr Twin Sister | Salt | Twin Group |
| 23 | Farao | Pure-O | Western Vinyl |
| 24 | Oh Pep! | I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You… | People Speak |
| 25 | Kurt Vile | Bottle It In | Matador |
| 26 | Miranda Winters | Xobeci, What Grows Here? | Carpark / Hostess |
| 27 | Abby Jasmine | TRAP MOM | Cinematic Music Group |
| 28 | Pill | Soft Hell | Mexican Summer |
| 29 | Miya Folick | Premonitions | Terrible |
| 30 | Nova Materia | It Comes | Crammed Discs |
Anna C. November 24th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Angélique Kidjo, Barro, Boygenius, Lina Symone, Shadow Age
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: November 19, 2018
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks. (more…)
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution November 19th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Boygenius, Empress Of, Julia Holter, Kero Kero Bonito, Oh Pep, Thanksgiving
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: November 12, 2018
I’ll be giving away a pair of tickets to see Wye Oak at The Broadberry this morning. Stay tuned for details.
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks. (more…)
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution November 12th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Abby Jasmine, Boygenius, Kero Kero Bonito, Soccer Mommy, Wye Oak, Yowler
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: November 5, 2018
You can read updates and get previews by liking this show on Facebook. Did you enjoy the show or want to listen to it again? You can find it in the archive player for the next two weeks. (more…)
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution November 5th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Boygenius, Cat Power, Hater, Kero Kero Bonito, Warm Drag
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 31 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 31
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 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 2 | Blood Orange | Negro Swan | Domino |
| 3 | The War and Treaty | Healing Tide | Strong World Entertainment |
| 4 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 5 | Boygenius | boygenius | Matador |
| 6 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 7 | Pain in the Yeahs | Dopamine Noir | self-released |
| 8 | Cordovas | That Santa Fe Channel | ATO |
| 9 | Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom+Pop / Marathon / Milk! |
| 10 | Steve Barton | Tall Tales and Alibis | Sleepless Music |
| 11 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 12 | OHMME | Parts | Joyful Noise |
| 13 | Neil & Liam Finn | Lightsleeper | Inertia / PIAS |
| 14 | Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy | Drag City |
| 15 | Wax Idols | Happy Ending | Etruscan Gold |
| 16 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 17 | Bill and the Belles | Dreamsongs, Etc. | Jalopy |
| 18 | The Band Of Heathens | A Message from the People Revisited | self-released |
| 19 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 20 | Prabir Trio | Small Town Blues – EP | self-released |
| 21 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 22 | Fly Anakin & Big Kahuna OG | Life & Times of BigFly – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 23 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 24 | Steady Holiday | Nobody’s Watching | Barsuk |
| 25 | Interpol | Marauder | Matador |
| 26 | Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | Partisan |
| 27 | Wild Nothing | Indigo | Captured Tracks |
| 28 | Benjamin Francis Leftwich | I Am With You | Dirty Hit |
| 29 | Honyock | El Castillo | Friendship Fever |
| 30 | Nothing | Dance on the Blacktop | Relapse |
Anna C. September 1st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Blood Orange, Boygenius, Natalie Prass, Spooky Cool, The War and Treaty