Handful Of Brains presents:
Win tix to to Crumb, L’Rain, & Discovery Zone!
We’ll give away 2 tickets to Crumb, L’Rain, & Discovery Zone at The National on Fri, 8/23 on Handful of Brains! (Tu 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We’ve also got an eclectic mix of music including Sparklehorse, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jack White, Jason Isbell, Tyler Ramsey, Daniel Donato, Dinosaur Jr., & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
TonyJ42 Handful Of Brains August 20th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: Crumb, Daniel Donato, Dinosaur Jr., Discovery Zone, Handful of Brains, Jack White, Jason Isbell, L'Rain, Nathaniel Rateliff, Sparklehorse, The National, Tony Jordan, Tyler Ramsey, WRIR
top 30 new albums for May 18 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 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 | Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall | The Marfa Tapes | Vanner / RCA |
| 2 | Dinosaur Jr. | Sweep It Into Space | Jagjaguwar |
| 3 | The Weather Station | Ignorance | Fat Possum |
| 4 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 5 | The Coral | Coral Island | Modern Sky UK |
| 6 | Nottz | Black Woman (feat. Rapsody, Ke Turner, Rah Digga & Nikki Grier) – Single | Raw Koncept |
| 7 | Dazy | The Crowded Mind | self-released |
| 8 | Downhaul | Proof | Refresh |
| 9 | Tennishu | Maybe | James Infinite |
| 10 | Prabir Trio | Haanji | self-released |
| 11 | Flying Lotus | Yasuke | Warp |
| 12 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | When God Was Great | Hellcat / Epitaph |
| 13 | Will Stratton | The Changing Wilderness | Bella Union / PIAS |
| 14 | Eamonn McCormack | Storyteller | Bem |
| 15 | Tony Joe White | Smoke From The Chimney | Easy Eye Sound |
| 16 | Blue Cactus | Stranger Again | Sleepy Cat |
| 17 | Remember Sports | Like a Stone | Father/Daughter |
| 18 | Mark Collie | Book of My Blues | self-released |
| 19 | Manchester Orchestra | The Million Masks Of God | Loma Vista |
| 20 | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy | Superwolves | Drag City |
| 21 | Mark O’Connor | Markology II | OMAC |
| 22 | Cliff Eberhardt | Knew Things | Tin Pan Ally |
| 23 | Racquel Jones | IgnoRANT | Magnetic Moon |
| 24 | Bowerbirds | Becalmyounglovers | Psychic Hotline |
| 25 | Jeff Rosenstock | SKA DREAM | Polyvinyl |
| 26 | The Wallflowers | Exit Wounds | New West |
| 27 | Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade | Merge |
| 28 | BROCKHAMPTON | ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE | Question Everything / RCA |
| 29 | Lou Barlow | Reason to Live | Joyful Noise |
| 30 | La Femme | Paradigmes | Disque Pointu |
Anna C. May 18th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dinosaur Jr., Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, McKinley Dixon, Miranda Lambert, The Coral, The Weather Station
top 30 new albums for May 11 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 11
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 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 2 | Evidence | Unlearning Vol. 1 | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | Fruit Bats | The Pet Parade | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Dinosaur Jr. | Sweep It Into Space | Jagjaguwar |
| 5 | La Femme | Paradigmes | Disque Pointu |
| 6 | Cedric Burnside | I Be Trying | Single Lock |
| 7 | Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade | Merge |
| 8 | Corvair | Corvair | wiaiwya |
| 9 | black midi | Cavalcade | Rough Trade |
| 10 | Cheekface | We Need a Bigger Dumpster – Single | self-released |
| 11 | Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls | Living in the Last Days | Bible & Tire |
| 12 | Way, Shape, or Form | Infinite Lives | Way, Shape, or Form |
| 13 | Lucy Dacus | Home Video | Matador |
| 14 | PJ Sykes | Fuzz | Cherub |
| 15 | Manchester Orchestra | The Million Masks Of God | Loma Vista |
| 16 | Metronomy | The English Riviera 10th Anniversary | Because |
| 17 | Grave Flowers Bongo Band | Strength of Spring | Castle Face |
| 18 | Eli West | Tapered Point of Stone | Tender and Mild |
| 19 | Jeff Rosenstock | SKA DREAM | Polyvinyl |
| 20 | Sour Widows | Crossing Over – EP | Exploding In Sound |
| 21 | Luminous Kid | at the end of the dream | The Satchi Six |
| 22 | Rochelle Jordan | Play with the Changes | Young Art |
| 23 | Field Music | Flat White Moon | Memphis Industries |
| 24 | Silver Synthetic | Silver Synthetic | Third Man |
| 25 | BROCKHAMPTON | ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE | Question Everything / RCA |
| 26 | Lou Barlow | Reason to Live | Joyful Noise |
| 27 | Judith Hill | Baby, I’m Hollywood! | Regime |
| 28 | Danny Burns | Hurricane – EP | Bonfirempany |
| 29 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! | Constellation |
| 30 | Fake Fruit | Fake Fruit | Rocks In Your Head |
Anna C. May 11th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dinosaur Jr., Evidence, Fruit Bats, La Femme, Squid
top 30 new albums for Apr 13 presents:
top 30 new albums for Apr 13
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 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 2 | Jon Batiste | WE ARE | Verve |
| 3 | Lucy Dacus | Thumbs – Single | Matador |
| 4 | Drug Store Romeos | The World Within Our Bedrooms | Fiction |
| 5 | Dinosaur Jr. | Sweep It Into Space | Jagjaguwar |
| 6 | Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders | Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) | Luaka Bop |
| 7 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 8 | Various Artists | Griselda & BSF: Conflicted (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Griselda |
| 9 | Mogwai | As the Love Continues | Temporary Residence |
| 10 | Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin | $mokebreak | Lex |
| 11 | Illa Styles | Top Down Living | Monsta |
| 12 | Dazy | The Crowded Mind | self-released |
| 13 | Ohbliv | Rugged Tranquility Vols. 1 & 2 | Paxico |
| 14 | Book of Wyrms | Occult New Age | Desert |
| 15 | PJ Sykes | Fuzz | Cherub |
| 16 | Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley | Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection | Spacebomb |
| 17 | Gusher | Bleed Out | Gusher1312 |
| 18 | Fruit Bats | The Pet Parade | Sub Pop |
| 19 | Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 20 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! | Constellation |
| 21 | Fake Fruit | Fake Fruit | Rocks In Your Head |
| 22 | Yeek | Valencia | AWAL |
| 23 | Tune-Yards | sketchy. | 4AD |
| 24 | Xiu Xiu | OH NO | Polyvinyl |
| 25 | Lo Talker | A Comedy Of Errors | Arts & Crafts México |
| 26 | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno | Free Dirt |
| 27 | Corvair | Corvair | Paper Walls |
| 28 | Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | House Anxiety / Ourness |
| 29 | Altın Gün | Yol | ATO |
| 30 | Menahan Street Band | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
Anna C. April 13th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Dinosaur Jr., Drug Store Romeos, Dry Cleaning, Jon Batiste, Lucy Dacus