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 30 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Nov 30
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 | Piranha Rama | S/T | Trrrash |
| 2 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 3 | Ghost | Prequelle | Concord Loma Vista |
| 4 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 5 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 6 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 7 | Yung Sums | Black Friday | self-released |
| 8 | Parquet Courts | Wide Awake! | Rough Trade |
| 9 | FONTAINES D.C. | Too Real – Single | Partisan |
| 10 | Benny | Tana Talk 3 | Griselda / Black Soprano Family |
| 11 | Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Sira Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies |
| 12 | Anderson .Paak | Oxnard | Aftermath / 12 Tone Music |
| 13 | Vaudou Game | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 14 | The Thin Cherries | On Moose Island | The Thin Cherries |
| 15 | Blancmange | Not a Priority – Single | Blanc Check |
| 16 | Miss World | Keeping Up With Miss World | PNKSLM |
| 17 | Gloria | Hey Gyp EP | Ample Play |
| 18 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 19 | Richard Thompson | 13 Rivers | New West |
| 20 | Nightcreature | On the Loose EP | Alfalfa Dreams |
| 21 | Large Margin | Large Margin | Cheap Cuts |
| 22 | Toward Space | Gently With a Chainsaw | Sound of Music |
| 23 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 24 | The Cemetery Boys | Death Warmed Over – EP | Spinnup |
| 25 | boygenius | boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 26 | David Benedict | The Golden Angle | self-released |
| 27 | Jon Spencer | Spencer Sings the Hits! | In the Red |
| 28 | Ty Segall | Fudge Sandwich | In the Red |
| 29 | Charles Bradley | Black Velvet | Dunham |
| 30 | Nylon Smile | Angel of Doubt – EP | Citrus City |
Anna C. December 1st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Ghost, Kenneka Cook, Natalie Prass, Piranha Rama, The Ar-Kaics
Top 30 new albums for two weeks ending Oct 26 presents:
Top 30 new albums for two weeks ending Oct 26
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 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 2 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 3 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 4 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 5 | Mountain Man | Magic Ship | Nonesuch |
| 6 | La Luz | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 7 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 8 | Kurt Vile | Bottle It In | Matador |
| 9 | Big Kahuna OG | Weapon OX | Mutant Academy |
| 10 | Sports Bar | Stranger In My Head | self-released |
| 11 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 12 | Namebrand | Chatham Grove | Purple Republic / AGM |
| 13 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 14 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 15 | Mylo Shift & Georgie Isaacs | Partners in Grime – EP | self-released |
| 16 | Druglord | New Day Dying | Sludgelord |
| 17 | Listless | Listless – EP | self-released |
| 18 | Horse Culture | Follow – EP | Furious Hooves |
| 19 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 20 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 21 | Scheme Team | Big Bluntz DVD | Mutant Academy |
| 22 | Oneness of Juju | African Rhythms | Strut |
| 23 | The Dodos | Certainty Waves | Polyvinyl |
| 24 | Hater | Siesta | Fire |
| 25 | Molly Burch | First Flower | Captured Tracks |
| 26 | Adrianne Lenker | abysskiss | Saddle Creek |
| 27 | Lala Lala | The Lamb | Sub Pop |
| 28 | Joyce Manor | Million Dollars to Kill Me | Epitaph |
| 29 | Angélique Kidjo | Remain in Light | Kravenworks |
| 30 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon in Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
Anna C. October 27th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Kenneka Cook, Mountain Man, Natalie Prass, Piranha Rama, Unmaker
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 5 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 5
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 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 2 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 3 | Sleepwalkers | Wake Up – Single | Spacebomb |
| 4 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 5 | Namebrand | Chatham Grove | Purple Republic / AGM |
| 6 | BADBADNOTGOOD & Little Dragon | Tried – Single | BADBADNOTGOOD Ltd. |
| 7 | Lala Lala | The Lamb | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Zark Company | Paperbacks | self-released |
| 9 | Marissa Nadler | For My Crimes | Sacred Bones |
| 10 | Molly Burch | First Flower | Captured Tracks |
| 11 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 12 | Tirzah | Devotion | Domino |
| 13 | Lyla Foy | Bigger Brighter | self-released |
| 14 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | An American Treasure | Reprise |
| 15 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City / Pretty Olivia |
| 16 | Recluse Racoon | Recluse Racoon | Citrus City |
| 17 | Midlife Pilot | Ready To Be That Way – EP | self-released |
| 18 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Mekong Xpress & The Get Fresh Horns | Common Knowledge | EggHunt |
| 21 | Mudhoney | Digital Garbage | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Marbled Eye | Leisure | Digital Regress |
| 23 | José James | Lean on Me | Blue Note |
| 24 | Amber Arcades | European Heartbreak | Heavenly |
| 25 | Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams | Merge |
| 26 | Adrianne Lenker | abysskiss | Saddle Creek |
| 27 | Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses | Sargent House |
| 28 | Christine and the Queens | Chris | Because Music |
| 29 | Miss World | Keeping Up With Miss World | PNKSLM |
| 30 | The Marcus King Band | Carolina Confessions | Fantasy |
Anna C. October 6th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Kenneka Cook, Namebrand, Piranha Rama, Sleepwalkers
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 14 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Sep 14
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 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash |
| 2 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 3 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 4 | Bad Magic | what’s wrong with my eyes? | self-released |
| 5 | Escape-ism | The Lost Record | Merge |
| 6 | Rubblebucket | Sun Machine | Grand Jury Music |
| 7 | Shadow Age | Shadow Age – EP | Native Of The North |
| 8 | Jupiter & Okwess | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
| 9 | Anna Calvi | Hunter | Domino |
| 10 | Neko Case | Hell-On | Anti/Epitaph |
| 11 | The War and Treaty | Healing Tide | Strong World Entertainment |
| 12 | Doctor Nativo | Guatemaya | Stonetree |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Geometric Vision | Fire! Fire! Fire | Swiss Dark Nights |
| 15 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 16 | Tomberlin | At Weddings | Saddle Creek |
| 17 | Marcus Tenney Quartet | Moment – EP | American Paradox |
| 18 | Dumb Waiter | Heck | JUJU |
| 19 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 20 | Manatree | Engines | self-released |
| 21 | Elizabeth Owens | Coming of Age | Elizabeth Owens |
| 22 | Eliza Juno | Body In Flames | self-released |
| 23 | Big Kahuna Og & Fly Anakin | Big Fly 2 – EP | Mutant Academy |
| 24 | Ohbliv | Ecstasis by Darktwaine | self-released |
| 25 | Mothers | Render Another Ugly Method | Anti- |
| 26 | Say Hi | Caterpillar Centipede | Euphobia |
| 27 | Detroit Rebellion | See You Next Year | Bodan Kuma |
| 28 | Jeff the Brotherhood | Magick Songs | Dine Alone |
| 29 | The Holydrug Couple | Hyper Super Mega | Sacred Bones |
| 30 | Alien Boy | Sleeping Lessons | Tiny Engines |
Anna C. September 15th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Escape-ism, Kenneka Cook, Piranha Rama, Young Scum
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Aug 24
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 | Toxic Moxie | BRATCORE (VCR cover) – Single | self-released |
| 2 | Manzara | Hello My Name Is … Friend | Nosy Pants |
| 3 | Oh Sees | Smote Reverser | Castle Face |
| 4 | Mitski | Be the Cowboy | Dead Oceans |
| 5 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 6 | Young Scum | Young Scum | Citrus City |
| 7 | Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal | DFA |
| 8 | Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville | Easy Eye Sound |
| 9 | Songs From The Road Band | Road to Nowhere | Lucks Dumpy Toad |
| 10 | Phantastic Ferniture | Phantastic Ferniture | Polyvinyl |
| 11 | Preoccupations | New Material | Jagjaguwar |
| 12 | Wimps | Garbage People | Kill Rock Stars |
| 13 | The Beths | Future Me Hates Me | Carpark |
| 14 | Calicoco | Float | Dadstache |
| 15 | Noisia & Two Fingers | Dzjengis – Single | Division |
| 16 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 17 | Ohbliv | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 18 | Jason Jenkins Quartet | Live @ The Barrel Thief | self-released |
| 19 | Spooky Cool | Every Thing Ever – EP | Citrus City |
| 20 | Mass Gothic | I’ve Tortured You Long Enough | Sub Pop |
| 21 | Nothing | Dance on the Blacktop | Relapse |
| 22 | Death Cab for Cutie | Thank You for Today | Atlantic |
| 23 | Dizzy | Baby Teeth | Royal Mountain |
| 24 | CoCo O’Connor | This Ol’ War | Satarah |
| 25 | Glenn Jones | The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works For 6 & 12 String Guitar | Thrill Jockey |
| 26 | Still Corners | Slow Air | Wrecking Light |
| 27 | Jeremy & the Harlequins | Remember This | Yep Roc |
| 28 | Indigo Girls | Live with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra | Rounder |
| 29 | Basement Revolver | Heavy Eyes | Sonic Unyon |
| 30 | Hawks and Doves | From a White Hotel | Jullian |
Anna C. August 25th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Kenneka Cook, Manzara, Mitski, Oh Sees, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 27 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 27
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 | Bad Magic | What’s Wrong with My Eyes? | self-released |
| 2 | Mourn | Sorpresa Familia | Captured Tracks |
| 3 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO Records |
| 4 | Piranha Rama | Piranha Rama | Trrrash Records |
| 5 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 6 | Manzara | hello my name is … friend | Nosy Pants |
| 7 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 8 | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams | Vanished Gardens | Capitol Records |
| 9 | Animal Collective | Tangerine Reef | Domino |
| 10 | Sudan Archives | Sink – EP | Stones Throw |
| 11 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 12 | Troy Roberts | Nu-Jive Perspective | Inner Circle Music |
| 13 | Snail Mail | Lush | Matador |
| 14 | Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy | Drag City |
| 15 | Let’s Eat Grandma | I’m All Ears | Transgressive / PIAS |
| 16 | The Internet | Hive Mind | Columbia Records |
| 17 | Eddie Palmieri | Full Circle | Ropeadope |
| 18 | Prana Crafter | Enter The Stream | Sunrise Ocean Bender / Cardinal Fuzz |
| 19 | Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Drip / Tea – Single | Let’s Pretend Records |
| 20 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty Computer | Bad Boy Records |
| 21 | Dylan Carlson | Conquistador | Sargent House |
| 22 | John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Deluxe Version) | Impulse! |
| 23 | Pram | Across the Meridian | Domino |
| 24 | Big Kahuna OG | Sky Chryme | Mutant Academy |
| 25 | Desert Altar | Desert Altar | self-released |
| 26 | The Hold Steady | The Stove & The Toaster / Star 18 – Single | Frenchkiss |
| 27 | Evil Triplet | Have A Nice Trip | Evil Triplet |
| 28 | Bodega | Endless Scroll | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 29 | Mikaela Davis | Delivery | Rounder / Concord |
| 30 | Hologram Teen | Between the Funk and the Fear | Polytechnic Youth |
Anna C. July 28th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bad Magic, Kenneka Cook, MOURN, Natalie Prass, Piranha Rama
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 20 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 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
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalie Prass | The Future and the Past | ATO |
| 2 | Frankie Cosmos | Vessel | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Kenneka Cook | Moonchild | American Paradox |
| 4 | Doll Baby | Hell Block – EP | EggHunt |
| 5 | Speedy Ortiz | Twerp Verse | Carpark |
| 6 | PRhyme | PRhyme 2 | PRhyme 2 |
| 7 | Dr. Octagon | Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation | Bulk / Caroline |
| 8 | Caroline Rose | LONER | New West |
| 9 | Hank Wood and the Hammerheads | Hank Wood and the Hammerheads | Toxic State |
| 10 | Kyle Craft | Full Circle Nightmare | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Ty Segall | Freedom’s Goblin | Drag City |
| 12 | David Byrne | American Utopia | Nonesuch |
| 13 | The Ex | 27 passports | Rough Trade |
| 14 | St. Vincent | Masseduction | Loma Vista |
| 15 | Imagine Dragons | Evolve | Interscope |
| 16 | Ms. Jaylin Brown | Vulnerable | self-released |
| 17 | The Purge | The Bad Ideas We Build Worlds | self-released |
| 18 | Saw Black | Water Tower | Crystal Pistol |
| 19 | Koncept Jack$on | The Tale of the Mutant Root | Mutant Academy |
| 20 | Millz | The NorthFace, Vol 1. | self-released |
| 21 | Gumming | Human Values | self-released |
| 22 | Yeni Nostalji | Yeni Nostalji | self-released |
| 23 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sex & Food | Jagjaguwar |
| 24 | Hop Along | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Saddle Creek |
| 25 | Brazilian Girls | Let’s Make Love | Six Degrees |
| 26 | Drinks | Hippo Lite | Drag City |
| 27 | The Damned | Evil Spirits | Search and Destroy / Spinefarm |
| 28 | The Aces | When My Heart Felt Volcanic | Red Bull |
| 29 | Prof | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
| 30 | MIEN | MIEN | Rocket |
Anna C. April 21st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Doll Baby, Frankie Cosmos, Kenneka Cook, Natalie Prass, Speedy Ortiz
Party Planet presents:
Party Planet Presents: KENNEKA EFFING COOK and Band LIVE! [plus the Aces ticket giveaway!]
The day has finally arrived, Kenneka Cook is playing LIVE to get us into the FUND DRIVE spirit + Ticket giveaway for the Aces 4/18 at the Camel~
DJ Lylas Party Planet April 13th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Kenneka Cook, live