Friday Clock Out presents:
mildly tense parenthetical asides about the nature of pop music itself (L.J. Hosts)
L.J. has Coldon Martin joining him to DEBUT the NEW single from his BRAND NEW band, Rough Age!
Do you like Sonic Youth? Mission of Burma? Then, this might be something you dig. Or, as the band describe themselves: “Post-Punk With Pop Hooks…But Don’t Worry, Not Too Many.” LJ is totally going to give Coldon grief about this tagline.
Coldon is formerly of Lightfields. Coldon and LJ have been friends for quite a few years at this point and like argue and commiserate about music. Coldon is a true music geek and a pleasure as a friend, so this should be a pretty delightful show!
El Jay Friday Clock Out January 10th, 2020
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: add n to x, Au Pairs, beastie boys, blue cheer, desert sessions, FKA twigs, Kim Gordon, lou reed, Perfume Genius, primus, ramones, sonic youth, the beatles, The Breeders, the clash, the doors, the gun club, the modern lovers, the vaselines, yachts
What the Fontaine?! presents:
2019 in Review (L.J. hosts!)
Let’s start talking about the music of 2019! I’m going to touch on some of the highlights of my musical year!
El Jay What the Fontaine?! December 20th, 2019
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: angel olson, Bat for Lashes, black midi, bon iver, Chelsea Wolfe, Chromatics, Clinic, Danny Brown, desert sessions, FKA twigs, Frank Ocean, Holly Herndon, James Blake, Kim Gordon, Lana Del Rey, matmos, nick cave, paul cauthen, Purple Mountains, rustin man, sandy alex g, Sharon Van Etten, Sudan Archives, vampire weekend, Wilco
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 6 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Dec 6
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.
Listen to the artists listed on Spotify: follow wrir on Spotify
| 1 | Radio B | Kill the Dreamer, Vol. 1: New Independence | The Association Of Great Minds |
| 2 | Snoh Aalegra | -Ugh, those feels again | Artium |
| 3 | Kim Gordon | No Home Record | Matador |
| 4 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 5 | Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings the Police | American Laundromat |
| 6 | Girl Ray | Girl | Moshi Moshi |
| 7 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Ghosteen | Ghosteen Ltd |
| 8 | Whiskey Myers | Whiskey Myers | Wiggy Thump |
| 9 | TOY | Songs of Consumption | Tough Love |
| 10 | Tempers | Private Life | Dais |
| 11 | Onipa | Onipa / Makoma – Single | Strut |
| 12 | Lunacy | Age of Truth | Third Coming |
| 13 | The Who | WHO | Polydor |
| 14 | Various Artists | Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots | Bloodshot |
| 15 | Various Artists | Country Music – A Film by Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [Deluxe] | Sony |
| 16 | Billy Neptune | Summer Nights | Tricky Intersection |
| 17 | Mitchel Evan | Nostalgia (Side B) | self-released |
| 18 | SonikBuster | Lost In Greenpath | self-released |
| 19 | Gorrak | Gorrak | self-released |
| 20 | Sensual World | Feeling Wild | Stupid Bag |
| 21 | Sammi Lanzetta | Ceiling Mirror | 6131 |
| 22 | Illa Styles | A Quarter ‘Til a Mil | Monsta |
| 23 | DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age | Mello |
| 24 | Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra | Sound the Bells: Recorded Live at Orchestra Hall | Doomtree |
| 25 | Brother Ali | Secrets & Escapes | Rhymesayers |
| 26 | FKA Twigs | MAGDALENE | Young Turks |
| 27 | Josienne Clarke | In All Weather | Rough Trade |
| 28 | Kae Astra | Fortune – EP | Modern Outsider |
| 29 | Ice Cream | Fed Up | self-released |
| 30 | Fran | A Private Picture | Fire Talk |
Anna C. December 7th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Jamila Woods, Juliana Hatfield, Kim Gordon, Radio B, Snoh Aalegra
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
MMBB: November 4, 2019 — Alice and the Reverie at long last!
I’ll be closing out the show this week with the recording that Alice and the Reverie made the other week when we could not get the live room to broadcast.
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 November 4th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Alice and the Reverie, Angel Olsen, Brittany Howard, Kim Gordon, Lisa Prank, Tegan and Sara
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
MMBB: October 28, 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 October 28th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Angel Olsen, Begonia, Brittany Howard, Kim Gordon, Lisa Prank, Olivia Jean, Tegan and Sara
Friday Clock Out presents:
New stuff! New Stuff! nEW StUFF! (L.J. hosts)
LJ is filling in for Phil this week and he’ll be spinning some new stuff: Kim Gordon, Swans, Kanye (jk), Frank Ocean and plenty more!
El Jay Friday Clock Out October 25th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Frank Ocean, Kanye, Kim Gordon, Swans
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 18 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 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 | Drahla | Useless Coordinates | Captured Tracks |
| 2 | Kim Gordon | No Home Record | Matador |
| 3 | Olivia Jean | Night Owl | Third Man |
| 4 | The Hecks | My Star | Trouble In Mind |
| 5 | Toxic Moxie | Falkonia | self-released |
| 6 | The Wimps | Plasma | self-released |
| 7 | Slump | Flashbacks from Black Dust Country | Feel It |
| 8 | Sammi Lanzetta | Ceiling Mirror | 6131 |
| 9 | Camp Howard | Cañón | Egghunt |
| 10 | Downhaul | Before You Fall Asleep | Refresh |
| 11 | Enforced | At the Walls | WAR |
| 12 | Plunky & Oneness | Afroclectic | N.A.M.E. Brand |
| 13 | Illiterate Light | Sweet Beast – EP | Atlantic |
| 14 | Shormey | Boogie Tape, Vol. 1 – EP | Citrus City |
| 15 | Rebekah Rafferty and The Wakes | Aging Up – EP | self-released |
| 16 | Danny Brown | uknowhatimsayin¿ | Warp |
| 17 | Big Thief | Two Hands | 4AD |
| 18 | Bob Bradshaw | Queen of the West | Fluke |
| 19 | Erthlings | Indigo – EP | Future Classic |
| 20 | Tegan and Sara | Hey, I’m Just Like You | Sire |
| 21 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Ghosteen | Ghosteen Ltd |
| 22 | Kacy & Clayton | Carrying On | New West |
| 23 | Rituals of Mine | SLEEPER HOLD | Carpark |
| 24 | Sofia Talvik | Paws of a Bear | Makaki Music |
| 25 | Alexa Rose | Medicine for Living | Big Legal Mess |
| 26 | Sui Zhen | Losing, Linda | Dot Dash |
| 27 | Kate Teague | Kate Teague | Muscle Beach |
| 28 | Brittany Howard | Jaime | ATO / Fontana North |
| 29 | Fix | Fix – EP | KIllroom |
| 30 | Snoh Aalegra | -Ugh, those feels again | Artium / AWAL |
Anna C. October 19th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Drahla, Kim Gordon, Olivia Jean, The Hecks, Toxic Moxie