Handful Of Brains presents:
Win tix to see Kurt Vile!
Tuesday on Handful of Brains (7 – 9 PM), you could win 2 tickets to see Kurt Vile at The National on Sa, 5/11! We’ve also got an eclectic mix of music including Angel Bat Dawid, Daniel Donato, Lonnie Holley, BC Camplight, Johnny Cash, WOODS, Matt Berry, The Lemon Twigs, Toyesauce, Porno For Pyros, Tiny Ruins, The Mommyheads, & 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 weeks of shows any time you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
TonyJ42 Handful Of Brains May 7th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: Angel Bat Dawid, BC Camplight, Daniel Donato, Handful of Brains, Johnny Cash, Kurt Vile, Lonnie Holley, Matt Berry, Porno For Pyros, Richmond, The Lemon Twigs, The Mommyheads, The National, Tiny Ruins, Tony Jordan, Toyesauce, WOODS, WRIR
top 30 new albums for Oct 27 presents:
top 30 new albums for Oct 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.
| 1 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 2 | Sa-Roc | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | Kurt Vile | Speed, Sound, Lonely KV – EP | Matador |
| 4 | Ghouli | Nothing – EP | DAM |
| 5 | Dee-1 and Murs | He’s the Christian, I’m the Rapper | Mission Vision Music / Murs 316 |
| 6 | Quintron & Miss Pussycat | Goblin Alert | Goner |
| 7 | Eric Slick | Wiseacre | self-released |
| 8 | Hoboknife | Wig of Flies | self-released |
| 9 | Fly Anakin | The 8’s (2015-2018) | Mutant Academy |
| 10 | Gregory Darden | Soils | self-released |
| 11 | Gumming | Overripe | Vinyl Conflict |
| 12 | Opin | Media & Memory | WarHen |
| 13 | FM Skyline | JPEG Jamz | 100% Electronica |
| 14 | The Flavor Project | Food for Thought | Reeverb Entertainment |
| 15 | The Ar-Kaics | Ar-Kives: Volume 1 | Dig! |
| 16 | Jeremy Ivey | Waiting out the Storm | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 17 | Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz | This Mortal Farce EP | self-released |
| 18 | Kevin Morby | Sundowner | Dead Oceans |
| 19 | Tomberlin | Projections – EP | Saddle Creek |
| 20 | Juana Molina | ANRMAL (Live in México) | Crammed Discs |
| 21 | Open Mike Eagle | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 22 | Low Cut Connie | Private Lives | Contender |
| 23 | Cut Worms | Nobody Lives Here Anymore | Jagjaguwar |
| 24 | Seth Bogart | Men on the Verge of Nothing | Wacky Wacko |
| 25 | The Budos Band | Long in the Tooth | Daptone |
| 26 | Tank and the Bangas | Friend Goals | Verve Forcast |
| 27 | Cej | Friend of the Sky | Gnosong |
| 28 | Ivan & Alyosha | Ivan & Alyosha | Nettwerk |
| 29 | Paris | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
| 30 | Rilo Kiley | Rilo Kiley | Little |
Anna C. October 27th, 2020
Posted In: Charts
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 11 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 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.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Vile | Bottle It In | Matador |
| 2 | Unmaker | Firmament | self-released |
| 3 | The Daktaris | Soul Explosion | Daptone |
| 4 | Daughters | You Won’t Get What You Want | Ipecac / PIAS / Hostess |
| 5 | Jeff Tweedy | WARM | dBpm |
| 6 | John Prine | The Tree of Forgiveness | Oh Boy |
| 7 | Shopping | The Official Body | FatCat |
| 8 | The Nude Party | The Nude Party | New West |
| 9 | Viagra Boys | Street Worms | YEAR0001 |
| 10 | Shannon & the Clams | Onion | Easy Eye Sound |
| 11 | Exploded View | Obey | Sacred Bones |
| 12 | The Ar-Kaics | In This Time | Wick / Daptone |
| 13 | Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | MCA Nashville |
| 14 | Father John Misty | God’s Favorite Customer | Sub Pop |
| 15 | Ty Segall | Freedom’s Goblin | Drag City |
| 16 | Bodega | Endless Scroll | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 17 | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Downey to Lubbock | Yep Roc |
| 18 | Low | Double Negative | Sub Pop |
| 19 | The Jayhawks | Back Roads and Abandoned Motels | Legacy |
| 20 | Addy | Rose Eyes – EP | self-released |
| 21 | Recluse Raccoon | Recluse Raccoon | Citrus City |
| 22 | Nightcreature | On the Loose – EP | Alfalfa Dreams |
| 23 | Jonathan Vassar | Little Ease – EP | self-released |
| 24 | Big Kahuna OG | Kahuna Cartagena | Scheme Team |
| 25 | Windhand | Eternal Return | Relapse |
| 26 | Butcher Brown | Camden Session | Gearbox |
| 27 | Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus | Boygenius – EP | Matador |
| 28 | Yung Sums | Black Friday | self-released |
| 29 | The C.I.A. | The C.I.A. | In the Red |
| 30 | Tallies | Tallies | Kanine |
Anna C. January 12th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Daughters, Jeff Tweedy, Kurt Vile, The Daktaris, Unmaker
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 27 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Oct 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
Anna C. October 28th, 2017
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Courtney Barnett, Guantanamo Baywatch, Kurt Vile, Long Arms, Spooky Cool, Washers