Handful Of Brains presents:
Win tix to Drivin’ N’ Cryin’!
We’ll give away a pair of tix to see Drivin N Cryin w/ GLOOM GIRL MFG at The Broadberry on 11/14/24 on Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM) We’ll also pay tribute to the late Phil Lesh & Kris Kristofferson, and have music from Mavis Staples, Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson, Willie Nelson, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 FM or listen on the World Wide Web at wrir.org.
You can listen to the last two months of shows anytime you like at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
TonyJ42 Handful Of Brains November 12th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: broadberry, Drivin N Cryin, GLOOM GIRL MFG, Handful of Brains, Kris Kristofferson, Mavis Staples, Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson, Phil Lesh, Tony Jordan, willie nelson
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 12 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jul 12
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 | Bedouine | Bird Songs of a Killjoy | Spacebomb |
| 2 | Calexico and Iron & Wine | Years to Burn | Sub Pop |
| 3 | Mavis Staples | We Get By | Anti/Epitaph |
| 4 | Jesca Hoop | STONECHILD | Memphis Industries |
| 5 | Book of Wyrms | Spirit Drifter – Single | Twin Earth |
| 6 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 7 | Mo’ Horizons | Music Sun Love | Agogo |
| 8 | French Vanilla | How Am I Not Myself? | Danger Collective |
| 9 | Pile | Green and Gray | Exploding In Sound |
| 10 | Lucy Dacus | Forever Half Mast – Single | Matador |
| 11 | Sleepwalkers | Ages | Spacebomb |
| 12 | ExKnives | Witches and Skindivers | self-released |
| 13 | Brother Rutherford | Tunneling | self-released |
| 14 | Super Doppler | Super Doppler | Sweet Brother |
| 15 | Houdan The Mystic | Star Charts | self-released |
| 16 | The Purge | Rain | self-released |
| 17 | Cut the Architect’s Hand | No Quarter for Cowards and Traitors | self-released |
| 18 | Hewolf | Lilith | self-released |
| 19 | I Am The Liquor | Escape From Planet Smoke | self-released |
| 20 | New Lions | End Story – EP | Nodderly |
| 21 | Hex Machine | Cave Painting | Minimum Underdrive |
| 22 | Bat | Axestasy – EP | Hells Headbangers |
| 23 | Jade Jackson | Wilderness | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 24 | Mal Blum | Pity Boy | Don Giovanni |
| 25 | Necking | Cut Your Teeth | Mint |
| 26 | METZ | Automat | Sub Pop |
| 27 | Hatchie | Keepsake | Heavenly |
| 28 | Quantic | Atlantic Oscillations | Tru Thoughts |
| 29 | Hackensaw Boys | A Fireproof House of Sunshine – EP | Free Dirt |
| 30 | black midi | Schlagenheim | Rough Trade |
Anna C. July 13th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bedouine, Book of Wyrms, Calexico, Iron & Wine, Jesca Hoop, Mavis Staples
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 31 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending May 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 | Positive No | Teenage Waistline – Single | Dromedary |
| 2 | Cate Le Bon | Reward | Mexican Summer |
| 3 | Mavis Staples | We Get By | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 4 | Holly Herndon | PROTO | 4AD |
| 5 | ohbliv | Give Thanks | Fat Beats |
| 6 | FONTAINES D.C. | Dogrel | Partisan / Fontana North |
| 7 | Black Mountain | Destroyer | Jagjaguwar |
| 8 | Analog Suspects | Transmission 001 | Charged Up Entertainment LLC |
| 9 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 10 | Moniker | Private Prophet – EP | Good Eye |
| 11 | Benjamin Shepherd | Hold the Line | self-released |
| 12 | Luray | Dig | self-released |
| 13 | Lovenloops | Bev Lives On – EP | self-released |
| 14 | Sebadoh | Act Surprised | Dangerbird |
| 15 | Faye Webster | Atlanta Millionaires Club | Secretly Canadian |
| 16 | Rose City Band | Rose City Band | Jean Sandwich |
| 17 | Jackie Cohen | Zagg | Spacebomb LLC |
| 18 | Lydia Ainsworth | Phantom Forest | Zombie Cat |
| 19 | Pottery | No.1 | Partisan |
| 20 | beabadoobee | Loveworm – EP | Dirty Hit / Hostess |
| 21 | Jamila Woods | LEGACY! LEGACY! | Jagjaguwar |
| 22 | Dressy Bessy | Fast Faster Disaster | Yep Roc |
| 23 | Kelly Hunt | Even the Sparrow | Rare Bird |
| 24 | Haviah Mighty | 13th Floor | Haviah Mighty |
| 25 | Esperanza Spalding | 12 Little Spells | Concord |
| 26 | Fauvely | This is What the Living Do – EP | Diversion |
| 27 | ALASKALASKA | The Dots | Marathon Artists |
| 28 | An Horse | Modern Air | Lame-O |
| 29 | Lauren Crosby | I Said Take Me to the Water | self-released |
| 30 | Barrie | Happy to Be Here | Winspear |
Anna C. June 1st, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Cate Le Bon, Holly Herndon, Mavis Staples, ohbliv, Positive No
Top 30 new albums for week ending Mar 30 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Mar 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
Anna C. March 31st, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Doll Baby, Kenneka Cook, La Luz, Mavis Staples, Shannon & the Clams
Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution presents:
Monday Breakfast Blend: January 15, 2018
With the exception of Christmas (which is pretty easy), I’m not really one for making seasonally themed shows. I hope you are using today’s MLK holiday to do something good in the world. As for me, I’ll be doing some good by playing a bunch of tunes you should have heard by now, but probably haven’t.
Get updates and previews by liking this show on Facebook. Listen to the show again in the archive player for the next two weeks.
Anna C. Monday Breakfast Blend – Women Art Revolution January 15th, 2018
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Ane Brun, Björk, Bully, Fever Ray, girls rock, Hundred Waters, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Mavis Staples, women, Worriers
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 12 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jan 12
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. January 13th, 2018
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Jackie Shane, Jason Isbell, Mavis Staples, Michael Millions, Roberto Lopez