Handful Of Brains presents:
Carry your brain!
Carry your brain to Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including R.E.M., Pet Shop Boys, The Smile, U2, Johnny Marr, The Thing, Throwing Muses, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Jack White, The Weather Station, The Mommyheads, Sierra Ferrell, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org or the TuneIn app.
You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
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TonyJ42 Handful Of Brains January 7th, 2025
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Handful of Brains, Jack White, Johnny Marr, pet shop boys, R.E.M., Sierra Ferrell, The Mommyheads, The Smile, THE THING, The Weather Station, Throwing Muses, Tony Jordan, U2, WRIR
Handful Of Brains presents:
Handful of Brains New Year’s Eve Spectacular!
It’s a Handful of Brains New Year’s Eve Spectacular! (Tuesday, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio). Start your celebration with an eclectic mix of music including George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Over the Rhine, Big Thief, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, Phish, Goose, The Weather Station, Lettuce, Horace Silver Quintet, & more!
Dial your FM radio receiver to frequency 97.3 or listen on the Information Superhighway at wrir.org or the TuneIn app.
You can listen to the last two shows anytime you like here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/
TonyJ42 Handful Of Brains December 31st, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: Big Thief, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Goose, Handful of Brains, Horace Silver Quintet, Lettuce, Over the Rhine, Phish, The Weather Station, Tony Jordan
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 Feb 16 presents:
top 30 new albums for Feb 16
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 | Yasmin Williams | Urban Driftwood | Spinster |
| 2 | The Weather Station | Ignorance | Fat Possum |
| 3 | The Notwist | Vertigo Days | Morr Music |
| 4 | Johnny Ciggs | Paradise | Gritty City |
| 5 | Mickey Guyton | Bridges – EP | Capitol Nashville |
| 6 | Modal Citizan | Control, Alter, Deplete. | self-released |
| 7 | Butcher Brown | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 8 | Tiffany Williams | I’ll Be Back Soon | self-released |
| 9 | Sun June | Somewhere | Run For Cover |
| 10 | Rupert Wates | Lamentations | self-released |
| 11 | The Staves | Good Woman | Atlantic UK |
| 12 | God Is an Astronaut | Ghost Tapes #10 | Napalm Handels GmbH |
| 13 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 14 | Cub Scout Bowling Pins | Heaven Beats Iowa – EP | GBV Inc |
| 15 | Greenlights Music | The Art Of Poise | Greenlights Music |
| 16 | Hilang Child | Every Mover | Bella Union |
| 17 | Roland Roberts | All About the Timing | self-released |
| 18 | Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams | Plastic Bouquet | New West |
| 19 | Cabaret Voltaire | Shadow of Fear | Mute |
| 20 | Shygirl | ALIAS | Because Music Ltd. |
| 21 | Negativland | The World Will Decide | Seeland |
| 22 | Heather Trost | Petrichor | Third Man |
| 23 | Adrianne Lenker | songs | 4AD |
| 24 | Various Artists | The Harry Smith B-Sides | Dust to Digital |
| 25 | Bartees Strange | Live Forever | Memory Music |
| 26 | Hen Ogledd | Free Humans | Weird World |
| 27 | Black Country, New Road | For the First Time | Ninja Tune |
| 28 | Theravada | Xenophon | 2000 ENT. |
| 29 | John Dwyer | Witch Egg (feat. Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas & Greg Coates) | Castle Face |
| 30 | Tribulation | Where the Gloom Becomes Sound | Metal Blade |
Anna C. February 16th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Johnny Ciggs, Mickey Guyton, The Notwist, The Weather Station, Yasmin Williams