Handful Of Brains presents:
Win tix to see Dan Bern!
We’ll give away 2 tix to see Dan Bern w/ Ian Blackwood at Richmond Music Hall on 1/24/25 on Handful of Brains! (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio) We’ve also got an eclectic mix of music including Galactic & Irma Thomas, Twin Films, Bob Mould, Ex-Vöid, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Julee Cruise, David Bowie, Manic Street Preachers, Rose City Band, Throwing Muses, Neal Francis, The Loft, & 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 older shows whenever you like here https://handfulofbrains.blogspot.com/
(photo: Judd Irish Bradley)
TonyJ42 Handful Of Brains January 21st, 2025
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: bob mould, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Dan Bern, david bowie, Ex-Vöid, Galactic, Handful of Brains, Ian Blackwood, Irma Thomas, julee cruise, Manic Street Preachers, Neal Francis, Richmond music hall, Rose City Band, The Loft, Throwing Muses, Tony Jordan, Twin Films, WRIR
top 30 new albums for May 25 presents:
top 30 new albums for May 25
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 | Goat Girl | On All Fours | Rough Trade |
| 2 | McKinley Dixon | For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her | Spacebomb |
| 3 | Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy | Superwolves | Drag City |
| 4 | Natik Awayez | Manbarani | Sublime Frequencies |
| 5 | José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz | Lua Ki Di Nos | Hot Mule |
| 6 | Mdou Moctar | Afrique Victime | Matador |
| 7 | Downhaul | Proof | Refresh |
| 8 | Castalia | Blue Moon – EP | self-released |
| 9 | Gusher | Bleed Out | Gusher1312 |
| 10 | Gutterwall | After The Fall | Etching Tin |
| 11 | Current Joys | Voyager | Secretly Canadian |
| 12 | Five Mile Mountain Road | Swingbilly Swagger | Patuxent Music |
| 13 | FACS | Present Tense | Trouble In Mind |
| 14 | Lionel Boy | Lionel Boy | Innovative Leisure |
| 15 | Sarah Neufeld | Detritus | Paper Bag |
| 16 | The Black Keys | Delta Kream | Nonesuch |
| 17 | St. Vincent | Daddy’s Home | Loma Vista |
| 18 | Squid | Bright Green Field | Warp |
| 19 | Rae Isla | Another Life | INSRGNT ARTS |
| 20 | Colleen | The Tunnel and the Clearing | Thrill Jockey |
| 21 | TOR | Oasis Sky | self-released |
| 22 | Crumb | Ice Melt | self-released |
| 23 | Teenage Fanclub | Endless Arcade | Merge |
| 24 | Rochelle Jordan | Play with the Changes | self-released |
| 25 | Silver Synthetic | Silver Synthetic | Third Man |
| 26 | Dry Cleaning | New Long Leg | 4AD |
| 27 | Death from Above 1979 | Is 4 Lovers | Everything Eleven |
| 28 | Danny Burns | Hurricane – EP | Bonfire |
| 29 | Flock of Dimes | Head of Roses | Sub Pop |
| 30 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! | Constellation |
Anna C. May 25th, 2021
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Goat Girl, José Carlos Schwarz, Le Cobiana Djazz, Matt Sweeney, McKinley Dixon, Natik Awayez