Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: August 12, 2019
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Anna C. 7 August 12th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Angie McMahon, Bedouine, Carrie Newcomer, Dude York, Ibibio Sound Machine, Priests, Pronoun, Sacred Paws, Sir Babygirl, Stef Chura
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 21 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Jun 21
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 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Sneaks | Highway Hypnosis | Merge |
| 3 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 4 | GoldLink | Diaspora | Squaaash Club / RCA |
| 5 | Faye Webster | Atlanta Millionaires Club | Secretly Canadian |
| 6 | Nots | 3. | Goner |
| 7 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Positive No | Teenage Waistline – Single | Dromedary |
| 9 | Deer Tick | Mayonnaise | PTKF |
| 10 | Big G | Let’s Party | Stone River |
| 11 | Lucy Dacus | La Vie en Rose – Single | Matador |
| 12 | New Lions | End Story – EP | Nodderly |
| 13 | Graham Stone Music | Bad News | Graham Stone Music |
| 14 | Space Koi | Bad Man (feat. Kana Kiehm) – Single | self-released |
| 15 | Bedouine | Bird Songs of a Killjoy | Spacebomb |
| 16 | Peter Perrett | Humanworld | Domino Recording Co |
| 17 | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | And Now for the Whatchamacallit | P-VINE |
| 18 | Sufjan Stevens | Love Yourself / With My Whole Heart – EP | Asthmatic Kitty |
| 19 | Haybaby | They Get There | Tiny Engines |
| 20 | Christelle Bofale | Swim Team – EP | Father/Daughter |
| 21 | Sacred Paws | Run Around the Sun | Merge |
| 22 | Yohuna | Mirroring | Orchid Tapes |
| 23 | Jen Awad | Jewel of the Nile – EP | Jen Awad |
| 24 | French Vanilla | How Am I Not Myself? | Danger Collective |
| 25 | Pip Blom | Boat | Heavenly |
| 26 | Amyl and the Sniffers | Amyl and the Sniffers | ATO / Fontana North |
| 27 | Mavis Staples | We Get By | Anti- / Epitaph |
| 28 | Middle Kids | New Songs for Old Problems – EP | Domino |
| 29 | Pronoun | i’ll show you stronger | Rhyme & Reason |
| 30 | House and Land | Across the Field | Thrill Jockey |
Anna C. 7 June 22nd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Faye Webster, Goldlink, Ibibio Sound Machine, Orville Peck, Sneaks
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: May 13, 2019
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Anna C. 7 May 13th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Brutus, Combo Chimbita, Ex Hex, Four Eyes, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jackie Mendoza, L7, Little Simz, Priests, Shana Cleveland, SOAK, Stef Chura, TacocaT
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: May 6, 2019
Listen for free tickets to see Mr Twin Sister at the Richmond Music Hall on Thursday.
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. 7 May 6th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Ex Hex, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jenny Lewis, Mr Twin Sister, Partner, Priests, Weyes Blood
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: April 29, 2019
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Anna C. 7 April 29th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Brutus, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ex Hex, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jayda G, Jenny Lewis, Laura Stevenson, Little Simz, Partner, Priests, Shana Cleveland, Weyes Blood
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: April 15, 2019
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Anna C. 7 April 15th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Carrie Newcomer, Ex Hex, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jenny Lewis, Stella Donnelly, The Coathangers, Weyes Blood
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 12 presents:
Top 30 new albums for week ending Apr 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 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | Sub Pop |
| 2 | Book of Wyrms | Remythologizer | Twin Earth |
| 3 | Courtney Barnett | Everybody Here Hates You – Single | Mom+Pop |
| 4 | Eric Reed | Everybody Gets the Blues | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 6 | Dexter Story | Bahir | Soundway |
| 7 | Minor Poet | The Good News – EP | Sub Pop |
| 8 | Inter Arma | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 9 | Appalling | Inverted Realm | Redefining Darkness |
| 10 | Ash Wednesday | Futlility | self-released |
| 11 | Lobo Marino | @ Appalachian South Folklife Center | Lobo Marino |
| 12 | Scott Slay | The Rail | Bonfire |
| 13 | Partner | Saturday the 14th – EP | Father/Daughter |
| 14 | Shana Cleveland | Night of the Worm Moon | Hardly Art |
| 15 | Jim and Lynna Woolsey | Long Ago | Bonfire |
| 16 | Laura Stevenson | The Big Freeze | Don Giovanni |
| 17 | Sonny & The Sunsets | Hairdressers From Heaven | Rocks In Your Head |
| 18 | Orville Peck | Pony | Sub Pop |
| 19 | Nilüfer Yanya | Miss Universe | ATO |
| 20 | Ex Hex | It’s Real | Merge |
| 21 | Shlohmo | The End | Friends Of Friends |
| 22 | CHAI | Punk | Burger |
| 23 | X | Wild Gift (2019 Remaster) | Fat Possum |
| 24 | The Coathangers | The Devil You Know | Suicide Squeeze |
| 25 | Kiwi jr. | Football Money | Mint |
| 26 | Helado Negro | This Is How You Smile | RVNG Intl. |
| 27 | Yves Jarvis | The Same But By Different Means | Anti- |
| 28 | Living Hour | Softer Faces | Kanine / Fontana North |
| 29 | Matmos | Plastic Anniversary | Thrill Jockey |
| 30 | Flight of the Conchords | Live in London | Sub Pop |
Anna C. 7 April 13th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Book of Wyrms, Courtney Barnett, Eric Reed, Ibibio Sound Machine, Weyes Blood
Genre charts for week ending Mar 22 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Mar 22
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TODD SNIDER | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol.3 | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | BENJAMIN SHEPHERD | “’96 Corolla” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | MARTHA SPENCER | Martha Spencer | Free Dirt |
| 4 | CARRIE NEWCOMER | The Point Of Arrival | Available Light |
| 5 | CHAD RICHARD | Worthy Cause | Self-Released |
| 6 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 7 | STEVE POLTZ | Shine On | Red House |
| 8 | PETER MULVEY | There Is Another World | Righteous Babe |
| 9 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | SUE JEFFERS | Owning Class Hero | Self-Released |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENESIS OWUSU | “WUTD + Vultures” [Single] | OURNESS |
| 2 | TIERRA WHACK | “Wasteland” [Single] | Interscope |
| 3 | ANDERSON PAAK | “King James” [Single] | Aftermath |
| 4 | LIZZO | Cuz I Love You [Advance Tracks] | Nice Life/Atlantic |
| 5 | TYGA | “Girls Have Fun (feat. G-Eazy & Rich The Kid)” [Single] | Last Kings/EMPIRE |
| 6 | LIL WAYNE | Tha Carter V | Republic |
| 7 | OHBLIV | Retrospective | Paxico |
| 8 | SAMPA THE GREAT | “Energy” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | CREED II THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Mike WiLL Made-It |
| 10 | GORGEOUS GEORGE | “Bagg (Swisher House Remix)” [Single] | Nu Money Inc |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNMAKER | Firmament | Self-Released |
| 2 | INTER ARMA | Sulphur English | Relapse |
| 3 | APPALLING | Inverted Realm | Self-Released |
| 4 | BAT | Axestasy [EP] | Hells Headbangers |
| 5 | SPELL | The Full Moon Sessions | Bad Omen |
| 6 | CIA, THE | The C.I.A. | In the Red |
| 7 | ROY BATTY | Roy Batty | Self-Released |
| 8 | ASTRAL VOID, THE | Mandragora | Self-Released |
| 9 | LUCIFER | Lucifer II | Century Media |
| 10 | NITA STRAUSS | Controlled Chaos | Sumerian |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNAPPED ANKLES | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf |
| 2 | SPELLLING | Mazy Fly | Sacred Bones |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 4 | FLYING HORSES | Reverie | Bon Sound |
| 5 | LOUIS FUTON | Way Back When | Self-Released |
| 6 | LAURIE SPIEGEL | Unseen Worlds | Unseen Worlds |
| 7 | COMET IS COMING, THE | Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery | Impulse! |
| 8 | WEVAL | The Weight | Kompact |
| 9 | CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE | No Geography [Advance Tracks] | Virgin |
| 10 | LADYTRON | Ladytron | !K7 |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 2 | DAKTARIS, THE | Soul Explosion [Remastered] | Desco/Daptone |
| 3 | COCHEMEA | All My Relations | Daptone |
| 4 | DEXTER STORY | Bahir | Soundway |
| 5 | BASSEKOU KOUYATE AND NGONI BA | Miri | OutHere |
| 6 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 7 | MISTER KALI | Step Fast | Rebel Sound |
| 8 | AHMED AG KAEDY | Alkaline Kidal | Sahel Sounds |
| 9 | DAWDA JOBARTEH | I Met Her By The River | Sterns Africa |
| 10 | LOBO MARINO | At Appalachian South Folklife Center | Self-Released |
Anna C. 7 March 23rd, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Genesis Owusu, Ibibio Sound Machine, Snapped Ankles, Todd Snider, Unmaker
Genre charts for week ending Mar 15 presents:
Genre charts for week ending Mar 15
AAA
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BENJAMIN SHEPHERD | “’96 Corolla” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 3 | ALLISON DE GROOT AND TATIANA HARGREAVES | Allison De Groot And Tatiana Hargreaves | Free Dirt |
| 4 | NOVO AMOR AND GIA MARGARET | “No Fun / Lucky for You” [Single] | AllPoints |
| 5 | ADAM BRICKS | Relations | The What of Whom |
| 6 | RISING APPALACHIA | Leylines | Self-Released |
| 7 | TODD SNIDER | Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol.3 | Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | SHOVELS AND ROPE | By Blood [Advance Tracks] | Dualtone |
| 9 | KARINE POLWART | Laws of Motion | Hudson |
| 10 | BEN HOWARD | Noonday Dream | Republic |
Hip-Hop
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THIRD ROOT | Trill Pedagogy: Winter Flex [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | ANALOG SUSPECTS | Transmission 001 | Self-Released |
| 3 | CHE NOIR | The Thrill of the Hunt | T.C.F. |
| 4 | 2 CHAINZ | Rap Or Go To The League | Gamebread/Def Jam |
| 5 | NAPOLEON DA LEGEND | Holy Grail | Tuff Kong |
| 6 | PAN AMSTERDAM | Elevator Music, Vol. 1 [EP] | Def Pressé |
| 7 | CZARFACE | Czarface Meets Ghostface | Silver Age |
| 8 | LINA SYMONE | “Which One (feat. Skyzoo & Versatile Excell)” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | MALIK MATTER$ | “Op-Talk” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | NICKELUS F | “Heaven Only Knows” [Single] | Self-Released |
Loud
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USURPER | Lords of the Permafrost | Soulseller |
| 2 | ARS TENEBRA | Ars Tenebra | Self-Released |
| 3 | GOTHIC LIZARD | Creeping Out of the Dark | Cold Vision Inc. |
| 4 | MARK MORTON | Anesthetic | Spinefarm |
| 5 | BLOOD CEREMONY | “Lolly Willows” [Single] | Rise Above |
| 6 | DEAFHEAVEN | “Black Brick” [Single] | Anti-/Epitaph |
| 7 | LUCIFER | Lucifer II | Century Media |
| 8 | ASTRAL VOID, THE | Mandragora | Self-Released |
| 9 | SPELL | The Full Moon Sessions | Bad Omen |
| 10 | SUNTITLE | The Loss Of | GTR |
RPM
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 2 | CHASMS | The Mirage | Felte |
| 3 | MATMOS | Plastic Anniversary | Thrill Jockey |
| 4 | SPELLLING | Mazy Fly | Sacred Bones |
| 5 | LADYTRON | Ladytron | !K7 |
| 6 | SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE | The Peyote Dance (feat. Patti Smith) | Bella Union |
| 7 | SNAPPED ANKLES | Stunning Luxury | The Leaf |
| 8 | LIZETTE LIZETTE | Non | Record Union |
| 9 | TIGER VILLAGE | Modern Drummer | Hausu Mountain |
| 10 | GOO MUNDAY | 9 Lives | Negative Gain Productions |
World
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VAUDOU GAME | Otodi | Hot Casa |
| 2 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
| 3 | ROCKY DAWUNI | Beats Of Zion | Aquarian/Six Degrees |
| 4 | LEYLA MCCALLA | The Capitalist Blues | Jazz Village/PIAS |
| 5 | DEXTER STORY | Bahir | Soundway |
| 6 | DJ PANKO | Panko Pa’ Palenque | Palenque |
| 7 | DAKTARIS, THE | Soul Explosion [Remastered] | Desco/Daptone |
| 8 | COCOA TEA | Music Is Our Business | VP |
| 9 | HELADO NEGRO | This Is How You Smile | RVNG Intl. |
| 10 | SON PALENQUE AND CERRERO | “Adios Batata (Cerrero Dub Mix)” [Single] | Llorona |
Anna C. 7 March 16th, 2019
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Benjamin Shepherd, Ibibio Sound Machine, Third Root, Usurper, Vaudou Game
Monday Breakfast Blend presents:
MMBB: March 11, 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. 7 March 11th, 2019
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: Elder Island, Ella Vos, feels, Ibibio Sound Machine, Shelley Segal, Y La Bamba