Listen on-air at 97.3fm in Richmond or online at wrir.org
River City Limits page on the WRIR website
Much of the music played available for listening and purchase
Category: StudioB Radio
River City Limits 11-04-23
Jay Smack/Studio B Bandcamp page – much of this music is available there
WRIR – 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio
NEW (released within the last month)
Balter Choir – Leaves Falling
Stray Fossa x kelz – Playing Strangers (feat. kelz)
Dust & Katja – Hold Tight
Shadow Age – Ours
Stone Woman – November Mourning
Battlemaster – Extradeath
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Angelica Garcia – El Que
Butcher Brown – I Can Say To You
Fuzzy Prophet – Mass Evolution
Landon Elliott – aftermath
Sincerely, Iris – It’s Coming Back to Get You Now
The Fan – Life In The Fray
The Mitras – Caroline
TEL – Acetone
Anthony Curtis – Saturnalia
Caro – alright, you win
Matthew E White – Genuine Hesitation
THE JOB – Here For You
The Get Off – Rug Burn
Earthling – Dark Path
Fight Cloud – Glass Symphony
SEASICK GLADIATOR – The Hanged Man
WRIR’s website – playlist post
Fuzzy Prophet (Greg Garner and Steve Dingus) – Mass EvoluIon (and hidden track)
Released 9-1-23 NEW
Landon Elliott – Strangers
Live at Poe’s Pub
Released 9-1-23 NEW
Neatly Drawn Blinds (Nathan Burns) – Compass
The Things Before and After Me NEW
Dorthia Cottrell – Black Canyon
Death Folk Country
Dorthia Cottrell – Vessel
Self-Itled
Ohbliv – My Freaky Thing
Freaky
Released 9-1-23 NEW
Jeremy D Simmons – The Influence (Get Off You Phone)
The Song Machine Demos – NEW
Book of Wyrms – Blacklight Warpriest
Remythologizer
Released Aug 23 NEW
Spirit of the Beehive – Tapeworm
I’m So Lucky
Released 9-1-23 NEW
Butcher Brown – I Can Say To You
Solar Music
Due out Oct 6
Smalltown Superstar – September 2
Lanes 23 and 24
1999
Dirtball – Whiskey Go Away
The Well
1999
BEEX – What I Am
GWAR – Maggots
Scumdogs of the Universe
Chris Ratteree – Computers
Established 1971
Hotspit – Epitaph
Tennishu – Fun Music
I Am The Liquor – Confide In Me
Murdersome – Smoke and Mirrors
Thunderchief – Night Songs
The Mitras – 19999
Ripe
Toward Space – Pity Party
Weekend Plans – Slide
Ringfinger – Typewriter Tourist
Seasick Gladiator – The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man
DC
I got a request to hear an old episode of Studio B. It’s from when it was still on terrestrial radio on XL 102 (which became 102.1 THe X, then became XL 102 again and is now ALT 102.1 I believe).
This episode is from 2016. The playlist and player is below. Thanks for listening and supporting local music!
SLEEPWALKERS – Breaking My Heart
-Greenwood Shade
-touring with The Lumineers
DAVID BROOKINGS – Sand In The Hourglass
-End Of An Error
-Davey Guitar
-from Richmond, no win Cali working for Apple
-came back to play at Hardywood with some of his old bandmates
MATT BOLEA – Move On
-Clarity
SELMA HIJACK – Friends
LUCY DACUS – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore
-No More
-Egghunt Records (DC)
-touring with Houndmouth in April
-lots of good press
LUCY DACUS – Pretty Girl
-Girls Back Home
-previous release
HORSEHEAD – Last Word Wins
-Casual Dracula
-at The Camel March 26
LEAGUE OF SPACE PIRATES – Elegant Universe
-Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire
THOSE MANIC SEAS – Outlier
BARONESS – Chlorine And Wine
-Purple
-originally from Lexington Va
-single
GRITTER – Welcome To The Sinkhole
-Welcome To The Sinkhole
-“Vultures” due out in April
KEPONE – Jimmy Spit
-Kepone (97)
-reunited to play the GWAR-B-CUE
CANNABIS CORPSE – From Wisdom To Baked
-From Wisdom To Baked
View the playlist posted on WRIR’s website HERE
Mackenzie Roark – Sweet Thing
Spooky Cool – The Sweat Off Your Back
My Darling Fury – Perfectly Mad
Prabir Trio – America
Cut The Architect’s Hand – Contempt As A Weapon
Erik Larson – Drop In The Bucket
Bearstorm – Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Cannabis Corpse – Voice Of The Bowl
Burma Jam – Crunch
Damn Near Red – Confession
Hindu Affiliate – Il Fin Du Mundo
Farquhar – Mummy Wheat
Avers – Empty Light
Horsehead – Emptiest Arms In The World
Murphy’s Kids – Violence Of A Special
Kind Long Arms – Crazy Bet
Frog Legs – The Threshing Floor
Labradford – Midrange
Houdan The Mystic – The Butcher
Everyone Dies In The End – Stay Alive No Matter What Occurs, I Will Find You
The Technical Jed – Cartoon Train
Kepone – Virginia Creeper
Microjoy – Betrayal
Wow, Owls! – Gems
Inter Arma – The Cavern
River City Limits is one of WRIR’s local music shows and airs every Saturday from 5-7pm. I host the show at least once a month with a revolving cast of DJs.
This week, Mackenzie Roark talks about the upcoming release of her new record “Rollin’ High, Feelin’ Low” on October 18 on Vocal Rest Records. The album release show is October 22 at Get Tight Lounge.
Also new music from Merciful Zero, B4NK M4CHIN3, Lean Year, Drook, Ohbliv, Piranha Rama and more.
This episode’s WRIR blog post.
Full playlist:
Merciful Zero “A Show” from single
I Am the Liquor “A Speck of Light” from A Speck of Light – Single
B4NK MACHIN3 “Days Like These” from single
Mackenzie Roark “Sweet Thing” from Sweet Thing – Single
>>Mackenzie Roark interview
Mackenzie Roark “Highway I’ve Been On” from Highway I’ve Been On – Single
Lean Year “The Trouble With Being Warm” from The Trouble With Being Warm – Single
Hotspit “Cave Dweller” from Hotspit on Audiotree Live – EP
Drook “She” from She – Single
Drook “Soap” from Soap – Single
Deau Eyes “Make Some Time” from Make Some Time – Single
Colpa Mia “Annie” from single
ohbliv “Raw Power Vibrations” from Raw Power Vibrations Extended Play – EP
Spooky Cool “Net Ignored” from Net Ignored – Single
Piranha Rama “A Door” from A Door – Single
Piranha Rama “Golden Blues” from Golden Blues – Single
Armagideon Time “Foxed In The Head (radio edit)” from single
Thunderchief “Screaming Pope Study (Dirty Feather Boas cover)” from single
TVLPA “The Eyes” from Fire… – EP
Dumb Waiter “Digging a Hole under a Bodega” from Gauche Gists
Halfcast “Return” from Return
Gold Connections “Confession” from Confession – Single
Pete Curry “Chevy Van” from Advice on Love
Keep “In the Deep” from In the Deep – Single
Ryan Kent (feat Jimmy Bower) “Bring Me My Monster” from single
The Ar-Kaics “To Be Free” from To Be Free – Single
Landon Elliott “Mona Lisa” from Mona Lisa – Single
Denali “Surface” from The Instinct
I hosted River City Limits on WRIR on Saturday April 23rd. It’s two hours of RVA-area music every Saturday from 5-7pm at 97.3fm or listen online here. We’re in the middle of the Spring Fund Drive and your support of Richmond’s Independent Radio Station is greatly appreciated.
or HERE
PLAYLIST:
BABY BUGS – Hey Bunny
HOTSPIT – Epitaph
FM SKYLINE – Astral Baths
COLIN PHILS – Trust/Fall
DUMB WAITER – FRZK
NO BS! BRASS – Undying
I AM THE LIQUOR – Destroyer of Worlds
JJ SPEAKS – Sneaky Little Wizards
SEPARATION – Rise of Kings
JORDAN TARRANT – I’d Be A Liar
JUSTIN GOLDEN – Ain’t Just Luck
THE JOB – Here For You
WARD HARRISON – Miranda
.GIF FROM GOD – Take The Flesh and Make It Stretchy
DEAD FORMAT – Daybreak
MURDERSOME – Living Is Illegal
PRAYER GROUP – Michael Dose
GULL – Mouth To Match
DEAD BILLIONAIRES – Engines
LUCY IN BATTLE ARMOR – Funk Jedi
MISTER EARTHBOUND – Animal
PRABIR TRIO – America
SAMMI LANZETTA – The Borderline
Many of these can be found in my Bandcamp collection here.
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