abandon the rule
abandon the rule invites listeners to throw caution to the wind and surrender themselves to the funk. DJ ohja blends jams old and new, bending genres and breaking rules to deliver your new favorite groove.
# of Episodes
61564
Host
Rayan Singh
First Aired
February 24th, 2005
Last Episode
April 25th, 2026
Previous broadcasts
Super Stupid
POiSON GiRL FRiEND, Pale Saints, Slowdive, King Krule, and more.
Cosmic Slop
Weatherday, Unwound, American Football, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 2:02 PM
Alex G, Shallowater, Elias Rønnenfelt, Yo La Tengo, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 1:05 PM
Air, Burrrn, Silver Jews, Nick Drake, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 12:09 PM
µ-Ziq, Sparklehorse, The Cardigans, The Crying Nudes, and more.
Music & Motivation
Slint, Alex G, Lecrae, Post Malone, and more.
Gospel Connection International
Evans Ighodalo, Brent Jones, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Dr. R. A. Vernon & "The Word" Church Praise Team, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 5:05 AM
Women, Morphine, Cocteau Twins, iceage, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 4:03 AM
Naoki Zushi, Autumn's Grey Solace, Alex G, Tacoma Radar, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 3:02 AM
Cocteau Twins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Silver Jews, Modest Mouse, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 2:02 AM
Standing On The Corner, Pinback, Aventura, Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova, and more.
Season 3, Episode 9
The Final Show! (for now)
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 1:02 AM
Galaxie 500, and more.
Season 3, Episode 9
Last Hurrah! (For now...)
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/25/26, 12:02 AM
OneShotAce, Aques, Frustrad Wagn, Shugg, and more.
Weird Science
Songs: Ohia, Elias Rønnenfelt, ENHYPEN, Mount Eerie, and more.
Rock Papa Scissors
Arcade Fire, Morphine, Lou Reed, Pot Valiant, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 9:04 PM
Rocketship, Portishead, Dry Cleaning, King Krule, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 8:02 PM
The Hollies, Massive Attack, Dean Blunt, Life Without Buildings, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 7:09 PM
Pavement, Rocketship, bar italia, Cocteau Twins, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 6:03 PM
LTJ Bukem, American Football, Pavement, Atlas Sound, and more.
finale (actual)
Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, George Clanton, Kim Gordon, and more.
Art History
Tortoise, Mazzy Star, bar italia, Chapterhouse, and more.
Ra Ra Radio
Modest Mouse, ACEtone, Sufjan Stevens, Love Spirals Downwards, and more.
The Common Room
The Hit Crew, Glitter-ball, Michael Jackson, George Shearing, and more.
The Setlist
LTJ Bukem, Acetone, Naoki Zushi, Aphex Twin, and more.
Sassybug Theater 9000
Codeine, Everything But The Girl, iceage, Aphex Twin, and more.
g1rlpl4y
Black Country, New Road, Shallowater, Adrianne Lenker, Duster, and more.
Almost Famous
Nina Simone, Vegyn, Cinnamon, Ida, and more.
Quintessential Classics
Wes Montgomery, Difference Engine, Songs: Ohia, C-Clamp, and more.
The Kitchen
greeting card!, Wolf Parade, Phillip Phillips, Grouplove, and more.
Ep 10: So Long, Folks!
The Byrds, Indigo Girls, Tia Blake, Nick Drake, and more.
Far From the Tree
The Radio Dept., Boards of Canada, Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova, Fred Hersch Trio, and more.
S01EP10
Jockstrap, Smerz, Fcukers, Wallice, and more.
Acutely Alternative
Dora Jar, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 4:02 AM
Purple Mountains, Blonde Redhead, Cameron Winter, Mazzy Star, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 3:03 AM
Helvetia, Women, Aphex Twin, Unwound, and more.
alternative realities
Built To Spill, The Durutti Column, Travis, Elliott Smith, and more.
Laughs and Loops
Canaan Amber, Sam Gellaitry, 2hollis, Bassvictim, and more.
Laughs and Loops
slayr, and more.
Did you hear about Pluto?
Pinback, Big Jay McNeely, Carole King, Charles Bradley, and more.
PET ROCK
Yellowcard, The Replacements, David Bowie, Elliott Smith, and more.
Sip o Sunshine
Atlas Sound, Derrick Harriott, Khalil Harrison, John Holt, and more.
tapedeck
Suicide, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Björk, Alex G, and more.
E.T.'s Golden Record
Protomartyr, Acetone, Slowdive, Prefab Sprout, and more.
Taxi to Pluto
Helvetia, Cocteau Twins, Sisters of Mercy, Blonde Redhead, and more.
Doble Vida
Julee Cruise, Love Spirals Downwards, Wes Montgomery, Animal Collective, and more.
WRBB Sports
The Custodian of Records, Blonde Redhead, Frank & Tony, Jackson C. Frank, and more.
Farewell Transmission
Slint, Pot Valiant, Burrrn, Stina Nordenstam, and more.
Grit & Grooves
King Crimson, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Noel Redding, and more.
Grit & Grooves
Slash, and more.
cornerstone
Kurt Rosenwinkel, ISIS, Fleetwood Mac, Pinback, and more.
PLAYBACK
Dan English, The Band Ice Cream, Sugar Ray, Led Zeppelin, and more.
PLAYBACK
Alice In Chains, and more.
4x10
last episode of the season :(
Death Club
Nick Drake, Flotation Toy Warning, Sufjan Stevens, Sunny Day Real Estate, and more.
All Dogs go to Heaven
Dry Cleaning, Squarepusher, American Football, Tortoise, and more.
Just Playing 7.12.
Pale Saints, Lorde, Wolf Alice, The Beatles, and more.
Hush Hour
Aventura, Pet Shop Boys, Shallowater, Chet Baker, and more.
Sunny Side Up Next
Grizzly Bear, Lord Huron, The Head And The Heart, Bruce Springsteen, and more.
Regions of Rhythym
The Radio Dept., Pinback, New Order, Mount Eerie, and more.
epi 11
Enrique Iglesias, Link Wray, Jode, Townes Van Zandt, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/23/26, 4:03 AM
Lou Reed, ISIS, Origin Unknown, John Coltrane Quartet, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/23/26, 3:04 AM
Burial, Burrrn, Nick Drake, Codeine, and more.
karakoram
The American Analog Set, Destroyer, Songs: Ohia, LTJ Bukem, and more.
Real Emo Consists Of...
Dry Cleaning, King Krule, PJ Harvey, Chapterhouse, and more.
thats hectic
OutKast, Chappell Roan, Wire, Silver Jews, and more.
girl, whatever
Fergie, Lizzy McAlpine, Cocteau Twins, TLC, and more.
Get Me Out Of Here: Time to Get Crankier
Four Tet, Stefan Buchberger, Silver Jews, Giles Corey, and more.
Two-Steppe
bar italia, Duster, The Strokes, Sparklehorse, and more.
NU EQ
Faye Webster, Field Medic, Vanishing Twin, Cusp, and more.