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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.