This is the last Open Mic of the year so get excited!
FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY!
I Love The Smell Of Punishment In The Evening…
That’s right! This is your final reminder. Tonight WVAU will be hosting the latest installement of our totally free concert series Capitol Punishment! We are super pumped for the show, and hope that you will be too!
We have put together what is probably our best lineup yet for this show!
We’ve got Mittenfields gracing our stage with their very special brand of rock and roll from right here in DC.
Screaming Females will be making the trek down from New Brunswick New Jersey in order to melt our faces off.
And last but certainly not least, Ponytail will coming down from neighboring Baltimore to bring us their boisterous psychedelic pop.
The show will take place in the basement of the Kay Spiritual Center here on the American University campus. Doors are at 6:30, music starts at 7. Be there or don’t, but rest assured if you don’t show up everyone will be having fun without you!
It’s Gonna Hurt So Good
…Capitol Punishment VI
Check back for more info on all of the bands that are playing!
Ever Expanding Ways To Listen To WVAU!
The internet has been amazing our generation and confusing our parents’ ever since Al Gore invented it while waiting to hear back from the Supreme Court about that job application in the Winter of 2000-2001. And now, in possibly the greatest technological achievement since Barack Obama figured out how to send me emails at all hours of the night and day even though I had never made it known to anyone that I had any interest in his campaign whatsoever, Shoutcast has made it easier than ever to listen to WVAU. That’s right folks, you can now listen to WVAU on your Iphone or Ipod Touch. Simply cruise on over to the app store and search for the shoutcast app. Make sure that you set it to allow high bitrates (because WVAU doesn’t mess around with that low quality stuff), search for wvau, sit back and enjoy the tunes. It doesn’t matter where you are, as long as you have access to the 3g network or a wireless network.
you can also do it the old fashioned way by clicking listen live and enjoying the stream on your computer.
GO FORTH AND ENJOY WVAU!
Best New Music – Beirut – March of the Zapotec EP/ Realpeople Holland EP
While touring in support of his Flying Club Cup LP, Beirut’s Zach Condon traveled to Oaxaca in southern Mexico and, with the assistance of the 19-member Jimenez Band, laid down the half-dozen songs that comprise the March of the Zapotec EP. The disc’s woozy Latin brass may be a new addition, but geography aside, this is the Beirut that everyone has fallen in love with over his past two albums. Realpeople Holland, however, finds Condon swapping horns for electronic music. What could be a jarring change of scenery is instead a rewarding new combination of Condon’s emotive voice and placid washes of synth that may call to mind Board of Canada.
RIYL: Devotchka, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird
Recommended: March of the Zapotec: La Llorona, My Wife, The Shrew; Realpeople Holland: My Night with the Prostitute from Marseille, My Wife, Lost in the Wild , The Concubine
In Which We Review The New Springsteen Album…
Springsteen has been getting a great deal of press for his latest album. For this reason I was initially hesitant to post our in station review of the album. However, our very own David Grossman, host of a wonderful show that airs on Wednesday’s from 2-4pm, really hit this one out of the park. So, without further ado, I present you with a review of Bruce Springsteen’s latest…
Big Interview. Check It Out.
Tomorrow (Saturday January 30, 2009) at 3pm up and coming Swedish band Wildbirds and Peacedrums will be stopping by the studio to hang out and give an interview. They are currently on tour with Lykke Li, who is generally recognized in certain circles to be quite talented. They will be playing a sold out show at Sixth and I at 8pm Tomorrow.
Capitol Punishment: A Painfully Good Time
The fifth edition of our free concert series was held this past saturday. Despite some minor setbacks (the absence of our technical wizard Farley Miller, the fact that our normal venue was under construction) we managed to make this one of the best Capitol Punishment’s yet. We were helped by fantastic performances from Ugly Purple Sweater, The Subjects, Pretty & Nice, and These United States!
More Pictures behind the cut!