To Hurt or Not To HurtÛ_
Morgan Bluma
April 9, 2018
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We are going to go a little mainstream with the music this week. But this album was just released so it seems appropriate. I am looking at one specific song from the album but you should definitely listen to the entire album as it is fairly well done. I wanted to discuss The Weeknd because most of his...
Keasbey Nights 20 Years and Two Recordings Later
Jonathan Skufca
April 5, 2018
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A few weeks ago, on March 24, third-wave ska classic Keasbey Nights celebrated its 20th birthday. It initially served as Catch 22's debut record, as well as only with Tomas Kalnoky as the lead singer. He later went on to become the lead singer and primary songwriter of Streetlight Manifesto, a band...
24 years post-mortem: My five favorite Nirvana songs
Shannon Durazo
April 5, 2018
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Kurt Cobain has been dead for a while now. 24 years to the day to be exact, and since his highly-publicized suicide in 1994 there have been just as many conspiracies as obituaries. Underneath all the loose ends surrounding his death though, one thing is clear in his contribution to the music world as...
How the Voices of the Past Carry Me Forward
Nora Turner
April 4, 2018
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This past month in DC, thousands of young people descended on the Mall for the March for our Lives. Howard University students stormed their financial aid office after half a million dollars was stolen from their student aid funds. In Sacramento, California, hundreds of folk risked their own liv...
Look at Me!: The Underlying Power in LCD Soundsystem
VerÌ_nica Del Valle
April 3, 2018
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Few things are unequivocally true in the world of music, but at least two are heralded as unspoken rules as. One: music is a game of power. Two: power is not meant for the marginalized. The intersections of power and voice allow for non-men and LGBT+ individuals to be written out of the narratives...
Over/Under 2: The Bad Mood Kanye
Daniel Sohn
April 3, 2018
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In which we take a look at the overrated “Runaway” and the underrated “Pinocchio StoryÛ We sure do love confessional songs. Maybe it's the idea of humanizing celebrities—just as paparazzi candids of stars pumping gas allow us to peel away at the lifestyles of the rich and famous, self-deprecation allows artists to amplify ...
Weekly Album Roundup: March 30
WVAU Music Staff
March 30, 2018
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WVAU Music Staff reviews new albums each week! Here's what the group has reviewed for the week of March 30. Capital Boogie Ravyn Lenae - Crush EP Raveena - I Won't Mind/Wherever You Go Popish Rhye - Blood AAA (Guitars and such) Frankie Cosmos - Vessel (Sub Pop) [dream pop] // Dre...
Take Me Back Home Part 1 – Miami
Katherine Mickewich
March 30, 2018
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Upon deciding what to write this week, I became inspired by thinking all of the people i've met at AU. Though American is not the most racially diverse place, it is pretty geographically diverse. I've met people here from Missouri to Hawaii to South Korea, and most of my friends are from vastly different...
For These Lovely Bones or Whoever
Rosa Pyo
March 27, 2018
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“Ribs” is from Lorde's debut album, Pure Heroine, and is often overshadowed by the more popular “Royals.” Of course, when a such a song receives a Grammy, it's hard to ignore. Nonetheless, it is a song I find deeply underappreciated because it is a rava avis, a rare bird in an industry...
Mercury’s In Retrograde, Commence the Mosh: Punk Horoscopes
Milo Paul
March 26, 2018
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We live in harsh times. The weather lies to the weatherman, the mailman bites the dog, a pornstar has more power than the president… yessir, these are strange, harsh times. But! We still have astrology to distract from the cognitive ineptitude plummeting this here beautiful continent into the depths...
Teenage Girls and “Real” Music
Johanna Zenn
March 26, 2018
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As a teenager trying to separate myself from everyone else, I tried my hardest to let everyone know that I listened to “real” music, meaning that I wasn't listening to top 40. I thought this made me the most different and special person on the planet. Alas, I'm definitely not the only person...
Are Actions Louder Than Words?
Morgan Bluma
March 23, 2018
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Just watched the newer film, Call Me By Your Name, and I have fallen in love with the soundtrack. If you haven't seen it yet, stop reading this and go watch it right now and then come back. The song that really stuck out to me and basically slapped me in the face with such strong emotions was thi...
