by snoadmin | Nov 20, 2011 | End of the Year Awards
Overwhelmed by the rack? Having trouble unearthing the hidden gems buried in the studio shelves? We’ve recruited the WVAU Assistant Music Directors to help us unpack the rack and share their favorite spins. First up is Music Director Maxwell Tani, who gives us...
by snoadmin | Nov 18, 2011 | Archives-old
Thee Oh Sees ÛÒ Carrion Crawler/The Dream A combination of two separate EP’s, this latest release from John Dwyer’s Thee Oh Sees is a relentless, no-frills collection of garage rock stompers, as opposed to the psych-pop tunes showcased on their earlier...
by snoadmin | Nov 15, 2011 | Archives-old
CMJ’s schedule is full of tiny bands playing half a dozen shows each in an effort to get noticed by college radio stations and blogs and to interface with promotional companies. However cool these bands may try to appear (and I watched two separate bass players...
by snoadmin | Nov 15, 2011 | Archives-old
Opening for Switch & Scottie B this Saturday at U Street Music Hall, D.C. Drum & Bass DJ Harry Ransom is undoubtedly one of the upcoming creative minds of Drum & Bass in the D.C. area. A man with a tinkering intuition for developing production techniques,...
by snoadmin | Nov 15, 2011 | Archives-old
Writing about Cloud Cult is hard. Listening to Cloud Cult is easy – with mellow percussion and violin melodies, the music feels like something your ears don’t just want but desperately need to hear. But thinking too long or too deeply about Cloud Cult is...