WVAU Top Music of 2011: #10

#10 Album: Future Islands – On the Water Future Islands‰’ On the Water isn‰’t particularly long, but it still manages to takes its time. Like the best break-up records, it knows you don‰’t have anything better to do with your day than sit...

A Young Gypsy: Metals

You know that time of year when you just stop caring? You visit your friends less because maybe it‰’s snowing and you have too much homework then all of a sudden your dog has the runs all while your mom is calling to tell you that bitch across the street has the...

CMJ 2011: Twin Shadow @ Santos Party Haus

A new wave prince of the 2010s, George Lewis Jr. is the captivating lead singer and musical intellect behind current Brooklyn-based band Twin Shadow. Closing the last hour and a half of a Wednesday night with soft, sparkly melodies at the Santos Party House, Twin...

From the Outside: ??????????

Chelsea Wolfe is truly something demonic. In her follow up to her 2010 debut The Grime and the Glow, ?????????? (pronounced ‘Apokalypsis’), Wolfe engages in a forlorn study of absolute darkness in all of its many aspects. The result is a gripping, deep,...

Spin of the Week: Undun

The Roots- Undun After seeing the Roots live this summer and watching them perform mischievously on Jimmy Fallon‰’s show, I‰’d expect their new album to be a big showy, brassy affair. Instead, it‰’s scaled down, condensed, distilled. At 39 minutes...