Live in the Hive: PAWS

Our first international guests, PAWS, graced our cozy studio for some pop-punk straight out of Glasgow. You can listen to an innocent pre-Morrissey PAWS, before they were burdened by BUZZ, SOCIAL MEDIA, and DRAMA. Regardless of whatever beef (he he) Moz may have with...

Interviews: Catching Up With The Hold Steady

Over the last ten years, The Hold Steady have established themselves as one of America’s most joyous, intelligent, and overall best rock and roll bands. Between the combination of singer Craig Finn’s hyper-literate lyrical narratives and lead guitarist Tad...

Live in the Hive: Natural Child

If you’ve tuned into WVAU at any point this semester, it’s safe to say you heard a track off of Natural Child’s latest record Dancin’ With Wolves. The record’s been played non-stop since we’ve received it and to have the Nashville...

Minutia: "Cowboy Dan"

Right off the bat, “Cowboy Dan” sets the thematic tone of 1997‰’s The Lonesome Crowded West perfectly. It sounds western, it sounds like open skies, it sounds fragile and pretty, but it also sounds menacing and dark. The song‰’s title character...

Shaken Not Stirred: The Head and the Heart on KEXP

Before I dive into in this, I wanted to start out by saying thank you to those of you who have taken the time to read my pieces either from Shaken Not Stirred or Jazz Up Your Day from last semester. Prior to joining WVAU, I had no prior experience in creative,...