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Subculture Studies, Vol. 2 – Go-go
Few genres are as dependent on their audience as Go-go, which insists community as a central characteristic. In 1970s Washington, D.C., Washingtonians craved community. The city was divided into two economic classes. The first consisted of those affiliated with the...
Concert Preview: Perfume Genius @ Lincoln Theater on 3/31
The Lincoln Theatre has hosted several incredible artists over its tenure in D.C., including Fiona Apple, Bon Iver, and Duke Ellington. Joining the ranks of these legends and more is the Grammy-nominated Perfume Genius, set to perform Tuesday, March 31. Perfume...
Concert Preview: On Cinema @ Lincoln Theatre on 4/1
For comedy and cinema lovers, On Cinema is the perfect way to spend a night out. Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington’s show features movie reviews in the form of satire and comedic conflict. Their style is inspired by Siskel and Ebert, a previous and extremely popular...
Carter’s Classics, Vol. 3 – “Heavy Metal”
It seems like everybody and their mother is talking about Geese and their lead singer, Cameron Winter, these days. The band’s sudden emergence in the indie rock scene has come largely due to the success of their 2025 album, “Getting Killed”, but also due to the eyes...
KATTELLE PUNK SHOW THIS FRIDAY 3/27!!!!
Join WVAU for our annual Punk Show in the Battelle Atrium on 3/27! With music by Birdcage, SCORIA and Tripping Corpse, doors at 7:30.
OPINION: K-Pop is Not Afrobeats, it’s Not Salsa, it’s Not Reggae
The Colonial Mindset of “World Music” Persists with Algorithms Several summers ago, my sister and I were scouring the music section at our local library searching for the K-pop genre. We recently learned of the genre and thought it would be a perfect accompaniment to...
Mood Ring: Vol. 3
March 12th: Not Ready To Make Nice by The Chicks Who remembers… Not me particularly, since I was quite young at the time of release. But this song is so important to me. I wrote a paper on the context of this song my sophomore year at AU. If you didn’t know, The...
Concert Preview: BENEE @ 9:30 Club on 3/20
BENEE, despite what she says in her COVID-era hit song, “Supalonely,” from her 2019 EP “STELLA & STEVE,” is not “just a loser.” She’s spent the better part of the last decade piecing together the chaos and anxieties of our modern-day world into sparkly, addictive,...
Concert Preview: Westerman @ The Atlantis on 3/19
On November 7th last year, British singer-songwriter Will Westerman, who performs as Westerman, released his most recent full-length EP, “A Jackal’s Wedding”. It’s 43 minutes of experimental art-rock full of unconventional song structures and heady lyrics that are...
Concert Preview: Mindchatter @ 9:30 Club on 3/21
Mindchatter—the pseudonym for Multi-instrumentalist Bryce Connolly—asks why electronic music and indie songwriting can’t coexist on equal footing. The producer-singer-songwriter, who once joked he nearly went by “DJ People Pleaser,” has built his sound around this...
Concert Review: Blood Orange @ The Anthem
Standing in line for an hour and a half in the cold and rainy weather was all worth it. Other attendees in outfits so unique yet still cohesive with each other filed in, to the point I couldn’t even tell where the line ended. When my friends and I entered The Anthem,...
Songs to Cure Your Seasonal Depression
Every year, there's this horrid and insanely vile horde of emotions that takes over your brain during winter. It feels almost inescapable, some days feel heinous, and others feel like a permanent state of “bleh”. The only thing that can get you out of this endless...
Scoring the Moment: Celebrating Black History Month
As Black History month comes to an end, the first playlist featured in this column will be one celebrating Black voices. “Freedom” by Beyoncé (feat. Kendrick Lamar) may be most famously known as the anthem for Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential election, but it also...
The Five Greatest Albums of the 2020s
We are now six years into the current decade, and with that time has come lots of incredible music. From the development of hyperpop to the relative fall-off of modern country music to the constant rebranding of indie rock, the 2020s have given us plenty of...
The Era of College Bands is far from Over: An Interview with PB&J
You’ve heard it before: “The era of college bands is behind us.” The conventional wisdom goes something like this—music today belongs to the solo bedroom producer, to the Doechii’s, the Clairo’s of the world, to whoever is quietly uploading demos to SoundCloud at 2...
9 Grammy Winners Ranked By How Good of Roommates They Would Be
It's housing season here at AU and I’m scrambling to find roommates. I need someone clean but not uptight, quiet but not mad when I stumble into the room at 2 a.m. I’ve asked friends, acquaintances, and downright strangers; everyone seems to have their living...
You may not know them, but you should: Vol. 1: Bo Staloch
Whenever I get asked what I am listening to, I usually respond with the name of a small artist and am met with “oh I don’t know them, who is that?” as a response. I am a self-proclaimed small-artist enthusiast and think I have a talent for discovering small artists...
Mood Ring Vol. 1: Jan-Feb Recap
“Mood rings are jewelry pieces that purportedly reflect the mood or emotions of the wearer.” For many years, I’ve tried to keep a long-running playlist for each year, putting in a song a day. Usually, I’d abandon the playlist by the beginning of February, when I could...
In Defense of “Positions”
Something that really threw me for a loop the other day was how over five years have passed since the initial release of Ariana Grande’s sixth studio album, “Positions.” I vividly remember when this album first came out and how much I enjoyed it both upon first listen...
Carter’s Classics, Vol. 2 – “Getz/Gilberto”
The 1960s are known to be one of the most influential decades in music history – here grew the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Beach Boys, to name a few. This emergence of rock began the takeover where jazz would start to be overshadowed. The works of Miles Davis and John...
Concert Preview: Blood Orange @ The Anthem on 3/3
Chances are, if you have listened to any music within the last decade, you have heard a track produced by Devon Hynes, better known by his stage name, Blood Orange. Last year, he opened for both Lorde and Turnstile on tours, but now he is headlining the stage. Lorde...
For Fans Of, Vol. 1 – Film & Album Pairings
In an age of playlists and autogenerated ways of finding music, “For Fans Of” is here to suggest album pairings to go along with films beloved by Eagles across American University’s campus. Looking through some of the student body’s top films, these pairings intend to...
Subculture Studies, Vol. 1 – New Romantics
In the 1970s, Britain was plagued by economic stagnation. High unemployment, mounting inflation, and the introduction of the three-day week (restricted commercial uses of electricity to just three days) pushed many families into financial strain. Punks channeled their...
Concert Preview: The Record Company @ 9:30 Club on 2/28
Have you ever wondered to yourself: What if I could understand what Dave Matthews was saying? Let us introduce you to your next steel guitar obsession. The Record Company—a Los Angeles blues-rock outfit—is at large, re-touring their hit debut album "Give It Back To...
Carter’s Classics, Vol. 1 – “I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it”
The term “classic” is often thrown around when it comes to music. The truth is that something being “classic” is subjective, just like music in and of itself. That’s why in my column, “Carter’s Classics”, I will be diving into projects that some people don’t...
Concert Preview: Maggie Lindemann @ 9:30 Club on 2/26
Maggie Lindemann has carved out a space in pop music that feels both raw and unapologetic, and she is sure to bring that to the stage of one of D.C.'s most iconic venues. After first gaining attention with glossy pop tracks, she’s fully leaned into a darker, heavier...
Album Review: I Used To Go To This Bar – Joyce Manor
Over the years, I feel like I’ve noticed people slowly giving up on Joyce Manor. Their early work so perfectly captures what it feels like to be young and angry. As their sound has become increasingly polished, many fans have accused them of shedding the rawness of...
Concert Preview: Umphrey’s McGee @ 9:30 Club on 2/14 & 2/15
Drawing on notable influences like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Police, this Indiana-based band delivers a wide variety of sounds spanning multiple genres. At its core, Umphrey’s McGee is rooted in rock. Born out of a combination of University of Notre Dame rock...
The 2026 Grammys – Winners and Losers
For over half a century, the Grammys have been marked as the pinnacle of musical achievement. Yet, with praise of the award show also comes a fair bit of controversy. Wins like Killer Mike’s “Michael” over Travis Scott’s “Utopia” for Best Rap Album, Eric Clapton...
Concert Preview: ALEXSUCKS @ The Atlantis on 3/9
Need to defrost? ALEXSUCKS are bringing their fiery blend of sing-along, dancey garage rock to DC with a show at the Atlantis on March 9th. For fans of 2000s indie rock (The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, etc.), this is one you won’t want to miss. With...