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Primavera Sound has long been regarded as the quintessential summer music festival. The crowd roars. Ocean waves crash off in the distance, and the sun cascades into a beautiful backdrop. Sounds amazing, doesn't it? This is Primavera Sound, the music destination of...

You can‰'t keep a good Danzig down. That man has led bands that have defined entire genres, be it horror-punk, death-rock, and whatever the fuck his namesake band decides to be. Actually, it has; garbage. But, while the New Jersey Devil himself may have lost both his...

When I heard recently that Bob Dylan joined Kesha, St. Vincent, and other artists in creating “Universal Love,‰” an EP dedicated to taking older hits and giving them a same-sex romantic narrative, I was pretty surprised. I never figured that Bob Dylan was homophobic,...

As we wait for summer, the painful countdown of finals begins and music becomes the crutch for my spirit. This is the time of year where I‰'ve been known to blast “Hot Fuss‰” multiple times per day. But a feeling even sweeter than the upcoming summer is a new album by...

Hi friends, today we are going to examine the band Vaults and their song “One Last Night‰” which, yes, is in the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack but honestly, that soundtrack has some pretty rad songs so give the whole soundtrack a listen. Most people claim that even...

I first encountered the powerhouse of a Chicago psychedelic rock band known as Post Animal when they opened for Twin Peaks last May in the back room of Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill's most-beloved music venue. As soon as their set started, I was struck by their dynamism,...

On April 19, 1976, post-punk/new wave band Blondie, a group formed by the recycling of several members of the early 70‰'s rock group the Stilletos and the vocals of a local waitress, broke into the mainstream with their leading single “X Offender‰Û. The new-wave...

It‰'s hard to believe that this is the last column I‰'ll ever write for WVAU. As my graduation approaches and I reflect on all I‰'ve written about, I found it hard to believe I‰'ve never written about my favorite album ever made. I kinda spoiled it with the title, and...

(In which we take a look at the overrated acoustic cover and the underrated literally anything else) For reasons I will never understand, Taylor Swift continues to dig herself into a deeper hole. She just released a cover of Earth, Wind & Fire‰'s “September‰Û in...

Mitski Miyawaki is a twenty seven-year-old New York City-based musician who, since 2012, has been a giant of the Brooklyn DIY community. Her first two albums were products of her music education at SUNY Purchase. Her third and fourth albums were widely praised by...

DISCLAIMER: Lorde doesn‰'t have a Bandcamp, but I couldn‰'t resist writing about her. I thanked my Uber driver and followed groups of teenage girls wearing crop tops and bearded men in zip up hoodies. We collectively booked it down 7th St. and darted past purple flags...

Time is a peculiar thing. My thoughts are not thinking straight, therefore I am writing this in bullets because that‰'s how I‰'m thinking. I‰'m feeling hazy. Like smoke. Whatever, here is a list of my thoughts on Pinegroves‰' Old Friends. The name of the album is...

While writing “Landslide,‰” Stevie Nicks most likely did not anticipate the impact that it would have upon endless generations of young people who were desperate to understand the endless changes in the transition into adulthood. At 25, she was going through these...

I went to the Acid Dad show for Teen Mortgage, not going to lie. I knew the latter band way better than the former, and I felt like free tickets to interview some relatively unknown group would just mean a free Teen Mortgage show. This isn‰'t wrong, but it also isn‰'t...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In which we take a look at the overrated “Runaway‰” and the underrated “Pinocchio Story‰Û 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...

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)...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

Another Saint Patrick‰'s Day gone, another multiple pints of Guinness downed, and another big boost in royalties for Celtic Punk bands like Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. I‰'ve mentioned this before, but I genuinely enjoy this genre and basically listen to it...

WVAU Music Staff reviews new albums each week! Here‰'s what the group has reviewed for the week of March 23. Hip hop Citizen Kay - Belly of the Beast AAA (Guitars and such) Dream Wife - Dream Wife (Lucky Number) [Punk rock] European women's trio of today's punk style....

On this day three years ago, March 22nd 2015, a lethal combination of diabetic complications and kidney failure took the life of Malik Izaak Taylor, better known by his stage name Phife Dawg, a founding member of New York City rap group “A Tribe Called Quest‰” and...

Australian rock trio Camp Cope are the girls who don‰'t care the popularity contest. Their sophomore album, How to Socialise & Make Friends, captures an age-old fight against the mainstream music scene in a time when that fight is constantly changing. But this...