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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...

When Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, two childhood friends and folk connoisseurs from Queens, New York, released their 1970 record, Bridge Over Troubled Waters it was their most ambitious and experimental work to date. The duo spent the majority of the 1960‰'s, and the...

WVAU Music Staff reviews new albums each week! Here‰'s what the group has reviewed for the week of March 9. Pop/ish Candy Ambulance - Spray [EP]   In Tall Buildings - Akinetic Pale Waves - ALL THE THINGS I NEVER SAID Tracey Thorn - Record Lane 8 - Little By Little Hip...

I have listened to Lindsey Stirling since she first started and dropped her first songs. I remember when she appeared on American's Got Talent and she just got crushed by the judges. I couldn't believe their responses to her unique talent that I instantly feel in love...

Every year on March 8th, the international community celebrates women‰'s accomplishments throughout history and across nations. Social media timelines are filled with only a few of the most inspiring and courageous women to walk this planet. It‰'s no secret that the...

I‰'ve written extensively about how much I love concept records and rock operas. I‰'ve also lamented how the album as an art form has not been as appreciated by the general public as it has in the past (although that is slowly changing—we‰'ll discuss later). And I was...

Image courtesy of Consequence of Sound America‰'s isolating political climate and the resurgence of garage and grunge sounds has proven one thing: punk is far from dead. Part of the Chapel Hill, NC DIY foundation, Superchunk are true veterans in their field, churning...

Photo by Michael Cantor Spring is coming, which means it‰'s about time that you find your windows down joyride playlist. Today, I found my own addition. Bad Moves is a DC-based power pop band with angsty charisma.Their first self-titled single was released on Don...

It was August 23rd, and I had found out that a band I enjoy would be playing at DC9 a few weeks back. I had to go, I just didn‰'t know when they‰'d return to the DMV, and was too excited by the prospect of hearing their music live. Discovering them during a time where...

If you thought Donald Glover couldn‰'t be more of an icon, you clearly didn‰'t watch the season 2 premiere of‰Atlanta‰' on Thursday. Nearly two years since the release of season 1 - fans were more than excited to finally continue the story of modern-day Ed, Edd, and...

With clarity, I remember the day my relationship with music changed permanently. In a crowded high school cafeteria, one of my friends paged through my saved albums on Spotify. These were the days of The Front Bottoms and Modern Baseball. I went to concerts full of...

(In which we take a look at the overrated OK Computer and the underrated Parklife) Looking back at the turn of the millennium is a strange thing to do. The digital revolution, poised to usher in a futuristic new era of civilization, was met with ambivalence by many...

Anyone paying attention to r&b or hip-hop has to know the name Kehlani. She‰'s had chart successes to a certain extent but most know her for her more recent, hip-hop focused album SweetSexySavage, Distraction and Undercover being the more popular tracks. But I...

WVAU Music Staff reviews new albums each week! Here‰'s what the group has reviewed for the week of March 2. Pop/ish Charlotte Day Wilson - Nothing New Will Varley - Spirit of Minnie RPM (Electronic) MGMT - Little Dark Age Poppy Ackroyd - Resolve AAA (Guitars and such)...

There‰'s something different about local music. A tiny part of you feels indebted to them, like it‰'s your duty to listen for the sake of repping where you come from. The listener and the artist have both driven down the same roads, eaten at the same restaurants, and...

Remember One Direction? Well even if you do I am going to remind you; they were a British boy band put together on the singing competition show “The X-Factor‰” that has since lost a member and gone on a hiatus. Now I am not here to tell you the history of One...

The Asian identity is fragment in popular culture. The stories, music, and culture have never been adequately told and how can it be when there are is such little representation. Just recently the Asian community has gained traction in the music industry with the...

Pop-punk may not be dead, but its big players seem to be going through an identity crisis. Searching “pop-punk bands‰” into Google first gives you a list of these bigger names like Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, All Time Low, and others. Bands like these...

Photo courtesy of Indie Guides It was August 23rd. Teen Mortgage walked off the stage at DC9 with the gaits of soldiers leaving a battlefield- accomplished and certain of victory even if they had poured out the Pacific in terms of the combined sweat between the two of...

Image courtesy of Kelela “Hold up, wait, you‰'re fucking with my groove. Gettin‰' on this plane, making moves.‰Û, Kelela puts the world on notice in the hook of her song “Frontline‰” in the sweetest and most legitimate manner and we‰'re not mad about it. Since the...

Y‰'all need to stop what you‰'re doing and read this thought-provoking journal for today‰'s column. I just discovered this song the other day and I cannot stop listening to it. This artist is not well known and so therefore there is not a lot written about him or the...