Blogs
Lo-fi Tea Times w/ LaelaEllis and Isaiah Levinson
Sundays 8-9am Lo-fi Tea Time is a calm, positive show to bring happiness and serenity to stressed students. With jazzy instrumental beats and calm indie songs, we'll discuss solutions to life-disintegrating situations.
Chill Out, Mane w/ Adam Srikantha
Sundays 12-2am Listeners should expect to be immersed within the atmospheric tundras of several music genres, whether created through dreamlike synthesizers, psychedelic trumpets, complex basslines, or distorted falsettos. Listeners will encounter an array of...
Strangers Knowing Our Secrets
Image In case you're a new reader of Another Kind of Currency, you may not know of my deep passionate love for indie-punk band Titus Andronicus. I've written about them quite a few times before (even getting a recognized by Patrick himself on the band's twitter)...
Concert Preview: Palehound to take Union Stage
Image courtesy of Palehound's Bancamp Boston indie rock band Palehound will perform at Union Stage this Saturday, Feb. 10. Joining them will be Canadian indie pop band Weaves and Philadelphia indie pop band Tall Friend. Palehound first received recognition for their...
DC’s New Emo Sweethearts, Origami Angel
Photos courtesy of Origami Angel Does this semester already have you feeling a certain way? Does your emo side grow by the day? Look no further than DC's own Origami Angel for the sweet, nostalgic rush of fresh emo revival. With a sound similar to Modern Baseball...
Trog n’ Roll
There's a band from Italy that I fell in love with during the heights of my high school years. Hailing from Italy, the band SNIPERDOGS, adorned in baseball team outfits for a thematic reason that can't seem to cross the language barrier, developed their own version...
Let’s Talk About the Grammys
The 2018 Grammy awards were underwhelming to say the least. Some (including me) may say that Bruno Mars didn't deserve to win the three biggest awards of the night, but something was surprisingly lackluster at these particular awards despite Mars' accolades. One of...
Late Nights and Neon Lights
Image courtesy of Sports Bandcamp In 2015, Oklahoma band Sports dipped their toes into a shimmering pool of 80's style synth pop with their EP Naked All The Time. A year later, they dove in head first. These beautiful wizards cranked out another EP, titled People...
Now Spinning: The Echelon Effect
With the start of the semester kicking into full gear I thought I would write about an artist that I like to listen to when I seriously need to focus on my work without the distraction of lyrics that I have memorized and beats that take me away from my work. I was...
Holocene
Image courtesy of Genius It's a bit bold of a statement to say that Holocene is a confusing song. Especially since there is such a flow to the song, but I guess that's the point, you don't know of this great illusion. There is a constant, threading of the strumming...
Bands I Liked In High School: A Comprehensive Analysis
Image courtesy of blurrypastel Disclaimer: My music taste in high school was really bad and all over the place I consider my high school music journey to be pretty standard. There was an emo phase, a pop-punk phase, a 2013 Tumblr aesthetic phase, and many more. While,...
Lana Del Rey and Vomit: An Existential Lightbulb
Set the scene: a newly turned nineteen-year-old out in Chinatown living his best life. A rendition of Solange's “Cranes in the Sky” is being played on a trumpet in the background. The street is abuzz with the usual excitement that comes along with the Capital One...
Transcendent Love
Photo courtesy of Belilmalebridia I am always astounded at what happens within a year and all the changes that take place. Everything serves as a purpose and not everything and stay or remain. Love seems to be the only constant in life yet sometimes we also must let...
“The Perilous Night:” An updated “Eve of Destruction?Û
Photo courtesy of Red Light Management Eventually I'll shut up about alt-country and southern rock. But today is not that day. Late in 2017, southern rock bank The Drive-By Truckers released a single entitled “The Perilous Night,” and, as a fan of theirs, I was very...
"Your New Favorite Band"
Image courtesy of Been Stellar's Bandcamp Admit it. You love saying “I listened to them before they were cool.” Countless indie artists have disappeared into the mainstream, leaving underground music junkies to cling to old demos and unreleased tracks. Rock and Roll...
WVAU’s #1 AOTY: Ctrl by SZA
The best way to maintain control is to let go. We must let go of fears, expectations, burdens, and anything else that hinders our growth in order to remain in control. In her long-awaited debut album, Ctrl, SZA takes us through her journey of learning to let go with...
WVAU’s #1 SOTY: "HUMBLE." by Kendrick Lamar
Only a handful of recording artists carry the cultural influence and industry clout to consider their music releases events. The world stopped to watch Beyonc̩ mount a sinking cop car, we stopped to watch Frank Ocean build a staircase, and this year, we stopped to...
WVAU’s #2 AOTY: DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
There are two types of people in the world. Those who admit to rapping everywhere to Kendrick Lamar's “DNA” in the mirror and liars. Admit it! You've done it. I've done it. We've all done it. Why? It's just been incredible year for Kendrick Lamar. After the...
WVAU’s #2 SOTY: "Love Galore" by SZA
Although 2017 has been seemingly an endless spiral of toxicity, with every year of hardship forges amazing creativity. SolÌÁna Imani Rowe, known as SZA has been no exception to that rule. Ringing in 5 Grammy nominations, SZA is the most nominated female this year....
WVAU’s #3 SOTY: "Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B
"Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B released this summer, kickstarting Cardi B's career into massive success in the music industry where it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks consecutively. "Bodak Yellow" made music history as the first time in 19 years that a...
WVAU’s #3 AOTY: Flower Boy by Tyler, the Creator
After years of wallowing in transgressive lyricism and Pharrell-lite production, Flower Boy finally sees Tyler, the Creator shed his juvenile Odd Future persona to reflect on his faults with a newfound sincerity. The Odd Future diaspora was a long time coming, marked...
WVAU’s #4 AOTY: Melodrama by Lorde
Ella Yelich-O'Connor, or better known as Lorde, released her sophomore album, Melodrama in the summer of 2017. This album touched upon her life and served to tell her coming of age story. From that, Lorde experiments with her sounds, from making songs that are...
WVAU’s #4 SOTY: "Crew" by Goldlink
Photo from Genius SCENE: The year is 2021. You are in the club, rich as hell and fresh as hell. You usually hate the club, but ever since you became rich, it ain't so bad. There are bottles and beautiful people everywhere. You and your homies are looking around,...
WVAU’s #5 AOTY: MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent
MASSEDUCTION stands as one of the more memorable albums of the year. Annie Clark, known as St. Vincent, has pioneered alt-pop experimental music to a cater to a mass audience. In MASSEDUCTION, Clark pivots more to pop and electronica more than ever. Clark seems to...
WVAU’s #5 SOTY: Bad and Boujee by Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert
Photo from Soundcloud In this day and age, the margin for a song's success is very small. Social media today makes it easier than ever for a song to fall out of the public's eye. That is, unless you are one of the lucky few that stick to the wall of prosperity....
WVAU’s #6 SOTY: Location by Khalid
Photo from Genius Released to much critical acclaim, and an eventual Grammy nomination, Khalid's first full-length LP American Teen has boosted the 19-year-old to instant stardom. Track after track reassure listeners that the future is bright for R&B. Hits like...
WVAU’s #6 AOTY: Freudian by Daniel Caesar
Photo from Genius There must be something in Toronto's water because they seem to be constantly churning out new musical talent. Consistently, for the past decade, exciting innovations in both rap and R&B have found their way across the border into the hearts and...
WVAU’s #7 AOTY: the OOZ by King Krule
Photo from Pitchfork English singer-songwriter Archy Marshall produced his second album, the OOZ, under the name King Krule and released it on Friday, October 13. And coming through, Marshall created a project that was sharp, coherent and in a way, agonizing. The...
WVAU’s #7 SOTY: Lens by Frank Ocean
Photo by Soundcloud There may be no more secretive figure in popular music then Frank Ocean. After bursting onto the scene in 2012 with Channel Orange he went into near exile for the next four years, appearing only to feature on a few Kanye West and Odd Future songs....
WVAU’s #8 AOTY: Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples
Photo from tinymixtapes Vince Staples has a lot to say in his sophomore album, Big Fish Theory, and does not shy away letting the whole world know how he feels about issues of race, wealth, and the fragile rap industry. His album is unlike anything that has ever been...