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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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Photo from Consequence of Sound With her first album celebrating its ten-year anniversary, queen of abstract electropop tunes St. Vincent has transferred her ability to teeter the line between rocking out and tugging at listeners‰' heartstrings into her song “New...

Photo from Highlander News Thundercat is the rare musical prodigy where 1) the word prodigy actually applies to his genius, 2) the often random fusion of genres and philosophical musings is purposeful, and 3) his persona aligns right up with the music he makes. It has...

Photo from Sampha Most music fan‰'s first introduction to Sampha, whether they knew it or not, was on Drake‰'s 2013 song “Too Much." The airy vocal sample that comprises the hook of the song is pulled directly from a Sampha song of the same name, also released in...

Photo from Bandcamp Tessa and Max of WVAU asked Protomartyr‰'s singer, Joe Casey, what he would be doing if he wasn‰'t in a band. He said “I‰'d be at home probably watching old episodes of Family Feud on TV wondering what went wrong in my life.‰” Casey‰'s humble...

Photo from The Sound of Vinyl Father John Misty, or FJM as I frequently see him referred to online, is an artist that I have frequently been recommended to listen to. However, I never could truly get into his music. It wasn‰'t that it was bad, or that I didn‰'t like...

Courtesy of The Source When Dipset announced their reunion on November 15, it was a big shock for the Harlem rap group‰'s fans who hadn't heard new music from the original members in over a decade. Their single “Once Upon A Time‰” was met with positive reception and...

If you don‰'t know CupcakKe, chances are you probably know her explicit songs "Deepthroat" or "Vagina" which have 21 million views and 2 million views respectively on Youtube. But if you haven‰'t explored the Twitter of Marilyn MonHOE, oh man are you missing out....

Kendrick Lamar is a veteran of creating groundbreaking visuals to pair with his infectious albums. From creating an instagram style video for “King Kunta‰” to releasing four back to back music videos that ignited his latest album, DAMN., Lamar lacks no ambition in...

Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr played a killer set at Rock and Roll Hotel on October 26. It was so good that the WVAU community voted it ‰Best Live Show‰' of 2017. If you missed out on this show, hopefully I can do it some justice. Protomartyr had just...

Many musical powerhouses had comebacks and album releases this year, but none shone as bright as those by new artists. 2017 was the year of the up and coming musician. Artists like Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Sza, and Cardi B were wildly popular this year and had been...

He‰'s come a long way from performing to the aroma of Elevation Burger fries and the screams of Centennial residents. In the span of 365 days, GoldLink has gone from performing in the Tavern by the way of WVAU (you‰'re welcome!) to a Grammy nomination for his hit...

Jay Som‰'s sophomore album Everybody Works is one of the best indie rock albums of 2017. The project of California singer-songwriter Melina Duterte is detailed, thoughtful and intimate while still being a great guitar rock album. I‰'m on WVAU‰'s music staff, so when I...

It is an understatement to say Take Me Apart is a perfect album. With crystals dangling from her locs and nails and her stylish all white-outfits, Kelela is not a force to be reckoned with. Her debut, Take Me Apart, is one of the most beautiful albums of 2017. The...

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), known mononymously as Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur who has released four full length albums, one EP and two mix tapes has now released a playlist called “More...