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Credit: @itsruthb You may know Ruth B as the Viner who got a record deal or as the voice behind the Peter Pan inspired hit, “Lost Boy." Before her show at Jammin‰' Java, we had the opportunity to talk to Ruth B about her new album Ethiopia, and the death of Vine....

Who else is excited about the new Lana Del Rey album? I mean, probably nobody at this organization other than me because of high standards and what not, but me, I am. I don‰'t really care that she puts out the basically same album every two years but with a different...

This week was a great week to have an existential crisis. At least, that‰'s what my brain told me. I spent many a night contemplating the unanswered questions of our species, so when Zedd and Alessia Cara‰'s newest video set out to answer one of my biggest inquiries,...

I honestly cannot remember how I first heard Raleigh, North Carolina‰'s American Aquarium. But I‰'m pretty sure it involved seeing the cover for their 2012 record Burn.Flicker.Die and deciding to listen based on that alone. It‰'s not often that happens, and I‰'m glad...

Courtesy of Pitchfork Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, aka the drummer from Fleet Foxes, released his third album Pure Comedy on Friday, April 7, two years after his iconic sophomore album, I Love You, Honeybear. And during this two year transition, Tillman shifts...

Courtesy of the Washington Post Last Night in the Dog Park An area all AU students know and love is Battery Kemble Park, or, as it‰'s known better, simply “the dog park." Go there on a breezy mid-afternoon to feel like you aren‰'t in DC anymore, get some exercise, and...

I wore flip-flops outside for the first time on Sunday, so that means Spring has sprung and my music listening habits have taken a minor turn. Namely, I listen to A LOT more indie rock. It just matches the weather so well. I may be walking to take a massive accounting...

Credit: Emily Langlois Music is my method of telling time. (Don‰'t worry, I still know how clocks work!) Time has just always been a very abstract concept to me. I could never fully wrap my head around how sometimes a minute can feel like days, or how days can feel...

Courtesy of Billboard So, you‰'ve got a crush: a bona fide, sweaty palms, poem-writing, want-to-talk-to-them-and-only-them-for-48-hours-straight type of crush. But what‰'s a girl to do when Venus is in retrograde and your only flirting skills consist of sharing fun...

Credit: Hippo Campus‰' Landmark album cover and Portugal. the Man‰'s Evil Friends album cover During last week, indie rock bands Hippo Campus and Portugal. the Man made stops in Washington D.C. Up first was Hippo Campus on Wednesday, March 29 at the Black Cat. I had...

Promotional art done by Suah Cheong BOTH Abhi//Dijon and Rayana Jay will be in our own Battelle Atrium//Saturday, April 8 @ 8-11pm// Doors at 7:30pm//FREE with AU ID// Mark your calendars, tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell everyone! RSVP here. Abhi//Dijon is...

Courtesy of BET As a person who likes good music, this album means a lot to me. As a kid from the DMV, this album means even more. It‰'s always been a fact that GoldLink is dope. At What Cost is exactly what I needed to hear. It‰'s young. It‰'s fresh. It‰'s black as...

This fortnight I was thinking of revisiting an old favorite. I remember the only musical interest I had in common with the biggest music snob in my high school was the band Wye Oak. I liked them for their musical style and how raw and honest their lyrics could be, I...

“Parking Lot‰” is the best song blink-182 has put out. Not just of their recent releases, but ever. Better than “ All the Small Things;‰” better than “ What‰'s My Age Again?‰” and “ Feeling This.‰” I remember being rather generally underwhelmed by California, but when...

You know that scene in Inception where Joseph Gordon-Levitt floats around in the hotel elevator with all those explosives? The one with all the trippy, space vibes? Well, I felt those same vibes while watching Marian Hill‰'s video for their single, “Down,‰” and I fell...

Courtesy of The Bob Music Known for his work on the Montana Arts Council and his time touring with the Mission Mountain Wood Band, Rob Quist won the Democratic nomination for Montana‰'s single congressional seat several weeks ago. Unlike the rest of the country,...

Solo-artist Lorde released her first single in over four years titled “Green Light‰” on March 2, and just a week later she released accompanying song “Liability‰” on March 9. When releasing “Liability,‰” Lorde tweeted that the song was “just a strange little sister of...

Courtesy of Wired The song “Militaristic Kitchen‰” by the Oregon folk punk group, The Taxpayers came out in 2009 on their second album, a Rhythm in the Cages. The band‰'s statement about the album clarifies that they wrote it about finding out how to “live gracefully...

Hippo Campus reminds me of the dudes you went to high school with that were best friends and decided to start a band one day, creating funky, lo-fi music. Well at least for me, Hippo Campus are the type of dudes I wish I went to school with. They‰'re a real hometown...

Source: "Love Drought" music video Everyone knows that BeyoncÌ© is queen, but the past few weeks have secured her royal status. Between the announcement of her pregnancy (WITH TWINS) and her ethereal performance at the Grammys (again WITH TWINS), many of us fans are...

Edit by Maria Carrasco Okay so I‰'d like to just make it clear: I‰'m not going on a tropical destination for my spring break. I mean, considering I go to AU for practically free because of how little my family makes, I don‰'t think I was ever destined for Cancun 2K17...

Any album can be a breakup album depending on personal experience, but certain albums have a way of resonating with our collective emotional consciousness more so than others. And no matter how amicable the breakup, sometimes you just need to blast “Go Your Own Way‰”...