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Fury Boiling Within
I'm not usually a fan of electric music like David Guetta but I believe this song has a good mix. The lyrics are very repetitive but are secure. The fast pace that begins then leads to the slower pace is a perfect mix. It's not too fast, and not too slow. This song...
Is This Song About a Place or a Person?
Songs written about places are a dime a dozen. It's almost as clichÌ©d as that clichÌ© I just used. The same goes for songs written about love interest. You have your “New York, New YorkÛs and your “San FransicsoÛs. You have your “My SharonaÛs and your “Baby...
Not Like The Other Girls: Miley Cyrus
We need to talk about Miley Cyrus. In between acoustic covers of “See You Again” circulating twitter and her newest album drop this week, Miley has been making a comeback. Before we take a look at her newest work, let's take a trip back 10 years. The year is 2008,...
Growth Makes for Good Music: A Jez Dior Exclusive
Courtesy of Epic Records Jez Dior is a new face in the rap game. It has been a hectic few months for him. He signed with Epic Records in July, released his first single on the label, and became a better version of himself. We chatted with Jez after he played FIFA...
The Musical History of Jimmy and Me
I switched school districts in high school and there I met someone who is possibly as close to a musical soulmate as I have ever gotten. Despite this, it took us three years into our friendship to discover this. This was the first similarity between us. We are very...
Afro Trap Artist MHD Is The Man
MHD is the future. The Afro-French rapper headlined U Street Music Hall on September 15. It was awesome. His Guianese-Senegalese roots give him the rhythm that sets him apart from any other rapper you've ever heard. That, and his rapid fire French lyrics. His love...
Û_is that a synthesizer I hear?: Musical Variety on Cory Branan’s Adios
Happy fall semester everyone! I hope yinz all had great summers, and you're ready for another great year (actually the last!!) of Another Kind of Currency. So let's not waste any time and get on to the reason you're all here. This will be a bit of a long one, so...
Interview with A$AP Ferg: Striving Never Stops
Shot by Brian Harrington August was a busy month for A$AP Ferg. With the release of his solo mixtape Still Striving, and A$AP Mob's Cozy Tapes, Vol. 2, he has been working around the clock. After his performance in Bender Arena, we had the opportunity to talk to him...
Wild and Fluorescent: Review of Lorde’s Melodrama
I am floored by Lorde's sophomore album, Melodrama. Lorde has created a deeply personal, hard-hitting album that reveals much about herself as well as other young adults. It's almost like she read my diary and wrote Melodrama about it. And the best part of this...
From Vine to Billboard Hot 100, Ruth B is here to stay
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....
In Defense of “Brooklyn BabyÛ
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...
“Stay:” Fate, Free Will, and Philosophical Elevator Thoughts
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,...
American Aquarium or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Country Music
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...
Franconia’s Finest w/ Calkie Fisseha and Meg Mowery: Episode 2
We talking Springfield & barre, join us. We're back babbbyyyy! This week, we talking siblings, self care, and DAMN.
Analysis and Dissection of Father John Misty’s Pure Comedy
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...
Time is a Flat Circle: The AU Dog Park and Civil War Music
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...
Best at Urban Outfitters the Musical ’17
Courtesy of Coachella One of my favorite tweets of all time is one by Braden Graeber, "Coachella is just 'Urban Outfitters: The Musical.'” And while I love to poke fun at Coachella, and how it really is an event for rich white people, the lineup for this year's...
“Now or Never:” Violent Delights, Violent Ends
Fun fact: I may or may not have scared three businessmen with my excited yelling when I was watching this video in a gym parking lot. That's how serious I took the release of Halsey's new single: I planned my day out so that I finished working out the same time it...
(Can’t wake up)
Part of me is kind of angry that "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence became a meme. There's lots of Linkin Park and Breaking Benjamin songs that are just as hilariously overdramatic and edgy and even include white rappers, but, somehow this work of art, this tour de...
Apathetic Nostalgia: Flake Music’s “Spanway HitsÛ
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...
A Conversation with Common
All photos courtesy of Marguerite Tucker When Common stopped by AU, we got the opportunity to talk to him about activism, Noname, and believing in yourself--all while he was sippin' on a green smoothie. Here is the exclusive WVAU/The Blackprint interview: Skylar: So...
A Song’s Purpose: For Me
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...
I Think You’re Cute: The Inconvenience of Crushes
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...
Franconia’s Finest w/ Calkie Fisseha and Meg Mowery
We talking Springfield & barre, join us.
Hippo Campus and Portugal. the Man Take D.C.
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...
WVAU PRESENTS: Abhi//Dijon & Rayana Jay on 4.8.17
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...
Ciscero in the Tavern 2.25.17
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DMV’s Golden Boy: GoldLink Releases ‘At What Cost’
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...
Glory
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...