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“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‰”...

Anybody who has ever read any of my columns knows that lyrical analysis is very much one of my favorite activities. But that was not always true. Especially when I was 8— which was one of the first times I remember hearing the phenomenal breakthrough record from...

Courtesy of Billboard TOMORROW, SATURDAY the 25th, DC rapper Goldlink will be coming to THE TAVERN for a FREE show for all AU students, co-sponsored by AU Student Union Board (SUB) and WVAU. Come before 8:30PM with your AU ID and get ready to BUMP. GoldLink instantly...

Courtesy of HOMESHAKE's Bandcamp I‰'m not saying I would boink a robot, but if I were to ever venture for the mechanical man, Fresh Air would be the album I put on while doing it. Here‰'s how HOMESHAKE‰'s latest album, Fresh Air would help me in my pursuit of robotic...

Courtesy of High Snobiety People have been mostly pretty quick to shrug off new-on-the-limelight artists such as Lil Yachty as “bad‰Û, and “not interesting‰Û, and “not good‰Û, and asking questions like “why is this popular?‰Û Punk rock and Lil Yachty do not seem...

Edit by Maria Carrasco I was originally going to do something different for today‰'s post, but the weather was so nice Saturday and Sunday, I figured I should dedicate something to that. I mean, it‰'s February and it was 70 degrees (but also, climate change is real...

The Pica Beats isn‰'t the easiest band to find information about, but, after all, if the band you like has a Wikipedia page you lose indie points anyways. As the musical project of Ryan Barrett, they could arguably hail from Portland, Seattle, or Vermont depending on...

2017 started off like any good year should start: with Ed Sheeran releasing new music. Finally, everyone‰'s favorite ginger (Ron Weasley is a close second) returned with not just one but TWO singles that‰'ll get you grooving. While “Shape of You‰” is one of Sheeran‰'s...

I grew up loving ska, especially the third-wave ska that was popular in the 1990s. A copy of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones‰'s  Let‰'s Face It was one of my favorite CDs my Dad gave me, among copies of Blues Traveler‰'s  Four and Huey Lewis and & The News‰'s  Sports....

Edit by Maria Carrasco Last year I was very excited to come back to D.C. during winter break. This year was different, for obvious reasons. But despite my absolute disgust of returning back to the city, especially on Jan. 21, some great music has come out that makes...

Courtesy of Wordpress Recently I got the chance to talk to FM Belfast‰'s Lüa Hlün HjÌÁlmtüsdüttir about the band‰'s new single, a recent collaboration, and politics. Macie: How was the Iceland Airwaves festival? Were there any new acts you found particularly...

Photo Credit: Daniel Jenks You may laugh at that video, but back in Chicago I actually did know a promoter (that is a generous title for what he was doing with his life) who lived in a van…down by the river. Kinda sad, actually. Anyways.Musicians worldwide have always...

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE SEMESTER AGAIN: AN OPEN MIC, BABY. This time we're sponsoring with our friends over at Education Not Debt, @ENDebt_AU. Same place as always -- Batelle Atrium. And it's TONIGHT (Fri, Jan 27) at 8PM !!!!!! And now, a much more articulate wording of...

Photo taken by Bailey Cunningham On Tuesday, January 17th, D.R.A.M. kicked off the DMV leg of his Big Baby D.R.A.M. tour with a show at U Street Music Hall. He collaborated with openers River Tiber and Ari Lennox, whose hazy sounds set the mood for the night. Lennox...