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Did you know that Kansas City is actually in Missouri? Like, the main part of it. There‰'s a city in Kansas called Kansas City that is on the other side of the Missouri river from Kansas City, MO, but it‰'s really just a kind of large, residential suburb, with only...

All photos courtesy of Two Door Cinema Club, Broods, Mitski, Frankie Cosmos, Weathers, Hippo Campus, Girlpool, Saint Motel, Bad Suns. Edit by: Maria Carrasco. All photos below shot by Maria Carrasco. Since it is an off week, I figured I should switch things up; yes,...

Frankie Cosmos, headed by Greta Kline, is an indie pop/jangle pop superstar, producing short, bouncy, and monumentally vibrant songs. The first time I heard Frankie Cosmos, I was immediately captivated, though I hadn‰'t yet decided what I thought of Greta‰'s shy...

Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad make up the folk punk band, Girlpool, and will be gracing American University with their presence this Saturday at 8pm! Originally From Los Angeles, the duo now resides in Philadelphia with Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield. (Yo can I...

The foursome behind DC-native band Big Hush creates the kind of tunes you‰'d listen through a smog of lotus flower incense while sitting on your bedroom floor and munching on a bag of McDonald‰'s french fries you ordered from Postmates because putting on pants and...

Photo credit: Mulugeta TeklemariamEthiopian electronic producer, Mikael Seifu, is rising up in the ranks of the industry for his unique approach to electronic music. He is known for coining his own genre: “Ethiopiyawi Electronic.‰” This is term Seifu uses to describe...

WVAU Presents Capitol Punishment Fall 2016 with Frankie Cosmos, Girlpool and opener Big Hush!- Doors open at 7:30 and the music starts at 8:15! ! ! ! - Get in for free with your AU ID! Frankie Cosmos, the stage name of Greta Kline, is an American musician and...

As 2016 is on its last legs and 2017 appears on the horizon, I‰'ve been thinking about all of the great music that has come out this year, especially as I craft my personal top 10 albums. One album, while I loved it and will probably have a place in my list, still...

Courtesy of Windish Agency, Edited by: Maria Carrasco One of my favorite album releases of 2016 was Bad Suns‰' sophomore album, Disappear Here. And luckily, I got to see them live this weekend at the Rock and Roll Hotel, along with the opener, indie rock...

Courtesy of Green Day AuthorityGreen Day‰'s Dookie (1994) sprung from a salient year for alternative rock. While it signaled and solidified the band‰'s signature sound, it also marked their audacious foray from underground to major label, and is heralded as the...

Yes Lawd!: The perfect combination of the styles of two of the years breakout stars.Anderson .Paak broke out on Dr. Dre‰'s 2015 album Compton, contributing to six of the albums 16 tracks. Producer Knxwledge had been grinding away for years for LA based Stones Throw...

Courtesy of iTunesNot Like The Other Girls usually consists of me arbitrarily picking an old artist that I used to listen to in my angsty years. Writing this column has forced me to delve deep into my old playlists, and not every artist can make the cut. Partly...

Recently, one of my friends who raps has decided that, in order to focus on finishing up his new album, he‰'s going to go off the grid. He came to the conclusion that maintaining relationships with friends, family, and love interests was distracting him from his...

I grew up in the years of American Idiot: The second Bush administration if I‰'m not trying to be coy about it. My first introduction to politics was watching my family laugh at Bushisms on the new fangled Youtube. Here‰'s a video for those of you who might...

Welcome back to Just Press Play!I think we all have that one song that we can claim we loved before it became "mainstream." “Closer‰” by The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey is that song for me and, trust me, the radio hasn‰'t ruined it for me yet, so I‰'m sorry in advance,...

Photo credit: Jime MorescoIzzi talks to Pablo Neptuno of Argentine homemade indie band about the B.A. scene, streams of consciousness and burgers.Izzi: For your album - Lincenciado en Administraciün(Sept. 2015) - what was the concept behind this album?...

Foals, the alternative dance punk band from the Oxford, England will be playing on Thursday, November 3rd at Echostage. Touring their fourth studio album, What Went Down, Foals have been a staple in the alternative scene since 2010 when they dropped their singles...

So I‰'ve been listening to a lot more Bruce Springsteen these past few years. It‰'s odd how much he‰'s grown on me in that time— if you had asked me in high school if I would ever spend time thinking of the implication of his lyrical themes, I‰'d laugh in your...

(Courtesy of Animal Collective, Hippo Campus, Glass Animals, Edit: Maria Carrasco)“Put your hand down, boy / Welcome to my zoo / Put your head inside / My big black wild while / I can still help you.‰Û “Toes‰” by Glass Animals is the perfect song to listen to...

Courtesy of @chancetherapperIt is 2016, and the Netflix series Stranger Things pays an homage to 1980s culture, while BeyoncÌ©‰'s most recent birthday party evoked Soul Train vibes -- with a dress code to match. The Weeknd‰'s recent video for “Starboy‰”...

Courtesy of TumblrLike any good deviant 10th grader, I spent most of my after-school time scrolling viciously through tumblr. Although I‰'ve tried to black out most of my these days from my memory, I do remember that having a blog automatically assumed your ‰quirky‰'...

Welcome back to Just Press Play!This week features a fresh, right off the presses video, one that I may or may not have found at 1 a.m. last Friday (or, technically, Saturday?). And I may or may not have cried in my bed after watching it. A great way to start my fall...

Although the album, “God Forgive These Bastards‰” Songs From the Forgotten Life of Henry Turner contains some of The Taxpayers most popular song, the album as a whole doesn‰'t sound like it should ever be appealing to anyone. Abrasively loud and chaotic songs such as...