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There‰'s something going on in Scandinavia and 2013 has seen this to its fullest.åÊ While the Iceage-lead punk/DIY scene of Copenhagen would argue their dominance, miles north is home to Sweden‰'s pride: Holograms.åÊ With noticeable difference from their comrades...

As the year draws to a close, we all get the impulse to check in on the state of music over the past twelve months. What was great, what was terrible, what’s next? Here are my thoughts: There have been numerous “scenes‰” throughout music that would go on to plant...

Earlier this week, Bethesda indie pop duo The Raised By Wolves stopped by WVAU to chat and give a stripped down in-studio performance. The group played four songs off their debut album Sadie Hawkins, and talked with WVAU General Manager Maxwell Tani about the stresses...

It is a well-known fact that I am a fan of Ryan Hemsworth, especially within the WVAU community. I reviewed his album Guilt Trips and his concert in D.C. this past October. åÊHemsworth is an artist and producer from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and has a gift for...

It’s nearing the end of the year so you know what that means! Various lists on the best music of 2013! I’m super excited to let you all get a glimpse of my list (it’s very extensive and mathematically chosen, probably) and perhaps will inspire a few lists of your own!...

One of the great tragedies of music has been Modest Mouse‰'s association as “that band that did ‘Float On.‘‰” Travel back a few years and you‰'ll find a monolithic trio of albums (and one compilation that shits on most artists‰' magnum opuses) that embodies everything...

If you‰'re in D.C. at the end of December, be sure to check out trombone player Trombone Shorty and his band, Orleans Avenue, at the 9:30 Club. Over the summer, I had the privilege of seeing this up-and-coming artist at San Francisco‰'s Outside Lands music festival...

It‰'s almost inevitable that discussion of The Glow Pt. 2 will involve some sort of comparison to Neutral Milk Hotel‰'s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea. The comparison works on a very superficial level, but to equate the two as sister albums is to do both a disservice....

The dim glow of holiday lights revealed the silhouettes of the band Shark Week as the musicians ran through a final sound-check in the SIS Founders‰' Room to send the evening on its merry way. Without much further hesitation, the band filled the makeshift venue with...

Released to the fanfare of both the internet and Ellen Degeneres, Kanye‰'s new video opens on impressive time lapse imagery of majestic mountains, presumably to show his timeless love for fiancÌ©e, Kim Kardashian. She then toplessly writhes on a motorcycle for the...

Metronomy is a British rock band with members Joseph Mount, Oscar Cash, Anna Prior and Olugbenga (Gbenga) Adelekan. Their most famous albums are Nights Out from 2008 and The English Riviera from 2011. Metronomy‰'s music contains experimental percussion and...

Less than a year after releasing the critically-acclaimed Woman alongside producer Robin Hannibal under the name Rhye, Milosh teams up with his wife Alexa Nikolas to release an album that steadily grooves along themes of somber sensuality. Jetlag, available November...

Have a great day? Have a great day. So, no more Macspins, but thanks for helping get him up to 40 spins (more than twice the usual #1 amount)! Luckily, there‰'s a lot of great stuff going up this week that should fill that void. There‰'s something here for everyone!...

1. Rainy Milo Last year, this 18-year-old London native made her debut with her jazz and hip-hop fusion mixtapeåÊLimey, produced with the help of some established artists like Oddisee and Chet Faker to name a few. A recent graduate of the BRIT School, Milo describes...

  Sonic Youth is a bit of an anomaly. They‰'ve stuck around for decades after their original inception and inevitably their sound and artistic intents have undergone a noticeable change. They‰'re probably the quintessential New York experimental band after The...

I just‰Û_I really like cats. It‰'s time to let the fur fly and see what the music video world has to offer for we bold, feline-obsessed few. Paula Abdul, ‰ÛOpposites Attract‰” The classic cat music video, Paula Abdul‰'s “Opposites Attract” features Paula rapping...

Dev Hynes has been on the scene for many years and his first release with the dance-punk band, Test Icicles, in 2005 sounds quite different than Blood Orange in 2013. Devont̩ Hynes, aka Blood Orange, has cultivated a distinct style and is now an established musical...

In their newest release, Doom Loop, Mansions embrace the simple pleasures of distortion. The duo, Christopher Browder and Robin Dove, recorded the album in Browder‰'s Seattle apartment resulting in a house-show sort of vibe. Nonetheless, the band‰'s decision to enlist...

Excited for Mac? So are we! So is pretty much everybody! SWEET. To demonstrate just how excited Music Staff is, we‰'re making this the week of the MacSpin; ergo, playing songs from Mac‰'s little old discography can get you up to two rackspins! If you‰'re still not...

Weezer‰'s 1994 Blue Album contained enough inspiration for decades of slackers to mess around with shoddy tech, crude lyrics and the mundane themes of sober life. Mac DeMarco, then living somewhere in Canada, would listen to these same songs that united dungeon...

Admittedly, I was mildly excited when I heard Lily Allen had a new song out. åÊThough I’m not her biggest fan, I do appreciate her songwriting and cheeky lyrics even if her musicality isn’t the most original or riveting. The video starts with Allen on an operating...

Some of the best jazz, and music in general, came from lesser-known artists who never achieved the full-blown fame of their musical counterparts. This, however, makes their music special and unique, for it is not overshadowed by the glamour of musical stardom or...

  Before I delve into this album, let me make two acknowledgements: 1) This album didn‰'t have nearly the influential impact on music of the usual albums that I feature. 2) This album is my favorite of all time and I‰'m gonna write about what it means to me. The...

If you missed them last Sunday, (I know I did) the livestreamed YouTube Music Awards were quite the party. Featuring performances by everyone from Tyler the Creator to the Arcade Fire, it was clearly not an event to be missed. Thank goodness it‰'s all on the internet....

What is the best way to listen to an album? Alone? With friends? How about at a listening party? I attended my first listening party at U Street Music Hall this past Monday for M.I.A.‘s new album, Matangi. The listening party was free for ages 21 and over, but $5 for...