Courtesy of Wikipedia In the penultimate song of Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett somewhat climactically claims, “I'm just a reflection of what you want to see, take what you want from meÛ. While that sounds like something Bob...
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WVAU’s #6 Song of 2015: "My Baby Don’t Understand Me" by Natalie Prass
Courtesy of Space Bomb I'm not entirely sure you can classify “My Baby Don't Understand Me” as a “break-up song.” Break up songs usually contain a sense of closure: either the singer's left their lover, or the lover's left the singer, and either party can be...
WVAU’s #7 Album of 2015: "Sound & Color" by Alabama Shakes
Courtesy of Consequence of Sound Although Pitchfork might've thought themselves too progressive or cool to include Sound and Color in their list of the 50 best albums of 2015, WVAU did not. Let's face it, though, Alabama Shakes' 2012's debut Boys and Girls made...
WVAU’s #7 Song of 2015: "Sorry" by Justin Bieber
Courtesy of Spotify Think back to January 1, 2015. While nursing those NYE hangovers, we were eagerly anticipating chart-topping releases from Kanye West, Drake, Frank Ocean, Adele, Fergie, and Kendrick Lamar (half of which still have not been released yet) If I told...
WVAU’s #8 Album of 2015: "Perpetual Motion People" by Ezra Furman
Courtesy of Pitchfork Almost every review/feature/write-up I find about Ezra Furman's Perpetual Motion People uses the word “outsider.” Ezra Furman writes “outsider music” or from an “outsider's perspective.” And, to a degree, I understand. Furman is a gender...
WVAU’s #8 Song of 2015: "Broken Necks" by Eskimeaux
Courtesy of Buffablog I was sitting on a deflated air mattress in my best friend's dorm in Boston the first time I heard "Broken Necks." While that maybe isn't the most picturesque setting, I like having a memory attached to a song. It is the kind of song I knew...
WVAU’s #9 Song of 2015: "Alright" by Kendrick Lamar
Courtesy of Empire Radio It's ironic that I was asked to write an article about a song from Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album To Pimp a Butterfly because I had not actually listened to the album until about a month ago. Although Kendrick is one of my favorite rappers,...
WVAU’s #9 Album of 2015: "What For?" by Toro Y Moi
One of the most hotly contested indie albums of 2015, a lot has been said about Toro Y Moi's fourth studio album What For?. Drastically different than anything frontman Chaz Bundick had ever released, the band's new sound caught the indie music community totally...
WVAU’s #10 Album of 2015: "T R A P S O U L" by Bryson Tiller
T R A P S O U L is not only novel and exciting, but it is a display of how much Bryson Tiller has advanced since his last mixtape, Killer Instinct, was released in 2011. All 14 tracks featured on T R A P S O U L are a little bit out of this world: spacey, cosmic,...
WVAU 2015: Best Rackspin Find
Royal Headache- High Courtesy of Stereogum I was rummaging through the rack looking for material for my first show when I stumbled upon Royal Headache. Although High was put on the rack at the beginning of the semester with no review, the album unexpectedly became...