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!...
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Geology: Monolithic Modest Mouse
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...
Jazz It Up: Look Out for Trombone Shorty at the 9:30 Club
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...
Geology: The Microphones Cover All Ground on "The Glow Pt. 2"
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....
Capitol Punishment Review: Mac DeMarco and Shark Week Usurp the Founders
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...
Eye Candy: "Bound 2"
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 fianc̩e, Kim Kardashian. She then toplessly writhes on a motorcycle for the...
FaceTime: Get to Know Metronomy
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...
Poetic Justice: Lovers Make Up Lost Time in “Jetlag” by Milosh
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...
WVAU Staff Picks: Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, Mutual Benefit & More!
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!...
Leading Ladies: Three New U.K. Artists You Should Know
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...