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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...

Chances are, if you have been bumping Chance the Rapper‰'s sophomore mixtape Acid Rap for the last few months, you are already familiar with Vic Mensa‰'s seductively-crackly tenor tone which tied together that album‰'s sensual “Cocoa Butter Kisses.‰” At the end of...

If you don‰'t already know who British girl group Little Mix are then take note. After winning The X Factor U.K. in 2011 and releasing a debut album that has been certified platinum in the U.K., they‰'re ready to make a bigger impression in the U.S. Statistically...

Hey guys! Remember those staff picks we told you about last week? Well they‰'re a weekly thing! We hope they‰'ll help you stay on top of the best shiznit on the rack, especially now that we‰'re removing some popular things. Out with the old, in with the new, as they...

I‰'m currently a 21-year-old boy. At one point in my life, I was a frustrated kid in a suburban high school and Violent Femmes was my Bible. There was something about the way that Brian Ritchie‰'s bass lines bounced around Gordon Gano‰'s simplistic acoustic guitar...

This weekend, a select few of you readers will be tasked with making a party playlist. You control the sound of a setting that will lead to misguided make-out sessions and fast friendships. If you are a college radio DJ, you are accustomed to compiling a two-hour set....

Deltron 3030 follows up his eponymous debut with a new studio album released early this October called Event 2 that launches its listeners back into a familiar sonic future-scape. Recently, genre has emerged as a major issue in music journalism, as writers invent...

Sup DJs? Ever wanted an insider perspective on what’s on our rack? Well, a brand new weekly feature, Music Staff Picks, will give you just that! Our music staff members will pick favorite songs from albums they review every week and create a playlist just for you....

On Saturday, November 16, WVAU, in collaboration with SUB, will be hosting its Capitol Punishment concert of the semester with Mac DeMarco and Shark Week. The show is free with your AU Student ID. Join us at 8pm in the SIS Founders Room for the show of the semester!...

Big Black was a noise rock band that brought back the sense of danger and confrontation that rock and roll hadn‰'t seen since the Sid Vicious died. Where the Sex Pistols pissed people off largely with their image of unashamed anti-conformity, Big Black only needed...