The Arctic Monkeys have quite the following, and with good reason. They've got an interesting sound that differs from album to album, a highly rated live performance and a very incoherent lead singer who drunkenly mumbles about emotional trapdoors on stage. What else...
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Show Spotlight: Grandmaster Flash Gordon Lightfoot with Mike Creedon
Grandmaster Flash Gordon Lightfoot Sundays 10am-12pm Three artists played most on show: Modest Mouse, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Kanye West First album ever purchased: 98 Degrees’ 98 Degrees and Rising for that song with Stevie Wonder that was in the Mulan...
Not Enough Recognition: Kaleidoscope
Remember when D.C. had a sound that could almost be classified into a genre of itself? I'm not talking about punk or go-go, but rather that mod-rock/shoegaze sound that would have you awkwardly dancing in your bedroom by yourself for hours. Sadly, one of the most...
Concert of the Week: Western Affairs @ Red Palace
This week’s concert pick is a no-brainer. WVAU’s very own Alex Lee and his dream-pop outfit Western Affairs will be gracing the stage of the Red Palace tomorrow night on Thursday, March 29th. Western Affairs made their on-campus debut at WVAU’s...
Show Spotlight: Gypsy Soul with Trevor Langan
Gypsy Soul, Saturdays 12am-2am Three artists played most on show: The Black Keys, Ryan Adams, and Van Morrison First album ever purchased: The Best of Taj Mahal Favorite current rack album: In Cold Blood – The Sister Ruby Band Dream Capital Punishment: Punch...
Midwest Musings: "Do You Realize??"
Sometimes the music I listen to enters the real world in surprising ways. I'm not talking about a Fun. song that happens to be in every commercial these days, but like when everyone went Moldy Peaches bat-shit crazy after Juno. It's neither bad nor good, it's just...
Concert Review: Radiohead @ Jobing Arena, Glendale, AZ
One-two-punch. They play “Bloom” and “15 Step.” You can't fight it. The night begins. Thom Yorke, grizzled and with a ponytail, two decades away from the angsty young man who wrote “Creep,” now dances like a madman. He jigs up and down the stage with glee,...
Mixtape: A Soundtrack for Wanderlust
As Isaac Brock so eloquently says, “I like songs about drifters, books about the same/They both seem to make me feel a little less insane.” Here we have a Soundtrack for Wanderlust. It’s a mix of songs I’ve played endlessly from my teenage...
Concert Review: Oberhofer @ Black Cat Backstage
Ah, to be young and making it, man. With only two weeks left before the release of their debut record Time Capsuls II on NYC's premiere “mindie” label Glassnote, Brad Oberhofer has to be a little pumped. This excitement was on full display at his...
Beneath the Beats: Above the Border
Welcome to the foreign edition of Beneath the Beats. I began my writing this week sitting on a Greyhound bus bound for Montreal. I’m visiting a friend in McGill University, and while I am up here I'll take the opportunity to explore the Montreal hip-hop scene....