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WASSSUUUUUUUP WVAU?!!!! YOU HAVIN’ A GOOD MIDTERM WEEK?!!! If you’ve been slumped down with midterms, don’t worry, there is a light at the end of the tunnel- MTV SPRING BREAK! Its the time of year when I go on a nostalgia trip to the great acts of...

Lee Fields & The Expressions- Faithful Man Get out the oils and light the scented candles. Make sure the pilot light‰'s off. This is an old-school soul record, through and through. From the brassy mission statement “Faithful Man‰” to the languid send-off of “Walk...

Well, I‰'m screwed. I find myself writing a piece for a website where everyone knows a lot about music. To top it off, my post is in the company of some very good writers. So how does this music writing work? I‰'ll just name-drop a couple obscure musicians, reference...

The location of the Red Palace on H Street, to paraphrase “Sh*t DC Says,” was impossibly far away from everything. The atmosphere was crowded, the two opening acts were subpar, and the Red Palace stage could barely contain a full band‰'s setup, with the...

Tyler, the Creator- “Bastard‰Û Yeah, sure, it starts off with a satanically low-voiced doctor offering counsel, and the lyrics aim to kill with shock. The originality factor of these conceptual elements is not the highest, but please, please don‰'t write this off as...

Did you ever have one of those days where you have been working on something for multiple days and when it finally comes down to completing it, everything goes completely wrong? Sadly, that realization for me came a few days ago after I found out that my seven rolls...

Whether you missed Capital Punishment last month or just want to relive the fun, check out Staff Writer Marissa Cetin’s video retrospective of our first Cap Pun of the semester, featuring the Neologians, Western Affairs and Max Tani.

WVAU’s second Open Mic of the semester is this Friday, March 2 in Battelle Atrium. The last one was a smashing success, so come and play guitar, sing, freestyle, do standup, read fan fic, improvise a song about your cat, WHATEVER. Email wvauevents@gmail.com with...

I am writing in honor of President‰'s Day. Even though it was a few days ago I decided to actually observe the holiday (pay no attention that I decided to think about what President‰'s day actually is on a Tuesday and not on the designated day). I began to think...

It‰'s hard to find someone that Ghananian rap duo FOKN Bois don‰'t offend on their first official album and legitimate early bid for best rap album of 2012 “FOKN Wit Ewe.‰” But it‰'s even harder to dislike them. Although M3nsa and Wanlov Da Kubolor have released a...