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Thumbing though used CD bins at Smash Records in Adams Morgan last week, I happened upon “Hot Fuss‰” for only $3. $3! Since then I‰'ve been on a Killers kick. “Hot Fuss‰” is one of those albums that was great when it was first released and is still great whenever you...

Indie rock experimenters and Elephant 6 veterans Of Montreal are back again with a new record Paralytic Stalks that is just as funky, self-deprivational, and plain interesting as anything they’ve ever put out. Staff Writer Richard Murphy recently spoke to...

WVAU Capital Punishment 2010 veterans Javelin return to town on Saturday, February 25 to play the postcard-sized Red Palace. If you were lucky enough to attend their disgustingly danceable show in Kay Basement a few semesters ago, you know what Javelin’s...

For WVAU.org’s newest feature, we quizzed DJs about their shows, their most embarrassing on-air moments, their favorite 8th grade tunes, and everything in between. First up is Luisa Armijo, the host of Chido Cheverisimo with with Ana Sabalvarro on Mondays from...

Haaaaaaaay Justin, Too much, I know. Allow me to try again, Dearest Mr. Timberlake, We can all agree that 2011 was a pretty great year for you. You were still riding the hype-waves from “The Social Network‰” through awards season. Your name made top-billing on two...

Join Electric Factory with Louise Brask today from 6pm-8pm for an exclusive DJ set with Chris Nitti (Lost & Sound, D.C.) Nitti is a rising local DJ who is slated to open for Ewan Pearson 2/22 at U Street Music Hall next week. He is a resident DJ at DC’s very...

Poli̤a- Give You The Ghost I‰'d call it post-rock, but somebody sings. I‰'d call it R&B, but it‰'s got too much drumming. I‰'d say it‰'s Bon Iver, but the singer is a girl. And yeah, she sounds a lot like Justin Vernon, probably because Poli̤a (pronounced...

Royal Baths are nothing if not unconventional. Their live performances are unpredictable and spontaneous, with very clear disregard for how things are supposed to be done. Their drummer sits atop what is, apparently, a small tall wooden side-table, and there is not a...

Neil Young has spent almost half a century compiling a catalog that is nothing less than extraordinary. It’s difficult to explain exactly what is so extraordinary about his music without blatantly contradicting myself: it’s straightforward, yet imbued with...

I have been in love very few times in my life. It is odd to say a few times because every happily married couple I have met (only one and they are my grandparents) has said they have only been in love once and that‰'s only if you‰'re lucky. To them the mere thought of...