WVAU’s Electric Factory, a show that rotates a heady mixture of the latest electronic and indie, will be hosting Willy Joy on this week’s episode, which airs Thursday, October 6th from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. An American DJ at the core, originally heralding from...
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London Calling: Wolfette
In my last post I said that it would be pathetic if I didn’t catch my first live show before my next post, and I’m a woman of my word, so I checked out Wolfette at the pub in the Islington area of London, Monto Water Rats And to further the WVAU-relevancy...
Explorations in Time and Tone: Deerhoof @ 9:30 club
Quirky as ever, the progressive rock band Deerhoof rode into the 930 Club with a thunder on Saturday. Without a word to the crowd, they picked up their instruments, confidently assembled themselves in a line at the front of the stage, and began to play. The...
Show Spotlight: Elaboration Collaboration
This fall, WVAU.ORG is featuring Show Spotlights to help spread the word about specific WVAU shows. Our inaugural Spotlight profiles Elaboration Collaboration, hosted by DJs Rob Kleiman and Kyle Calian. We talked to DJ Rob about live music, albums of the year, and...
Shazam Wildcat: Summer Festivals, Part 3 – Electric Zoo
My last music adventure was Labor Day Weekend, which took me to to Randalls Island in New York City for one of the most popular electro/dance festivals of the East coast, Electric Zoo, that left me yearning for a little bit more of live trance and minimal house. The...
Sounds from the District: Wugazi
If Fugazi is for the bearded used-to-be punx, and Wu-Tang is for the children, then Wugazi is for the children of the bearded used-to-be punx. #logic If there ever was a quintessential D.C. band, it was Fugazi. D.I.Y to the core and ever evolving in sound, Fugazi...
Shazam Wildcat: Summer Festivals, Part Two ÛÒ Bonnaroo
Later on in the summer I embarked on another journey across the US, this time to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee for what I thought would be the ultimate music experience, Bonnaroo. If you are ready to be awakened by asphyxiating heat, consume at least half of spoon of...
Ticket Giveaway: Bliss 11-Year Anniversary
In September 2000, DJ Will Eastman held the first Bliss, a small indie/electropop dance night at the now-defunct Metro Cafe. In the eleven years since, Eastman has become an icon of DC live music, opening U Street Music Hall with DJ Jesse Tittsworth and expanding...
Explorations in Time and Tone: Scratch My Ear With Sandpaper
What makes good music? That question is far too complex and broad for my, or really anyone's, simple mind. The question itself already sets one astray. Our conception of good is arguably subjective. And our ideas of musical quality are almost inarguably subjective....
Shazam Wildcat: Summer Festivals, Part One – Movement
Labor Day came and went, and we shed what was left of our summer skin – and we also kissed goodbye all the summer music fests. Having no school is perhaps one of the most amazing parts of the summer, apart from it serving as the prime time for music festivals...