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A little more than a week into my semester in London and I‰'ve had much time to explore, but regrettably, I have yet to catch a live show. (I did just buy a ticket to see GIVERS here in November. And it feels like only yesterday I wrote my “WVAU Loves…‰” post...

In today’s popular entertainment, the urge to create something more transformative from the rest, that transcends time and history, has become clear. It is perhaps hard for many of us find these higher ideas in today‰'s hype-ridden radio and blogosphere.åÊåÊHow...

How does one approach discussing music? It‰'s undeniably a matter of taste but yet we talk about “good‰” and “bad music. How should we even go about defining what is and what is not music? Anywhere I go, a few minutes spent with my eyes closed transforms the unnoticed...

Greetings from Jolly Old England! This semester I am continuing my AssWebbing duties from London for my semester abroad. Even though I won‰'t be back at AU and in the studio until January, I‰'m thrilled I can still be in the WVAU family by webbing some asses. Just a...

Just a few weeks ago I had one of the most amazing live music experiences. You know, one of those shows when you see a band or artist you‰'ve always idolized, it‰'s members possessing an almost greater-than human status to you. DC‰'s own in indie rock duo The Evens...

WVAU’s favorite ginger-locked Assistant Web Director Jesse Drucker made a mixtape to welcome the new WVAU year, featuring Captain Beefheart, Thee Oh Sees, and Ford & Lopatin.

In the past century, recorded music has thinned from cylinders to shellac 78s; vinyl LPs to cassette tapes; and now, from CDs to .mp3s. Like a print journalist dreads the death of the newspaper, I worry about what effect the disappearance of physical music may have on...

Just because you’re chatting on your radio show doesn’t mean you need to kill your momentum with dead air. Former WVAU DJ Zarek Chase gave us a few tips on using background music effectively. “Adding in backing music while you talk is a pretty easy...

One of our beloved veteran DJs, Ethan Meick, made a fantastic WVAU tribute mix on 8tracks. Check it out below, and stay tuned for plenty more 8tracks mixes on the website, made by featured DJs.

Pity the fate of disco. Though its influences can still be heard springing up in pop songs like Lady Gaga‰'s “Alejandro‰” and indie rock dance tunes from bands like !!! and Hot Chip, the name “disco‰” will always be associated with the worst of the seventies ‰ÛÒ ugly...