Anyone paying attention to r&b or hip-hop has to know the name Kehlani. She's had chart successes to a certain extent but most know her for her more recent, hip-hop focused album SweetSexySavage, Distraction and Undercover being the more popular tracks. But I...
WVAU Music Staff reviews new albums each week! Here's what the group has reviewed for the week of March 2. Pop/ish Charlotte Day Wilson - Nothing New Will Varley - Spirit of Minnie RPM (Electronic) MGMT - Little Dark Age Poppy Ackroyd - Resolve AAA (Guitars and such)...
There's something different about local music. A tiny part of you feels indebted to them, like it's your duty to listen for the sake of repping where you come from. The listener and the artist have both driven down the same roads, eaten at the same restaurants, and...
Remember One Direction? Well even if you do I am going to remind you; they were a British boy band put together on the singing competition show “The X-Factor” that has since lost a member and gone on a hiatus. Now I am not here to tell you the history of One...
Photo by Shaina Santos Last semester, Desta Dawn came to American University to perform at ESA Fest. The event was hosted by the Ethiopian & Eritrean Student Association to showcase Habesha culture. There were many standout performers, but Desta Dawn's...
The Asian identity is fragment in popular culture. The stories, music, and culture have never been adequately told and how can it be when there are is such little representation. Just recently the Asian community has gained traction in the music industry with the...
Pop-punk may not be dead, but its big players seem to be going through an identity crisis. Searching “pop-punk bands” into Google first gives you a list of these bigger names like Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, All Time Low, and others. Bands like these...
Photo courtesy of Indie Guides It was August 23rd. Teen Mortgage walked off the stage at DC9 with the gaits of soldiers leaving a battlefield- accomplished and certain of victory even if they had poured out the Pacific in terms of the combined sweat between the two of...
Image courtesy of Kelela “Hold up, wait, you're fucking with my groove. Gettin' on this plane, making moves.Û, Kelela puts the world on notice in the hook of her song “Frontline” in the sweetest and most legitimate manner and we're not mad about it. Since the...
Y'all need to stop what you're doing and read this thought-provoking journal for today's column. I just discovered this song the other day and I cannot stop listening to it. This artist is not well known and so therefore there is not a lot written about him or the...