You know how essentially everyone has three personalities: with their friends, family, and by themselves. In different spaces, we present different parts of ourselves to fit the situation. There's always that idea of whether to follow your head or your heart. It's...
If you haven't somehow heard the 1999 massive hit “All Star,” off of Smash Mouth's sophomore record, Astro Lounge, please show me the rock you called out from under so I can use it to escape from distractions while I'm studying. All joking aside, the song has been...
By now, the term softboy has become a ubiquitous part of millennial vernacular. Popular discourse hypothesizes that the softboy is the antithesis of the f-boy. However, I argue that softboys are the “sensitive” foils to f-boys that wield their emotions in a...
MAX and Rozes put on an energetic display of showmanship at U Street Music Hall on the 26th of October. In his first headlining show in D.C, Max Schneider put on a concert that will certainly be remembered. I love how there was definitely a link between the two sets...
These days it seems everyone has been reveling in the coming of autumn, with its cooler temperatures, thick sweaters, pumpkin spice everything, and general spookiness. Hear me out, though. While I'm happy to do the Monster Mash and go apple picking with the best of...
Happy Halloweekend people! Whether you're going to a costume party, trick-or-treating on Embassy Row, or watching a screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight (which is what yours truly is doing), Halloween is the time to live your best and weirdest life....
Photo: Mr Hipster Bob Pollard is something of a God to me. An elementary school teacher with a penchant for the Who and booze, Pollard started “Guided By Voices” as a little hobby for himself and his friends when they were drunk. Most agree that the albums they...
I'm pretty sure I'm TV Girl's biggest fan. Granted, there's like, 30 of us, so that's not a huge accomplishment. 50 other people and I huddled in the basement of Comet Ping Pong on Monday. A single color changing light hung above the stage. The venue was small...
Joe Casey at Rock and Roll Hotel//Photo:Tessa Dolt After Protomartyr's soundcheck at Rock and Roll Hotel on Thursday, frontman Joe Casey sat down with us to talk about Protomartyr's latest album release off Domino Records, Relatives in Descent. Max: Besides being on...
From left to right, Chris, Mikey, Peter, & Neil All of my articles for WVAU can be put into this one single tweet by the Tyler, The Creator: Un-Follow Me Now, This Is Gonna Be the Only Thing I Tweet About For The Next Week. Ive Wanted This For Years Fuck. What The...