Hello and welcome to Just Press Play! Let's take a little trip back to 2012: the year of “Call Me Maybe," “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," and, yes, “Gangnam Style." Oh, what a year in music. But, at the end of that glorious year came a song that would...
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Jaakko Eino Kalevi: A Void Between Dreams and Reality
Appropriately described as a “ Finnish dream-pop mystery man," Jaakko Eino Kalevi's electronic sound has this way of bringing you into a nightmarish daze. Listening to his music makes me feel like I'm existing in this in-between space where I'm connecting with my...
Hauntingly Beautiful: Frightened Rabbit’s “Die Like A Rich BoyÛ
Long-time readers of “Another Kind of Currency” may recall a column I wrote my freshman year about Frightened Rabbit's “Poke,” which I always considered not only one of their most depressing songs (saying something if you know FR's catalog), but also one of the...
Georgetown: Vampire Weekend’s Stomping Ground
Courtesy of Whrhsarrowhead, Edited by: Maria Carrasco This past Saturday I spent my afternoon in glorious Georgetown, surrounded by bermuda pink shorts and a wave of mint green accessories. Now this might not be the cup of tea for everyone, but I've come to...
Midwest Sampler #1: Minneapolis-St. Paul Hip Hop
Courtesy of Rackcdn In coming to AU this fall, I've found out that everyone here is from suburban Philly and/or New Jersey. The effect of this is that everyone thinks that the midwest is one giant cornfield, and that there is a shared consensus that most of the...
SUMMER ISN’T OVER
Courtesy of bouquetofparantheses With the first day of autumn behind us, some people yearn to cling to the vestigial sun rays, warm summer breeze, and the sun glinting off of anything gold. The following playlist is ideal to relax in a hammock or on a rooftop to, mint...
SUMMER ISN’T OVER
Courtesy of @bouquetofparantheses With the first day of autumn behind us, some people yearn to cling to the vestigial sunrays, warm summer breeze, and the sun glinting off of anything gold. The following playlist is ideal to relax in a hammock or on a rooftop to, mint...
Not Like The Other Girls: Matt and Kim
Courtesy of Culturated The overly optimistic piano from Matt and Kim's Daylight played through my best friends iHome and rung throughout her refurbished basement. I specifically remember learning that my eighth grade crush also liked this song, so we were definitely...
The Funniest Trip through Funk: Review of Funkadelic by Funkadelic
Courtesy of Pitchfork I'm going to be blunt and argue that if anyone ever started a conversation with you with the opening lines "If you will suck my soul, I will lick your funky emotions", you probably wouldn't continue the conversation. However, George Clinton, in...
All Things Go Fall Classic Preview 2016
The All Things Go Fall Classic is back on October 8th, 2016 for its third year in Washington, DC as the festival you never knew you needed until you saw the lineup. We're here to provide you with the information you need for the fall's hottest festival to come to...








