WVAU is proud to announce that it will be hosting its spring Capital Punishment concert with Open Mike Eagle and Junglepussy on Saturday, April 16th. Join us in Battelle Atrium at 8pm for the show of the semester, and let us know you're coming via the Facebook event!...
Israel has become the promised land for underground music trends. In the last decade, artists and DJs have flourished on the dancefloors and in the hedonistic warehouses of Tel Aviv (namely, the Breakfast Club). Tel Aviv is all about the crazy parties and for making...
Courtesy of History.com Long-time readers of my column may remember the column I wrote criticizing pseudo-patriotism in the wake of September 11, 2011. Feel free to read it if you want, and come back later—this column will still be here when you get back. But, one of...
BIG ! BIG ! shout outs to Miss Maile Young for letting me interview her about songs that make her cry! I loved talking to this adorable little lady and crying together :~) A beautiful thing that I was able to realize during this interview was that the songs that make...
This week I was lucky enough to see some great bands from all over the US. On Thursday I was over at Songbyrd Music House in Adams Morgan, one of my favorite venues in DC. I have seen some of the more talented local bands at Songbyrd, so when I found out that a band I...
Courtesy of Cherry Bombed Singer-bassist Gene Simmons of Kiss has recently reached the top of my shit listÛÒand for good reason. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Simmons says he's looking forward to the death of rap and the revival of music with lyrics and...
Beya Likhari is a soulful songstress hailing from Baltimore. Her melodies and sentences flow cooly together in a way that stays in your headspace. We had the opportunity to chat with Beya on Wednesday morning about the Baltimore music scene, finding the perfect...
Courtesy of Anti I'm just going to come out and say it: I'm a sucker for concept albums. Especially when the concept is something subtle. There's something about realizing a collection of seemingly unrelated songs are actually related that gets me going. Something...
Courtesy of KIRN 670 AM The following songs represent a treasure trove of tracks mostly hidden from the world, disappearing following the Ayatollah's strict control over the dissemination of Western culture in Iran. The 70s in Iran before the Revolution was an era...
Philadephia-based Free Cake for Every Creature joined us in the studio with her earnestly sweet anthems of young-adulthood.