Courtesy of Hercules Moments A few weeks ago, We Were Promised Jet Packs brought Black Cat down with their unique balance of post-punk and indie pop. Staff writer Julia Zaglin met up with them after their set to talk roots, dream venues, and horoscopes. How was...
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A Farewell Transmission
Everybody needs more (good) sad music in their lives. So when I stumbled upon Songs: Ohia, I was absolutely elated to add another great artist to add to my rainy day playlist. Songs: Ohia's most popular album, Magnolia Electric Co., really resonated with me when I...
The Only Reason it’s Okay to Say You’re Stuck in the 1960’s: A Review of Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Courtesy of Herb Greene Fotos You know that cool uncle you have? The one that your dad somewhat resents? Yeah, he listened to Jefferson Airplane. He listened to Jefferson Airplane a lot, and he listened to Jefferson Airplane at the right time. Sadly, we live in...
A Look Back at some of Skuffy’s Favorite Musical Moments
Courtesy of Truly Gadgets It's almost clichÌ© at this point to say that music “does things” to you. We all know it can affect one's mood, often independent of the lyrical subject matter that may or may not be present. And it goes without saying that there...
Weekend Watch: Reviews from the Week of 10/16
Grimes Art Angels (4AD) By Max Gowan Appealing, Heavily-Produced Pop A few years ago I saw a Nardwuar interview with Claire Boucher where she claimed that Mariah Carey was her favorite artist in the world. This statement seemed surprising coming from the dark,...
Dancing with the Stars
Lately I've been coming to terms with my guilty pleasures and proudly admitting my love for them (ie Twilight, Justin Bieber), and right now I'll just come out and say that I'm pretty obsessed with astrology. It's really fun to read into people's personalities...
What do you get when you mix jazz, funk, pop and latin beats? Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux
Courtesy of HKW “Les Ambassadeurs” is a jazzy, afro-pop funk group from Mali, headed by Mali music legend Salif Keita. The group fled Mali during the 70s in order to escape political unrest, heading to Ivory Coast, and later to Paris in the 80s. It was after this...
Interviews: Sun Club
Sun Club is an experimental indie pop project based out of Baltimore Maryland, and has received a lot of hype over the past few weeks from the release of their first full length album The Dongo Durango. WVAU DJ and music staffer Matt Reise got to meet with band...
Re-envisioning Solidarity
In the wake of a tumultuous, tragedy-filled week, a word, well maybe more of a concept, has been flowing through my mind and surely the minds of others: Solidarity. Solidarity has been said so frequently in response to violent racism on college campuses and terrorist...
Musicians don’t always need to be the voice of a generation
Writers block. It's a hard thing to overcome. It's quite strange, actually. There is so much to talk about in regards to protest—especially now in regards to the events at Mizzou, Yale, and the scores of other college campuses across the country. I could write about...