Although the Fall equinox was almost a month ago, it's finally starting to feel like the changing of the seasons we all anticipate as we make it through the seemingly endless dog days. The annual switching of tank tops to sweaters in my closet and stocking up on...
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Take a trip back to the garage bands of Peru in the 60s and 70s
Los York's are a psychedelic-garage band from the 60s in Peru. Their melancholy lyrics and voices are emotive and hit deep. In “Solo Estoy” (“Only I amÛ), almost a Cartesian ballad, the singer talks about how his lover is leaving him: she represents life and...
Radio Survivor Visits WVAU
Courtesy of Radio Survivor Last April, Radio Survivor dropped by the WVAU studio to hang out with then Promo Director Allen Nguyen and General Manager Hyunjin Park. The article was just published yesterday, which seems to be the perfect timing considering last week's...
Veggie Tunes
I am a firm believer that music can be an immense tool of support in anything that you are going through. A messy break-up, getting pumped before a soccer game, studying for a final exam. Perhaps even a change in diet? For a lot of reasons, I have...
Live in the Hive: Crater
Crater dropped by the studio the other week to preview some tracks off their upcoming debut album.
Submission Guidelines for Fall 2015 Zine
Hey all! I'm sure we're all directly in the midst of fighting our midterms tooth and nail, which can only mean one thing - it's time to open submissions for the Fall 2k15 issue of WVAU's official zine, The Stream!!!! Submissions open today and last until midnight on...
Whirr Dropped from Run For Cover Records for Transphobic Tweets
Courtesy of Mind Equals Blown San Francisco shoegaze band Whirr was dropped by Run For Cover Records, through whom the band released two splits and an EP, for recent transphobic tweets targeting punk band G.L.O.S.S. G.L.O.S.S. (which stands for Girls Living Outside...
Taking DC (By Strategy)
Courtesy of Rovicorp This week I have the pleasure of introducing a wonderfully weird and unique album: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Brian Eno. The sound of it is quite indescribable, ranging from tracks that seem to be meant for children, such as "Put A...
Where is Protest Music Today?
Courtesy of The Guardian It's 2015, and African Americans still face discrimination in the housing system, (read this interesting article about the insane history behind the non-delegation of essential economic rights to African Americans in the U.S. here), the...
How to break a Girl’s Heart: Review of LCD Soundsystem’s This Is Happening
Courtesy of Public Works I am writing this article mainly because Pitchfork and Consequence of Sound decided to emotionally hurt me. Consequence of Sound recently posted that James Murphy's musical brainchild LCD Soundsystem would get back together. They originally...