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Courtesy of ET Last week, Ryan Adams released 1989, in which he covers Taylor Swift‰'s 1989 in it's entirety as a kind of tribute. Reaction to Adams‰' 1989 has been largely mixed; some publications think it‰'s a triumph, others, a somewhat sexist attempt to...

Courtesy of Bjork If it was 1993, and you were an Icelandic woman who was fed up with the gimmicky dead end band that you were in, and your solo project needed to express something that transcended any single music genre while simultaneously expressing what it is to...

San Diego-based Wavves is headlining The 9:30 Club On October 7th with Twin Peaks. Wavves, named after the lead singer‰'s fear of the ocean, was first noticed by music bloggers who enjoyed the lo-fi, do-it-yourself nature of their work. Wavves' recent release with...

Holly Miranda‰'s sophomore album was release earlier this summer and she started her tour off with us in D.C. Miranda played two new tracks off her self titled album with us Live in the Hive.

October 15th 2015, get ready to see the amazing indie/pop band Cherub at the 9:30 club. The normal duo will be adding two old friends to their show, Jordan Bartlett on guitar and Nick Curtis, their producer, on drum. Get ready to hear old favorites like Doses and...

Does disco-punk spark your interest? This isn‰'t their first time coming through DC, and it won‰'t be their last. The Growlers are back Saturday October 10th at the 9:30 Club and you don‰'t want to miss it. With their fifth album, Chinese Fountain, it has...

Come out and see Steph with Carpark Records October 5th at 8:00pm in MGC 200! Steph is the label manager of Carpark Records and subsidiary label Company Records. She also is the manager of Carpark's publishing house, Carpark Publishing. In her time at Carpark, she has...

Courtesy of DM's Beatles Honestly, it‰'s difficult not to appreciate the Beatles for their contribution to contemporary music. From making it standard—even expected—for bands to sing self-composed songs, to, at least, being partly responsible for shifting the music...

WVAU would like to remind everyone that we work to maintain a safe space for members both inside and outside of our music community. Our duty to ensure creative spaces free of hate speech applies particularly, but not exclusively, to our events open to the community....

After five years of anxious waiting, I finally had the amazing privilege of seeing one of my favorite singers, Holly Miranda, perform live this past Tuesday night. My adoration for Miranda was sparked late into my sophomore year of high school when my love for sad,...