For those of us here in the US, it seems like every time a UK citizen turns on the radio they get an exclusive new track from an exclusive new producer who defies all genre descriptions. In fact the game of trying to label electronic musicians has become so obtuse and...
Courtesy of Last.fm Storm and Stress's 2000 release, Under Thunder and Florescent Light, is an album totally unlike anything before or after it. One moment it feels like watching the sun break through a gray mist and the next, being sucked into a void of blinding...
Exhibit One: Tkay Maidza from Adelaide, Australia (Courtesy of Grand Stand) Iggy Azalea is racist (among other things) and I cannot support someone who is so absorbed with her own ego that she cannot see the wrong in her words and actions and who will not afford...
Courtesy of Clash. When I came up with the idea for this column, I had a few specific pieces in mind, including the one I wrote about last week. Another is the subject of today's analysis, “Poke” by Scottish indie-folk band Frightened Rabbit. One of my favorite...
Two great guys. Picture taken by me!! Rafael Smith and Tyler Osborne are postgrad roomies. They also happen to be WVAU alumni, as well as avid vinyl collectors. But these two aren’t your average 2014 record purchasers. Their apartment is home to a wide variety...
We sat down with Rome Fortune after his performance at the Black Cat to talk to him about his first ever tour, growing up in Atlanta, and his plans for the future.The interview (audio):Find Rome's just-released mixtape, Small VVorld, here:
Courtesy of Mastodon's Twitter. I've got a new pleasure, and it's not guilty. The metal band Mastodon's music video for their new song, “MotherloadÛ, started a great twerk debate, and I am in love with all of it. Mastodon is a bit of progressive metal staple....
Courtesy of Pitchfork. In Mr Twin Sister, the former band members of Twin Sister introduce a paradoxical shift in redefining and escaping their former work: a movement forward without hesitation, the inexpressible act of mimicry that persists beyond the circuit of...
Courtesy of Gary Grayson. So, why is this column called “Pop ExodusÛ? It should be pretty self-explanatory, right? I'm probably taking a long journey through the war-torn desert of pop music, already dissected over and over again by self-indulgent critics and...
Hello all! My name is Kristina Kumpel, aka Tina Turnter, and this is Vibe of the Week. Here you can read about whatever music I’ve been groovin' to this week, from new artists to keep an eye out for to old favorites to revisit. With the arrival of fall comes...