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New Bums ‰ÛÒ Voices in a Rented Room (Drag City)

New Bums ‰ÛÒ Voices in a Rented Room (Drag City)

The sound of a hangover of the prettiest hangover ever The folk stylings of New Bums hits an interesting spot on the musical spectrum, both stylistically and mood-wise. They‰'re sad and downbeat, but not outright depressing like Sun Kil Moon, and their songs about...

Battleme- Future Runs Magnetic

Battleme- Future Runs Magnetic

Smart, simple cross-genre album. Anyone that heard Battleme‰'s 2013 EP Weight on the Brain was left wishing for more, and the full-length answer to the prayers is Future Runs Magnetic, an edgy and dynamic album. Ranging from dreamy and experimental indie to post punk,...

Desert Noises- 27 Ways (SQE Music)

Desert Noises- 27 Ways (SQE Music)

Impressive debut effort from a creative indie rock band. Desert Noise‰'s debut album 27 Ways is refreshing and upbeat addition to the realm of modern indie rock. High-energy songs that pack punchy percussion, rootsy-rock guitar riffs with overtones of 80s alternative...

Early Morning Rebel – Life Boat (Baby Bird Records)

Early Morning Rebel – Life Boat (Baby Bird Records)

Indie-pop sounds of 3am sadness Everyone knows the feeling of a digital glow reminding you it‰'s too early for you to still be awake as you stare blankly at your ceiling. Life Boat should be the soundtrack to those nights. Every song off this debut album explores some...

The Chain Gang of 1974- Daydream Forever (ADA)

The Chain Gang of 1974- Daydream Forever (ADA)

Indietronic synthfest with a beat The Chain Gang of 1974 is (spoiler!) just one man, Kamtin Mohager- but this guy has enough tricks up his sleeve to act as 5 people. Daydream Forever was an effort between Mohager and producer Isom Innis, who is best known for his work...

Joyland-Trust (Arts and Crafts)

Joyland-Trust (Arts and Crafts)

Keeping it cool This album is much cooler than you are. I don‰'t mean this as an insult or a compliment, more as a statement of mere fact. If this album were somebody, it would be the young people at a party who have excellent, perfectly disheveled haircuts and a...

DJ Spotlights: Foreplaylist

Welcome to the inaugural WVAU DJ Profile series, where we take a look at some of the lovely faces behind the microphone who serenade you with all sorts of music. This series will look at some of our fantastic DJs and give you a little more insight into all of the...

The Tough Crowd: Reunions and Why They Make Me Cringe

A month or so ago, emo/post-hardcore/whatever else band, Basement announced (well, hinted at) their reunion through a discreet but very obvious Twitter post. It was classy and sure upped their hype factor to the kids that already jock them, but for me as someone that...

Sit Down with Shira: Perfect Pussy

For my inaugural badass-f***-off-indie-girl-fronted-(or compiled)-band post, I figured there would really be no better band to start off with than the ultimate front runners in their supersonic field: Perfect Pussy. Yes folks, there is a band called Perfect Pussy, and...