For a band best known for their pubescent humor and alcohol-drowned performances (which occasionally were just meltdowns), The Replacements left quite the mark on alternative rock, gathering citations as one of the forefathers of the now uselessly broad genre of indie...
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Under the Tide: Tony Sly
I'm not one to mourn when someone who doesn't have a discernible effect on my life passes on. When one of the lead singers who belonged to a band which I used to listen to a fair amount in high school died unexpectedly, it's fair to say that I didn't react the...
Heavy Rotation Highlights
HAPPY FRIDAY! Check out these five favorite artists on the rack reviewed by the ballin’ music staff. Of course we’ve got a look inside Sam Smith’s EDM soul, static from Montreal’s Solids, darkness from NOTHING, “mahogany vocals” from Ane Brun and Snowmine with indie...
The Looking Glass: Album Review – St. Vincent’s "St. Vincent"
Monday night Annie Clark released an advance listening of her new album St. Vincent. It is a rather welcomed movement back into the landscape of Marry Me (2007). The album, which unfolds quite dialectically, back into and out of the conventions of social alienation,...
Feedback: Light and Heavy
Another song detailing the deep inner pain of the singer comes up on shuffle. Another quivering voice metes messages out for my ear by belt and whisper. Music, really any art form, carries some crazy burdens. Folks cannot go wandering around screaming half mad about...
Shaken Not Stirred: Springtime Playlist
In what seemed to be the longest, coldest, most dreadful winter this year, D.C. finally experienced a day of bright sunshine and glorious heat this past Wednesday. So what better way to celebrate the beautiful weather than with a pre-springtime playlist to make the...
Fanfarlo- Let’s Go Extinct (Blue Horizon)
Indie-pop Latin-synth This five-piece London group got their name from a Baudelaire poem, reference Chuck Palahniuk, and make music as contrasting as their literary allusions. Let's Go Extinct sounds like some Brits stole a Cuban jazz band and decided to sing...
Leading Ladies: London Duo AOSOON a Must for Rainy Days
From left to right: Marisa Hylton and Manny Folorunso of AOSOON. Courtesy of Sodwee. In other “music that has flown under the radar in 2013” news, AOSOON released their debut EP What Is This About last summer to quiet but appreciative murmurings. The young...
DCIFF Film Review
The DC Independent Film Festival is happening from the 19th-23rd throughout the DC region and includes a host of speakers to check out. Recently, two of our Staff Writers got the chance to view two of the films playing, Brothers Hypnotic and 3 Mile Limit. Brothers...
Live in the Hive: All Dogs
Columbus, Ohio pop-punkers All Dogs stopped by the WVAU studio for a quick two song set before their show with Waxahatchee. Listen below to learn more about their songwriting process, being on the road, and hear an exclusive new untitled song! Make sure to catch All...