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San Fermin – San Fermin (Downtown) Dirty Projectors chamber pop with Matt Berminger‰'s voice. Take whatever you like about Dirty Projectors, then everything that you like about chamber pop (if anything), then everything you like about Matt Berminger of The National’s...

Pavement‰'s 1992 debut, Slanted & Enchanted, was an underdog record from the start. Recorded at the home of local hippie legend Gary Young (who was also recruited to drum on the album), the album was a melting pot of abrasive lo-fi guitar, sloppy drumming and...

Jazz, among other things, is music for the individualist. It bends musical rules forward and backward and refuses to conform to rigid structure and organization. Jazz values inconsistencies and imperfections and radiates a carefree energy through the disembodiment of...

This week, I’ve decided to take a look at the first video on MTV which launched a million Teen Moms, “Video Killed the Radio Star”. The Buggles’ barely remembered hit has a particularly uninspiring video to go with it. The poppy new wave track focused on the dual...

  The new single “Chamakay‰” by Blood Orange is nothing less than a masterpiece. The day-old track is characteristically heartfelt, complex and catchy. DevontÌ© Hynes aka Blood Orange travels to Guyana, which is his mother‰'s hometown, to pay homage to his roots...

Julie Holter is coming to the Rock & Roll Hotel Thursday, Sept. 26 and we’re giving away two (count ‘em, TWO) free tickets to the show! Enter here:åÊhttp://t.co/phRoZbVobY Contest ends September 18th.

Dent May – Warm Blanket (Paw Tracks) Summer slipping slowly away… Warm Blanket, the third studio album by Paw Tracks understudy Dent May, feels like his grab for the spotlight. He is clearly cut from the Paw Tracks/Carpark cloth, recalling Toro Y Moi‰'s soft grooves,...

This past Saturday, Mauro Remiddi and his dream pop project, Porcelain Raft, took to the stage at Rock and Roll Hotel to support their new album, Permanent Signal. Like its 2012 predecessor, Strange Weekend, the album is a wonderful showcase of Remiddi‰'s gifts with...

  It’s everyone’s favorite time of year again, with the start of sweater weather season and the sweet smells of burnt dorm food filling the air. That’s right, a brand new semester has begun! Whether you’re having a pre-graduation crisis or looking forward to...

WVAU is back and we’re looking to start the semester off right by offering you not one, but TWO chances to win FREE tickets to some upcoming shows at the Rock & Roll Hotel. For more information, continue reading below: We’re giving away two FREE Porcelain Raft...