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Adam Glickman and Kaitie O’Hare of Yikes on Mics! got to sit down with Mike Grubbs, the lead singer and pianist of the band Wakey!Wakey!. You can listen to their interview below! Mike Grubbs Interview by WVAUOnline If you want to learn more about Wakey!Wakey!,...

Running out of ideas for tunes to listen whilst studying for your countless exams and writing your endless papers? Please allow me to offer some guidance. Often I‰'ll be in the middle of jamming to my favorite song du jour, and I‰'ll unknowingly type the lyrics in my...

Former WVAU General Manager Lindsay Zoladz wrote a terrific piece in the Washington City Paper yesterday in defense of college radio stations. Of course, it's in WVAU's self-interest to support any article that supports us, especially one by a distinguished alum....

I already wrote about the brilliance of Merrill Garbus and her project tUnE-yArDs prior to her new release w h o k i l l, a masterfully constructed conglomeration of genres all anchored by Garbus‰'s powerful vocals and deft ukulele playing. On w h o k i l l, all of...

Anyone familiar with Dischord Records and DC music in general should know the name Q And Not U.åÊ They‰'re a band that existed during the late 90s and early 2000s, mixing punk rock with synthesizers and dance grooves.åÊ Recently, Chris Richards from Q And Not U spoke...

In a side alley next to the 9:30 Club WVAU DJs Dan Raby and Faith Masi met up with the members of the band Dom (Dom, Cosmo, Eric and Bobby K.) to chat before the band opened for The Go! Team. Dom shared their thoughts as well as their Old Grand-dad Whiskey. WVAU: So...

Two weeks ago in my last article I pondered why so many people seem to listen to bad music. I hypothesized that the reason behind the popularity of incredibly simple music was connected to people‰'s childhood. I deduced that some people did not grow up situated...

Daft Punk played at James Murphy‰'s house for the last time Saturday night, April 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. To the dismay of fans, Murphy, frontman of the indie-electro-dance-punk-etc. ensemble, announced Feb. 5 that LCD Soundsystem would play their...

Are they brothers? Yes. Are they both named Jeff? No. Is at least one named Jeff? Again, no, but besides their catchy yet confusing moniker, JEFF the Brotherhood is an up-and-coming name in indie music that you are sure to be hearing more of soon. They‰'ve played SXSW...

This article was supposed to be about the new Fleet Foxes album. But after listening to exclusively Helplessness Blues for two days or so, all I could think about was Paul Simon. Simon‰'s influence is palpable on Helplessness Blues, in its lyrics full of existential...