Part of me is kind of angry that "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence became a meme. There's lots of Linkin Park and Breaking Benjamin songs that are just as hilariously overdramatic and edgy and even include white rappers, but, somehow this work of art, this tour de...
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Apathetic Nostalgia: Flake Music’s “Spanway HitsÛ
I wore flip-flops outside for the first time on Sunday, so that means Spring has sprung and my music listening habits have taken a minor turn. Namely, I listen to A LOT more indie rock. It just matches the weather so well. I may be walking to take a massive accounting...
A Conversation with Common
All photos courtesy of Marguerite Tucker When Common stopped by AU, we got the opportunity to talk to him about activism, Noname, and believing in yourself--all while he was sippin' on a green smoothie. Here is the exclusive WVAU/The Blackprint interview: Skylar: So...
A Song’s Purpose: For Me
Credit: Emily Langlois Music is my method of telling time. (Don't worry, I still know how clocks work!) Time has just always been a very abstract concept to me. I could never fully wrap my head around how sometimes a minute can feel like days, or how days can feel...
I Think You’re Cute: The Inconvenience of Crushes
Courtesy of Billboard So, you've got a crush: a bona fide, sweaty palms, poem-writing, want-to-talk-to-them-and-only-them-for-48-hours-straight type of crush. But what's a girl to do when Venus is in retrograde and your only flirting skills consist of sharing fun...
Franconia’s Finest w/ Calkie Fisseha and Meg Mowery
We talking Springfield & barre, join us.
Hippo Campus and Portugal. the Man Take D.C.
Credit: Hippo Campus' Landmark album cover and Portugal. the Man's Evil Friends album cover During last week, indie rock bands Hippo Campus and Portugal. the Man made stops in Washington D.C. Up first was Hippo Campus on Wednesday, March 29 at the Black Cat. I had...
WVAU PRESENTS: Abhi//Dijon & Rayana Jay on 4.8.17
Promotional art done by Suah Cheong BOTH Abhi//Dijon and Rayana Jay will be in our own Battelle Atrium//Saturday, April 8 @ 8-11pm// Doors at 7:30pm//FREE with AU ID// Mark your calendars, tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell everyone! RSVP here. Abhi//Dijon is...