Any album can be a breakup album depending on personal experience, but certain albums have a way of resonating with our collective emotional consciousness more so than others. And no matter how amicable the breakup, sometimes you just need to blast “Go Your Own Way”...
Anybody who has ever read any of my columns knows that lyrical analysis is very much one of my favorite activities. But that was not always true. Especially when I was 8— which was one of the first times I remember hearing the phenomenal breakthrough record from...
Courtesy of Billboard TOMORROW, SATURDAY the 25th, DC rapper Goldlink will be coming to THE TAVERN for a FREE show for all AU students, co-sponsored by AU Student Union Board (SUB) and WVAU. Come before 8:30PM with your AU ID and get ready to BUMP. GoldLink instantly...
Courtesy of HOMESHAKE's Bandcamp I'm not saying I would boink a robot, but if I were to ever venture for the mechanical man, Fresh Air would be the album I put on while doing it. Here's how HOMESHAKE's latest album, Fresh Air would help me in my pursuit of robotic...
Courtesy of High Snobiety People have been mostly pretty quick to shrug off new-on-the-limelight artists such as Lil Yachty as “badÛ, and “not interestingÛ, and “not goodÛ, and asking questions like “why is this popular?Û Punk rock and Lil Yachty do not seem...
Edit by Maria Carrasco I was originally going to do something different for today's post, but the weather was so nice Saturday and Sunday, I figured I should dedicate something to that. I mean, it's February and it was 70 degrees (but also, climate change is real...
The Pica Beats isn't the easiest band to find information about, but, after all, if the band you like has a Wikipedia page you lose indie points anyways. As the musical project of Ryan Barrett, they could arguably hail from Portland, Seattle, or Vermont depending on...
2017 started off like any good year should start: with Ed Sheeran releasing new music. Finally, everyone's favorite ginger (Ron Weasley is a close second) returned with not just one but TWO singles that'll get you grooving. While “Shape of You” is one of Sheeran's...
I grew up loving ska, especially the third-wave ska that was popular in the 1990s. A copy of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones's Let's Face It was one of my favorite CDs my Dad gave me, among copies of Blues Traveler's Four and Huey Lewis and & The News's Sports....
Edit by Maria Carrasco Last year I was very excited to come back to D.C. during winter break. This year was different, for obvious reasons. But despite my absolute disgust of returning back to the city, especially on Jan. 21, some great music has come out that makes...