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Like a decent portion of the AU, and WVAU population, I saw Drake last weekend. And while I knew that it would be an experience, I didn‰'t anticipate the intense level of energy, a lot of energy, that would stay with me. Even while staying in the library at 2am. (2am...

Courtesy of Black Cat Hailing from the music town of Athens, Georgia, Futurebirds play a certain style laid-back country-rock that combines backwoods harmonies with pedal steel riffs and atmospheric feedback. Calling their sound "psychedelic country" they are known...

When asked how to describe their vibe, Smallpools said they are a group of brothers with ADD working in their dad's factory on an assembly line. And every now and again everybody just stops production and plays a game of street fighter. Their self titled debut EP was...

Yo La Tengo graced the Lincoln Theater with their presence Friday. The band played a two-set acoustic show surrounded by avant-garde artwork and a poster of The Clean, a legendary indie band from New Zealand. The lineup featured lead guitarist Dave Schramm, who was...

Courtesy of Wikipedia For the first installment of “I‰'m Not Like The Other Girls,‰” I apprehensively dawn my headphones to review the musical works of Kid Cudi. Like many of us, I adopted most of my ‰musical taste‰' from my older sibling, which made for a pretty...

Are you a fan of Pavement, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Tom Petty, John Fahey or The War On Drugs? Then come down to the 9:30 Club on October 8th to see Kurt Vile and the Violators perform songs off of his new album “b'lieve i'm goin down‰” released September 25th....

With festival season coming to a close, I am here as a proud introverted survivor of this year‰'s batch of thrashing fans, hour-long bathroom lines, and endless crowds. And if I did it, then so can you, fellow music fan. 1. Go in prepared Festivals release the line up...

Courtesy of ET Last week, Ryan Adams released 1989, in which he covers Taylor Swift‰'s 1989 in it's entirety as a kind of tribute. Reaction to Adams‰' 1989 has been largely mixed; some publications think it‰'s a triumph, others, a somewhat sexist attempt to...

Courtesy of Bjork If it was 1993, and you were an Icelandic woman who was fed up with the gimmicky dead end band that you were in, and your solo project needed to express something that transcended any single music genre while simultaneously expressing what it is to...

San Diego-based Wavves is headlining The 9:30 Club On October 7th with Twin Peaks. Wavves, named after the lead singer‰'s fear of the ocean, was first noticed by music bloggers who enjoyed the lo-fi, do-it-yourself nature of their work. Wavves' recent release with...