Making his debut in 2015, Goth Babe (aka Griff Washburn) has been making sunny surf-indie-rock that combines music with environmental advocacy. Partnered with organizations such as Protect Our Winters, Conservation Lands Foundation, Project Zero and JuneShine,...
Sam Merar-Osborne
Welcome Back!
To the WVAU community, alumni and college radio lovers, We are your General Managers Sam Merar-Osborne and Haddy Greenidge, and we wanted to give a big welcome back to the coolest club on campus, WVAU. For those of you who are brand new here and...
Kay Basement Preview: Local Orange, Mannequin Fight, TORO and Home Remedies
It’s back. WVAU’s biggest, loudest event of the semester is back this Saturday, Mar. 2, in the Kay Spiritual Life Center Basement. The Kay Basement concert is a long-standing WVAU tradition that goes back to at least 2012–or at least, that’s the earliest Instagram...
Across the Universe: A Halloween Celebration of Gothic Country, Americana, and Ethel Cain
If anyone reading this has had the pleasure of viewing my Spotify (or AirBuds) listening activity over the past year, you’ve probably seen me borderline obsessively listening to Ethel Cain’s discography. Nothing else quite satisfies the mood of a late night drive...
Exploring Japanoise and “Anti-Music”
A few years ago, my dad and I drove to Morgantown, West Virginia in search of Assumption Records, a record shop famous for being in a repurposed church. The last thing I was expecting to walk out with was a copy of There’s No Heaven Like Hell by Les Rallizes Dénudés +...
Across the Universe: Beyond the Iron Curtain: Or, an Ode to Soviet Funk, Jazz, and Disco
Growing up, my mom and I used to spend eight long hours together driving from Pittsburgh to Chicago. Being stuck in a small, moving vehicle with one other person for such a long time is no easy task, but my favorite part of the journey was always listening to my mom’s...