Here are our top albums of 2019, as selected by WVUD DJs, Music Department members, and Ops Board members: Taylor Carroll: Social Cues, Cage the Elephant Charles Zoeller: First Taste by Ty Segall Ryan Geary: Routine Maintenance by Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties Joe Mullen: Jaime by Brittney Howard Kiara Cronin: “I would say … Continue reading WVUD’s Top Albums of 2019
The Series: City in Sound, Newark DE
By: Caitlin Marsilii When walking around, I always seem to find music within people, places, and things typically deemed unmusical. Hikes through the woods inspire lyrics in my head. Certain friends I have remind me of playlists and songs, and even times in my past resonate with certain genres of music. I truly believe that … Continue reading The Series: City in Sound, Newark DE
Song Review: Phoebe Bridgers “Christmas Song”
For a few years now, I’ve had for a playlist on Spotify called “(Blue) Christmas”. I made it the winter of my freshman year of college, when my parents had just moved to Florida and I was upset and jealous of the christmases of white back home in New York. It’s a collection of sad … Continue reading Song Review: Phoebe Bridgers “Christmas Song”
Album Review: Pure Heroine, Lorde
By: Chris Hope On October 12, 2013, Miley Cyrus’ then-controversial “Wrecking Ball” lost its two-week streak of topping the Billboard Hot 100 to a New Zealander relatively unknown to the United States named Ella Lani Yelich-O’Connor — Lorde. “Royals” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a consecutive nine weeks, though its impact and what it … Continue reading Album Review: Pure Heroine, Lorde
Album Review: IGOR, Tyler the Creator
By: Wylie Feaster One of the more fascinating artistic evolutions of our current generation, Tyler Okonma, better known as Tyler, the Creator, presents us with IGOR, his fifth studio album, hastily following Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, the 10-minute, six-song EP released last November. After the mutinous, uncompromising sounds of his earlier work … Continue reading Album Review: IGOR, Tyler the Creator
An Interview with The Beths
By: Shannon Murphy From March 3rd, 2019 On Sunday, March 3rd, The Beths played a sold-out show with Bad Bad Hats at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. A local band called Sieve opened the show. The Beths performed at First Unitarian Church in Philly. The Beths will be on tour with Bad Bad Hats … Continue reading An Interview with The Beths
The Beautiful Elements of Bon Iver’s Self-Titled Record (AKA The Pieces That Speak to My Soul)
By Ilene Frances The 2011 self-titled record by Bon Iver is one of the few records that I return to numerous times throughout any given year. The heavenly hymns flow so gracefully from one song to the next and tell a story of resurgence from long winter (as described in the debut record For Emma, … Continue reading The Beautiful Elements of Bon Iver’s Self-Titled Record (AKA The Pieces That Speak to My Soul)
