The Eyes of Summer

By: Caitlin Marsilii Out of all the seasons, summer seems to stand out and reconnect us with our roots in childhood and in nature. It seems to have a special and unique hold on both the child and adult alike. For many, it heightens certain features of the world — or highlights the value of …

Album Review: Bcos U Will Never B Free

By: Wylie Feaster It starts with a cough —this album starts with a cough. It may not seem like much but, to any first-time listener, it’s a very real indicator of humanity, of sickness, of anxiety, all emanating from a boy from Grayshott, along the border of Hampshire and Surrey, England, with a way with …

Artist Review: Harry Styles

By: Alexis Winward It’s pretty ironic that I’m a Harry Styles fan. One Direction skyrocketed to the top of the music industry when I was only eleven years old. I had previously decided that I despised teen sensation Justin Bieber, so hostility toward One Direction only felt natural. Looking back, it definitely had something to …

City in Sound III: Kennett Square, PA

Every week, I aim to travel to a new “city” and truly explore its unique vibe. Inspired by the sounds of the city, I will create and share a playlist that will be on Spotify as well as featuring a play-through of each city in sound on 91.3 WVUD, Mondays from 4:30 to 5:00 PM. …

City in Sound II: Chesapeake, MD

By Caitlin Marsilii For those of you unacquainted with Chesapeake City, it is an adorable, sleepy, little place by Chesapeake Bay (about thirty minutes from campus). It is split in half by the Chesapeake City Bridge, but both sides of the city house plenty of docks, boats, and historic architecture. I’ve only been to the …

WVUD’s Top Albums of 2019

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …