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An Open Letter to Vampire Weekend
You were my first. My first favorite band. I grew up in a town accented by confederate flags with large pickup trucks shouting into the sky for someone, anyone to praise their monument. My incredibly religious parents held strong convictions when I was very young. Being the oldest child, I ... -
Bring Me The Horizon takes angst to a new genre
By: Maddelynne Parker Get ready for one of the most progressive sounds one might ever hear from a favorite teenage angst band. Bring Me The Horizon released its sixth studio album “Amo” in late January 2019. It consists entirely of upbeat, melodic tracks that throws away its past of heavy-screamo ... -
Show Spotlight: Running on Empty
By Nick Piccinino They met randomly in the fall — brought together by their love of music and college radio. Find out why Kayla Chumley, junior graphic design major, and Lily Bose, freshman biology major, bonded so well in our studio. What was the reason behind the name Running on ... -
Indie Supergroup Boygenius Debuts Dynamic Female Dominant EP
By Nick Piccinino It’s a well known fact that women are underrepresented in the music industry. Despite this, some of the best music in the past few years has been released by female fronted bands. Artists like Snail Mail, Cherry Glazzer and Soccer Mommy have made strides in pushing the ... -
Dream-pop artist, Rynn, shows how networking can bring major success
By Brendan Callan, Photo credit: Erika Mugglin Rynn is an L.A. based alternative, dream-pop artist who has used her songwriting and networking skills to gain eight million streams of her single “Islands” on Spotify. She’s also collaborated with rising Dutch DJ R3HAB’s, born as Fadil El Ghoul, on his ... -
Annie Goodchild thrives as a musician of many sounds
By Maddelynne Parker Annie Goodchild is an American artist with many roots, who is unable to categorize her work to just one genre. She resides in Switzerland currently, and interviewed with us about her most recent project, EP "Meditative Mouthfuls," and her life living abroad as a musician. Find out ... -
At Pavillon looks to break out of Austria's music norm
By Nick Piccinino Find out what Mwita Mataro of Austria's up-and-coming band, At Pavillon, had to say about the music scene in Austria and what he hopes his group can bring to the world. The band will be releasing its debut album "Believe Us" January 2019. When did you ... -
Show Spotlight: Sweaty Nuisance
By Nick Piccinino Who are the two faces behind Friday's show Sweaty Nuisance? Find out more about Sara Brennan, senior media arts and design and social work double major, and Ingrid Basheda, senior media arts and design major. Both of whom are also on WXJM's second line team. How ... -
The Flaming Lips establish their own legacy
By: Maddelynne Parker The Flaming Lips have had a wild ride of a career as one of America’s top current psychedelic rock bands. They're flame sparked in 1983 and have released to date: 16 full-length studio albums, the official rock song of Oklahoma and three Grammy Awards. They're now taking ... -
Bristol band Idles takes punk rock into the mainstream
By Nick Piccinino Although it has been a band for over seven years, Bristol-based punk band Idles has garnered mainstream appeal in the past two years. With the release of their album “Brutalism” released in 2017, Idles injected the music scene with brash, poignant songs full of political and social ...
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