Is Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter pregnant with her second child? Was she ever even pregnant with the first? We may never know the answer to these questions for sure, since the incontrovertible evidence is sealed in Queen B’s high-security, temperature-controlled personal archive (which really does exist — it’s really hard to write anything about Beyonce without… Read More
Via Stereogum: Rumors have been circulating for a while now of a new album by Kanye West — who’s only released the collaborative efforts Watch the Throne (with Jay-Z) and Cruel Summer (as head of G.O.O.D. Music) since his 2010 magnum opus My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy stole our hearts, ran away with our charts, and swept the critics’ 2010… Read More
Radioland, I’m here to tell you something that may come as quite a surprise: Boston actually has a music scene, despite what bands like Aerosmith, the Dropkick Murphys or Guster do for the city’s reputation. All one has to do is peep this summer’s city-wide assortment of incredible live acts to legitimize such a claim…. Read More
This past Monday I had the distinct privilege of handing out awards to 19 of WRMC’s most distinguished DJs. Check out the full list of nominees below, winners are bolded. Congrats to all the nominees; what a great group of DJs and a great year of programming! -Alan, Programming Director Best On-Air Banter: DJ Pigbrain & Sir Spitzalot (Harry… Read More
In a piece of hip-hop news even weirder than that time last summer when Snoop Dogg died and Snoop Lion rose like a rastafoenix from his ashes, rapper Sean Combs, aka Diddy, better known to most by former noms du rap P Diddy (to those born in the early ’90s) and/or Puff Daddy (to everyone older than… Read More
91.Oversaturated – Rubblebucket 90. Sleeping Ute – Grizzly Bear 89. Fall For You – Young Galaxy 88. True Thrush – Dan Deacon 87. Ego Sex Free – Autre Ne Veut 86. & It Was U – How To Dress Well 85. Your Life, Your Call – Junip 84. A Tooth For An Eye – The… Read More
It’s finally here!!! Tonight beginning at 7 pm, we’ll begin our broadcast of the top 91 songs from the past year. Tune in then or head down then to be a part of the live broadcast from the Mill. Check back tomorrow for the complete list!
Artist: Charli XCX Album: True Romance Label: IAMSOUND Release Date: April 16 Grade: A Genre: blog pop* Key tracks: “Set Me Free – Feel My Pain,” “Cloud Aura – ft. Brooke Candy,” “Lock You Up,” “You – Ha Ha Ha” The first time I listened to Charli XCX was during one of my Nyghte Myoozik… Read More
Phoenix continues to top the charts and Junip made a jump to #2, but the biggest leap was seen by Major Lazer’s “Free the Universe”. It’s the second album from the project by LA-based dj/producer Diplo. We clearly love it here, and if you weren’t sold yet, it’s got the stamp of approval from… Read More
Artist: Chance the Rapper Album: Acid Rap Label: $ave Money Release Date: April 30 Grade: A- Genre: Acid Rap Key tracks: “Cocoa Butter,” “Acid Rain,” “Lost” Although high school was not the best of times, they were interesting times for me as an awkward adolescent. Many reasons lead me to say this, but one… Read More
After just a week on the air, Phoenix’s “Bankrupt!” is already our top played album. Met with mostly positive reviews and popularly described as “Phoenix-y,” it marks a strong follow-up to their fourth album, 2009′s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. My personal favorite is the second-to-last track “Bourgeois,” a beautiful and anthemic ballad (sorta Small Black meets… Read More
