It’s been three weeks since Sepomana 2013, but we can’t stop taking about it at the station. Sepomana this year was a huge success. We sold over 400 tickets (a WRMC record!) and filled up McCullough Social Space before student musician Will Cuneo and his band opened the show. Delicate Steve, a WRMC favorite, took… Read More
Frequent readers of the blog already know that WRMC is a huge fan of Fenster, a band featuring Midd alumna JJ Weihl. They came to our studio a couple weeks ago and performed an awesome in-studio session, which you can listen to here. Today, Fenster’s song “Oh Canyon” is being featured as NPR’s Song of… Read More
This coming Saturday is the fifth annual Record Store Day, a celebration of over 700 independently owned record stores across the country. On this great holiday, independent record stores collaborate with artists to bring us unique vinyl and CD releases made exclusively for this day and found only in these stores. Instead of providing… Read More
UPDATE: If some of the links didn’t have audio last time you tried, try again! They should be up now! INDIE ROCK: Deerhunter guitarist, Lockett Pundt, is releasing his second solo album as Lotus Plaza this week. The album, Spooky Action At A Distance, is already being heralded as one of the best indie rock… Read More
Indie Rock: At this time five years ago, I was driving (I had just gotten my license!) home from soccer practice with my windows rolled down blasting Wincing The Night Away, the third full length album from The Shins. It seemed to me that James Mercer had created the perfect springtime album, that is, until… Read More
TECHNO: Fans of Depeche Mode, listen up! It’s been nearly thirty years since Depeche Mode co-founders Vince Clarke and Martin Gore have worked together, but this week they are releasing a brand new album of instrumental, dance techno tunes under the artist name VCMG. The album, Ssss, consists of 10 brand new tracks comprised of… Read More
INDIE ROCK: Andrew Bird, one of the more familiar names in the indie-music scene, returns this week with his seventh solo album, Break It Yourself. Dedicated Andrew Bird fans will be quick to point out the album’s quieter feel compared to his previous releases; however, the subtlety of Break It Yourself cannot be mistaken for… Read More
This is your weekly source of info on the anticipated album releases of the week and where you can stream each in its entirety! POP: Fanfarlo released their debut album, Reservoir, three years ago, and this week they finally return to the scene with their second LP, Rooms Filled with Light. This time around, Fanfarlo… Read More
