Proctor at this hour is a mixed bag. There are mornings where the energy in the booth room is focused and calm. Sunlight trickles in from the emergency exit and somehow it doesn’t matter that your booth is too small. Then there are mornings like today. Into my happy cave (á la Fight Club) stumble… Read More
Album: Waxahatchee– Ivy Tripp (2015) Label: Merge // Genre: Rock/Folk // RIYL: PS Eliot, Sharon van Etten, Girlpool // Best Tracks: 2, 8, 11, 12 // Grade: A- When “Air” was released back in January, it seemed to pick up right where Cerulean Salt left off: leading with a simple melody on electric guitar, Katie Crutchfield’s unmistakable voice, and captivating lyrics- vulnerable and… Read More
Aureate Gloom is of Montreal’s thirteenth LP, and lead singer/band leader Kevin Barnes continues to be a musical genius. Though he has changed the band’s line up once again, the infectious melodies, esoteric references (get your dictionary), and vocal harmonies we’ve come to expect from of Montreal are all still here. Aureate means golden and… Read More
ALBUM: Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves (2015) Label: Glacial Pace // Genre: Indie Rock // Best Tracks: N/A // Grade: FFFFFF holy shit this album sucks, were they even trying?
Tobias Jesso Jr. Sunday mornings blow chunks. I’m sure you’re all familiar with the feeling of waking up with what feels like a small army of gerbils stomping on your brain and a mélange of grille items fermenting in your gut. As the haze of last night’s meeker soiree fades from your bloodshot eyes, the… Read More
ALBUM: Drake – If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late (2015) Label: Cash Money // Genre: Hip-Hop // RIYL: Degrassi, Excessive Contemplation, Triumphant Bragging and Crippling Self-Consciousness in Quick Succession // Best Tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17 // Grade: B+ For about the last four years, Drake has pretty much been on a constant victory lap. His out of-the-blue release of If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late moved… Read More
^^^me, finals week If you’re counting down the days until Sleater-Kinney‘s new album comes out this January like I am, you’ll be pleased to find your rumbling appetite satiated in the meantime by the self-titled debut from the up and coming L.A. duo, Girlpool. Though their EP is just sixteen minutes long, these girls know… Read More
Chaz Bundick, also known as Toro Y Moi, has put out a recent LP under the name Les Sins. Releasing three 12’ records, this is the first full length album that has been put out under the name of Les Sins. For those of you familiar with Toro Y Moi self-title work, you will find… Read More
The WRMC executive board presents their favorite tracks, albums, artists, and/or music videos of the week, old and new, but mostly new. CONCERT: Big Freedia The Queen Diva Big Freedia is coming to campus THIS FRIDAY and I’m all too excited about it. I’ve been bumpin to Big Freedia all week in anticipation and I suggest you… Read More
The Hum, Hookworms’ latest album, continues their tradition of noisy, droning, and lively neo-psych, full of the feedback and strong bass lines we’ve come to expect from their past works. I truly love drone, but find a lot of drone rock is bland, overly repetitive, and dull. Hookworms is never dull. Minimalistic in spots, but… Read More
The WRMC executive board presents their favorite tracks, albums, artists, and/or music videos of the week, old and new, but mostly new. TRACK: Waxahatchee – “Bathtub” Fuck T.S. Eliot, October is the cruelest month. I hold strong and true to my belief that October, more than any other month, is packed with aching. It’s a kind of aching that urges… Read More
