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
Welcome to the Spring 2015 edition of WRMC’s concert guide to the Champlain Valley and beyond! Most shows on this list take place at the three main Burlington venues – The Monkey House, Signal Kitchen, and Higher Ground. Some major must sees include: the Cloud Nothings and T-Pain shows here at Midd, St. Vincent and Jenny Hval tearing it… Read More
This coming Thursday at 7:30 pm we will host our biannual All DJ Meeting in Axinn 229. This meeting is required for anyone and everyone interested in having a radio show for the spring semester, including returning DJs who had shows this past fall. If you’re unsure whether you want to host a show or not, feel free to stop by the meeting to learn more or read… 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 – “Air” On January 3, Katie Crutchfield aka Waxahatchee rang in her 26th year with a gift for the world– the first few snippets of a new album and the assurance of a… Read More
Last year, Friday, January 17, 2014 to be exact, WRMCers convened in Jewett to celebrate the first annual WRMC Music Video Awards Countdown and Party. (If you’re curious as to what made last year’s list, look no further.) Exactly one year later, Saturday, January 17, 2015, we reconvened up the street in Meeker House to make the event a J-term tradition. Thanks to… Read More
J-term is just around the corner and we’ve got some big plans for events, some new shows and DJs, and for the first time in a while….A WRMC PRINT PUBLICATION. According to various ephemera gathered around the station, tales of old, and the internet, WRMC’s original publication, FMPhasis hasn’t been in publication since 2004ish, but its history dates… Read More
2014 was a weird year for music. This year Miley Cyrus‘ Bangerz and Pavement‘s Brighten the Corners received equal airplay on WRMC whether we could help it or not, streaming services began counting towards Billboard charts, Apple discontinued the iPod Classic, Vinyl sales shot up by 49%, The Knife and Crystal Castles broke up, the Grammy nominations and Rolling Stone‘s… Read More
Welcome to the October & November edition of WRMC’s concert guide to the Champlain Valley and beyond! This fall is jam packed with a bunch of great shows in Burlington, Montreal, and New York City if you’re willing to make the trip. Some major must sees include a FREE Alvvays show, Alpenglow returning to their home turf, FlyLo and… Read More
We know you’re all getting stoked for Grooveyard this Friday, but before Big Freedia frees your minds and asses, WRMC will be hosting a community discussion regarding how we can be mindful consumers of art and music in our pluralistic society. Starting at 5 p.m. this Thursday in The Orchard (Hillcrest 103), our discussion will touch upon the history of New Orleans bounce music, twerking, cultural appropriation within… 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
The WRMC executive board presents their favorite tracks, albums, artists, and/or music videos of the week, old and new, but mostly new. TRACK: Big Freedia – “Explode” This video explains everything you need to know about Big Freedia. She’s not about silly things like strict gender roles or soft instrumentation, she’s about making you turn up so… Read More
