With Ron Liebowitz departing our dear college following this academic year, it is widely acknowledged the school will face a staggering drop in twerking. Fear not, Middleburians, for we have just announced that Big Freedia, world record-holding twerker, Queen of Bounce and transcendent being of light will be headlining our annual fall concert, Grooveyard, on Friday, November 7 in the Bunker. Big Freedia is… Read More
Consistency is key, says the new indie-n proverb I decided was true for the sake of this write up. A well-crafted, unique sound is any musician’s best friend; experimentation is the double-edged résumé-stuffer that critics crave (nay, demand!) but only when done right. Change too little and you’ll become boring and cantankerous. Change too much… 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: Tei Shi – “Bassically” Nothing indicates a genuine up-and-comer more than an artist playing a dutiful slew of shows at the annual CMJ festival, and this year the recently signed Tei Shi (Valerie Teicher),… 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: Run the Jewels – “Oh My Darling Don’t Cry” Barring the fact that it has run rampant underground for the better part of a decade, industrial-inspired house-tinged rap has blown up these past few years on… 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. ALBUM: Aphex Twin – Syro (2014) Label: Warp // Genre: Electronic Mr. Twin – no, sorry, Mr. James’s first record under the Aphex Twin moniker in 13 years! Holy cow. Anyway, given the nature of this album, that it… 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: Mr. Twin Sister – “Blush” The Long Island dream-pop band Mr Twin Sister (formerly known as Twin Sister, androgyny win) just released an eponymous full length LP. The music is equal parts lovely, dancey,… Read More
Every spring, WRMC hosts Top 91, otherwise known as the best party/radio countdown event of the year. In order to be eligible for Top 91 a song must have been released in the past school year, inclusive of the summer, and it must receive enough votes from WRMC DJs to merit a coveted spot. After… Read More
This Thursday at 8 pm all Middlebury music lovers and radioheads alike are invited to convene in McCullough Social Space for the biannual WRMC All DJ Meeting. This meeting is a must for anyone and everyone interested in having a radio show for the fall semester. WAIT…MIDDLEBURY HAS A RADIO STATION? Yes. Since 1949. WHAT! WHERE?… Read More
The summer has flown by and believe it or not WRMC’s summer programming ends this weekend. Our charts have been chock full some great new music this summer, and now it’s time for us to get you caught up on anything you might have missed. Weekly chart vets How to Dress Well, A Sunny Day in Glasgow and White Lung dominated the… Read More
Photo courtesy of MTV Since Oakland’s G-Eazy released his first commercially successful album, “These Things Happen,” on June 23, his name has been popping up in rap circles all across the nation. The album is 16-deep with absolute bangers, and while you wouldn’t have stumbled upon his music on iTunes until just recently, he really… Read More
Thumbs up if you’re here because of Mac Demarco A slacker sweetheart in his songs and a grimy goofball on stage, the 23 year-old Mac DeMarco is hard to dislike. Within the first lines of his latest album, Salad Days, DeMarco carelessly throws around the idea of mortality as as one might discard a dirty sock; “rolling through life,… Read More
