Today, NYC rapper Le1f — one of the heroes of the city’s LGBTQ rap underground scene recently profiled in the Pitchfork piece “We Invented Swag” (read it!) — released the video for his excellent new single “Wut,” in which he discusses, among other things: gettin’ it on; the ubiquity of the word “wut” in the vernacular;… Read More

In the Burlington, VT area tonight? You’re in luck — South Burlington’s Palace 9 Cinemas is one of the  theatres across the nation that’s been selected to show the brand-new LCD Soundsystem concert documentary Shut Up And Play The Hits. The film chronicles the band’s epic final show in Madison Square Garden, NYC, interspersed with… Read More

In June, SoCal-based sometime-outsider-artist, occasional political theory professor/cultural theorist, and perpetual weirdo John Maus (pictured above) released a track called “Bennington” as a single from his recently released collection of rarities and previously unreleased material (titled, helpfully, A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material). AdHoc writer Ric Leichtung decided to pen an open letter to… Read More

Summer might already be well on it’s way, but there’s still time to listen to WRMC! This summer’s schedule is pretty packed, with eight Language School shows and over twenty other dedicated DJs with weekly slots. So check out the schedule below and be sure to tune in at 91.1 FM or wrmc.middlebury.edu any day… Read More

Look, Gwen Stefani’s had an enjoyable solo career, but her two full-lengths weren’t exactly masterpieces…and honestly, when you’re responsible for possibly the biggest, brashest, most inane, most ubiquitous, and most deliriously — even unfairly, I mean, come on, show some mercy, Gwen — catchy single of the 2000s (by which I mean the Queen-meets-Bring It… Read More

Odd Future’s peace-loving R&B wunderkind Frank Ocean decided to push up the release date for his first proper LP, channel ORANGE (following the excellent 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra.) to…three days ago! Sorry WRMC is late to inform you of this fact, but we were busy listening to the album. It is sooooooo good you guys…. Read More

Barely-legal U.K. goth-pop princess Charli XCX is on one serious hot streak. She released two incredible singles in 2011 (“Stay Away” and “Nuclear Seasons”), penned one of 2012’s best songs for Swedish duo Icona Pop (“I Love It”), and just released her second EP, titled You’re The One after its lead single. She also admitted to… Read More

Hot on the heels of Lana del Rey’s debacle of a JFK-themed music video for “National Anthem”(scroll down the blog to view, if you dare) comes the Fourth of July! Lana be danged, fact: WRMC is located in Vermont, which is one of the United States of America. Therefore we are fervently patriotic, just in… Read More

You’ve seen the predictions for twelve of this summer’s sure-to-be-hits; now check out seventeen albums out this summer that are likely candidates for WRMC’s highly coveted “Rotation” shelf. Summer 2012 (weirdly, July 24 in particular…) is shaping up to be a good season for good music — don’t fall out of the loop! Without further… Read More

Programming resumes for the summer! Priority goes to the language schools, but there’s still a lot of room in the schedule. Sign up for a show by emailing wrmc911@gmail.com, no experience necessary! Just include YOUR name(s), your SHOW’s name, and your preferred times. For all you listeners, check back soon for a complete summer programming… Read More

Fun Song That Everyone Knows is a prestigious title to hold, and with the right combination of tunesmithery, marketing, and a well-timed release date, a pop artist can land his/her/their song in the extremely fortunate position of holding that title in the summer, which is of course the time of year when being the Fun… Read More