It is the year 2018 and music lives in clouds and streams. Airpods deliver computer-generated sounds directly to our brains in hopes of harvesting the newest addition to the long list of dwindling natural resources: dopamine. This year, the new millenium claimed the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, and the premature losses of Avicii,… Continue reading WRMC’s 2018 Year in Review
Author: Jeff Holland
Library Session – Advance Base
On Monday, October 1, Owen Ashworth, aka Advance Base, fka Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, stopped by our station to perform the first-ever session in our newly revamped library studio. The songs he played were beautiful and heartfelt. Check out the video of his performance below, and be sure to check out his new album Animal… Continue reading Library Session – Advance Base
MEET THE EXEC BOARD – JEFF HOLLAND (’19)
Sup radio freaks. I’m Jeff, your programming director for next fall and co-general manager with Maddy in the spring. This summer I’m living and working in Brooklyn. I spend part of the week interning at music promotion company Terrorbird Media, where I perform office tasks with hip Brooklynites while internally crying to Big Thief; and… Continue reading MEET THE EXEC BOARD – JEFF HOLLAND (’19)
Interview: Eric Benoit on finding inspiration in trauma
On a guitar rich in bass tones and coated with tasteful reverb, Eric Benoit conjures a series of gentle arpeggios, punctuating them with a few well-placed harmonics. Then, with his lilting tenor, he carries us through simple, evocative lyrics: “I’ve never been to New Mexico / Never seen the canyons there / But I open… Continue reading Interview: Eric Benoit on finding inspiration in trauma
Album Review: All is Not Lost, by Matt Ellin
When I first met Matt Ellin, he was by far the coolest punk kid at our Pennsylvania performing arts summer camp, and at first I hadn’t the slightest idea how to relate to him. But as fate would have it, we soon became close friends and musical collaborators. He has always been intimidatingly funny, talented,… Continue reading Album Review: All is Not Lost, by Matt Ellin
Concert Review: Mount Eerie, Winooski Methodist Church, Sept. 16
cw: death / loss The Winooski United Methodist Church, a modest green-painted wooden structure with two gothic-arched doors and a single unassuming steeple, hosted a line of people streaming out of the front door and onto the curb. I stood at the back of the line, taking in the scene. The small crowd of… Continue reading Concert Review: Mount Eerie, Winooski Methodist Church, Sept. 16
Meet the Exec Board – Jeff Holland (’19)
Hey, I’m Jeff (he/him) and I’ll be one of the two music directors for the fall semester. Feel free to ask me for new music to play on your show if you ever need some; it’s our job to encourage you to play new songs! I’m from Cleveland originally, but currently I’m at Middlebury’s Arabic… Continue reading Meet the Exec Board – Jeff Holland (’19)
Albums We’re Listening To Right Now
From music directors Maddy and Jeff: The holiday slump is finally over at WRMC and we’ve got plenty of new music to warm us up while we wait for spring. These new albums are from many different genres all across the world of new music, and they’ve all got us excited, so consider playing them on… Continue reading Albums We’re Listening To Right Now
The Avalanches // Wildflower
My high school friends and I didn’t know what to expect when we watched the 1981 film Polyester, directed by John Waters. Waters is a master of gross, bizarre, dark comedy, typically taking aim at the depraved denizens of white, suburban, upper-class America. In this particular film, an unfortunate housewife named Francine Fishpaw (played by… Continue reading The Avalanches // Wildflower
Mitski // Puberty 2
Brandi: On a subway ride, the icy grasp of rejection, isolation and unrequited affection crawls over skin and pulls at tear ducts. There are too many people around for this to be a problem. At the core I become warm, my heart races past my panting and feels like it’s skipping. With only five people… Continue reading Mitski // Puberty 2
Death Grips // Bottomless Pit
The summers of 2014 and 2015 could not have been more different for me. 2014 was the start of a new relationship, and 2015 was the difficult ending. Although the two summers were a year apart, and although they corresponded to two opposite emotional poles of my life, I associate both summers with many of… Continue reading Death Grips // Bottomless Pit