YEAR END WRAP UP Shock and surprise paved the heartbreaking year of 2016. In the most bleak corners of the year we lost more music idols and icons than we knew how to deal with. The new year was met with the terrible loss of David Bowie and soon after came the loss of Maurice White,… Continue reading WRMC’s 2016 in Review
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WRMC Presents: Top 91 2015
On the stormy night of Monday May 11, 2015, WRMC DJs and music lovers alike gathered at The Mill to countdown the Top 91 tracks of the past twelve months and to celebrate another successful year of programming. ‘Twas a night of highs and lows, counting from high to low. We ate fine cheese and we drank cheap beer. We danced… Continue reading WRMC Presents: Top 91 2015
MARCH MADNESS: The Bracket
If you didn’t hear, WRMC is taking the varsity radio game up a notch this month with some friendly March Madness competition. On Monday we released the 32 entries for the first round complete with a sampler playlist of highlighted singles from each 2015 album in the pool. Below you’ll find a list of the first round face-offs. So what’ll it be….Drake… Continue reading MARCH MADNESS: The Bracket
MARCH MADNESS: The Catch Up
Late winter mood swings. Midterms. Moon cycles. The mating season of the European hare. It can only mean one thing: MARCH MADNESS SEASON. Every March, Div. I basketball teams face off in a tourney and fans are called upon to fill out brackets with their guesses as to who will win. Here at WRMC, we wanted… Continue reading MARCH MADNESS: The Catch Up
Drake // If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
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… Continue reading Drake // If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
WRMC’s 2014 in Review
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… Continue reading WRMC’s 2014 in Review
Exec Files: Vol. VI
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… Continue reading Exec Files: Vol. VI
4 reasons why G-Eazy is going to blow up/turn up/steal your girl
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… Continue reading 4 reasons why G-Eazy is going to blow up/turn up/steal your girl
Seasonally Appropriate
As 2011 winds down, you may be taking a moment or more in the next couple of weeks to reflect on all the great music you heard this year. Remember James Blake’s debut LP? That was in January! Everything since then has all been this year! Many, many great albums and singles were released in… Continue reading Seasonally Appropriate