Mitski‘s Bury Me At Makeout Creek was one of the most heartbreaking and revealing rock records released in 2014. The album received positive attention from critics and WRMC DJs, but got somewhat lost in the end of the year shuffle. This April, Makeout Creek is getting a well deserved reissue on the esteemed Don Giovanni… Continue reading VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Mitski – “Townie”
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The HAIMlich Maneuver
Do you know that guy who always seems to fish you out from the crowd in the library? You look like you’re completely into your work and have no breathing room for unnecessary conversation, so you hope that he/she doesn’t approach you, but it’s inevitable. Well, this past week, I was that guy. While I… Continue reading The HAIMlich Maneuver
VIDEO: Charles Bradley – “Strictly Reserved For You”
Check out Charles Bradley’s new music video for “Strictly Reserved For You” off his sophomore LP, “Victim of Love”. It features Bradley dancing, singing, flying(?), floating (???) soulfully in and around NYC. If you still haven’t been convinced that it’s worth your time, here are some previews that will change your mind: A real Friday… Continue reading VIDEO: Charles Bradley – “Strictly Reserved For You”
Video premiere: Lana Del Rey as Jackie O. and A$AP Rocky as JFK in "National Anthem"
The “gangster Nancy Sinatra” strikes again! Oh, Lana Del Rey. Can you believe she once charted here at WRMC? Where to begin with her… the name change or the makeover? The SNL debacle? The really great singles (“Video Games” 4ever) and the really bad album that followed? The apparent replacement of her personality with what… Continue reading Video premiere: Lana Del Rey as Jackie O. and A$AP Rocky as JFK in "National Anthem"
Video premiere: Twin Shadow, "Five Seconds"
Hey DJs and readers, Today the sexiest man in indie rock, aka George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow, released the incredible and long-awaited video for “Five Seconds,” the very ’80s-sounding first single from Confess (the upcoming follow-up to Twin Shadow’s amazing 2010 debut LP Forget). The video, evocatively shot by Keith Musil, is seemingly just one… Continue reading Video premiere: Twin Shadow, "Five Seconds"
How do you feel about Skrillex?
In the past two weeks, “brostep” figurehead and former Warped Tour small-fonter Sonny Moore, aka Skrillex, has played SXSW and received major coverage on the hipster tastemaking sites Pitchfork and Stereogum. So, some questions: What’s going on here? Is the indie music sphere warming up to Skrillex’s bowel-movement-esque bass drops and cheap caffeine high aesthetic?… Continue reading How do you feel about Skrillex?