Uncategorized – Page 5 – WRVU Nashville

Wet Talks Writing, Performing, & Pre-Show Prep in WRVU Interview

February 27, 2017 Meredith Mattlin

Wet backstage at Exit/In (photographed by Meredith Mattlin)

A while back, WRVU had the opportunity to interview Wet, the effervescent indie pop sensation that had eager Nashvillians lining up out the door to Exit/In in hopes of a ticket to the sold-out show. We talked before their Exit/In show about touring, new music, their writing process, being on the road and in the South, pre-concert rituals…to read it all, and watch for the first time/relive their show, check out the interview and concert footage below. (We also photographed the band backstage before the show, which you can check out below as well.)

Easy to figure completely free online Games

February 14, 2017 Karina Schechter

Many folks participate in games for entertainment simply to fun. A majority games feature a young debate or story lines just that engage psychological simply to psychological emotion. The particular…

LISTEN: WRVU Talks Glory & Garbage in ‘I See You’ by the xx

January 30, 2017 Meredith Mattlin

. . . LISTEN: WRVU Talks Glory & Garbage in ‘I See You’ by the xx Listen to WRVU’s first podcast of the year, where we discuss–from several different perspectives…

WRVU Album of the Year WINNER!

January 23, 2017 Meredith Mattlin

The people (you) have spoken…

WRVU Album of the Year: FINAL ROUND!

January 16, 2017 Meredith Mattlin

You voted, and the results are in: the two albums you picked as our final albums for WRVU’s Album of the Year competition are Frank Ocean’s Blonde and Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book.…

Album of the Year Round 1: Help Choose the Top 8!

December 30, 2016 Meredith Mattlin

Help WRVU choose the Album of the Year: 2016! WRVU has voted to create a list of the top 16 albums of the year, and from here you can vote to…

WRVU Unplugged: Cool Waves

November 2, 2016 Gracie Gonzalez

Once in a while, you don’t get to do your interview in person. But, behold! That’s alright thanks to the Internet. This week, through the flexible avenue of gmail message threads, I had the privilege of interviewing one of our senior DJs Julia Anderson.

Turkey Jerky Jam at The End Thursday 11/3

November 1, 2016 Meredith Mattlin

If you’re reading this, you probably like music. (Nice! Us too.) If you also live in the Nashville area, you would be remiss to forgo the opportunity to see…

The Mainstream Alternative

September 19, 2016 Emily Burgess

We all have that friend who talks incessantly about how they relate to Twenty One Pilots on a spiritual level, then ask you if you’ve heard “that new one from Suicide Squad.” They appear to listen to “Chocolate” by The 1975 on a loop on Spotify, with a brief intermission of Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks.” They drone on about how they are literally obsessed with Imagine Dragons and can’t wait for fall just so they can play “Sweater Weather” on their new record player as they down their third Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL if you’re edgy).

If You Go West, Check These Out

April 19, 2016 Stanley Chu

As a school in music city, Vanderbilt has an endless supply of great live music venues, concerts, and amazing festivals. I have not been to very many myself, but the ones I have attended – Live on the Green and the CMA Festival – have been very positive experiences. This being said, a large majority of the music festivals that I hear about when I talk to other students include Lollapalooza in Chicago, Illinois, and Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee.

A New World

April 18, 2016 Brendan Boland

I had no idea who Porter Robinson was when I went to Hard Summer 2015. With other names like ODEZZA, Griz, Big Gigantic, Bro Safari, and Chemical Brothers, it struck me how many kids were wearing black t-shirts with Windings font and carrying “we <3 Porter” signs. Just before his show, I found myself with a group of Robinson fanatics who warned me I was about to have an experience of a lifetime. I smiled, gave a big-festival-hug, and turned toward the stage aglow with the art deco neon of Robinson’s debut album, Worlds.

A Healthy Playlist: “Fruit Salad”

April 15, 2016 Madeline Goetz

Listening to this playlist is the equivalent of beaming over a big ol’ fruit salad. *(Photo courtesy of Ellen Scott of metro.co.uk / Getty)*

For some people, salad–especially fruit salad–is really fun to eat. Just search “person eating salad” on Google and you’ll see that 9 out of 10 results feature inexplicably jovial individuals brandishing a bowl of salad in one hand and admiring a tomato or a tuft of lettuce speared on a fork held in the other.

However, as exhilarating as it may be to eat salad, it’s even more fun to listen to it.

Bombino’s “Tuareggae” Blasts the Exit/In

April 3, 2016 Brendan Boland

http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/Bombino-Vittorio-Catti.jpg — *Photo courtesy of Okayafrica*

Omar Moctar, aka Bombino and his band are men of action. No introduction. No witty banter. The band just played, brilliantly.

Okeechobee 2016

April 3, 2016 Bo Kennedy

By Sammy Spencer and Bo Kennedy

This year’s Okeechobee Music Festival, held on Lake Okeechobee in Southern Florida, exceeded all of my expectations for a first year music festival. I arrived late on Friday night due to exams, and set up camp that night already feeling a strong positive energy throughout the site. The next day was a whirlwind of amazing experiences, enhanced by the unbelievable art and music that Okeechobee had to offer.

Lake Street Dive Takes On The World

March 31, 2016 Jordan Nunnelee

Lake Street has deservedly skyrocketed in worldwide fame ever since their live, stripped-down cover of the Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back” filmed on a Boston street corner went viral. Mixing old-school pop with jazz, blues, and soul influences, the group caters to the indie pop-rock loving fan who loves a taste of nostalgia in their ears.

Tacocat Returns with Lost Time

March 31, 2016 Annalyse Clark

(Image Credit: BrooklynVegan)

Within a minute of Lost Time’s opener “Dana Katherine Scully,” it’s clear that Seattle-based candy-coated punk/pop/surf feminists Tacocat are doubling down on the most infectious elements of their sound. On their last full-length, 2014’s NVM, Tacocat developed their compelling craft of tackling often-unaddressed and/or feminist topics with sugary pop melodies and distorted surf guitars on cuts like the phenomenally period-positive surf rock party of “Crimson Wave.”

Sadness Sells

March 27, 2016 Meredith Mattlin

When Sufjan Stevens sings with raw vulnerability about “Death with Dignity,” or Alex G warbles about “Thorns,” or Frankie Cosmos draws you in with “Sad 2,” or King Krule weeps with deep-voiced, buttery droning through “Bleak Bake,” you are being sold an emotion just as much as a song. Naturally, a degree of sadness can be a fuel for inspiration, pushing artists into more creative realms, donating their hurting to public consumption—offering a source of relatability for the general populace, giving us solace in melancholy solidarity. Sad songs, then, are incredibly important: sobbing in the depths of the saddest song you can find on your Spotify playlist is often an unmatched catharsis. Sadness sells, and often is mutually beneficial for consumer and producer alike.

Wiki, Antwon, and the Joy of a Great Remix (God Blessed Us)

March 24, 2016 Linzy Scott

Last year in December, Ratking member Wiki blessed us with Lil Me, a free album that ran 17 tracks deep and featured some glorious rapping over excellent production from the likes of Sporting Life, Black Mack, KAYTRANADA, and more.

Lesser Known (and cheaper) Music Festivals This Season

March 23, 2016 Sara Keller

If Coachella is too mainstream for you, check out the music festivals below. Source

I spent a lot of time this past weekend stalking the Instagram accounts of several of my favorite bands that happened to be playing at SXSW. It was a bit of a depressing experience, both because I was at the time stuck in Featheringill trying to study for a test and because I currently do not have the money to spend on a large music festival experience. That being said, there are a ton of music festivals that are driving distance from Nashville that are cheaper and still offer great lineups. So if you’re bummed about missing Coachella or Bonnaroo or Lollapalooza, check out these awesome festivals coming up this summer.

Pinegrove, Cafe Coco, and Fruit Juice

March 15, 2016 Meredith Mattlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh3s0Bl5k4Q

Note: This interview took place just prior to the anonymous accusation of sexual misconduct against Evan Stephens Hall, the details of which are murky as of this time. We do not at all endorse or condone any inappropriate or coercive behavior on the part of bands we’ve interviewed. Read our full statement here.

Café Coco isn’t normally the go-to venue for bands as suddenly popular as Pinegrove. Though they easily could have filled Exit/In next door—where their friends, the edgy punk duo PWR BTTM, were coincidentally playing tonight—they instead packed Coco, where eager fans filled the space with anticipatory energy.

Life On Mars: A Reflection on Bowie, Two Months Later

March 6, 2016 Annalyse Clark

As a composer, people often ask what my favorite piece of music is – the one that affected me the most, the one that made me feel things I hadn’t before, the one that when I heard it I knew what I had to do with my life. I remember one day last fall that question was posed in my Intro to Composition class, to a room of mostly composition majors. Everyone in the room called to mind immediately their first exposure to Mahler, or their first bout with Bach or Beethoven or Brahms. As a composer I know I “should” love these great composers and be deeply affected by their expertise and power – and I do, and I am. But the piece that has most deeply affected me, the one that makes me sure of exactly why I chose to study to be an artist, and the one with which I responded in class was “Life On Mars?” by David Bowie. This song is, without hesitation, my Mahler Five, my Beethoven Nine, my Rite of Spring. But its impact on me (as well as Bowie’s impact) stretches back years before I ever decided to compose.

ON AIR NOW