• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Blog
    • Album Reviews
    • Concert Reviews
    • Interviews
    • Opinion
  • About
    • Contact Us
  • Schedule
  • Calendar
  • Multimedia
    • Photography
    • Videos
    • Podcasts

WRVU Nashville logo

Music

Samia Talks Portland Brew, TikTok, and Her New Record

April 14, 2022

For Samia Finnerty, Portland Brew is a sacred place. She’s canonized it, notably, namedropping ...

Read More

Why “Midwestern Indie” Deserves a Subcategorization of its Own

March 31, 2022

I have always been obsessed with the role that geography plays in music, or more specifically, how ...

Read More

Emerging Artists In Music City to Remember in 2022

March 26, 2022

Nicknamed Music City ✰, Nashville is the home and origin of many artists, including a number of whom ...

Read More

shortly band

On Michigan, Artmaking and Dancer: Chatting with Shortly

February 28, 2022

2021 was a prolific year in music for women and gender non-conforming people. From Doja Cat's ...

Read More

HalfNoise’s “Motif” and the Art of Celebration

December 10, 2021

Zac Farro's HalfNoise is always going to have huge shoes to fill. The project, started during ...

Read More

Wolf Alice’s ‘Blue Weekend’ Blew Us Away with their Newest Masterpiece

December 1, 2021

By Damian Ho Bands grow up and their sounds change. It’s unfortunate but it happens. When ...

Read More

Cooling Off in the ‘Shade’ of Grouper’s New LP and Pondering the Significance of Progression

November 28, 2021

Shade, the newest album from Liz Harris—known popularly (or, I guess, “popularly” for fans of ...

Read More

Will Toledo’s Magnum Opus – a 10 Year Retrospective on ‘Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror)’

November 27, 2021

Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror), Will Toledo’s 2011 independent project under the name Car Seat ...

Read More

BADBADNOTGOOD: Breaking the Silence with a Freshly Crafted Sound

November 26, 2021

After over 5 years of silence (mostly), Canadian instrumental jazz/hip-hop group BADBADNOTGOOD ...

Read More

Manchester Orchestra Makes Magic (and Music) at the Ryman

November 25, 2021

WRVU gets an exclusive opportunity to cover press for the Nashville iteration of Manchester ...

Read More

I’d Rather Die Than See Indigo De Souza Cry

November 21, 2021

WRVU gets an exclusive opportunity to cover press for the Nashville iteration of Indigo De Souza's ...

Read More

Porter Robinson truly makes “Something Comforting” in ‘Nurture’

November 18, 2021

Porter Robinson’s 2014 debut album, Worlds, was a revolutionary event in the EDM world. Robinson ...

Read More

‘This Is About You’: Experiencing Heartbreak Through Breakup Songs

November 17, 2021

Amidst the chaos of music releases last week, a gem of a debut EP (named this is about You) was ...

Read More

‘Summer’s Over’ and You’re Alone: TV Girl and Jordana Collaborate Once More for Newest Album

November 16, 2021

Summer's Over is a 7-track album from indie pop band, TV Girl, and up-and-coming artist, Jordana ...

Read More

The Radical Weirdness of Matt Martians

November 14, 2021

For someone who has positioned himself behind the steering wheel over multiple ascensions of acts ...

Read More

Bopping to Burnout: Jelani Aryeh is the Perfect November Soundtrack

November 12, 2021

On Sunday, we shifted our clocks back one hour, and if you’re anything like me, the time change has ...

Read More

Dijon’s Debut Album ‘ABSOLUTELY’ Will Absolutely Have You Hooked

November 11, 2021

Creating raw, genre-bending projects isn’t new to Dijon. Prior to his album drop, the Maryland-born, ...

Read More

In Defense of YA Film Soundtracks

November 9, 2021

The young adult genre (or YA, as it is more often referred to as) is easy to make fun of–– they ...

Read More

Caroline Romano Time Travels Back to “Ireland in 2009” in New Single Release

November 7, 2021

Hailing from our wild music city, Nashville-based artist Caroline Romano has always had something to ...

Read More

Cloud Nothings and their Alt-Rock Answer to the Pandemic

November 6, 2021

WRVU gets an exclusive opportunity to cover press for the Nashville iteration of Cloud Nothings' ...

Read More

Beach Bunny Needs CPR: An Emergency Review of “Oxygen”

November 5, 2021

Last week, Beach Bunny dropped their newest single, "Oxygen" and yet again, they have managed to ...

Read More

Next Page »

Footer

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Meta

  • Log in

Archives

WRVU is not operated by Vanderbilt University. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of Vanderbilt University or its official representatives. Vanderbilt® and the Vanderbilt logos are registered trademarks of The Vanderbilt University. © 2022 Vanderbilt University

No HTML5 audio playback capabilities for this browser. Use Chrome Browser!