For Samia Finnerty, Portland Brew is a sacred place. She’s canonized it, notably, namedropping ...
Women in Music
On Michigan, Artmaking and Dancer: Chatting with Shortly
2021 was a prolific year in music for women and gender non-conforming people. From Doja Cat's ...
Clairo and Arlo Parks Place Vulnerability Front and Center
The early part of this year has provided somewhat of a saturated market for live music. We knew this ...
Wolf Alice’s ‘Blue Weekend’ Blew Us Away with their Newest Masterpiece
By Damian Ho Bands grow up and their sounds change. It’s unfortunate but it happens. When ...
Cooling Off in the ‘Shade’ of Grouper’s New LP and Pondering the Significance of Progression
Shade, the newest album from Liz Harris—known popularly (or, I guess, “popularly” for fans of ...
I’d Rather Die Than See Indigo De Souza Cry
WRVU gets an exclusive opportunity to cover press for the Nashville iteration of Indigo De Souza's ...
‘This Is About You’: Experiencing Heartbreak Through Breakup Songs
Amidst the chaos of music releases last week, a gem of a debut EP (named this is about You) was ...
Caroline Romano Time Travels Back to “Ireland in 2009” in New Single Release
Hailing from our wild music city, Nashville-based artist Caroline Romano has always had something to ...
Beach Bunny Needs CPR: An Emergency Review of “Oxygen”
Last week, Beach Bunny dropped their newest single, "Oxygen" and yet again, they have managed to ...
Crumb Transports Brooklyn Bowl to A New Realm
WRVU gets an exclusive opportunity to cover press for the Nashville iteration of Crumb's 2021 tour, ...
St. Vincent’s Home at Ascend Amphitheater with Daddy’s Home
WRVU gets an exclusive opportunity to cover press for the Nashville iteration of St. Vincent's 2021 ...
Faye Webster Knows She’s Funny (haha)
There's a uniquely sardonic quality about the way Atlanta singer-songwriter Faye Webster engages ...
Head First, Fearless—13 Years Later
I don't often talk earnestly about Taylor Swift. I'm not sure why, either; my bizarre parasocial ...
You Were the Sweetest Apparition, Such a Pretty Vision
Are we living for the feeling when we look back on what we did and reminisce? *** A creative ...
Maggie Rogers is in a New Kind of Retrograde on ‘Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011-2016.’
Glass half empty, 2020 kind of sucked. Glass half full, a lot of new music was released during and ...
Interview: Salami Rose Joe Louis Gives Us a Look into the Imaginative World of Her Music
Bizarre, absurd, and magical, the music of Lindsay Olsen a.k.a. Salami Rose Joe Louis is unlike ...
evermore is folklore’s weird sister.
A track-by-track review. Well, friends, here we are. For the second time this year, Taylor Swift ...
Phoebe Bridgers & Maggie Rogers Covered “Iris,” & No, I’m Not Okay
Every part of that headline feels like a fever dream. It all started, as many things in the ...
Kylie Minogue Is at Her Best on DISCO
33 years into her career, she's better than ever. The entire music industry is a bit fascinated ...
‘Positions’ Isn’t ‘Sweetener,’ But It’s Close
Yuh. Miss Cat Valentine is, uh, all grown up. Not that her past few albums haven't been proof ...
Chloe X Halle Pay A (Virtual) Visit To Vandy
On October 15, 2020, Vanderbilt Programming Board’s Music Group announced a series of virtual ...