Are we living for the feeling when we look back on what we did and reminisce? *** A creative writing piece based stylistically on Carmen Maria Machado’s “Yesterday, Tomorrow,” a…
Tonight’s Sham Jam headliner Samia Finnerty is on the rise. Her 2020 debut record The Baby brought her considerable buzz for her remarkably vulnerable songwriting and fresh take on the…
It is officially Sham Jam Eve which means tomorrow is WRVU’s first live virtual concert featuring Samia, Lala Lala, *repeat repeat, and OHMME! The next artist spotlight is on Lillie…
Up next in our Sham Jam interview series are Nashville natives and rising indie phenoms *repeat repeat. Husband and wife duo Jared and Kristyn Corder put together hook-heavy music that…
We’re four days away from WRVU’s first-ever virtual concert Sham Jam! We’ll be spending this week highlighting the four talented artists performing at the gig, starting right here with Ohmme.…
I recently had the privilege to sit in on WRVU’s music director Ashley Roh’s interview with the indie chill-house duo, Fiji Blue, composed of singer/guitarist Trevor Dering and producer/drummer Valentin…
On May 26, 2020, Black Dresses broke up. On Valentine’s Day 2021, the pop/noise/metal/indie duo released their comeback (?) album. While they continue to affirm they are “no longer a…
There’s something really visceral about a dance floor. It’s where Madonna’s Confessions were, where Sophie Ellis-Bextor iconically saw murder, and—lest we forget—where Sean Kingston had to call 911 as a…
Glass half empty, 2020 kind of sucked. Glass half full, a lot of new music was released during and as a result of it. But amidst the brilliant art inspired…
Bizarre, absurd, and magical, the music of Lindsay Olsen a.k.a. Salami Rose Joe Louis is unlike anything else. Her albums are otherworldly collections of short, interweaving, keyboard-heavy tracks which pack…
What do all the lonely people do during quarantine? Release a brand new album. [Co-written with Owen Dittes]: Whether it meant binging Tiger King in record time or finding a…
As famously bad as 2020 was, this year saw one of the most stacked music release lineups in memory—largely due to increased creative activity during COVID-19 lockdown, part of what…
A track-by-track review. Well, friends, here we are. For the second time this year, Taylor Swift has surprise-released an album. Conceived as “folklore‘s sister record,” evermore—Swift’s ninth studio album—comes from…
Released during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic, The Queen’s Gambit was expected to be one of those ambient TV shows Netflix releases periodically to keep viewership spirits alive and blandly…
If you’re anything like me (and if you’re reading this, I have reason to suspect you are), chances are you love listening to music on vinyl. Maybe you’re a regular…
Don’t have a significant other or tales of abounding academic success to bring home for winter break this year? Fret not—what you may lack in a love interest, all As,…
Swae Lee has an impressive discography that dates back to 2015, where he first left his mark as a featured artist through tracks for The Weeknd and French Montana. With…
2020 has been an eventful year, to say the least (March deserves a chapter all to itself in future history books), filled with protests, a polarizing presidential election, and a…
November 20th is speedily approaching. For many college students, this extended winter break means more family dinners, run-ins with high school acquaintances at CVS, and reminders of your cringy high…
Every part of that headline feels like a fever dream. It all started, as many things in the Phoebe Bridgers-verse do, with a tweet. Among the sea of “if Trump…
Although eaJ (pronounced: eej; also known as Jae) is a beloved singer/songwriter/K-pop star by day, he has also been gaining traction through his Twitch streams by night, with his streams…