Category: Music Reviews
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Meghan Thee Stallion’s “FEVER” has enough heat to last you all summer
by Bernadette Bruu, WRUC Senior General Manager (This review was originally published in the Union College Concordiensis on May 23, 2019.) You may have only learned about her recently, but she’s been at it for years, her talent bubbling under the surface of an industry that wasn’t ready for her until now: Megan Thee Stallion,…
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Lana Del Rey’s Norman F*cking Rockwell is Musical Literature Incarnate
by Marie Lindsey, WRUC Music Director (A similar version of this article was published in the Union College Concordiensis on October 3, 2019.) Norman Rockwell, American painter, illustrator, and novelist was born in New York City in 1894. By 1916 Rockwell began his work as a popular illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post. He created…
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“Nah, actually, this is for me”: Noname’s Room 25 takes on self-care and cartoon disillusionment
by Bernadette Bruu, WRUC Senior General Manager (A version of this article was published in the Union College Concordiensis on September 19, 2018.) “A think piece in the rap song, the new age covenant,” Noname conjectures ironically in “Blaxploitation,” the second track off her self-released Room 25, out September 14. The Chicago-born rapper’s second album is…
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Drip king Gunna releases first studio album
by Bernadette Bruu, WRUC Senior General Manager (Originally published in the Union College Concordiensis on February 28, 2019.) “To drip is to be a king…to drip is to be a winner,” says Sauce Walka, half of rap duo Sauce Twinz and alleged pioneer of the modern use of the word “drip” in hip hop. Thought…
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Ssion delivers glitter-covered dance punk on new album “O” (2018)
by Bernadette Bruu, WRUC Senior General Manager (Originally published in the Union College Concordiensis on May 30, 2018.) To hear one of alt-pop artist Ssion’s songs is to enter into an alternate reality, one that fuses the visual culture of David Bowie and The Psychedelic Furs with an equally larger-than-life approach to musical composition not…
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Valentines Day Review: Love Mix 2017 – Giraffage
This Valentine’s Day, we here at WRUC have decided to review Giraffage’s “Love Mix 2017,” a compilation mix of a couple dozen unreleased edits of love songs. The remix is about a half hour long, and incorporates the music of a variety of artists, merging their styles together into a conglomerate that for some is…
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Spring Cleaning: Makar – Funeral Genius
In our “Spring Cleaning” segment, we review albums that have been sent to us over the years, and have subsequently been left lying around the WRUC Office. There’s no rhyme or reason to what we pick, but an album with an interesting (not necessarily in a good way) cover is more likely to catch our…
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This Week’s Ice Fishing Catches: Jan 16 – Jan 22
DJ Ice here, this is a new series where I’ll post my top music finds this week ranging from your typical future bass & trap to occasionally chillhop, rap, & other genres. 2017 is already looking to be another great year for up & coming artists! Disclaimer: Some of these tracks were released earlier this…
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Inner Thoughts by Kahlil Kwame Bell Review
I do not listen to a lot of jazz, but after listening to the first track, Focus, it started to grow on me. Focus starts off very quietly, building up with drums and slowly and softly working in the electric guitar, violin, slappaphone, and alto saxophone. It’s got a soothing atmosphere to the overall song…
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Blaze of Glory by the Ed Hines Band Review
I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I picked up this cd off of our rack of music that has been sent to us, but I was pleasantly surprised by charmingly simple songs and a nice twee feel. My favorite track was Hollywood Heart.