Here We Go Magic – “A Different Ship”
By: Alex Peacock The third album by Here We Go Magic, A Different Ship, doesn’t cease to shine in their familiar ways, yet paves new roads in creating new sounds for the group to master. The smooth riffs and cascading notes float around oh so swimmingly, with it breaking away at points to jam out with...
The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea
By: Taylor Peters The Magnetic Fields and Stephin Merritt have always made a career of walking fine lines. There is, of course, the obvious one, that of balancing shtick against content, or overkill with “just enough” (see 69 Love Songs) but the list goes on. For instance, the three albums preceding this one (the so-called...
Moonface – “Heartbreaking Bravery”
By: Tori Miner Heartbreaking is definitely an apt term to describe “Heartbreaking Bravery” by Moonface. Every song sings pain loud and clear. With dark melodies, darker words, and haunting instrumentals, this is a good album to listen to when you’re in a contemplative mood. You know the mood where you think seriously about your life...
WIUXBlog Presents: Little 500 Playlist
It’s Little 500 weekend, IU! You know what that means? DANCING! So here at WIUXBlog, we decided to help get you started on a great playlist. Here are some of our favorite jams to dance to… Dr. Dog – “Heart It Races” – chosen by Avery Walts Steve Aoki feat Rivers Cuomon –...
Whole Lotta Blues: “Hound Dog”
I’ve always wondered what makes different genres of music unique. Is it the instruments used, the tempo or the style? Maybe it’s all of these things combined. The more I listen to rock and roll and blues music, the more similarities I see between the two. What makes these two genres so similar, in my...
Toro y Moi – “June 2009″
By: Alex Peacock Toro y Moi’s newest installment in their discography, June 2009 is just another feature of the variation this band has reached at this point in their career. With a sound all to similar yet ever so different, the band is growing and mastering new facets of music and tones they can use...
Willis Earl Beal – “Acousmatic Sorcery”
By: Stone Irr Chicago Singer-Songwriter Willis Earl Beal displays quite a bit of integrity, warmth and passion. You notice this even before hearing his music. Before moving back to Chicago, Beal would often leave CD-Rs of his intimate, lo-fi recordings on park benches in Albuquerque. This communication through art continued in Chicago. Beal would put...
Record Store Day Presents Coachella
By: Michael Pasotti The Coachella music festival is making history this year as it is spanning two consecutive weekends featuring the same acts each week. We are currently in between the two weekends and have already seen some great acts, including Snoop Dogg being joined on staged by a beautiful holographic rendering of the legendary...
Xiu Xiu – “Always”
There are few people who can tie your stomach up in knots quite like Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu. Listening to a Xiu Xiu album is like watching a horror film; there is an almost blissful feeling after the tension is finally relieved. Always is Xiu Xiu’s least dissonant and aggressive album to date, and...
Nancy Micciulla Interview
By: Casey Zakin While I just wrote a ‘You Should Hear‘ post on Nancy Micciulla, I honestly can’t get enough of her. Rather than combining both that article and this interview, I’m going to strongly suggest you head over to that link to read up on her and her album, The One to Shine, and...
Soundtrack to My Childhood
By: Sarah Silcox As a child, Saturdays were the days when my Dad was in charge. They were the days when my mother went to work at her part-time job and my father was left in charge the kids. Virtually every memory I have of those weekends spent with Dad involve music. I was a...
Culture Shock Interview: The Broderick
By: Alex Peacock With Culture Shock just being right around the corner, WIUX sat down with Max Mullen from The Broderick to get the scoop on how him and the band are feeling for the upcoming show. Alex: Where was the band born? Max: The Broderick was born here in Bloomington, IN. It is an...
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