I went through a lot of music genre phases in high school, which I’m sure is nothing unusual. The first concert I ever went to was a Red Hot Chili Peppers show, and the very next one I chose was The Mars Volta, about as polar opposite as you can get while playing the same […]
A Cool Hand (Live In-Studio)
Ashley sits down with A Cool Hand live in the studio. Listen here: Catch Loud and Local every Sunday at 9pm on WPGU 107.1
Monday Mixer
Radiohead – Prove Yourself If you haven’t heard this song or Radiohead’s raw and underrated debut Pablo Honey, this might give you some insight into why some critics called them “Nirvana-lite” around this time. There’s only one or two songs on this album that foreshadow what Radiohead would become, but I have always preferred this […]
Woods – With Light and With Love (Review)
With Light and With Love is the eighth album that Woods has released since the band’s formation in 2005. The album, like their 2012 release Bend Beyond and those before, demonstrates the band’s remarkable ability to churn out lots of music over a relatively short amount of time. There are plenty of indie bands that […]
Cheef (Live In-Studio)
Ashley hangs out with Cheef live in our studio. Listen here: Catch Loud and Local every Sunday at 9pm on WPGU 107.1
Monday Mixer
I’m not great at clever introductions to themed playlists, so here’s a bunch of songs about characters and people I think are super interesting. Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl I’ve always viewed Tom Waits as sort of a bizarro Bob Dylan. They share a penchant for genre jumping, raspy discordant vocals, and immersive songwriting […]
