About Joe Winner

(Music Director) When I’m not trying to major in math, you can normally find me doing things like listening to music, watching movies, reading and not giving a damn about an Oxford comma. I, generally, am a big fan of most alternative music. Although, I secretly have a soft spot in my heart for classic rock bands like The Who.

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Monday Mixer

With finals approaching far faster than any of us would like to admit, we all need a good study playlist. We all have different habits when choosing study tunes, so I’m going to try and address all that, and maybe even some academic topics. “The Wolves (Act 1&2)” – Bon Iver Sometimes, I just need [...]

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Review: Psychic Twin

After a charming in studio interview with the band I was really looking forward to seeing them in action. I didn’t know what to expect from a band that is only made up of Erin Fein on vocals and Synth and Brett Sanderson and Jonny Sommer on electronic drum pads.  That said, they completely blew me out [...]

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Capital Cities shows alt-pop promise with debut EP

It’s always great to see new artists blasting onto the alternative scene, so when I heard “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities I was immediately intrigued and picked up the EP. The EP starts off with a bang with “Safe and Sound.” It is pretty much everything I could want from an electro-alternative fusion band. [...]

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Monday Mixer

So, for the super bowl I was looking for some music to pump me up. I didn’t really care particularly for either team (If Alex Smith wasn’t on the side line I would be rooting for the 49ers). I still wanted to get pumped up. I mean it’s the frickin’ Super Bowl. So I put [...]

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Vampire Weekend Plays New Song on Kimmel

If you’re like me and waiting anxiously for the new Vampire Weekend album, then we have a treat for you. Last night the band played a new song called “Unbelievers” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and the song is really darn good. It picks up right where they left off with Contra giving you all of that Indie-Pop [...]

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The Shins Release Song From Christmas Collaboration

Tomorrow the Starbucks’ Label is putting out a Holiday (mostly Christmas) music compilation called Holidays Rule featuring artists like fun., The Civil Wars and The Shins. The Shins recently put out their track from the album. The track , a Paul McCartney cover is called “Wonderful Christmastime”. You can check it out on Stereogum along with [...]

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