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Diet Cig at Alpha Delt from the Perspective of Two Women

November 21, 2017 by Kelsey Gordon in Feature, home, Photos, Review

Kelsey Gordon '18 and Sanya Bery '21 review Diet Cig at Alpha Delt 11/11/17

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Review: Yeek at X-House

October 16, 2017 by Aural Wes in Review, home, Feature

Sanya Bery and Gabriel Ballard review Yeek at X-House 10/7/17. Edited by Kelsey Gordon.

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October 16, 2017 /Aural Wes
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Goo's Secret EP Release Show at 66 Home

September 20, 2017 by Allison Hsu in home, Feature, Review

Goo's Secret EP Release Show At 66 Home

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Review: Delicate Steve at Music House

March 24, 2017 by Aural Wes in Review, home

A Review of Delicate Steve at Music House by Manny Unger
3/4/17

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BOSSY, Phatrabbit, and DJ Lloyd at MuHo

October 13, 2016 by Aural Wes in Column, Article, Review, home

BOSSY, Phatrabbit, and DJ Lloyd put on an awesome show; AW contributor Neel Madala '20 recaps.  

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Area 1, Area 2​.​.​. Friends and Lovers 2016 Compilation

September 25, 2016 by Chris Gortmaker in Article, Feature, home, Review

Area 1, Area 2... Friends and Lovers 2016 Compilation is a lo-fi diary of Wes DIY rockers / noodlers / shmoodlers' tunes curated by Nicole RJ ('16). 

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PDG - Talk to My Lawyer

September 25, 2016 by Chris Gortmaker in Article, Feature, home, Review

Singalongs, screams, inside-out pop music sculptures, shredding, bleep-bloops, and groovy bass moves—it's all that!

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Review: Saint Savage's Stranger

August 14, 2016 by Kelsey Gordon in Review, home

A review of Saint Savage's latest release, Stranger.

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Gwashed Out - Space Tripping with Goonda Gloss

January 31, 2016 by Ryan Breen in Feature, Review, Article, home

Ryan Breen sat down with Aaron Kelly-Penso 18' and Will Freudenheim 18' to talk about their new rap odyssey Gwashed Out. He was unable to get back up again. 

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January 31, 2016 /Ryan Breen
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"I'm so Wasted": Lunch Cult's "Lunch Cult"

December 06, 2015 by Aural Wes in Article, Column, home, Review

Chris Reed '19 did a short little review of Lunch Cult's new, self-titled album.  

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This is not my home: the wanderlust of Beverly Tender's Lord Mayor EP

November 12, 2015 by Ryan Breen in Review, home

Beverly Tender's first official release "Lord Mayor Makes 1,000 Speeches" is a hauntingly beautiful set of tracks filled with nostalgic instrumentals and cathartic, inspired songwriting. From playing some of their first few shows at Wesleyan, Beverly Tender has gone on to craft an EP that will fill you with melancholy, yet reassuring, feelings of belonging in this strange world of displacement and uncertainty. 

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The Charade EP: Schwab's Loopy Low-Key Popcraft

April 04, 2015 by Ryan Breen in Review, home

Schwab has been on a roll this year. Emerging early last semester, the three-piece immediately settled into a unique sound and have remained an exciting voice of the mellow Wesleyan indie scene ever since. It’s tough to name any sort of genre for the music Schwab makes, and it’s a massive testament to their music that no list of sound-a-like bands spring to mind. Schwab are doing their own thing, and they do it well. 

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April 04, 2015 /Ryan Breen
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A Tale of Two Girls As Told By Two Girls: Girlpool at ArtMuho

February 09, 2015 by Aural Wes in home, Review

Are you suffering from a textbook case of Post-Concert Depression after Thursday night’s Girlpool show? Were you wondering what could be better than an Aural Wes review to let you relive said show? Did you also come up with the answer of TWO Aural Wes reviews for the previous question? Put away the ice cream and read on for a better cure to that PCD than Netflix has been providing you.
 

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Pop, Murder, and Folk(s) at Art house

February 05, 2015 by Ryan Breen in Review, home

Drawn inside to escape the bitter chill, nobody was left cold in the company of Phatrabbit, Murdertones, and Rachel Connor's Photo Show at Art House on Saturday night. 

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February 05, 2015 /Ryan Breen
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Rising Soul and Wes Funk: Gabriel Garzon-Montano at Alpha Delt

February 05, 2015 by William Molski in Photos, Review, home

At Alpha Delta Phi this past Friday, Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Don Froot, and Rui Barbosa  graced Wesleyan with three incredibly talented performances. 

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February 05, 2015 /William Molski
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Review: Let's Party Hats! Hats! Hats! // Let's Party Hats! Hats! Hats! EP

November 04, 2014 by Ava Davis in Review, home

Let's Party Hats! Hats! Hats! formed back in 2012 and has since then released two EPs, Pain Hurts and Let's Party Hats! Hats! Hats! which just dropped on Thursday. Self-described as "three friends having fun getting mad in Connecticut", the band comprising of Adam Johnson ('14), Sean Winnik ('14), and Nate Repasz ('14) lives up to the description with their spontaneous garage-punky sound.

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November 04, 2014 /Ava Davis
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Review: all-caps LADD // Mad in the Coatroom

November 02, 2014 by Chris Gortmaker in Feature, Review, home

A string of Christmas lights and a bare bulb lit the basement in a soft glow. Everyone swayed together, shoulders brushing and feet occasionally tapping rhythm onto others. We were packed together so tightly that we couldn’t have disentangled ourselves if we’d wanted to. It was May, the last night of the semester, and the steady indie-rock of all-caps LADD was surging out of a dusty corner.

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November 02, 2014 /Chris Gortmaker
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Review: Dull Tools Showcase at Earth House

October 24, 2014 by Leana Paymar in Column, Review, home

At Earth House Wednesday, a small mass of people arrived wet and cold, just happy to be out of the rain. Out of nowhere, a bass drone so loud you could feel it in your gut came blasting from the PA and Eaters was off.

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Review: Killer Bob at Music House

October 12, 2014 by james howell in Column, Review, home

Killer Bob is not an accessible band. In fact, in front of a small but animated crowd of experimental music enthusiasts at Music House on Friday, it oftentimes felt like they specifically went out of their way not to be accessible. Their lead vocalist and guitarist, aptly named (you guessed it!) Bob, doesn’t sing so much as urgently repeat barely audible words into the microphone. Their music, which can fairly accurately be described as modern day Swans on meth, ranges from trance inducing to downright cacophonous, and sometimes makes the transition between the two in a matter of seconds. 

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October 12, 2014 /james howell
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REVIEW: THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE AT ECLECTIC

October 17, 2013 by Chris Gortmaker in Column, Review

 

Eclectic on Saturday night was all about feelings. Feeling that an emo-revival show is right there with those wistful moods of autumn, feeling a bombardment of mosh pit appendages, and, although this may not apply to everyone, feeling a good deal more of Eclectic’s skylight than intended. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, the night’s headliners, described Saturday as “the gig with heavy make out sessions, fur vests, gold chains and someone falling through a sky roof.” In all its revelrous, sweaty glory, the scene at Eclectic embodied the 14-word worldview of TWIABP’s band name: beauty with a tinge of mortality. As Emo-rock catharsis and the ambulance service came together in an unfortunate but thrilling turn of events, Saturday night’s atmosphere truly coincided with its music.

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October 17, 2013 /Chris Gortmaker
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