Diet Cig at Alpha Delt from the Perspective of Two Women
Kelsey Gordon '18 and Sanya Bery '21 review Diet Cig at Alpha Delt 11/11/17
Read MoreReview: Yeek at X-House
Sanya Bery and Gabriel Ballard review Yeek at X-House 10/7/17. Edited by Kelsey Gordon.
Read MoreGoo's Secret EP Release Show at 66 Home
Goo's Secret EP Release Show At 66 Home
Read MoreReview: Delicate Steve at Music House
A Review of Delicate Steve at Music House by Manny Unger
3/4/17
BOSSY, Phatrabbit, and DJ Lloyd at MuHo
BOSSY, Phatrabbit, and DJ Lloyd put on an awesome show; AW contributor Neel Madala '20 recaps.
Read MoreArea 1, Area 2... Friends and Lovers 2016 Compilation
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).
Read MorePDG - Talk to My Lawyer
Singalongs, screams, inside-out pop music sculptures, shredding, bleep-bloops, and groovy bass moves—it's all that!
Read MoreReview: Saint Savage's Stranger
A review of Saint Savage's latest release, Stranger.
Read MoreGwashed Out - Space Tripping with Goonda Gloss
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.
Read More"I'm so Wasted": Lunch Cult's "Lunch Cult"
Chris Reed '19 did a short little review of Lunch Cult's new, self-titled album.
Read MoreThis is not my home: the wanderlust of Beverly Tender's Lord Mayor EP
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.
Read MoreThe Charade EP: Schwab's Loopy Low-Key Popcraft
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.
Read MoreA Tale of Two Girls As Told By Two Girls: Girlpool at ArtMuho
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.
Pop, Murder, and Folk(s) at Art house
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.
Read MoreRising Soul and Wes Funk: Gabriel Garzon-Montano at Alpha Delt
At Alpha Delta Phi this past Friday, Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Don Froot, and Rui Barbosa graced Wesleyan with three incredibly talented performances.
Read MoreReview: Let's Party Hats! Hats! Hats! // Let's Party Hats! Hats! Hats! EP
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.
Read MoreReview: all-caps LADD // Mad in the Coatroom
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.
Read MoreReview: Dull Tools Showcase at Earth House
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.
Read MoreReview: Killer Bob at Music House
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.
Read MoreREVIEW: THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE AT ECLECTIC
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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