As the end of the semester approaches I wanted to do my final show on a band that truly represents pop punk. After taking the obvious, iconic choices such as Blink 182 and Taking Back Sunday out of the equation, […]
WUSC Wednesdays
WUSC Wednesdays: It’s all Happening! with All Time Low
All Time Low is the reason that I love pop punk music. Nothing was better 7th grade year than Alex Gaskarth’s white skinny jeans and Jack Barakat’s blonde hair streak. All Time Low got the inspiration for their name from […]
WUSC Wednesday: It’s All Happening! with La Dispute
La Dispute is a band that I can’t believe I haven’t written about yet. The first week in November seems to be an appropriate time to do so, and the constant rain is just a cherry on top. I’m not […]
WUSC Wednesday: WUSC Fall Fundraiser Punk Covers Week
From October 26th to November 2nd WUSC will be having it’s biannual fundraiser week. This week listeners can call in and donate, mail in a check, or submit an online donation. WUSC is entirely listener-supported and fundraiser week is the […]
WUSC Wednesday: It’s All Happening! with Basement
Basement is a band that definitely isn’t new to the scene, but recently became new to me. In my hunt for new fall music to jam to I have come across several bands in the depths of Spotify, but Basement […]
WUSC Wednesday: It’s All Happening! with Brand New
This week, though it has only dropped a few degrees, I have already gotten in the car with two different people on two different occasions who have been listening to The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me. I have […]
WUSC Wednesay: It’s All Happening! with Mayday Parade
The genre of pop punk has definitely been going through an intense revival in the last couple of years. With several northern bands influencing the scene such as Man Overboard, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck and State Champs, the sound expectation […]
WUSC Wednesday: It’s All Happening! with The Front Bottoms
Wikipedia describes The Front Bottoms as “An American indie rock band that originated in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.” If only it were that easy to sum up this band. Trying to describe The Front Bottoms in one sentence is like […]
WUSC Wednesday: It’s All Happening! with You, Me and Everyone We Know
You, Me and Everyone We Know has a special place in my pop punk heart. The easiest way to describe my love for this band would be that my little brother and I have deemed the song “Do It Again” […]
WUSC Wednesday: “It’s All Happening!” with Sorority Noise
“It’s All Happening!” groupie Penny Lane shouts to young rock critic William Miller across a parking lot after a Black Sabbath concert in one of the most iconic scenes in ‘movies about music’ history. The iconic phrase from Almost Famous […]
WUSC Wednesdays: Joywave
Well ladies and gentleman, this week’s Diagnosis will feature Joywave–my final featured artist as my time at WUSC nears its end. Joywave are an indie electro band from Rochester, NY, most known commercially for their collaboration with Big Data on […]
WUSC Wednesdays: Houndmouth
After bearing witness to an absolutely epic performance by Shakey Graves at the Charleston Music Hall Sunday, I’ve been on an alt-country-folk-Americana-whatchamacallit phase…particularly that which still busts some heavy guitar. In my search to not just feature Shakey Graves (again) […]
WUSC Wednesdays: The Skins
For those about to rock… …I suggest adding The Skins to your queue. Siblings Bayli, Reef and Kaya Mckeithan, and their pals Daisy Spencer and Russell Chell are behind Brooklyn’s The Skins. The band, which was recently listed among The […]
WUSC Wednesdays: J.D. McPherson
This week’s Diagnosis features J.D. McPherson. OK so it’s true that back in the days of featuring five artists on the Diagnosis, I featured J.D. McPherson once before. But now with his latest release, I realize I owe this fella […]
WUSC Wednesdays: Fundraiser Week
This week’s Diagnosis will not have a featured artist because…it’s fundraiser week! Once a semester, WUSC has a week of specialty programming and events aimed at raising money for the station to stay functioning. This semester’s fundraising goal is $4,000 […]