Radio Roundup: New Year, New Favorites
By Wrmc Exec Board | January 18, 2024Social Media Manager’s Pick – Matt Held ’26
Social Media Manager’s Pick – Matt Held ’26
Have your Spotify playlists become stale? Is your weekly mix just not cutting it? Maybe it’s time to branch out and listen to something new. The Executive Board of WRMC, Middlebury College’s radio station, has selected a wonderfully wide range of albums, spanning time and genre, for your listening ...
This is another childhood album, but I was re-listening to it recently, and it is quite a gem — not a bad track on the album. There is lots of twang and beautiful guitar with poetic lyrics. The third track is called “2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten”; I think it’s pretty funny that she’s using texting ...
If I could pick one word to describe Caroline's first debut project “Strawberry,” it would be “floating.” On “Strawberry,” Loveglow takes the soft sounds from the dream pop genre and gives it a gentle punch with distortion and reverb in her production and vocals.
Nothing is more iconic than starting an album with “Boom Boom Pow.” I grew up listening to Fergie with my aunt, so rediscovering The Black Eyed Peas has been really fun. Their music has great beats and is really fun to dance to.
Following a two-year hiatus following the release of their last album, L'éclair has been putting in the work. On Nov. 12, they released the beauty that is “Confusions.” This album has everything I love about this band: immaculate synth, undeniable jam and an eclectic assortment of funk and groove. ...
My favorite album to listen to at Halloween has to be “Impeccable Blahs” by Say Hi. Not only is it perfectly melancholy to compliment the rainy autumn weather, but it is also almost entirely about vampires. Think “Juno” soundtrack meets “Twilight.”
*RIYL (recommended if you like) Co-Concert Manager Exec Pick — Luke Robins ’23 Album: “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert” — Little Simz Genre: Hip-Hop RIYL: Noname, Slowthai, Tierra Whack Blurb: Little Simz had my favorite verse of 2019 with her feature on “New Breed” and I was still ...
Fresh off the heels of their newest indie pop psych rock album, the Brooklyn quartet, Crumb, is making the trek up to Middlebury, Vermont this Friday, October 1. Spend this week memorizing the words to every song so you can sing your heart out at our first live concert of the year!