By Nathan Haimowitz In “It’s Okay To Cry” Sophie Xeon, or more popularly known as SOPHIE, is pleading with you to forgive yourself. She’s pleading with you to show yourself. She’s begging you to understand that she sees you for …

By Ethan Cook Last Friday Arlo Parks dropped her debut record, Collapsed in Sunbeams. From the moment the first notes hit my ears I knew that I was listening to something special, and before long I was texting out …

By Izzi Bavis On January 11, 2021, I talked with Worthitpurchase, a duo composed of Omar Akrouche and Nicole Rowe from the West Coast. In a conference call, we discussed their inspirations for their recent release, Dizzy Age, their …

Every Tuesday at WSUM, our Music Director, Izzi, chooses her favorite new releases to add to our music library. Here are this week’s favorites, presented to you by WSUM’s Music Journalism Club. Gotts Street Park, Volume Two HIGHLIGHT TRACKS: …

By Martha Kowalski I’m on the late side of discovering this album – released in May of 2020 and about half a year later has come my eureka moment – so this is not going to be your hot-off-the-press, breaking …

By Arthur Machado It is the summer of 1976. You go to West Hollywood looking for a new asparagus fern to bring in some nature and liven up your small studio apartment. You drive down Melrose Avenue, in the heart of …

By Ethan Cook In this series, I’m going back in time and revisiting some of the music of the past. Personally, I always enjoy listening to old albums and trying to understand how the music was historically important and where …

Every Tuesday at WSUM, our Music Director, Izzi, chooses her favorite new releases to add to our music library. Here are this week’s favorites, presented to you by WSUM’s Music Journalism Club. Molchat Doma, Monument HIGHLIGHT TRACKS:  GENRE: Post-Punk, …

Every Tuesday at WSUM, our Music Director, Izzi, chooses her favorite new releases to add to our music library. Here are this week’s favorites, presented to you by WSUM’s Music Journalism Club.  PREP, PREP HIGHLIGHT TRACKS: “Turn The Music …

By Jeffrey Deiss If you follow mainstream rap music at all, you probably know that Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake was one of the most anticipated albums of 2020. I waited for it. My friends waited for it. It seemed …

Every Tuesday at WSUM, our Music Director, Izzi, chooses her favorite new releases to add to our music library. Here are this week’s favorites, presented to you by WSUM’s Music Journalism Club. The Mountain Goats, Getting Into Knives  HIGHLIGHT …

By Ethan Cook As the seasons transition from the warm days of summer to the chilly evenings of winter I find myself looking for musical change as well. I spent the summer listening to punk-rock and heavy-metal; music that made …