By Alexandra Beckman If you’re anything like me during this time of unique academic circumstances, you’ll find that sometimes the proper motivation for doing all of your assignments is at the dead of night. 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. provides …

By Gunnar Schmitz As night time temperatures dip below freezing and autumn leaves overtake what were once green lawns, it’s time to start honing in on that spooky attitude that characterizes late October so well. With Halloween parties being a …

By Chy Klitzke Among many other things, one of my favorite parts of October is Halloween music.  “Halloween music? Is that a thing? You mean like the Monster Mash?” In my eyes Halloween music is an extremely underrated genre. Just …

By M. Jarosinski As summertime approaches quickly we all are in need of at least one thing, some killer tunes. Because of this high demand for bangers of all sorts, I, the author of the definitive UW-Madison tailgate playlist, …

By Izzi Bavis School is out, summer classes are in, the weather is warmer, and here is what you should be listening to while you pretend you are the lead in an indie film. These tracks remind me of …

by Izzi Bavis I’ve sat down to write this piece numerous times. The first time I planned to curate a preview for the South by Southwest festival, but the festival was cancelled. The second time I decided this would …

by Monique McCormack It’s that time of the year where us kids with Seasonal Affective Disorder start really loathing another few months of gray, lifeless days that make us feel numb. I know that these Vitamin D-lacking, absolutely uninspiring …

by Monique McCormack It’s time to embrace those melancholy feelings you’ve been trying to suppress with this week’s playlist. Spanning a wide variety of genres from rap to folk and everything in between, it’ll be difficult to not find …

A (Anti-?) Valentine’s Day Playlist by Monique McCormack With Valentine’s Day approaching at an alarming rate, it’s easy to get your hopes up just to have yet another, flowerless, chocolateless, lonely “love” day. For those of you in relationships, maybe …

By Matt Jarosinski If you do a bit of digging under Spotify’s genre tab, adorned by such staple genres as hip-hop, pop, rock, and anime, you’ll find the the Student page. “What is on the Student genre page?” you may …

As the last vestiges of Winter finally fall away and Spring finally decides to come out of it’s coma, our moods brighten and we turn to sunnier tunes and activities. WSUM wants to help you enjoy …

Over the past week or so you may have noticed a new button under the “Search Playlist” button and “Now Playing/Just Played” box labeled “Spinitron Playlist”. The more curious of our listeners may have already discovered …