AURALWEST: KATIE AND THE LICHEN

AURALWEST: KATIE AND THE LICHEN

Nick Selden
weekendpreview, What's On Campus

Hey guys its Sick Nelden again with you LA Wes Kidz concert of the week. If you like girls and music, this week is a great one for you. More after the jump! Katie and the Lichen will be playing at the Smell this Wednesday. The Smell is an all ages venue that is almost completely run by volunteers. Shows are 5 dollars and there's a serious punk DIY feel to the place. Katie and the Lichen are a five piece power-pop outfit from Vancouver. Their music is catchy, sweet, and edgy. They're all about that ukelele and melodica. I'd highly recommend downloading their free EP kiss and run and listening to the song "Misbehaving". Link's below. Anyways! Check them out at the Smell this Wednesday. They haven't said what time they're going on, but I'd arrive around 9.

AURALWEST: CEREMONY

AURALWEST: CEREMONY

Nick Selden
Column

 

n case you've never heard of Matador Records they are probably the coolest label ever. The original label of Sonic Youth and Pavement has been producing some of the world's best indie rock since. Any band signed to Matador is worth checking out and you guessed it this week is a Matador band. Ceremony is a post-punk outfit from norcal that are hella tight. Blistering guitars, a driving rhythm section, and the bleak whiny yet hypnotic voice of frontman Ross Farrar made their Matador debut "Zoo" one of my favorite records of 2012.

AURALWEST SHOW OF THE WEEK

AURALWEST SHOW OF THE WEEK

Nick Selden
Column

 

What’s the best thing about Wesleyan? Is it the food at Summerfields? The polite and helpful individuals at Reslife? What about our vast resources and easy to access popular majors? I’m probably in a minority, but I wouldn’t cite any of the above. But, the thing Wesleyan has on all of my friends’ schools is that we have awesome fucking concerts. This year you may have seen iceage, Joey Bada$$, DIIV, or Mac Demarco. I saw all of them. Not because I was a huge fan of any of them, but because I could. That’s the main thing I’ve taken from my freshman year. Concerts are fucking awesomesauce. And even if it’s a post-punk-all-chill-no-wave-eco-jazz-pop-power-slap-fusion quartet its worth checking out because, “hey why not?”

AURAL WES WEEKLY TRACK ROUND UP #6

AURAL WES WEEKLY TRACK ROUND UP #6

Aural Wes
Column

 

Tracks on tracks on tracks! Every week, each member of the AW team chooses and reviews a song they've been playing on repeat. Contributions span different genres and eras, from early R&B classics to the latest lo-fi rock, from spaced-out-and-based-out beats to the most cutting-edge underground club. Read this week's latest installment after the jump.

AURAL WES WEEKLY TRACK ROUNDUP #5

AURAL WES WEEKLY TRACK ROUNDUP #5

Aural Wes
Column

Tracks on tracks on tracks! Every week, each member of the AW team chooses and reviews a song they've been playing on repeat. Contributions span different genres and eras, from early R&B classics to the latest lo-fi rock, from spaced-out-and-based-out beats to the most cutting-edge underground club. Read this week's latest installment.

WEEKEND PREVIEW 4/25 - 4/27

WEEKEND PREVIEW 4/25 - 4/27

Ethan Hill
What's On Campus, weekendpreview

How was your week? Exhausting? Probably. So then you need music things in your life! If that's the case, then us kids at Aural Wes have got you covered. In this post, we've chosen a few concert highlights of the weekend, including tonight's sweet grooves at Eclectic brought to you by Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction. Hit the jump to see what else you don't dare miss out on this weekend.

A SUNNY INTERVIEW WITH GRAND COUSIN

A SUNNY INTERVIEW WITH GRAND COUSIN

Aural Wes
Column, Feature

 

I walk out of Fisk on the first warm Monday afternoon of the spring and I’m thinking about Dante. Who was Beatrice IRL? Virgil seems like a G, too bad he’s stuck in Inferno. Why is Paradise so boring? I soon spot Grand Cousin singer/ guitarist Henry Hall ‘14, drummer Evan Low ‘14, and bassist Robby Caplan ‘14 outside and these medieval ruminations vanish. We decide we’ll just wing an interview under the sun. As soon as we settle in the perfect spot of grass below North College Henry says, “I feel like I’m at Coachella right now a little bit. Whenever I sit in grass and I’m showered in the rays of sun I feel like I’m at Coachella.” Hit the jump...now.


AN INTERVIEW WITH RYAT

AN INTERVIEW WITH RYAT

Eric Lopez
Video

 

On April 11th, RYAT came to Buddhist House and used her fusion of jazz, pop, and experimental sounds to make the crowd swoon. Aural Wes caught RYAT after the show. Check the video

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