WTBU held its fundraiser show Sunday night at the Great Scott. The concert showcased local talent and promoted WTBU. Five bands represented the flavor of local music scene and WTBU’s love for them. The night started out with the band Turtle Ambulance, who is Jimmy Hughes and Grayson Murphy. The twosome uses a guitar and a labyrinth of synths and beat machines (labyrsynth?) to make warm quiet sonic songs. They create a sound reminiscent of an illegitimate son of Animal Collective and Vampire Weekend. The music lends itself to being played at a digital tropical tiki bar, wearing their African and Afro-Caribbean influences on their sleeves. The soft synths slide over pattering beat as Jimmy and Grayson sing sweetly in two part vocal harmonies. Lord Jeff, a garage rock three piece, followed them. The songs were like what happens when three middle-schoolers who love their parent’s music form a band, and then stick it out for ten years. The bass lines came from the early sixties, and the guitar solos came from somewhere in the 80’s, with slammy upbeat drumming, and all covered in blues. They definitely kicked it old school. Pitchfork darlings Dom hit the stage next. They mix guitars and digital landscapes to capitalize on all dance rock has to offer. They shoot their vocals through all kinds pedals and effects to make a creamy-thick falsetto. These dirty Worchester kids deserve the hype they get, making the crowd come alive with every punch of the snare. The highlight of the night came next in Quilt. The only way to describe them is haunting beauty. Taylor Mcvay, Anna Rochinski, and Shane Butler melt droning three part vocal harmonies over reverbed out guitars, for slow grinding and downright eerie songs. They sound like a forgotten psych relic of the sixties, like a basement experiment of Timothy Leary gone oh so right. The Show ended with Golden Girls. Like their name suggests, they are mired in 80s pop. This messy pop-punk explosion shoots guitars solos like Nikki Sixx shot-well whatever. Worchester breeds yet another fun dancee indie rock band.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:26 )
Announcing the iPhone/iPod app!
Written by Adam Lauria
Friday, 09 April 2010 17:33
Student-run WTBU steps into the 21st century with global accessibility
WTBU released its very own iPhone/iTouch application late Friday night. The app will help keep WTBU at the forefront of radio broadcasting.
Designed by staffer and former Executive Board member John Schwartz, a Journalism major in BU’s College of Communications, the app has been highly anticipated this semester, and WTBU is excited to finally introduce it to the BU campus.
Already the first college radio station to stream online, WTBU has branched out like most other stations to an official website, twitter and facebook page. The app gives easy access to all of these outlets, as well as the award-winning sports stream, news stories and, for iPhones, a one-touch calling option.
The main appeal is the app’s ability to provide the radio stream all over campus, Boston and the world, provided there is a 3G or wifi connection. General Manager Sarah J Berg states that “This app is making WTBU much more portable for its listeners. At a campus where so few of us listen to the radio in cars, it's great to be able to take the WTBU stream with us on the go. I expect our listenership to go up drastically once the word of the iPhone app gets out!”
Eventually, WTBU hopes to have a spot on the app for advertisers and promotion for the programming and live shows and events, including the upcoming fundraiser show at the Great Scott on April 18th. Schwartz has big plans for the app, and is working on showing the name of the show currently streaming and the song title and artist. “Even though the app works on the iPad,” says Schwartz, “I'm in the process right now of making an app specifically for the iPad.”
Click here to open the iTunes App Store and download the iPhone/iPod app today!
-Tara Jayakar
Last Updated ( Friday, 09 April 2010 17:46 )
WTBU DJs doing big things & getting recognized (what else is new?)
Written by Adam Lauria
Thursday, 10 December 2009 22:30
As we mentioned before, DJ Josh Friedman of the Metal/Talk show Taken Out of Context interviewed the guitarist from Killswitch Engage last Thursday night. His interview was picked up by Roadrunner Records and Blabbermouth.net! Check out the audio recording of the interview here!
Also, WTBU would like to send a heartfelt congratulations to DJ Dory Greenberg who is now co-DJing with rapper Edo on Boston's HOT 97! Get it, girl. Read the full story from the Boston Herald here!
Video from the 2009 WTBU Awards at BU Central 12/10/09 Music: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
WTBU Awards 2009!
Written by Adam Lauria
Monday, 07 December 2009 02:43
Come eat, drink, and celebrate with our 2009 WTBU staff at the WTBU Awards, Thursday, December 10 at 8 p.m. in BU Central! See your favorite WTBU Djs and Interns win awards for categories like: DJ OF THE YEAR, SHOW OF THE YEAR, INTERN OF THE YEAR (plus lots more!).
Hosted by Director of BU in the Morning, Annie Berman!
Musical performances by: Vikesh Kapoor The Novel Ideas The Lonesome Mississippi Drifters
Special appearances by: Karson with a K of "Karson and Kennedy" on Mix 104.1 Dean Elmore The WTBU Eboard BU in the Morning DJs!
