Interviews that our staff and DJ have conducted.
This week’s Spotlight DJ comes from DJ Best, who shares a beautiful Juneteenth playlist and a bit about herself below: How has the virus impacted your show? COVID-19 has affected my show a lot considering I haven’t been doing it. The transition moving back to Michigan was pretty stressful and […]
By: Allison Lapinski Cold Beaches is a Chicago, by way of Richmond, band led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sophia Nadia. You may have seen the band perform live at house shows, the Empty Bottle, or any other given venue across the city. The bedroom indie rock band has an array […]
By: Allison Lapinski Ian Ruhala, known onstage as Hala, is one of the many artists putting out their work into the world amid the Coronavirus. You might recognize Hala from such jangle-pop songs as “Sorry,” or “What Is Love? Tell Me, Is It Easy?” The lo-fi and intimate production on […]
by Scott Clancy Since their beginnings in the English shoegaze scene of the 1990s, Ride has been a name synonymous with alt rock and introspective guitar music. First releasing a series of albums on label Creation Records that propelled them into independent charts, Ride re-emerged in 2017 with their first […]
Alex Cameron and Roy Molloy on the new album “Miami Memory,” PC culture, and more. Alex Cameron is an ingenious singer-songwriter, and the voice of what some critics term “sleaze-pop.” But Cameron’s music is a bit more complex than this category leads on. The Australian-native’s first two albums, “Jumping the […]
By Maddie Chaudron. Bridal Party is a band out of Victoria, BC playing what they call “pop music that [they] like.” Drawing influences from pop music over several decades, the band creates a sound that draws listeners in, whether they are a pop enthusiast or otherwise. WLUW chatted with vocalist […]
By Mat Shiley Following the first three shows of their tour, indie rock band Twin Peaks made a stop in their hometown of Chicago to give fans a taste of their new record, “Lookout Low.” The band was greeted with open arms as an intimate crowd of a few hundred […]
By Allison Lapinski Bombay Bicycle Club has reunited after a three-year hiatus. In a recent music video for their single “Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You),” the band, with full tongue-in-cheek attitude, declared that without their music, “British society crumbled.” British and American fans alike were excited to find out […]
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