What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
TV on the Radio’s Dear Science, gets the full buzz treatment, highlighted by four schools this week. Maestro from Taj Mahal is in the top five of two music charts. Meanwhile, Beck’s Modern Guilt and Jenny Lewis’ Acid Tongue continue to earn some buzz.
1. Emerson College
Album Review: TV on the Radio Dear Science,
3. DePauw University
MP3 Blog: Chad Vangaalen Soft Airplane
Album Review: Dearhunter Microcastle
Music for Everyone:
Beck Modern Guilt
Immortal Technique The 3rd World
Old Crow Medicine Show Tennessee Pusher
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
4. Stanford University
Top 30 Albums of the Week:
1. The Final Solution Brotherman OST
2. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
3. Collection Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979
4. Taj Mahal Maestro
5. Otis Taylor Recapturing The Banjo
Album Review: Weezer The Red Album
5. Ithaca College
Artist of the Week: Good Old War Only Way To Be Alone
6. Seton Hall University
Artist of the Week: Dillinger Escape Plan
Pirated Advance: Bleeding Through Declaration
7. Brown University
Album Review: TV on the Radio Dear Science,
12. Carleton College
MP3Blog: Fujiya and Miyagi Lightbulbs
16. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Music Charts:
1. Michael Franti and Spearhead All Rebel Rockers
2. Chiwoniso Rebel Woman
3. Lila Downs Shake Away
4. Kimya Dawson Alphabutt
5. Taj Mahal Maestro
17. Swarthmore College
Review: Lambchop (OH) Ohio
18. Westminster College
Album Review: TV on the Radio Dear Science,
(page 10)
Album Review: Brendan James The Day is Brave
(page 11)
20. Bates College
Artist Interview: Girl Talk
Dennison University
(in 2008 Top 20)
Album Review: Hey Monday Hold on Tight
Album Review: TV on the Radio Dear Science,
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
New on the College Radio Buzz scene this week: Ratatat and their new album LP3. Meanwhile, colleges play catch-up with Beck’s Modern Guilt. Conor Oberst, Calexico, Fleet Foxes and Metallica continue to get some buzz, along with first-mentions for The Pink Spiders and Jonzetta. Plus, check out Dennison University’s radio bloggers’ six reviews.
1. Emerson College
Top 30 Albums of the Week:
1. Calexico Carried to Dust
2. Beck Modern Guilt
3. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
4. Brazilian Girls New York City
5. Conor Oberst Conor Oberst
Show Preview and Album Review: Ratatat LP3
3. DePauw University
MP3 Blog: Dressy Bessy Holler and Stomp
4. Stanford University
Top 30 Albums of the Week:
1. STS9 Peaceblaster
2. Michael Franti & Spearhead All Rebel Rockers
3. Coll Johnny Cash Remixed
4. Turi Fuka Taze Hitova
5. Giant Sand Provisions
5. Ithaca College
Artist of the Week: The Pink Spiders Sweat It Out
CD Review: TV on the Radio Dear Science
7. Brown University
Show Review: The Kooks and It Was the Best of Times
Album Review: Beck Modern Guilt
Album Review: Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer
9. Knox College
Album Review: Kanye West Graduation
10. Howard University
Album Launch: Dem Franchize Boyz Our World, Our Way
VH1 Celebrates the Fifth Annual Hip-Hop Honors
‘Holy Hip Hop’: Same Message, New Beat
16. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Music Charts:
1. Ratatat LP3
2. Nightmares on Wax Thought So…
3. Ani DiFranco Red Lettert Year
4. Stereolab Chemical Chords
5. Kate Gaffney The Coachman
18. Westminster College
Album Review: Jonzetta Cruel to be Young
(page 10)
Album Review: Straylight Run Un Mas Dos
(page 10)
Album Review: Matt Wertz Under Summer Sun
(page 11)
20. Bates College
Show Preview: Yeasayer
Dennison University
(in 2008 Top 20)
Album Review: Jenny Lewis Acid Tongue
Album Review: The United States Crimes
Album Review: Jeremy Messersmith The Silver City
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
This week, Okkervil River and Gym Class Heroes have new albums on the scene, each getting buzz from two schools. Bands that made last week’s College Radio Buzz are getting some love this week: Underoath, Ra Ra Riot, Coldplay, Conor Oberst and Calexico.
2. St. Bonaventure University
You Need to Listen To: Jaguar Love Take Me to the Sea
You Need to Listen To: Kristoffer Rangstam Wrong Side of the Room
(scroll down the page a bit)
3. DePauw University
Blog: Noah and the Whale Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
Blog: Everthus the Deadbeats John Kill & the Microscopic Lullabye
Brand New Music: Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps Backyard Tent Set
4. Stanford University
Recent Album Reviews
5. Ithaca College
Artist of the Week: The Rumble Strips Girls and Weather
CD Review: Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation
CD Review: Gym Class Heros The Quilt
6. Seton Hall University
Artist of the Week: Children of Bodom
Pirated Advance: Trivium Shogun
7. Brown University
Show Review: Low Anthem and Annie Lynch & The Beekeepers at Firehouse 13
Album Review: Okkervil River The Stand Ins
Album Review: Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line
Show Review: Music Festival Roundup
10. Howard University
Rick Ross Supports, Donates to Local Community
13. Alfred University
Show Review: Rusted Root
17. Swarthmore College
Artist Interview: Vivian Girls
All I Need: pay-what-you-want CDs
18. Westminster College
Top 11 Songs: 1. Coldplay “Viva La Vida” Viva La Vida
Album Review: Metallica Death Magnetic
(page 10)
Album Review: The Sound of Animals Fighting The Ocean and the Sun
(page 10)
Album Review: Conor Oberst Conor Oberst
(page 10)
Album Review: Calexico Carried to Dust
(page 11)
20. Bates College
Album Review: Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
Dennison University
(in 2008 Top 20 Stations)
Album Review: Gym Class Heroes The Quilt
Album Review: Okkervil River The Stand Ins
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2009 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
College Radio Buzz is back for the 2008-2009 school year. Princeton Review’s Top 20 College Radio Stations list had a couple changes: Standford University and Westminster College (PA) are in; Manhattanville College and Dennison University are out (however, we like Dennison’s new music blog, so if they have something worthwhile, we’ll link to it).
Just returning from summer break, there is no consensus buzz about music on the college radio radar outside of two show reviews of Radiohead and album reviews of Coldplay. Enjoy the smorgasbord – from Calexico to Ani DiFranco, from The Game to Jenny Lewis.
1. Emerson College
Album of the Month: Calexico Carried to Dust
Album Review: Calexico Carried to Dust
Album Review: Dar Williams Promised Land
Top 30 Albums of the Week: 1. Juliana Hatfield How to Walk Away
Album Review: Todd Goldstein Kids Aflame
Show Preview: Sam Phillips Don’t Do Anything
2. St. Bonaventure University
You Need to Listen To: Ra Ra Riot! The Rhumb Line
(scroll down the page a bit)
You Need to Listen To: Albert Hammond, Jr. Como Te Llama?
(scroll down the page a bit more)
Album Review: Connor Oberst Conor Oberst
Album Review: Ani DiFranco Red Letter Year
3. DePauw University
Music for everyone: Coldplay Viva La Vida, Flogging Molly Float
4. Stanford University
Top 30 Albums of the Week: 1. Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden Hearts & Daggers
Concert Review: Outside Lands featuring Radiohead and many other well-known bands
5. Ithaca College
Artist of the Week: Lykke Li Youth Novels
CD Review: The Academy Is… Fast Times at Barrington High
CD Review: Dandy Warhols Earth to the Dandy Warhols
CD Review: Cansei de Ser Sexy Donkey
CD Review: Natalie Walker With You
6. Seton Hall University
Artist of the Week: Mudvayne
Pirated Advance: Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation and Iced Earth The Crucible of Man
7. Brown University
Show Review: Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Concert Review: Paper Route, Phantom Planet, Jack’s Mannequin, Paramore
12 Cuts Above the Rest: 1. One Day as a Lion “Wild International” One Day as a Lion
Show Previews: Ben Folds, Diplo, The Kooks
16. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Albums of the Week: 1. Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials Full Tilt
17. Swarthmore College
Show Review: RJD2 and Broken Social Scene
18. Westminster College
Top 11 Songs: 1. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” Spirit
Show Review: Radiohead
(page 6)
Album Review: Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
(page 6)
Album Review: Norma Jean The Anti Mother
(page 6)
20. Bates College
Album Review: Coldplay Viva La Vida
Dennison University
(in 2008 Top 20)
Streaming single: Jenny Lewis “Acid Tongue”
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
Carleton College closes out 2007-2008’s College Radio Buzz by highlighting the latest release from Walter Meego. We’ll be back in the fall with more new music picks from the nation’s best college radio stations.
11. Carleton College
MP3 Blog: Walter Meego Voyager
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
Just a few schools have not yet shuttered for summer. Brown University gives lots of College Radio Buzz to Death Cab for Cutie and their new release, Narrow Stairs.
5. Brown University
Show Review: Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs
Artist Interview: Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs
11. Carleton College
MP3 Blog: Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band X-Ray Spirit
Straight from the Racks (Record Library Album of the Week): Various Artists Lovely Hula Hands
13. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Music Chart: 1. Mudhoney The Lucky Ones
20. Denison University
Review: Santogold Santogold
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
School’s out for most the College Radio Buzz schools. However, M83 gets a second shout out from DePauw University for their new release, Saturdays=Youth; it was originally highlighted a couple of weeks ago by Carleton College.
2. Emerson College
New Music Forecast: Portishead Third
New Music Forecast: Wye Oak If Children
3. DePauw University
Review: M83 Saturdays=Youth
Review: Van Morrison Keep It Simple
5. Brown University
Show Review: The Bravery
Live Performance: Rustic Overtones Light at the End
7. Seton Hall University
Pirated Advance: Engel Absolute Design
Artist of the Week: All That Remains
11. Carleton College
MP3 Blog: Neon Neon Stainless Style
13. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Music Chart: 1. Mother Truckers Let’s All Go To Bed
20. Denison University
Review: Goldfinger Hello Destiny
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
With many schools winding down for the academic year, the noise-punk band No Age gets noticed by Carleton College and Swarthmore College for their upcoming release, Nouns. Jamie Lidell continues to get college radio love for his third album, Jim; this week from DePauw University.
2. Emerson College
New Music Forecast: Eli Paperboy Reed Roll With You
New Music Forecast: Tobias Froberg Turns Heads
3. DePauw University
Review: Jamie Lidell Jim
4. Ithica College
Review: Lettuce Rage!
Show Review: Toots and the Maytals
5. Brown University
New Music: 1. Panic at the Disco “Nine in the Afternoon” Pretty. Odd.
7. Seton Hall University
Artist of the Week: Metallica
11. Carleton College
MP3 Blog: No Age Nouns
Straight from the Racks (Record Library Album of the Week): Page France Hello, Dear Wind
13. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Music Chart: 1. The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride
17. Swarthmore College
Top Artists and Tracks
20. Denison University
Review: Alkaline Trio Agony and Irony (EP)
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
This week two schools link to downloads or streams of new songs from established artists. Denison features “Evil Urges” from My Morning Jacket and “Pork and Beans” from Weezer, while Brown highlights Nine Inch Nails’ “Discipline.”
1. St. Bonaventure University
You NEED to listen to: Does It Offend You, Yeah? You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
2. Emerson College
Artist Profile: Tom Brosseau
Artist Interview: Tapes n Tapes Walk It Off
Top 30 Albums of the Week: 1. Black Keys Attack and Release
4. Ithica College
Review: The Kooks Konk
5. Brown University
New Nine Inch Nails Song Available for Download: “Discipline”
Vampire Weekend Takes Over the Station
Review: Cut Copy In Ghost Colours
Artist Interview: Sun Zoo Roads of the Earth
7. Seton Hall University
Pirated Advance: Century Black Ocean
Artist of the Week: The Haunted
10. Howard University
Radio Playlist: 1. Alicia Keys “Like You’ll Never See Me Again”
11. Carleton College
MP3 Blog: M83 Saturdays=Youth
Straight from the Racks (Records Library Album of the Week): Fire Engines Hungry Beat
17. Swarthmore College
Top Artists and Tracks
20. Denison University
Weezer Streaming New Song: “Pork and Beans”
My Morning Jacket Posts New Song for Download: “Evil Urges”
Review: Flight of the Concords Flight of the Concords
Review: Flight of the Concords Flight of the Concords
What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out. (Note: If the list skips a school it is because there was no Web site for the radio station or newspaper or no applicable content on either Web site.)
Spring is here and the music tours have sprung. Schools were buzzing about live performances this week: Opening act Okkervil River outperformed New Pornographers, according to Ithica College and Denison University reviews of that show. Meanwhile, Brown University featured performances at the school’s annual “Spring Weekend” concert series by Vampire Weekend, Lupe Fiasco, Girl Talk and M.I.A., who are all slated to be on the road this spring and summer.
1. St. Bonaventure University
You NEED to listen to: Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin Pershing
2. Emerson College
Artist Interview: Rupa and the April Fishes
3. DePauw University
Review: The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely
4. Ithica College
Review: Tokyo Police Club Elephant Shell
Review: Destroyer Trouble in Dreams
Show Review: Okkervil River and New Pornographers
5. Brown University
12 Cuts Above the Rest: 1. Flobots “Handlebars” Fight With Tools
Show Review: Vampire Weekend and Lupe Fiasco
Show Review: Girl Talk and M.I.A.
10. Howard University
Producer Interview: Bryan-Michael Cox
11. Carleton College
Review: Georgie James Places
MP3 Blog: Tank “Make Me Wanna Sing” and Minnie Riperton “Lovin’ You”
13. The Evergreen State College
Top 30 Music Chart: 1. Jamie Lidell Jim
17. Swarthmore College
Top Artists and Tracks
20. Denison University
Review: R.E.M. Accelerate
Show Review: Okkervil River and New Pornographers
