With 2025 concluding the WUVT staff heads reflected and shared their thoughts on their favorite albums of the past year. From indie breakouts to Superbowl Halftime show headliners, we listened to it all! Click read more to see what our staff's picks.
FMPD Naiel Habtemichael's Favorite Album of 2025 Freddie Gibbs - Alfredo II
Label: ESGN Records Genre: Hip-Hop, Rap Naiel's Review: The thing that I love about Freddie Gibb's is that he can write songs that seem to have great surface-level spectacle to them. They sound like songs about trapping, robbing, doing/selling coke, and on some level they are. But, so many of his songs also have this layer of subtext to them about hip hop, masculinity, drug abuse, and growing up in poverty. I don't know if people realize how deeply bleak some of his songs are, but maybe that's the beauty of it. It's like this album is encased in resin, while you, the listener, watch it delicately spin in a museum display. As the light refracts off its shining case, you can finally see the intricate web that lies inside of it. "Cowards die a thousand deaths, nigga, I got a thousand lives".
You know what rhymes with New Music!!! I'm not really sure, but I encourage you to try. Take a look at what's recently been added to the stacks.
Geese - Getting Killed
Label: Partisan Genre: Alt Rock Reviewed by: Hanya Hudgens
A masterful display of genre bending post punk wizardy with elements of free jazz and thought provoking lyrics. there are influences everywhere - from Tom Waits and Radiohead (most obvious) to Nick Cave, Van Morrison, Talking Heads, even Television and The Smiths occasionally... true genre-bending stuff.
IT'S THE LAST HOUSE SHOW OF THE SEMESTER AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT!!! Cancel all your plans, call off that date, forget about those overdue assignments because this Friday, December 5th, WUVT and WRKE are hosting Punk Formal with bands Dayfiction, Recluse and Jane Doe!!! Doors at 8pm, with music at 8:30 pm. at 436 East Roanoke. 5-dollar cover. See you there!
Word on the street there's new music. I checked the words on those streets and they were right. Check out what's been added to the stacks!
Wednesday - Bleeds
Label: Dead Oceans Genre: Shoe Gaze, Alt-Country Reviewed by: Milo Craun
Bleeds effortlessly blends noisy shoegaze guitars with country twang. Seriously, there are killer pedal and lap steel parts throughout! Each track has a different mix of influences, but they all sound like Wednesday, in large part due to Karly Hartzman's vocals. The band has worked hard to build and refine their sound over the years, and it shows in this album. Stop reading and listen! Only then will you understand...
Yes, you read that right, Fall 2025 Premiums are ready for pickup!!!!
All donors from WUVT's Fall 2025 Radiothon are invited to stop by the station and pick up their premiums!
Sadly, not ALL of the premiums are here yet. Some of the higher ticket items (Mousepad, soccer jersey, and letterman jacket) haven't arrived yet. They're coming soon, and all of you high-paying donors will get your premiums ASAP!
Enough about that. Here's the rundown:
If you marked your premiums for shipping - Sit tight, your premiums will be packed and shipped before the end of the semester (Mid-December).
If you marked your premiums for pickup - Come by the WUVT station (Room 350 Squires Student Center) during any of our staff's office hours linked here. Please come during time marked as office hours!!!
