Part 2 of the Spring 2015 WOOVE is here! You can read this special Radiothon edition of the WOOVE here or even download as a pdf.

WUVT is committed to bringing you the best in music, and this Radiothon is no exception. The wonderful folks at Eternal Summers are coming back to Blacksburg for a night of glorious debauchery!

Show starts at 10:00pm, $7 cover, 18+ until 11:00pm

THE BANDS:

Eternal Summers - Eternal Summers are a power trio from Roanoke, Virginia. They have done several U.S tours, put out 3 full length albums on Kanine Records, Silver (2010), Correct Behavior (2012) and The Drop Beneath (2014) plus a comp of early work called Dawn of Eternal Summers. Some would describe their sound as minimal pop, noise pop, shoegaze and post punk. Eternal Summers are here for you.

Skip Town: Local outfit consisting of three awesome WUVT DJ's who have been playing together for a while now. Get excited!

Death Grips - The Powers That B

Label: Third Worlds LLC
Genre: Industrial Hip Hop/Punk
Reviewed by: Steve Ibanez
The polarizing and violent noise mutilators return with a double album; the first disc containing warped Bjork vocal samples and the second taking on a more traditional (if you can call it that) punk feel featuring guitar from Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos. Musically chaotic and bursting at the seams, play this if you don’t give a shit about if your listeners will like it or not.

Mitski - Bury Me At Makeout Creek

Label: Don Giovanni
Genre: Punk Pop
Reviewed by: Steve Ibanez
Initially released last year on a limited run through mini label Double Double Whammy, Don Giovanni has swooped in to distribute her work more widely. Mitski’s music would be beautiful bare and acoustic (her voice is enough) but she has the incredible talent of using her arsenal of sounds as a complement to bring it to new creative levels. Grungy guitars sludge along and Halloween-y synths make unexpected appearances. Great songwriter that will continue to gain recognition...

The Skints - FM

Label: Easy Star Records
Genre: Reggae/Dub
Reviewed by: Steve Ibanez
We tune into 103.Skints as DJ Mr. Versatile spins these Londoners, who making some authentic sounding reggae music. The best tracks feature vocals from special guests (MC Horseman, Tippa Irie). Bass is phat, the occasional skippity of guitar delay is a nice touch. Groove on.

Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves

Label: Epic
Genre: Indie Rock

Purity Ring - Another Eternity

Label: 4AD
Genre: Electronic

Pause - No Small Order

Label: DZK
Genre: Hip Hop

Martin Gore - MG

Label: Mute
Genre: Avant Instrumental Electronic
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
The principle force behind Depeche Mode returns with another solo album that once again is far removed from the more accessible pop of DM. Some of this reminds me of Eno’s darker ambient themes (#2) and some of it reminds me of John Carpenter films of the late 70s early 80s. #12 reminds me of Fuck Buttons

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color

Label: ATO
Genre: Soul / Blues
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
Exquisite blend of soul, blues and even some funk. Relix described this as “the festival world’s leading retro-soul revivalists turn in a psychedelic, sci-fi epic”. Brittany Howard and troupe return with a soul stirring follow-up to a phenomenal debut filled with “volcanic thrashers (8)…silky soul (3)…spacey psychedelic soul jams (4)” [Rolling Stone]. The ballads are phenomenal

Death - N.E.W.

Label: Tryangle Records
Genre: Punk / Rock
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
YES!!! A Brand new Death album! III wasn’t a fluke. This is some hard hitting rock (more so than than harder punkier earlier stuff). Inspired by the positivity brought to them by ever-increasing numbers of new fans, the current lineup (Bobby and Dannis Hackney, Bobbie Duncan) completed several songs started back in the 70s by brothers Bobby and David Hackney. Reminds me a lot of OFF! if that band was about half-speed. Heck, “At the Station” reminds me of Bowie!!

Mew - + - (plus minus)

Label: Play It Again Sam
Genre: Psych Pop / Psych Folk Pop Rock
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
Mew’s first album in 6 years. Danish prog rock psych noise meisters soar on their latest album. The band has been evolving into a far more vibrant, expansive sounding band over the course of their albums and this is certainly a grand next step in their journey. GOOD STUFF!!!

Squarepusher - Damogen Furies

Label: Warp
Genre: IDM / Drum n Bass / Electronic
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
Another phenomenal notch in the belt! A wonderful blend of pretty much everything he is known for – experiments w/ musique concrete, spastic boundary warping drum n bass, aggressive interpretations of ensemble jazz. He attempts to recapture the passion, innovation and retromanic tendencies that have fallen on the wayside as the medium and genre blew up into the mainstream….And he does it. CoS described it as “the hyperactive love child of EDM and traditional jazz”.

Saun & Starr - Look Closer

Label: Daptone
Genre: Soul / Soul Revival
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
Saundra Williams and Starr Lowe aka THE DAPETTES. Yes, the back up singers to the one and only Sharon Jones are now stepping out in front and they do so with every bit of soul, style, class and gravitas you’d expect. This is a wonderful album. And it’s an ALL ANALOG production!!! Any fan of soul and especially DapTone will get down with this!! GOOD GOOD GOOD STUFF!!!!

Rose Windows - Rose Windows

Label: Sub Pop
Genre: Post Rock / Indie Rock
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
*The follow up to Sun Dogs opens with a gloomy haunt laden with gorgeous sonic imagery that drops you into a smack down of musical templates and textures that once again prevent any blanket labeling of this band. This album has a more playful feel to it with some of the arrangements. If you are a fan of My Morning Jacket you’ll dig this. *

Metz - II

Label: Sub Pop
Genre: Noise Rock / Post Punk / Indie Rock
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
per their press release “the 10-track effort promises to be “much heavier, darker, and sloppier,” its lyrical tone stemming “from a year of loss and doubt, of contemplating [the band’s] relationships with death and the planet.” These guys are touring with FIDLAR and Lightning Bolt!!!

Wire - Wire

Label: Pink Flag
Genre: Post Punk
Reviewed by: Len Comaratta
Album 13!!!And it smokes (despite it also being way mellower than most Wire) If only Buzzcocks could maintain the way Wire has. Filled with swooning pop melodies with a hint of 60s nostalgia and irresistible rhythms. Fans of classic Wire will find things to enjoy here. Think of these songs as something of a little brother or cousin melodically to Chairs Missing and 154.

Part 1 of the Spring 2015 WOOVE is released! You can read it online or download as a pdf.