Griffin Paddock has been the Music Director at WUVT for several years, and manages our music that is broadcasted on-air!
Click Read more to hear about all the things that Griffin has done for college radio!
Another week of new music! Hooray!
Label: Western Vinyl
Genre: Baroque Pop, Chamber Folk
Reviewed by: Baile Liu
For Fans Of: Bjork
Fight the Real Terror flexes the artist's wide breath of multi-instrumental abilities. Most of the tracks use acoustic instrumentation, but track 4 comes in with an upbeat electronic drum beat. The artist's voice is somber/Bjork-like but gets a bit bold and aggressive in Rocket in a Pocket. The lyrics on this album walk the line of cringe to poetic. Tracks 2 and 5 are especially cringe. However, track 7 has majestic angelic vocals and is beautiful. Overall I think this is a good album to add to your show stack!
WUVT is hosting local bands Sublimina, Crack in the Sidewalk, and Patty Carver at the Domicile (207 Janie Ln) on October 4th! Doors are at 7:30PM and the show starts at 8PM. We hope to see you there! Half our funds will go towards hurricane Helene relief efforts!
WUVT was graciously invited to attend the newest exhibit at the Montgomery Museum of Art & History, Above: A History of Montgomery County Aviation, where we were greeted with a plethora of paintings and historical documents outlining the significance and development of aviation in not only Montgomery County but also the greater Virginia area. Exhibits like these hold great educational value to the local community and do an excellent job preserving the history of the region. Best said by Casey Jenkins, Executive Director of the museum, exhibits like these are "educational, inspirational, and relatable from everyone [aged] zero to ninety-nine."
Click Read more for our full review of the exhibit! "Volunteers are your backbone [as a non profit]" - Leo Priddy "Educational, inspirational, relatable for everyone 0 to 99" - Casey Jenkins
Is that. . . New Music I smell! I hope you're as excited as I am for our new music selection this week. See you next time!
Label: Mint
Genre: Indie / Slacker Rock
Reviewed by: Edison Lee
For Fans Of: Sonic Youth, Ride, Feeble Little Horse, Sebadoh, Pixies, Pavement
Knitting’s sophomore album blends dreamy indie rock atmospheres with noisy slacker rock guitar work to create a pleasant, albeit monotonous, album. Nothing is revolutionary about any of these songs, but much like other noisy pieces of indie rock tinged with dream-pop/shoegaze elements, they get the job done. The guitars are generally thin and bouncy, contrasted with thick and noisy effects. This, along with dreamy vocals, makes for a slightly shoegaze feel reminiscent of bands like Ride, Lush, and Slowdive, but the songs aren't fuzzy/dreamy enough to be considered shoegaze or dream pop. I would compare them to more traditional indie rock acts like Pavement and Pixies. The songs are solid and dynamic, but they tend to bleed into one another. While it's nothing groundbreaking, there's enough fun indie rock antics and hazy guitar noise to keep it interesting throughout its half-hour runtime.
