Labor Day Live
Graphics by Kasvi Bhatia We’re leaving summer on a high note! As you fire up the grill, or drive back from the Cape, we’ll provide a series of mini concerts pulled from iconic live albums…
Playlist: New Discoveries 8/3
Graphics by Ainsley Basic CHILDISH GAMBINO AND BRITTANY HOWARD – “STAY HIGH” Groovy, spacey, and soulful. Childish Gambino’s cover of Brittany Howard’s hit “Stay High” successfully captures the same vibe as the original, but in…
Top 88 Songs of 2020
Graphics by Kevin Shin The Top 88 of 2020 Somehow, after playing over 300 new songs on the station in this insane year, we have tallied your votes and are delighted to present the…
Interview: Liza Anne Talks New Music, Touring, and Self-Love with WERS
Photo by Phoenix Johnson By Kenneth Cox Liza Anne is a singer/songwriter who isn’t one to mince words. With her vivid lyrics and cathartic vocals, she has become an artist with fans across the country….
Album Review: Vampire Weekend Curates 6 Year Time Capsule in “Father of the Bride”
By Mica Kendall Band: Vampire Weekend Album: Father of the Bride Favorites: Unbearably White, Sympathy, This Life Recommended If You Like: Phoenix, Two Door Cinema Club, Sufjan Stevens Vampire Weekend’s fourth album, Father Of The…
WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017
We got through 2017 with the help of music, and luckily there was a lot of new music. With the help from your votes, we’ve compiled the list of the top 88 songs of 2017…
Artists Under 21 Can Rock
By Erin Christie, Within recent years, the music industry has been buzzing with fresh young faces eager to make their mark and share their passion for music with the world (and doing so successfully, at…
Fall 2017 Album Releases To Look Forward To
By Melissa Gauger 2017 has been a year filled with political turmoil, changing environments, personal growth, and perhaps most notably, great new music. Over the course of the past nine months, renowned bands such as…
Blondes Really Do Have More Fun: Blondie’s Triumph Over Irrelevancy, Forty Years in the Making
By Erin Christie The 1970s: A decade filled to the brim and overflowing with 7″ records of the punk to prog to ambient to disco- persuasion, struggle in terms of the recent inflation, so-called hippie…
WERS New Discoveries from Arcade Fire, Amber Coffman, and more!
This week on the 7 O’Clock News, we heard from Dirty Projectors alum, Amber Coffman sing about heartbreak and perseverance on her latest single “No Coffee,” got lost in the chill yet neurotic “Braindrain” from…
Discover Hurray for the Riff Raff, Rostam, and more!
Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Hungry Ghost” Alynda Segarra, the creative force in the band, wrote “Hungry Ghost” as a send up to the DIY music scene in New Orleans, praising spaces where anyone…
