By Lily Doolin As of late, it seems as though gender diversity is improving in the music industry. Big-name female artists dominated the stage at the 2018 Grammys back in January. Many female artists have…
Photography by Erin Jean Hussey By Erin Jean Hussey Couldn’t make it to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves 2018? Don’t worry! WERS traveled to Iceland in partnership with Iceland Naturally and put together a roundup of…
By Samantha Woolf Leisure, an Emerson alum and a singer-songwriter, stopped by for WERS’s “Wicked Local Wednesday” special to perform some of his music. Among other things, he talked about how being a student at…
Photograph by Lizzie Heintz By Lily Doolin Irish singer/songwriter Dermot Kennedy performed at Royale in Boston on October 29th. He sat down with WERS’ Lily to talk about touring, new music, and his time spent…
By Mica Kendall Contrary to the title, Mitski Miyawaki’s fifth album, Be the Cowboy is far from a country album or a 2008 Taylor Swift break up album full of cliche heartbreak. Be the Cowboy instead digs…
By Lizzie Heintz When my friend first told me about completing his personal challenge to listen to an album a day for the second half of the school year, I was overwhelmed. To be honest,…
By Andrea Williams As many people know, Gotye was behind the hit single “Somebody That I Used to Know.” With many hit singles and a Grammy, one would think he would continue to make new…
Jay Mobley and Hugh Yamada of Going S with WERS’ Regan Harvey By Regan Harvey Jay Mobley and Hugh Yamada form Going S together, and they are going on a cross-country bike tour and hitting…
Bleachers’ Unplugged Sound Graphic by Bobby Nicholas III By Andrea Williams Jack Antonoff has seen many accomplishments in the music industry with his former band, Fun. After the hit single “We Are Young” and sophomore…
Gorillaz graphic by Bobby Nicholas III. – By Owen Murray – In 2001, Gorillaz released their self-titled debut and established themselves as a “virtual band.” The project was masterminded by Damon Albarn, frontman of the…
Written and Photographed by Regan Harvey Monday night at the Royale was Frank Turner’s last show of six at the venue. For much of the audience, it wasn’t the first time during the week they…
Lake Street Dive Illustration by Nicole Bae – By Finn Wagstaff – In an era where musicians are constantly defined by one specific sound, Lake Street Dive remains musically ambiguous. On the Boston band’s fourth…
