WBRU

06/12/2024

This week we went a song deeper on three new albums from WBRU artists. "Rainbow" is a great new song from Cage The Elephant's NEON PILL. The Marías are represented by a long unreleased song that now appears on the new album SUBMARINE; this one is "No One Noticed". Finally, from the new Wallows record, check out "You (Show Me Where My Days Went)". The complete Spotify playlist, Crownnote chart and videos for each of these songs are in the comments. Or you can listen to WBRU streaming 24/7 and each of them will come up every so often. We hope you enjoy.

05/31/2024

New this week on the Today's Top Indie Spotify playlist and the radio is the new single from Clairo "S*xy to Someone". We've also pulled another track from TV Girl, this one is "Taking What's Not Yours". We hope you like them. Links and videos are in the comments.

01/31/2024

This week we added two great new songs to the radio and our playlist. First is "One Night/All Night" with the unusual crediting of Justice "starring" Tame Impala. If you like the dancier side of WBRU, this is for you. Also new this week is "Sinner" another track from The Last Dinner Party, whose first single "Nothing Matters" finally reaches the top of our chart this week. We hope you enjoy. Links to the chart, playlist and videos are in the comments.

01/24/2024

We have two excellent new songs this week. Cage The Elephant is back with "Neon Pill" a mid tempo bop. Cage was last on WBRU with 3 tracks from 2019's SOCIAL CUES. Also check out "A Love International" a groovy instrumental from Khruangbin, whose "Texas Sun" was our #21 song of 2020. The Spotify playlist, our chart in Crownnote and the videos for both songs are in the comments below. Hope you like what you hear.

01/17/2024

This week we have new music from The Black Keys -- a great song called "Beautiful People (Stay High)". Also, a song found us from Pinegrove "Need 2" which came out a while back but seems to have found a lot of people more recently. You can catch these and all of the best of indie and alternative on the radio or on Spotify playlist, Today's Top Indie which, like the radio, is updated every week. Links are in the comments below. We hope you enjoy.

01/10/2024

New on the radio and the playlist this week are: Lana Del Rey with Bleachers "Margaret", "Wasted Summers", a great song from a new artist who goes by juju

01/01/2024

"Not Strong Enough" by boygenius is WBRU's #1 Song of 2023. Links to the WBRU Top 100 of 2023 Spotify playlist and Crownnote chart are in the comments below.

10/13/2023

There are 3 additions to the playlist this week. "Conceited" is a bop from Lola Young, a new artist from London. "Nothing Works" is the first single from Declan McKenna's forthcoming album -- his "Brazil" was a big WBRU hit awhile back. Finally, we've pulled another track from Ci******es After S*x this one is literally "Sweet". We hope you like them.

10/04/2023

We've got a new song this week from Blink-182 ONE MORE TIME, which finds them in a mellower mood. We hope you like it on the radio and/or the Today's Top Indie playlist. Links in the comments below.

09/27/2023

This week's music meeting saw us add the rave up new single from Bleachers, Modern Girl to the radio and Spotify playlist. We also pulled another song from VACATIONS Telelphones. WBRU listeners have been enjoying their song Young for many weeks now. We hope you enjoy. See links in the comments.

09/19/2023

Mitski's new album, THE LAND IS INHOSPITABLE AND SO ARE WE, dropped this week and we're spinning "My Love Mine All Mine" on the radio, in addition to the lead single "Bug Like an Angel". We've also added "Bathroom" from Montell Fish, whose song "Hotel" was a big WBRU song earlier in the year. Videos and the Spotify playlist and Crownnote chart links are in the comments.

09/12/2023

New this week on the playlist is a great retro sounding jam from the British electronic band Jungle - "Back on 74". It's from their new album VOLCANO. Also, new (to us) this week is "Duvet" from Bôa, which anime fans may know as the theme song from Serial Experiments Lain. See the comments for links to the Spotify playlist, our chart, and the videos for these songs.

09/05/2023

New on the radio and the playlist this week is another song from Faye Webster whose "I Know You" emerged as a big hit late this summer. "Kingston" is an earlier song of hers and a good one. Links are in the comments.

08/29/2023

Haim's song "Home" from, of all things, BARBIE THE ALBUM is new on the radio and our playlist this week. It's a solid song and we hope you like it.

08/22/2023

New this week on the radio and our Spotify playlist Today's Top Indie is a beautiful new song from Sufjan Stevens. "So You Are Tired" is from his upcoming album JAVELIN. We also pulled another cut of Noah Kahan's STICK SEASON album. It's "Northern Attitude". Videos and a link to the playlist are in the comments. We hope you like.

08/14/2023

This was another week where the new songs are not actually so new. First up is "Moonlight on the River" from Mac DeMarco which dates back to 2017 (how did we miss it before?). Also new is from Roar whose song "Christmas Kids" caught us this year. This song is the title track from that album "I Can't Handle Change". Videos and links to the Spotify playlist follow in the comments. We hope you enjoy.

08/08/2023

New this week on the radio is a song from The Japanese House "Touching Yourself", finding her in a place familiar to Wet Leg and The Divinyls. Also new (to us) is the dreamy, psychedelic "Mrs Magic" from the artist known as Strawberry Guy. We hope you like. Links below in the comments to the videos and our Today's Top Indie Spotify playlist.

08/01/2023

There's a real range of new songs this week on the radio and our companion Spotify playlist. First, is "Bug Like an Angel" the quiet lead track from Mitski's new album THE LAND IS INHOSPITABLE AND SO ARE WE. Second is the great, folky "I Know You" from Faye Webster which is going viral now. Third is a new single from WBRU faves Big Thief called "Vampire Empire". Finally, we picked "What Was I Made For?" from Billie Eilish, a surprisingly meaningful song from the surprisingly meaningful Barbie movie. Links to the playlist and chart are in the comments.

07/25/2023

Sorting through the songs to add this week on the radio and to our Spotify playlist we picked a sweet, brand new song from the awesome beabadoobee "the way things go" and an indie jam that missed us originally when it came out but got our attention more recently "Young" from Vacations, a band from Newcastle, Australia. Links to the playlist and chart are in the comments below. Enjoy!

07/18/2023

Steve Lacy's breakthrough with "Bad Habit" has led to a lot of rediscovery of his earlier work, like "Infrunami" which we added to the playlist this week. We've also added the new uptempo rocker "Overcome" from Nothing But Thieves. We hope you enjoy. The links to the Spotify playlist and our chart are in the comments below.

07/10/2023

One of the interesting things about music lately is a lot of songs that are not new seem to be finding a new audience. Two of them are new to the radio (and our Today's Top Indie playlist on Spotify) this week: "Radio" from Lana Del Rey and "Christmas Kids" from Roar. See the Spotify playlist and the complete chart in the comments below. We hope you like.

06/28/2023

New this week on the radio and our Spotify playlist are "Satellite" a mid tempo jam from Harry Styles and "Candle Flame" a bop from Jungle -- check it out at the link in the comments

06/21/2023

New this week on the radio and our Spotify playlist are "Let The Light In" from Lana Del Rey with Father John Misty and an older track from Steve Lacy "Some" that just caught up with us this week. Check them out on the radio, Spotify playlist Today's Top Indie, or, for those who dig a chart, check out the link here.

A Crownnote chart by WBRU, listing their favorite songs from June 20, 2023, featuring “i was all over her” at #1.

05/07/2023

Don't miss out on the performance by MAVI hosted by the Black Student Union at Brown University and WBRU 360! Relive the magic of the night and experience the sense of community and self-love that characterized the event. Check out our article and concert video now: https://www.wbru.com/Doves-Chief-Keef-and-My-Favorite-Color-Black-Student-Union-at-Brown?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socials&utm_campaign=MAVI&utm_id=mavi

03/06/2023

Levon Hawke joins us for a live session, performing his music for the very first time!

Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkbwMjjj94E.

02/02/2023

Finally out—Now Here This: Loose Ends.” This project by Now Here This, Brown’s creative audio storytelling collective, features audio pieces from current producers and archival stories by NHT alumni. In the issue, we explore the what ifs? If thens? And then whats? Who was that ex you never got closure with? That childhood dream that never quite came true? What about the ghost that supposedly haunted your high school auditorium? In this issue, we answer our burning questions and leave you with more. Check out the link below or in our bio.

https://www.thisnowhere.com/

12/12/2022

New article: “The Love(sic) Hexalogy: A Posthumous Love for Music” by Ozzy Wagenseil

Go read the full piece on our website! Link 👉 https://www.wbru.com/The-Love-sic-Hexalogy-A-Posthumous-Love-for-Music

12/11/2022

Team member Spotlight:

Angelina is our lovely editorial director. She’s a sophomore concentrating in Education Studies and Social Analysis & Research. She is a huge part of our team and makes all our articles happen!

Favorite album: Rather Ripped by Sonic Youth

Favorite song: LA Woman by The Doors

Honorable mentions: Superdrag, LCD Soundsystem, Linda Ronstadt, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys

Fun fact: Angelina was named after Angelina Jolie

12/05/2022

Our new live session is up! is an up and coming artist in the Hip-Hop/Pop/Rap R&B/Soul community and a student at Brown University. He describes his music as a “tightrope walk the line between rapping and singing.” Go check out his music and click here to watch the full live session 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_Lab6jKR8

12/01/2022

“What’s the Last Song You Want To Listen To Before You Die?” is our newest article written by Riley Stevenson. This article explores the meaning of music with the meaning of death. Do you have a “last song”? Go to the link to read the full article 👉 https://www.wbru.com/What-s-The-Last-Song-You-Want-To-Listen-To-Before-You-Die