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WVKR Top 30 — 4/30/2013

exec — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:01:07 +0000

1. NO JOY – “Wait To Pleasure” – Mexican Summer
2. LEE NOBLE -”Ruiner” – Bathetic
3. JENNY HVAL – “Innocence Is Kinky” – Rune Grammofon
4. VARIOUS ARTISTS – “SP 1000″ SUB POP
5. THEE OH SEES – “Floating Coffin” – Castle Face
6. BLUE HAWAII – “Untogether” – Arbutus
7. LOWER PLENTY – “Hard Rubbish” – Fire
8. BESNARD LAKES – “Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO” – Jagjaguwar
9. GENERATIONALS – “Heza” – Polyvinyl
10. JAMES BLAKE – “Overgrown” – Republic
11. LA BIG VIC – “Cold War” – Underwater Peoples
12. DEPTFORD GOTH – “Life After Defo” – Co-Operative
13. DAN FRIEL – “Total Folklore” – Thrill Jockey
14. DOLDRUMS – “Lesser Evil” – Arbutus
15. WAXAHATCHEE – “Cerulean Salt” – Don Giovanni
16. YOUTH LAGOON – “Wondrous Bughouse” – Fat Possum
17. DUMP – “I Can Hear Music” – Morr
18. SCOTT AND CHARLENE’S WEDDING – “Two Weeks [EP]” – Critical Heights
19. BEACH FOSSILS – “Clash The Truth” – Captured Tracks
20. BEARHUG – “Over Easy” – Self-Released
21. THE KNIFE – “Shaking The Habitual” – Mute
22. TERA MELOS – “X’ed Out” – Sargent House
23. BLEACHED – “Ride Your Heart” – Dead Oceans
24. SUUNS – “Images Du Futur” – Secretly Canadian
25. MERCHANDISE – “Totale Nite” – Night People
26. MILK MUSIC – “Cruise Your Illusion” – Fat Possum
27. COLLEEN GREEN – “Sock It To Me” – Hardly Art
28. BORED NOTHING – “Bored Nothing” – Cooperative-Spunk
29. LOW – “The Invisible Way” – SUB POP
30. CHARLES BRADLEY – “Victim Of Love” – Daptone

TOP 30 – 4/16/13

exec — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:43:41 +0000

1 COLLEEN GREEN — Sock It To Me — Hardly Art
2 WAX IDOLS — Discipline And Desire — Slumberland
3 YOUTH LAGOON — Wondrous Bughouse — Fat Possum
4 BLUE HAWAII — Untogether — Arbutus
5 DEVENDRA BANHART — Mala — Nonesuch
6 LAPALUX — Nostalchic — Brainfeeder
7 GENERATIONALS — Heza — Polyvinyl
8 DOG BITE — Velvet Changes — Carpark
9 LOW — The Invisible Way – Sub Pop
10 DAVID BOWIE — The Next Day — Columbia
11 JAMES BLAKE — Overgrown — Republic
12 MERCHANDISE — Totale Nite EP — Night People
13 THE MEN — New Moon — Sacred Bones
14 AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR — All Hail Bright Futures — Sargent House
15 PARQUET COURTS — Light Up Gold — What’s Your Rupture
16 BLEACHED — Ride Your Heart — Dead Oceans
17 GIRLS NAMES — The New Life — Slumberland
18 HELADO NEGRO — Invisible Life — Asthmatic Kitty
19 DEPTFORD GOTH — Life After Defo — Co-Operative
20 BILL BAIRD — Spring Break Of The Soul — Pau Wau
21 KEATON HENSON — Birthdays — Anti
22 THEE OH SEES — Floating Coffin — Castle Face
23 TELEKINESIS — Dormarion — Merge
24 WHITE FENCE — Cyclops Reap — Castle Face
25 BLACK ANGELS — Indigo Meadow — Blue Horizon
26 MILK MUSIC — Cruise Your Illusion — Fat Possum
27 SKATING POLLY — The Lost Wonderfuls — SQE
28 RHYE — Woman — Republic
29 MOUNT MORIAH — Miracle Temple — Merge
30 WAVVES — Afraid Of Heights — Warner Brothers

wvkr + sxsw

admin — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:27:09 +0000

howdy from austin, where it is beautiful & 70 degrees & everyone is beautiful & happy & ready for SOUTH_BY_SOUTH_WEST.

Your loyal music directors Thea and Jay, and your trusty general manager Rachel are here with some pals scoping out the next hot things to play for you on wvkr.

Anyone else here? Hit us up on twitter @wvkr and we can HANG OUT. Or tweet at us and tell us your favorite band to check out and WE’LL DO IT. Or just follow us so you don’t miss out on our hysterical adventures.

We’ll be updating here as well, so keep checking in as wvkr takes on the lone star state.

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R+T+J

The Campus Current: Military Edition

exec — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:44:26 +0000

Today’s episode of The Campus Current explores past and present relationships between Vassar and the military, music and war and various other contemporary issues relating to the military. Check out 91.3 FM or go to wvkr.org at 5 PM to listen!

The Campus Current – Weather and Climate

exec — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:30:50 +0000

The Campus Current is back with its first episode of 2013! In light of the extreme cold we’ve been experiencing lately, the team explores weather and climate during today’s show. Tune in to hear about ice boats on the Hudson River, Hurricane Sandy, climate change and student adjustment to unfamiliar climates. Listen in at 5 PM EST!

Spring Schedule Turnover

admin — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:57:01 +0000

Happy New Year, WVKR listeners!
Tonight at midnight marks the transition from our Winter to our Spring schedule!
Please take a look at our updated program guide to figure out when to catch your favorite shows, and stay tuned for some new additions in the next couple of weeks.

Happy Listening,

Rachel

WVKR General Manager ’12-’13

Special Presentation

admin — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:29:34 +0000

Hello all,

tune in to The Olive Garden on tuesday dec. 11 for a special presentation of Vlubä music, from 10-11 pm est. Aphra, of the group, curated his favorite albums I’ll be playing from. RIYL drone, kraut, getting your psychedelic fill.

Alex

Special Presentation: Not Not Fun/100% Silk Label Showcase

exec — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:56:49 +0000

Tune in to WVKR FM on Tuesday, December 4th from 10-11pm EST for a special Not Not Fun showcase on The Olive Garden, a weekly experimental music radio show. It’ll be a survey of NNF and 100% Silk (their dance sub-label) releases, past and present.

The Campus Current: Prison Edition

exec — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:44:59 +0000

This week on The Campus Current, the team looks at the prison system and it’s various connections to Vassar. We’ll hear activists, artists, students and intellectuals discuss and describe issues and experiences related to correctional facilities. Starting us off we’ll hear about The Campaign to End the New Jim Crow’s recent conference “Mass Incarceration – The Shame of our Nation.” Then we’ll look at prison systems and the arts through an interview with former inmate and dance director Andre Noel and hear Mary-Kay Lombino, Curator of Contemporary Art and Photography at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, talk about the “outsider” art of Inez Nathaniel Walker. Finally, we’ll hear about the involvement of two students in the various prison initiatives and programs at Vassar. Tune in at 5 PM to 91.3 FM or go to www.wvkr.org!

The Campus Current – November 20th, 2012

exec — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:12:53 +0000

Check out the Campus Current at 5 PM on 91.3 or wvkr.org. This week’s show features profiles of various interesting people of the Vassar community!