Category: Blog
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LAST CHANCE FOR BEIRUT TICKETS!
To those of you who waited in line for hours on Monday for Beirut tickets and left empty handed, today’s your lucky day! Tune into the TWEE HOUSE on WVKR 91.3 FM tomorrow (Wednesday) night from 8-10 PM for your chance to win. DJ Pony Ride and DJ Tiger Toes will be giving away two…
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Thomas Function Acoutsic WVKR Set
Last Friday, Alabama’s irresistibly poppy and twangy rock’n’roll outfit Thomas Function stopped by the WVKR HQ to do a stripped-down set, having played a rocking show with Popo and Garotas Suecas at Vassar the night before. Singer/guitarist Josh Macero worked his way through songs off of the band’s debut Celebration and also threw some old…
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WVKRamble: a WVKR Travel Guide to Philadelphia
Dear music-heads, blog-heads, and…nomads? We like to think that WVKR is not just a radio station, but a way of life- Presentingggg the first installation of WVKRamble: a travel guide. Destination: Philadelphia. Tune in: If you’re not already streaming WVKR 24-7 on you a-e-i-o-u-phone or bosenberry, try flipping your dial to 91.7 WKDU, Drexel University’s student-run station.…
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Garage Picks of 2008
Lists can be hard and not really capture the spirit of the year. For me this year was all about lo-fi garage/punk/post-punk/whatever. Instead of doing a “Best of 2008″, here are some of the more garage-y and rock’n’roll albums, EPs and singles that I’ve been really into this year. Spider “EP” s/r Spider put out…