In a music rut? Or want to know what’s hot in the college music world? The KWVA music blog is your solution!
The KWVA music blog is a creative space for all musically curious folks. You’ll find coverage of station and local events, album reviews, interviews with local bands, oh-so-perfectly curated playlists, the weekly charts so you know what’s cutting edge, and more music-related topics.
Soundtap Madness Listening Tournament Starts Today
KWVA has been selected to participate in the "Soundtap Madness" college radio listening tournament for a 2nd year. We did pretty well last year and made it to the semi-finals. This year, Soundtap has made some improvements, including shorter rounds (just two days instead of three), making mobile devices compatible, and changing their selection criteria. KWVA is seeded #3 in our region, super exciting!
The tournament starts today, so be sure to go set-up your account and get ready to listen to KWVA via Soundtap... only listeners who are logged in to the Soundtap interface will count for the listening tournament. There are no commercials and this is not a profit driven venture, just a fun way to engage people in college radio listening.
More info at http://soundtap.com/madness
Love Letters to Fuzz: SXSW Adventures
By KWVA Music Director: Thor Slaughter
As any person that has experienced SXSW will say, it's a crazy experience. The overused phrase, no matter how vague and non-descriptive it may be, still is the only one I can use to describe the festival. Being born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, I couldn't have been more culture shocked by the state of Texas in general and the week long music festival has taken a toll on my ears that I will never be able to get back. I promise to keep it short in this re-cap, more is on the way though! Lots of pictures and stories but here is a list of three performances I was lucky enough to see!
-Icky Blossoms at the Parish. This Omaha goth dance collective crammed the tiny stage at the Parish with their own state of the art light and projection system that was in sync with their blistering electronic dance rhythms. Dark and moody vocals covering the thumping dance rhythms made for a combination of head banging and butt shaking in the crammed venue. Their set… Read More
KWVA on mtvU
KWVA was selected, along with a handful of other college stations, to be on the mtvU College Radio Countdown.
Take a look at the video student staff made and the 10 music videos selected:
Get More: www.mtvu.com
KWVA & Oregon Voice Present: MUFASSA
The band MUFASSA was in the KWVA studios for a live on-air performance and we partnered with the Oregon Voice to produce this video: