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WHUS Battle of the Bands to feature four local groups

February 28, 2021

Announcements, Battle of the Bands, Concerts, Events, Featured, Music, News, Upcoming Event

WHUS Radio will be hosting its second annual Battle of the Bands on March 13, 2021 at 7 p.m. The event will feature local bands Bleach the Sky, Cyborg Village, Roadhog and Zebvlon. All of the bands are part of...

WHUS staff’s top albums of 2020

WHUS Staff

December 31, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

Here are the top three albums of 2020 from some of our staff here at WHUS. They are in no particular order and reflect the tastes and opinions of each board member! Aidan Brueckner, General Manager Georg...

WHUS to hold second annual Battle of the Bands competition

WHUS Staff

December 4, 2020

Announcements, Battle of the Bands, Concerts, Events, Featured, Music, Music Announcements, News

Spread the word…the Battle of the Bands is returning! Any current group of University of Connecticut students or alumni with a band are welcome to apply to perform at our virtual show on March 13, 2021. The wi...

Virtual ‘Mischief After Dark’ event series continues this week

WHUS Staff

October 26, 2020

Announcements, Events, Featured

WHUS Radio traditionally holds a concert in the fall semester titled Mischief After Dark, however, in the fall 2020 semester, WHUS Staff decided to conduct a virtual event series rather than the in-person conc...

Chad Browne-Springer to perform live stream for ‘Mischief After Dark’

WHUS Staff

October 23, 2020

Announcements, Events, Featured

New Haven based audiovisual artist Chad Browne-Springer will be performing a live streamed concert on the WHUS YouTube for Mischief After Dark on October 24, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. They have released a multitude of...

Nightwish continues to dominate the soundscape of symphonic metal

WHUS Staff

April 23, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

By Ally Urban Special thanks to Sonja for all her help in writing this review. When I first started listening to Nightwish back in 2015, I was completely transfixed by their incredibly unique sound. Flo...

The Strokes return with a new LP for a new generation

WHUS Staff

April 17, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

By Kyle Jackson The Strokes are a band defined by the personalities of the members. When a new album comes out, the music changes with the lives of each of them. The New Abnormal is perhaps the most impacte...

Inner Wave balances funk, electronic, and bedroom pop on new EP

WHUS Staff

April 16, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

By Kyle Jackson Inner Wave has never been a stranger to experimenting with digital implementation in their recordings. Previous work like Six AM expressed the group's affinity for the abnormal instrumental ...

Myrkur’s “Folkesange” blends atmospheric folk with black metal

WHUS Staff

April 7, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

By Ally Urban It’s been a long time since I’ve sat in the album reviewer’s seat, but I’m incredibly glad to be back at it! As an added bonus, the album I’ll be reviewing today is particularly fantastic. ...

Crisp, clean, precise: “It Is What It Is” is a mix of all things Thundercat

WHUS Staff

April 5, 2020

Album Review, Featured, Music

By Faisal Rajan I remember reading a Hannibal Burress interview where he said that everyone who reviews music should give some context of what they were doing when they listened to the album, because as he ...

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