by Hadley Schaffer // DJ Duckington This year, Shaky Knees was kind enough to grant me a media credential for their first music festival since 2019, and it made for […]

by Hadley Schaffer // DJ Duckington This past weekend (October 22-24), I had the privilege of attending Atlanta’s best music festival: Shaky Knees. It’s a three-day festival with a consistently […]

by Hadley Schaffer // DJ Duckington After over six hours at Central Park for the first day of Shaky Knees, I kept the festival going by attending the punk band […]

by Hadley Schaffer // DJ Duckington The second day of Shaky Knees somehow managed to top the first. The acts I was most excited for were Arlo Parks, IDLES (again), […]

___ by Hadley Schaffer // DJ Duckington Day 3! The final day! Up to this point, Shaky Knees had already been one of the best experiences of my lifetime, and […]

by Hadley Schaffer // DJ Duckington 2021’s Shaky Knees had one of the best lineups I’ve ever seen out of an Atlanta music festival. It was impossible to see everybody, […]

This year’s Shaky Knees was my first time attending all three days of a music festival, and it was a spectacular experience. However, there are some things I wish I […]

You know what day it is! Top 30 chart day, the best part of your Tuesday. Before we jump into that though, don’t forget that tonight we’ve got our weekly […]

In this weekly portion of the blog, we feature a member of the DJ body to give you guys a sneak peek of the people behind the voices you hear […]

by Cameron Boon // Colaroo Media Contact The “Micro Music Festival” COLAROO Just Announced Their 2021 Dates And Line Up! Mark your calendars. On November 18th, the local event company […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ The War on Drugs has been a band in the vein of other artists that I have found deep-rooted kinship with, others like Bruce […]

We just ended our fundraiser week and it was so FREAKING FUN! If you donated, a million times thank you! We love what we do here at WUSC and it […]

In this weekly portion of the blog, we feature a member of the DJ body to give you guys a sneak peek of the people behind the voices you hear […]

To cap off Homecoming week, Carolina Productions put on their annual concert experience Cockstock this past Friday featuring Young Nudy & Tha Twins. Our own James Motter with WUSC News […]

Well hello again! For those that don’t know, our fundraiser week is HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, and we have an incredible week of cool events planned! Tonight is our open mic […]

by Kelly Grice // Music Office Member Austin-based lo-fi duo Hovvdy occupies a special position in the indie sphere, gleaning components from a variety of musical genres. Elements of folk, […]

by Katia Rodengen // Music Office Member This year for homecoming, I was especially excited to learn who was performing at Cockstock…Young Nudy! I’ve been a huge fan of his […]

Well hello! Fancy seeing you here on our WordPress page. Have you heard the amazing news? Our fundraiser week is fast approaching, and we just announced an incredibly incredible CONCERT […]

In this weekly portion of the blog, we feature a member of the DJ body to give you guys a sneak peek of the people behind the voices you hear […]

Hello hello! Tonight is another one of our super cool open mic nights at the New Brookland Tavern. Our premiere event of that was last week and ROCKED! Also coming […]

Today is a great day for us here at WUSC…happy birthday to Julie Andrews! Oh, and happy World College Radio Day! Today, student radio stations all across the globe come […]

In this weekly portion of the blog, we feature a member of the DJ body to give you guys a sneak peek of the people behind the voices you hear […]

October is slowly making its way upon us. Before we know it, we will all be blasting Fleet Foxes out of our headphones while walking in a cool breeze. Our […]

If you didn’t come out to the rave we had this weekend, ya messed up. Our collaboration with Chemically Imbalanced Productions for a night of mind bogglingly hopping EDM, endless […]

Grunge rock group All Get Out has been in the industry for over a decade, at one point playing over 200 shows a year across the US. Now embarking on […]

Hello Columbia community, music world and beyond! Our percent night with Chipotle is TONIGHT from 5-9, so be sure to come on out to meet your favorite local DJs and […]

Rick Wrigley // The Backbeat Show I’m an “old school” alumni DJ here on WUSC-FM. I got my start on October 13, 1963 on the old WUSC-AM station with a […]

Thanks to everyone that came out to our karaoke night this past Thursday at the New Brookland Tavern! More fun events to come, like our upcoming % night at Chipotle on […]

by Groove Girl // PB & Jams With various solo projects, moves overseas, and COVID happening all along the life paths for this long-time experimental group, the original members of […]

I can’t believe it’s already fall. Everyone start panicking and run to Trader Joe’s! The kringle has arrived. Be sure to come out to our karaoke night this upcoming Thursday […]

By Groove Girl // PB & Jams I, like many others with bad self control, have a habit of listening to the same song on repeat until what was once […]

Welcome fellow music lovers! If you have no idea what charts are and you clicked to find out, let’s dive in: Charts are the top 30 most played, and recently […]

by DJ T-Roy & Groove Girl // PB & Jams With a year of us co-hosting the show in separate rooms, feeling slightly jumbled and disconnected, unable to look each-other […]

If you clicked on this post, congratulations. You are also probably one of two things: you know what charts are and you’re here to check them out. In that case, […]

After a long year of COVID rules, co-hosts getting creative with social distancing, and temporarily losing the presence of our alumni DJs to campus restrictions, our program schedule is (atleast […]

Our inaugural show for the 2021-2022 school year was this past Saturday! The show featured an all women line-up with appearances by familiar WUSC collaborators Business School and headliner Paisley & The Birdwalkers. […]

by Brandon Jolley / No World Is As True As Mine MJ Lenderman is the secret ingredient to many music review websites’ new favorite band, Wednesday, from Asheville, NC. His […]

Our inaugural show for the 2021-2022 school year is this Saturday! The show will feature some familiar WUSC collaborators such as Business School and headliner Paisley & The Birdwalkers. We’re […]

WUSC has had the chance to connect with some amazing musicians both locally and nationally. In this particular program guide from 1990, some lucky DJs had the chance to interview […]

By Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ Leon Bridges is a part of the cavalcade of artists that I developed an affinity for during the era of 92.1’s “The Palm” in […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ This has been one of my most highly anticipated albums this year. Jack Antonoff permeates the music industry, whether it’s his involvement in Taylor […]

by Groove Girl // PB & Jams Bands that are able to be both stark oxymorons and close complements, in two different genre worlds, yet simultaneously able to mesh together […]

by Brandon Jolley // Somewhere A Little Deeper Armand Hammer is a hip hop group from New York City composed of two artists: ELUCID and billy woods. They released their […]

by Justin Price // jbyrd This interview was originally published May 20, 2020 As far as mass communication technology goes, radio is ancient, maybe slightly ahead of the newspaper and […]

Over the years at our station, DJ body members have come together to create varieties of shows, concerts, podcasts, and more, solidifying our reach beyond radio and into other creative […]

By Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ It seems that there is a fascination with Bruce Springsteen in the alternative music scene in the last year. Bleachers’ coming album Take the […]

Groove Girl sat down with multifaceted indie artist Mothé, AKA Spencer Fort, to breakdown their journey as an independent artist. The California-based musician has crafted a bold persona and musical […]

by Groove Girl // PB & Jams The soulful experimental artist SPELLING, AKA Chrystia Cabral, strives to create a gothic-inspired pop realm within her music. Bordering somewhere along the lines of […]

By Kodak Slack // The Indie 500 On June 25th, Tyler, The Creator released his 6th studio album CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST. After a successful marketing campaign featuring […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ Jason Isbell has become a monolithic figure in Americana since 2013’s Southeastern. The former firestarter of a guitarist, whose immaturity and alcoholism saw him […]

In honor of Pride Month, we’re bringing back former DJ Rae’s show playlist highlighting LGBTQ+ artists. Every song features a queer artist or band and were featured on one of […]

On Juneteenth, the newly established local venue/art studio NOMA Warehouse held a colorful live music festival featuring a variety of fresh local vendors, bands, food trucks and more. The self-dubbed […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ A common theme I’ve seen in albums from 2020 has been escapism. From Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You and Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher, artists have […]

The Charleston based alt-pop group Babe Club chats with Manny & Groove Girl about their music process, inspirations for their latest song, and the story behind the band’s creation. Babe […]

by Groove Girl // PB & Jams The spirit behind the indie rock powerhouse Japanese Breakfast is Michelle Zauner. The 32 year-old half-Korean singer is a creative dynamo, having dipped […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ Before listening to Taylor Swift’s albums folklore and evermore, I had dismissed Taylor Swift’s work as something that did not suit my aesthetic tastes. […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ I have been waiting for a new album from Lord Huron for a while now. Ever since hearing “Fool for Love” and “The Night […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ Sometimes, going back to one’s roots is one of the best ways to find oneself. It’s a common trope in storytelling. The kid from […]

by Groove Girl // PB & Jams As I stepped out of my friend’s Chevrolet, I thought about how strange it felt to be back on a random field in […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ On top of reviewing a number of new tracks and albums, I want to toss the old retro track into the mix. Most of […]

by Fluffy Cat // Alumni DJ Frank Turner is back at it again with the release of his new single “The Gathering.” This British folk-punk artist has been slowly leaking […]

by Tuba // The Crowded Bathroom Show I recently saw Billy Strings in concert at the Columbia Historic Speedway and it got me thinking: with a new prominent bluegrass performer […]

by Groove Girl // PB & Jams One of the absolute best feelings in the world is when you find that bright red ruby in that sea of otherwise generic […]

by DJ Witchfinder // Liturgy So It Goes is Demoniac’s sophomore record, but it is the first album I have heard from the Chilean thrash metal group… and let me […]

by Schuler // Death Drive 90.5 Listen, it’s been a criminally long time since we shared the Pets of WUSC love here on the blog, and I take full responsibility […]