Tag: college radio
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At Hope’s Ravine by Holy Esque
This article originally appeared in TechNews Holy Esque is the kind of band that you find yourself forming an opinion of within the first verse you hear. Vocalist Pat Hynes has a growling, all-or-nothing presentation that grabs your attention whether you like it or not, contrasted against a ceaselessly loud and gritty, yet somehow equally…
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Looking for a Historian
WIIT is looking for a station Historian to join our Executive Board! Fill out the application at http://goo.gl/forms/YmA7muEnem, and feel free to email us at wiit@iit.edu if you have any questions about the position.
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Cardinal by Pinegrove
This article originally appeared in TechNews It doesn’t really make any sense, but Pinegrove lead signer Evan Stephens Hall often sounds like he has a Southern accent when he sings. Though Pinegrove hail from New Jersey, listening to just the first ten seconds or so of the band’s latest album, you might mistake them for…
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Throwback Thursday
tumblr_o2fufezIDA1uei32h Back in 1969, one of our student DJs put together this satirical advertisement for the Illinois Institute of Technology. The clip extols the virtues of amenities like “mountain climbing in Main Building” (referring to the building’s notoriously steep stairs) and “9 fraternities, 1 sorority”. Listen to it above; the commercial starts a few seconds…
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Big Black Coat by Junior Boys
This article originally appeared in TechNews It’s been 12 years since Junior Boys first took the world by storm with their critically-acclaimed debut, Last Exit. The duo were one of the pioneers of the warm, R&B-influenced techno-pop sound that characterizes so many of today’s festival lineups and club playlists, and had a run of forward-thinking…
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Design Contest
A few selected submissions from our Student Art Initiative logo design contest late last year, some of which you may recognize if you’ve ever communicated with any of us at the station. Most of our Executive Board members are partial to one of the 31 entries, and have adopted their favorite as a profile photo…
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Marble Mouth by Pillar Point
This article originally appeared in TechNews Scott Reitherman is no stranger to the indie pop community. As frontman of Throw Me The Statue until that group’s departure in 2013, he’s already become a familiar face in his native Seattle and beyond, scoring a minor college radio hit with that band’s song “Lolita” in 2009. The…
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Plaitum EP by Plaitum
This article originally appeared in TechNews on November 10, 2015 Barely ten years into his career as a music producer, Paul Epworth can already be considered a kingmaker. He’s been behind the board for the debut albums from Bloc Party, Florence + The Machine, Maxïmo Park, and more, and his ability to bring out new…
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U.S. Elevator by U.S. Elevator
This article originally appeared in TechNews on October 27, 2015 On a warm, humid evening in April of 2013, I somehow found myself as the guest of somebody who was attending a folk concert at The Frog Pond, an invite-only, BYOB venue in the middle of a collectively-run farm in Silverhill, Alabama, twenty miles southeast…
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Mister Divine by Naytronix
This article originally appeared in TechNews on October 13, 2015 Nate Brenner’s association with tUnE-yArDs at this point in his musical career has been, to use a clichéd phrase, both a blessing and a curse. Serving as the only permanent member of that group aside from central figure Merrill Garbus, Brenner has already gained experience…
