On Jan. 13, 2019, the NFL announced that Maroon 5, Travis Scott, and Big Boi would perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. I was excited, but not because of Maroon 5. Rather, I was looking forward to seeing Travis Scott, one of my favorite artists.
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Ariana has hit us with another surprise with the release of her most recent album Thank U, Next on February 8, 2019. She stayed true to her word that it would not be long before another new album surfaced.
I was disappointed to find the circular-red couch beneath Gramercy Theater missing on the night of February 5th, 2019. It was the first show I had been to at Gramercy without its presence. If the way I’d sit between sets was about to change, I thought, so was the way I would watch the show that night.
Walk into a hipster coffee shop and hearing the scratching sound of the needle as it first begins to play a record you are transported to an era of the past. At that moment you watch people around you pop in tiny white plugs, drowning out the sounds around them by blasting music in their ears.
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I remember vividly when I was introduced to Pandora. My 12th grade physics teacher would use it whenever we would have lab, in order to make the extra hour of heating up metal and watching it expand more bearable.
When I first saw the track list for Assume Form, my eyes lit up. I immediately noticed the song “Mile High” featuring Travis Scott and Metro Boomin. Back in August, Travis had James feature on “Stop Trying To Be God,” one of my favorite songs and music videos of 2018. Naturally, I was excited about their follow-up collaboration.
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This past summer, I interviewed Chase Atlantic for WRSU. When I asked the Australian trio, Clinton Cave, Mitchel Cave, and Christian Anthony what their new music would sound like, they ironically replied, “It’s very Chase Atlantic.” They couldn’t have said it better.
On January 27, 2019, the alternative rock band, Flycatcher, from New Brunswick, NJ, joined WRSU for an interview. The band had just finished playing a basement show with 81 Rich and Lolo Shang. During the interview, we discussed the band’s origins, musical inspirations, and plans for 2019. You can check it out below:
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WRSU’s Bennett Rosner had the pleasure of having an extended conversation with John F. (AKA the John with Glasses) of They Might Be Giants fame on Monday, January 7th. The two discussed norm core, music videos, communism, Xavier Renegade Angel, and everything in between. Listen to their full interview below!
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WRSU’s national reputation for outstanding college radio programming has been recognized once again, as the station’s News and Sports departments have picked up four nominations for the 2019 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards. Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 2nd at the 79th annual IBS Convention in New York City.
Assistant News Director Joey Bloch was nominated for Best Newscast for his noon news on October 12th, which featured an in-depth report by Jacob Turchi on a recent immigration panel at Rutgers.
WRSU also picked up a nomination for Best Campus News for Caleb Kubereit’s coverage of an October 5th protest against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, edited for air by News Director Jayne Chacko.
The third nomination came in the Best Football Play-by-Play category, a montage of Sports Director Justin Sontupe’s call of the Rutgers-Illinois game on October 6th, Matt Howe’s play-by-play against Buffalo on September 22nd, and Sam Marsdale’s call of the Scarlet Knights’ Homecoming game against Northwestern on October 20th.
The fourth and final nomination was announced a few days later, where WRSU garnered a nod for Best Music Blog. Check out some samples here.
Hear all of WRSU’s award nominations below!
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