By Nick Piccinino Find out what Mwita Mataro of Austria's up-and-coming band, At Pavillon, had to say about the music scene in Austria and what he hopes his group can bring to the world. The band will be releasing its debut album "Believe Us" January 2019.   When did you ...

By Nick Piccinino Who are the two faces behind Friday's show Sweaty Nuisance? Find out more about Sara Brennan, senior media arts and design and social work double major, and Ingrid Basheda, senior media arts and design major. Both of whom are also on WXJM's second line team.   How ...

By: Maddelynne Parker The Flaming Lips have had a wild ride of a career as one of America’s top current psychedelic rock bands. They're flame sparked in 1983 and have released to date: 16 full-length studio albums, the official rock song of Oklahoma and three Grammy Awards. They're now taking ...

By Nick Piccinino Although it has been a band for over seven years, Bristol-based punk band Idles has garnered mainstream appeal in the past two years. With the release of their album “Brutalism” released in 2017, Idles injected the music scene with brash, poignant songs full of political and social ...

“When All Else Fails, College Radio Speaks.” This is the theme of this year’s College Radio Day taking place today, October 5. This is a day to recognize and celebrate WXJM, along with all other college radio stations, whose sole purpose is to give a voice to its students and ...

By: Maddelynne Parker A band’s sophomore album is one of the most important records it will release in its career. This album will either show a band’s potential to stick to one sound, or show that a band can build on their own style and experiment with others. Hippo Campus ...

By: Rolando Segovia and Kayleigh Bishop Music is often loud, but sometimes we need some quiet. Not just a low to mid-tempo track, but music that’s so quiet that it can sit in the background. This is exactly what bed music is for. It’s a genre of mostly instrumental music ...

By Nick Piccinino JMU couple Julia Pasquale, junior dance major, and Ian Buchanan, fifth year senior media arts and design major, take to the mic with their new show Cheese Date, which you can learn all about below.   Why did you decide to call it Cheese Date? Julia: “So, ...

By Nick Piccinino [Photo Credit: By Theo R. Welling [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons] At first glance, the title of Foxing’s third studio album “Nearer My God” sounds like it would make for a peaceful, intimate record full of self-reflection and devotion. While everything  mentioned rings true, the ...

By Maddelynne Parker In recent modern-rock news The Orwells have disbanded, according to their social media, in response to several allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse against three band members. These actions were first published on a Reddit feed last week with instances of homophobic language thrown into the stream ...