The hump day half-dozen: Thundercat, Ultraísta, Empress Of + more!
It’s time for round three of the “hump day half dozen!” It may be the final week of classes, but that doesn’t mean our music staff is letting up on their love of sharing...
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The hump day half-dozen: Sufjan Stevens, Yves Tumor, Porridge Radio + more!
Welcome to another installment of the “hump day half dozen!” We hope you enjoyed our selections from last week’s post, and we are eager to dish out a new round of albums for you...
NNAMDI spoils us with BRAT – Review
NNAMDI – BRAT (Sooper) Review by Dustin Butoryak Chicago multi-instrumentalist and goofy visionary Nnamdi returns with the triumphant BRAT, a sophomore album equally lilting as it is complex. Though he’s had a hand in...
“Stillness among the flowers” – Review
Four Tet – Sixteen Oceans (Text Records) Review by Spencer Smith Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) has an astounding knack for making music that is so distinctly his own, without doing anything the same...
The hump day half-dozen: King Krule, PAT, U.S. Girls + more!
Hey it’s us, WPTS Radio! Remember us?? REMEMBER?!?!?! Regardless of the fact that the University of Pittsburgh has switched completely to online classes, our members have been working tirelessly to keep representing the best...
WPTS Decade Superlative Extravaganza
Are you glum from the culmination of the seemingly endless stream of end-of-decade content of yesteryear’s late fall months? Or, are you absolutely livid that Uncut Gems (Daniel Lopatin included) was completely snubbed of...
WPTS 2019 AOTY Picks
Just in the nick of time to maintain relevance within the confines of 2019, here are some of our thirty favorite records from this year. Albums get more “highly rated” at WPTS as the...
A Chat with Warren Hildebrand
WPTS Music Director Spencer Smith got a chance to chat with Warren Hildebrand who makes music under Foxes in Fiction. Warren also runs Orchid Tapes, a label he founded and has run out of...
In This Life: A Conversation with Sandro Perri
by Nick Jacobyansky Late September of last year, I’m crossing Forbes Avenue via the skybridge. I had just pressed play on “In Another Life” without bothering to check its 25-minute runtime. I’m in line...
“what album is this on?” – a guide to early Alex G
Tomorrow marks the release of (Sandy) Alex G’s eighth studio album (House of Sugar) in a decade. He has one of the best discographies in modern indie, but suburban, Gen Z nostalgia-junkies (such as...
