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As temperatures and colorful leaves begin to drop across campus, we here at WVUD are dedicated to providing you with adequate tunes. Below, you’ll find the 2024-25 Ops Board’s ultimate picks for the best songs to usher in autumn!

It was the last night of the annual WVUD Operations Board retreat. This year was interesting, in that the females lead males six to one as far as department heads go. Being outnumbered by the opposite sex has never been an issue for me, however, at chow time, I found myself wanting to sit with the group where conversation tends to cultivate contemplation.

Since Firefly Music Festival no longer exists, many Delawareans–and those adjacent–are trying to fill an outdoor, multi stage festival-sized hole in their hearts. Not wanting to travel as far north as Massachusetts leaves out Boston Calling, and now that Oceans Calling in Ocean City, Maryland, is sold out, the question has to be asked: who you gonna call?

Greta Van Fleet’s performance at Musikfest on August 1st was only the second concert I’ve ever photographed. Needless to say, it’s a big jump from the tiny, intimate, indoor stage at XL Live in Harrisburg, but no less amazing of an experience.

Summer of 2024 has been a good one for pop music. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” is topping the charts, Chappell Roan is taking the world by storm, and the eternally iconic Charli XCX is leading the charge for a messy, recklessly fun “brat summer.” I of course have been enjoying all of these incredible songs and artists, as if I am two things and two things only, I am a pop music lover and a girls’ girl.

If you can get past trying to pronounce their name correctly on the first try, you will quickly be propelled into the world of psychedelic funk. What is psychedelic funk?

On June 22, 2024, 2000s piano rock giant Something Corporate (SoCo for short) rocked Philadelphia’s The Met, the third official stop on their Out of Office Tour!

In my experience, there are very few things better than listening to a brand new album from top to bottom and realizing that you haven’t had to skip a single song. Magical, right? For me, it’s a rare phenomenon nowadays and I’ve grown used to passing off numbers of tracks as just “eh.” Now that I write that out, I sound like a real goody two shoes. I promise I’m just picky.

Whether you call her Cry Baby, your nymph, or your muse, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look at Melanie Martinez’s discography to determine that she is nothing short of a lyrical and narrative genius!

It may be slightly controversial, but I genuinely believe that Andrew McMahon is the unofficial-official ‘piano man’ of the millennial generation.

When Tesla broke into the automotive industry with the Roadster, it got enthusiasts pondering what the next generation of sports cars would look and sound like.

Frontman Jack Antonoff and Bleachers have outdone themselves with this hair-flipping, foot-stomping anthem. Even as an avid music consumer, I was shocked to learn that this song, now a frequent flier on the alternative radio dial, was released several months ago in September.