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Top8 - 03/03/25

March 02, 2025 - 06:21 PM Welcome back to Top8. I really should be writing a paper about the information behavior of a specific population of people. And here I am with you, talking about music. I don't have much else to feel good about these days. But I am grateful for all of you. Put on your headphones and let's do this. Send your reasons to ignore school work for a few hours to wtsq.org/contact Louella - Pedestrian Louella are a grungy, shoegazy out of Morgantown, WV. They are also exactly what I needed right now. I don't know these guys. I haven't seen them live. I have no idea what their unreleased songs are like. But I know that "Pedestrian" absolutely fucks. I am not a producer, but I would imagine......

Top8 - 02/17/25

February 17, 2025 - 01:07 AM Welcome back to Top8. There's lots of crazy new music happening right now, and I didn't even have room for it all. Maybe next time will suck and everything will just even out. We'll see. I have no idea what you should send to wtsq.org/contact L.A. Witch - 777 Out of every extant band that hasn't released an album for a while, L.A. Witch is probably the one I was missing the most. The new one is called DOGGOD and it should be out in early April. The lead single is the excellent "777". L.A. Witch plays fuzzed out reverby garage rock that will make you feel like you're about to be in a knife fight. There is just a bit of swaggery rockabilly by way of The Gun Club creeping in around the......

Top8 - 02/03/25

February 02, 2025 - 02:39 PM It's February. I'm sick. Everyone is sick. Everyone is tired. The world is on fire. I don't know what to tell you. Here's some music. Send hope to wtsq.org/contact. Viagra Boys - Man Made of Meat Is there a better post punk rock band in the world than Viagra Boys? Well, not that long ago, you could have made a strong argument for either Idles or Fontaines DC. Now though? The last Fontaines DC record, Romance, was pretty good, but a huge step down from Skinty Fia or A Hero's Death. And the last Idles album was as boring as V100 at 2 pm on a Tuesday. Recent times have found once rousing and interesting bands take turns for the "mature" and "well rounded" effort. Usually with some......

Top8 - 01/20/25

January 19, 2025 - 06:31 PM Welcome back to Top8. Winter proceeds. Some of us need to remember how bad summer is and feel a little better about the cold. I would rather wear a hoodie in the house than feel like I am going to peel my skin off and sit in front of the fan. On the other hand, 1°F is just not enough degrees. Cold is one thing, 1°F is kind of insane. As I am writing this though, the snow is the real thing. This is the heaviest blizzard I can remember seeing in a while. I hope everyone is as safe as you can be. Please send all soup recipes to wtsq.org/contact. Let's get into some new music. Lucy Dacus - Ankles Lucy Dacus sings about sexual intimacy in "Ankles" like some people sing about......

Top8 - 01/05/25

January 06, 2025 - 06:06 PM Welcome back to Top8. I want to wish everyone a very happy new year. Although, realistically, we all know 2025 will be one of the worst years of our lives. Personally, I am hoping that the bird flu kills me before the state of WV makes it illegal for me to step outside, but hey, I guess we will all find out together. December 2024 marked the end of a personal era for me as I wrapped up my personal show, Attention Please. I am starting grad school this month and I just didn't feel like I could spend the kind of time on the show that I needed in order to feel good about it. I am planning to keep co-hosting The Crows Nest with my dear friend Andrew Adkins, as well as maintain this blog. I......

Top8 - 12/23/24

December 23, 2024 - 01:18 AM Welcome back to Top8. In keeping with a little-known Solstice celebration practice, I have lopped off part of my left index finger while chopping parsley. So, this whole blog was slightly painful to type out. But, because I love you, I did it. A few of these tracks are a little older because this is a slow time of year for new music, but they aren't from like the 70's or something. I am writing to you from the front lines of the War on Christmas. We will fight to the last gasp for freedom from holiday cheer. Send your xmas greetings to wtsq.org/contact, because god knows I don't want them. Julien Baker & Torres - Sugar in the Tank I want to start out with one of my......

Top8 - 12/09/24

December 12, 2024 - 01:13 PM Before we get into the blog this week, an apology. This article is always due on Mondays. This Monday, our website was down. Subsequently, I just forgot until Wednesday morning. And then I forgot again when I got home and made focaccia instead. Then when I tried to post the article, the damned website glitched and didn't save it. So, here we are Thursday morning. The focaccia did turn out well though. With that out of the way, welcome back to Top8. I have a new desk setup in my apartment and my lamp is kind of shining right in my eyes. It's a kind of a wonky, garbage lamp which I have just been too cheap to replace, so honestly I only have myself to blame. Metaphor, that. I continue......

Top8 - 11/25/24

November 25, 2024 - 02:48 AM Welcome back to Top8. I was starting to think that it would never get cold. I am the sort of person who enjoys this sort of weather. Not because of the holidays or any of that. Just because I am a cold hearted bitch. That said, the holidays are upon us. Holly Jolly Brawley is being set up mere feet from where I am typing this message. It's pretty and people are happy taking pictures and all that. And I am already sick to death of it all. For your sake and mine, stay out of my way when I am on my way to Taylors for coffee. Please send all original ideas for a photoshoot to wtsq.org/contact. This is one of those weeks when I found way too much cool music for one Top8. So, you're getting......

Top8 - 11/11/24

November 11, 2024 - 02:39 AM Welcome back to Top8. Hell of a week. I want everyone to know that we love you and we are on your side. I have no idea what else to say. Send hugs to wtsq.org/contacts The Cure - I Can Never Say Goodbye Well, here we are talking about The Cure again. I am really just checking in with you all to let you know that the new album, "Songs of a Lost World" is extremely legit. The band manages to do things here that you really don't expect – this is very much a Cure album, in the vein of classics Like Pornography or Disintegration. It also doesn't sound like its outtakes from previous albums. This is a band who know exactly who they are, but are not quite done figuring out all the ways......

Top8 - 10/28/24

October 27, 2024 - 11:56 PM Welcome back to Top8! I want to send a huge thank you out to everyone who supported our recent 2024 membership drive. We have brought a lot of new people onboard as sustaining members and if you're one of them, I just want to say thank you so much. We want to keep WTSQ on the air until the sun consumes the earth. Thank you for taking us one step closer. Please send all prophecies of doom to wtsq.org/contact. I am really excited to bring you all some new songs this week, so let's jump right in. Heavy Lungs - Get Out You know that Idles song Danny Nedelko? Well, it's about the dude in Heavy Lungs. The two bands come out of the Bristol, UK scene and have played shows together for......

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