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www.AudiationMagazine.com
First, I want to congratulate my college's radio station, 88.7 WLUW, on being nominated for an mtvU Woodie Award! I feel so lucky to have been given an opportunity to host a show and promote the station across the city, so I am filled with pride seeing its success. Although we did not win, it was still such an honor to be placed in the national category.
This semester has been a complete reverse from my life last semester. Only a couple months ago, I was hosting an independent music radio show, interning for two music venues and streaming applications like Pandora and Spotify actually worked. (They haven’t been established in Italy yet…) Even my school projects for my communication and journalism classes were about music. I was definitely multiplying my musical taste and knowledge by a gazillion.
Here in Italy, I am living in an opposite manner. Even though I am getting a complete cultural experience, I am being taken away from the music scene. Which is super depressing since the European music scene is legendary. I was getting very sick of walking into our campus cafeteria to hear hits from last summer, or walking into Italian stores and clubs and hearing the top dance tunes on iTunes Top 100…
So, I contacted some of my girlfriends from the radio station back in Chicago on some of their favorite new music rotations. This is what they recommended..
I Love You, Honeybear - American folk musician Josh Tilman, under the stage name Father John Misty, released this concept album about himself after departing from the band Fleet Foxes. Released on February 10, this album has a similar sound to Hozier. Most of the album is indie rock and folk, my favorite track, called “True Affection,” has a more psychedelic and electronic sound.
www.fatherjohnmisty.com