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Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

Album art for student music group strangers. (Photo by Anna Letson)

From Across the Atlantic, NYU’s strangers Brings People Together

No distance can break this musical collaboration.
Nicole Rosenthal, Music Editor Feb 11, 2019

They collaborate through their computer screens while sitting 7,000 miles apart. But Gallatin senior Alexa Riesenberg, based in Manhattan, and bandmate Gino Lee, who lives in South...

Downstein Dining Hall, home to 90s and early 2000s throwback songs. (Photo by Echo Chen)

Finding Your Next Dining Hall Jam

Feast on these bangers.
Nina Schifano, Contributing Writer Feb 5, 2019

Next time you are scrambling for a chair during Kimmel Market Place’s lunch rush, or scooping the fourth hunk of sherbet onto a cone at Lipton, listen up — you may find your...

Aminé performs at Brooklyn Steel on Monday. (Photo by Avani Jurakhan)

On a Rainy Monday, Aminé Takes Brooklyn Steel by Storm

Aminé’s bright yellow energy mixed with unfaltering gratitude transformed a concert into a creatively masterful self-love sermon.
Avani Jurakhan, Staff Writer Nov 29, 2018

Banana badass Aminé played a lavishly intimate set after a long, dark and rainy Monday, delivering stunning hip-hop-inspired tracks to a sold-out crowd at Brooklyn Steel. The...

Album art for Charli XCX and Troye Sivans joint single 1999, one of the staff picks this fall. (Courtesy of Wikimedia)

Music Desk Staff Recs: Best Songs of Fall 2018

Music Desk Nov 20, 2018

As autumn draws to a close and we trade in our light jackets for heavy winter coats, we can reflect on the singular tracks that made it to our fall playlists. From acoustic ballads...

Charles Scootie Anderson and Michael Mikey Foster of producing duo Social House. (via instagram.com)

Behind the Scenes With the Producers of ‘thank u, next’

WSN speaks with Social House, the LA-based duo behind Ariana Grande's chart-topping hit.
Ankita Bhanot, Staff Writer Nov 19, 2018
WSN speaks with Social House, the LA-based duo behind Ariana Grande's chart-topping hit.
Alaina Moore sings to her husband during the final song. (Photo by Penina Warren)

Tennis Plays Stripped Down Hits at (Le) Poisson Rouge

As part of their “Solo in Stereo” tour, the husband-and-wife duo are traveling the country without a backing band and reworking most of their classics.
Penina Warren, Contributing Writer Nov 19, 2018
As part of their “Solo in Stereo” tour, the husband-and-wife duo are traveling the country without a backing band and reworking most of their classics.
(Courtesy of Feast of Music)

Lake Street Dive Turns the Upper East Side Into Their Own Bonfire Sing-a-Long

Michael Muth, Contributing Writer Nov 15, 2018

Amid the neon lights of Times Square and a damp city night after a day of chills and rain showers, the intimate Beacon Theatre glowed on Broadway as it welcomed an age demographic...

Still from the Campdogzz concert.

Chicago Rock Soul Band Campdogzz Find Unlikely Companions in Punk

On tour with fellow Chicago bands Cursive and Meat Wave, Campdogzz played at Irving Plaza on Wednesday night. WSN spoke with lead singer and guitarist Jess Price about touring, recording and working with record label 15 Passenger.
Ali Zimmerman, Deputy Arts Editor Nov 13, 2018
On tour with fellow Chicago band Meat Wave and Nebraska native band Cursive, Campdogzz played at Irving Plaza on Wednesday night. WSN spoke with lead singer and guitarist Jess Price about touring, recording and working with record label 15 Passenger.
A musician from the Toro y Moi performance. (Courtesy of the New Yorker)

Toro y Moi Hypnotizes Brooklyn’s Elsewhere With Trance-Inducing Beats

Audrey Lee, Contributing Writer Nov 13, 2018
The show felt less like a concert — rather, a communal and mediative dance space.
From left to right, clockwise: “Lush” by Snail Mail, “Sounds of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel, “Magic Potion” by The Black Keys and “Collection” by Soccer Mommy. (via spotify.com)

Staff Recs: Best Albums for Fall

“Lush” by Snail Mail Ryan Mikel, Arts Editor I am not going to lie: I fell in love with the album “Lush” when I discovered Snail Mail early last spring. I was lucky...

Clive Davis Senior and musician Claire Hawkins. (Courtesy of Charlotte Freitag)

Clive Senior on Being ‘Reckless’

The singer-songwriter ruminates on freedom and its consequences on her newly-released single.
Nicole Rosenthal, Music Editor Nov 5, 2018
The singer-songwriter ruminates on freedom and its consequences on her newly-released single.
Tisch rapper and singer Paris Michael — known by his stage name Paris. (via instagram.com)

Paris Michael Plans to Win a Grammy He Invents

This Tisch junior wants his music in the MoMA and his name on your playlist.
Avani Jurakhan, Staff Writer Nov 5, 2018
This Tisch junior wants his music in the MoMA and his name on your playlist.

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