Nick Ortiz, Director Of Sports Media, WGMU November 10, 2015 Photo Credit: Mason Athletics What looked like a lost season three weeks ago when the Patriots fell to Dusquene, has turned to a salvaged season, even though they were edged out by VCU to advance to the A10 …
Nov 04
Walkabout EP: It’s All Make Believe
Fairfax-native band Walkabout released their EP on June 30th. It’s All Make Believe is a set of seven punk-rock songs that are bound to channel your inner-angsty self. The seven songs remind me of a Simple Plan meets My Chemical Romance, with some songs instilling a lot more emotion. While the EP in its entirety creates an empowering …
Nov 03
WDILTW Week 8 in the NFL
Nick Ortiz, Director of Sports Media, WGMU November 3, 2015 Photo credit: Associated Press Going into to week nine, teams will be without key players due to injuries in week 8 that will prove costly for teams heading into the second half of the season. Since there …
Nov 02
Local Artist: The Walking Sticks Interview
Local Music Director Mo Bailey interviewed DC-based “wet dream pop” band The Walking Sticks, asking about their best and worst experiences in the area, and their lives outside of music. Their new single The News will be released November 20th. Listen in to hear about their journey and their success with the band.
Oct 28
WDILTW Week 7 in the NFL
Nick Ortiz, WGMU Director of Sports Media October 28, 2015 Photo Credit: The Canadian Press Week seven started us off with a Thursday night match-up between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Fransisco 49’ers. Needless to say, that game was quite underwhelming. In other words, watch the highlights and …
Oct 20
WDILTW Week 6 in The NFL
Nick Ortiz, WGMU Director of Sports Media October 20, 2015 Photo Credit: Michael DeMocker This week in football saw one of the six undefeated teams register their first loss of the season. Starting us off in New Orleans where we had an upset come fruition on Thursday night football. Cam Newton leads the undefeated Carolina Panthers to …
Oct 19
The Duskwhales Self-Titled Album
The Duskwhales self-titled album was released in 2014, and has not gotten nearly as much attention as it deserves. This indie-pop-rock band plays music outside of our usual local artists, they play music we’re not necessarily used to hearing here in Fairfax. Some songs sound more relaxed and easy-going, like their song “Lavender Ladies”, and “Honeycomb” while …
Oct 13
WILTW Week 5 in The NFL
Nick Ortiz WGMU, Director of Sports Media October 13, 2015 Photo Credit: NY Times This week in football we saw the undefeated teams remain undefeated. We saw one of the league’s elite running backs go down for the season. We saw Eli Manning rally in primetime. His brother, Peyton on …
Oct 07
Reid May Interviews Emily Hearn
Emily Hearn is a singer/songwriter from Athens, GA, and is currently touring in support of her most recent album Hourglass, which was released back in March. Her songs from this album have been featured on the CW’s ‘Jane The Virgin’ and ABC Family’s ‘Switched At Birth’. Emily phoned in to WGMU to talk to DJ …
Oct 06
What I Learned In Week Four of the 2015-16 NFL Season
Nick Ortiz Director of Sports Media, WGMU October 5, 2015 Photo Credit: Elaine Thompson, Associated Photo– From a rule no one knew about, to the Atlanta Falcons going 4-0 and my AFC East pick falling into a hot mess. The AFC South is currently in a state ofemergency. The reason? TheJacksonville Jaguars are contending. Need …