Music

What are WMUA DJs listening to?

By Michael Bonsangue

For the past couple weeks, I went around and asked some DJs here at WMUA Amherst for the top three songs in their current rotation and here’s what they said:

Michael (Hosts From Coasts, Playlist Work): NEW MAGIC WAND by Tyler, the Creator, Somewhere Tonight by Beach House, Anyone But You by Still Woozy

Anya (Off the Record ): Harvest Love by Tash Sultana, Paul by Big Thief, Still A Friend by Backseat Lovers

Lyvia (Too Stu, News Department): Well In Spring by Crying, Her Hippo by Dry Cleaning, Keen on Boys by The Radio Dept. 

Lucas (Sleeptalking): 2021 by AG Cook, Now I Must Remember by Bent, In the End by Ryan Beatty

Ariana (Turn Off the News ): Song About Me by TV Girl, Combat Baby by Metric, Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce

Brandon (Doing It Wrong): Alarming by Ojerime, 1471 by Baby Father featuring Tierzah, HIT DIFF by Concrete Boys, KARRAHBOO and Camo!

Paris (I Need A Name): The Song With 5 Names by Will Wood and The Tapeworms, Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac, Taken What’s Not Yours by TV Girl

Roisin/DJ Raisin (Indie Rock Girl Talk): Ice Cream Piano by Vampire Weekend, Kissing the Lipless by The Shins, Red Wine Supernova by Chapelle Roan

Olivia/DJ Vi (Decades of the Stage, News Department): Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan, So Sick Of Dreaming by Maggie Rogers, and You First (Re: Remi Wolf) by Paramore

Aidan/DJ Rico (Word on the Street): I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams by Weezer, Just by Radiohead, and Whistle For the Choir by The Fratellis

Sydney/DJ SydCity (HOME, News Department): Cartoon by Soul Asylum, Suggestion by Fugazi, (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes by Elvis Costello

Mike/DJ El Quadrone (Prismatic Instrumental Mornings): Cursed Realm of the Winterdemons by Immortal, To Be Over by Yes, Illegal Bodies by Simply Saucer

Evan (Brain Blast Broadcast): Swamp Song by Tool, Wait and Bleed by Slipknot, The State of Massachusetts by Dropkick Murphy’s

Lanelle (General Body Member): Candy by Mk.gee, Kamikaze by Omar Apollo, Lovefool by The Cardigans

Caroline/DJ Clementine (Turn Off the Lights): Female of the Species by Space, Docket by Blondshell, Layla by Derek and the Dominoes

Aisha (News Department): Desert Eagle by Beyoncé, Take Me Apart by Kelela, Turn it Off by Paramore

Kelly (Listen & Repeat): I’ll See You There Tomorrow by Tomorrow x Together, BAMBOLEO by Red Velvet, Pueblo by wave to earth 

Lila/DJ Storey (Nothing But 90’s): Flower to Hide by Catherine Wheel, Bad News by Return to Dust, Got the Life by Korn

Sophie/DJ Quora (Women Talking and Off the Record): Crush by Ethel Cain, Venice Bitch by Lana Del Rey, Free by Florence + The Machine

Katie (Thursday’s R&B Revue): I Ain’t Worried About Nothing by Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Freedom Blues by Marcel Smith, Jump For Joy by Monster Mike Welch

Gwen (News Department): The Dress by Dijon, Take Me to the River by Lorde, Paint The Town Red by Doja Cat

Hana (General Body Member): Giant tortoise by Pond, Eye Pattern Blindness by Pond, Edge of the World Pt. 2 by Pond 

Adam (Tech Department, DJ Trains): 3k by Claire Yotts, One More Kiss by Drippin So Pretty, Spirit of Thunder by Yung Lean

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