Five Years of Tame Impala’s “Currents”
An exploration of this unique album
By: Eric Mulligan On July 17, 2015, Tame Impala’s “Currents” was released. Five years and countless listens later, I’m still as entranced by the album as I was when I […]
Author: KUOI Manager
“Born in the U.S.A.”: the patriotism of Bruce Springsteen
An in depth look at the singer's career
By: Eric Mulligan In early 1982, Bruce Springsteen recorded an acoustic demo of what would become one of his most popular and recognizable songs: “Born in the U.S.A.”, which features […]
30 years of “Goo”
How Sonic Youth Ushered in the Alt-Rock Revolution
By: Eric Mulligan In many ways, the twentieth-century portion of Sonic Youth’s discography can be viewed as a gradual journey toward the mainstream. This was not a static destination, as […]
Music Breakdown: Snoop Dogg’s “I Wanna Go Outside”
A look at the newly released music video
By: Sydney Almarez Snoop Dogg has been pretty active on social media discussing how he is passing the time. He has posted videos of what he has been listening to, […]
A La Rem V.1
By Remington Jensen For the first version of the Music Director’s biweekly playlist, I wanted to choose a good mix of new and old-sounding songs. In terms of new music, […]
Treefort Preview By Remington Jensen March brings another round of talented artists to Boise, Idaho for 2019’s Treefort Music Festival. This article will be highlighting five artists – of my […]
KUOI Klassics: Nightriding through the Country
The KLF– Chill Out By Remington Jensen Serenity, perplexity and comfort are all words that come to mind when I think of the subversive gold-mine that is the 1990 record […]
DJ Top Picks
The KLF – Chill Out (1990). I don’t think anything’s been made like it. It’s one long, dreamy soundscape slowly weaving in and out samples of Elvis, Tuvan throat singers […]
OutKast – ATLiens Review
By Teren Kowatsch When people think of Outkast — the infamous duo of Big Boi and Andre 3000 – typically songs “Hey Ya,” “So Fresh, So Clean” or “Ms. Jackson” […]
Kid A Versing
By Remington Jensen Born in ice new the fresh child lay came in droves, bushels of mimicked rebirth glacial electricity resonating from atop arctic buttes systems of churned-out alphabetical youth […]