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Michael Westpfahl
Mar 13, 20232 min read
Bundle - Keep for Cheap
Blending together indie, country, and rock styles into what they call “prairie-rock,” Minnesota band Keep for Cheap released their first...
Benjamin Smith
Mar 2, 20231 min read
Charmer – Signing with Counter Intuitive Recs + Upcoming Kalamazoo Show!
Charmer, a 4-piece indie, pop-punkish, Midwest emo group from Marquette, Michigan has some new music for us for the first time since...
Cassandra Kipp
Feb 20, 20233 min read
My American Dream - Jake Simmons
When asked to start something—a new volunteer position at WIDR, for instance—the first project being about endings is almost cosmically...
Michael Westpfahl
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Artist Spotlight: Melt
It’s always a great time when you discover a band that has a sound that you can’t help but groove along to. And this is definitely the...
Michael Westpfahl
Feb 8, 20232 min read
Under the Shade of Green – The Happy Fits
This past August, indie-pop trio The Happy Fits released their third album, titled Under the Shade of Green. It follows the pattern of...
Michael Westpfahl
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Wolf Motel EP - Roanoke
One of the things I love about music is the many various ways you learn of music. On the radio, through streaming playlists like...
89.1 WIDR FM
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Check out the Original Series now on WIDR!
Our podcasts are now being hosted on the "Series" tab on the website. This is a combination of both live and pre-recorded shows, the our...
Michael Westpfahl
Jan 24, 20233 min read
b? - HOAX
“b?” is a concept album released in 2022 that deals with the idea of ‘being’. Created by the Texas-based indie pop band HOAX, the...
Benjamin Smith
Jan 18, 20231 min read
saturdays at your place – it’s always cloudy in kalamazoo
A new song from Kalamazoo-based alternative emo band saturdays at your place called ‘it’s always cloudy in kalamazoo’ reps the band’s...
Michael Westpfahl
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Soundtrack Saturdays – Persona 5 Royal
With Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden hitting modern platforms mid-January, I thought now is as good a time as ever to talk about...
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