WGSU 50th Anniversary
This Monday, February 18, will mark the 50th anniversary of WGSU radio. The station was originally formed in 1963.
The anniversary will be celebrated all year with special programming and events.
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WGSU Recognized in Center Ice Ceremony
WGSU 89.3 FM was recognized for 50 years of broadcasting - including many years of carrying SUNY Geneseo Geneseo Ice Knights games - in a center-ice ceremony, between periods of the Feb. 2 Canton-Geneseo game, at Wilson Ice Arena. The event marked the kickoff to the start of a yearlong celebration of WGSU's Golden Anniversary. This is the citation, signed by Geneseo President Christopher Dahl and Vice President Robert Bonfiglio, that was presented on ice during the second intermission.
Left to right: Katie Gaus, WGSU hockey sideline reporter; Chris Morens '07, color commentator (2005-06, 2006-07); Mike Saffran '85, WGSU faculty director; Robert Bonfiglio, vice president for student and campus life; Laura Vitto, WGSU station manager; Steve Bennett '08, sideline reporter/engineer (2007-08), color commentator (2008-09); Andrew Herman, communication department chairman; Mike Mooney, athletics director (Feb. 2, 2013). Photo by Keith Walters.
WALK THE MOON at Water Street Music Hall
I've seen WALK THE MOON twice now. The first time I booked them through the Mac's Place position on Activities Commission with two other Special Event Coordinators for Spring Fest two years ago. Out of the thirty-something bands I've had the pleasure of seeing come through Geneseo, WALK THE MOON is definitely in my top three.
Death Grips live in Toronto
If I could use one word to describe trip-hop hardcore rappers live show, it would be Epic; which is Ironic because that is the name of the record company that just dropped their contract.
After releasing their second album of the year NO LOVE DEEP WEB to the public, for free, and before the scheduled release date, Epic understandably dropped the ambitious duo.
WGSU Best of 2012
What do you think is the absolute best song of 2012?
We asked that question to the staff of WGSU and built a playlist with their answers. We got songs from The Gaslight Anthem and Rhye all the way to Wintersun.
Click through to see the whole list!
Communication Department Highlights WGSU Hockey Coverage
Mike Saffran of the Communication department just posted a great article highlighting the sports coverage Brian and Casey McCormack provide for the station. Brian and Casey are the radio commentators for all the Geneseo hockey games, which is just one part of the full WGSU sports lineup.
Check out the full article over on the Communication Department's website!
WGSU Featured in The Lamron!
This week we were featured in a Lamron Article about the radio station written by Chelsea Butkowski: "Knight in the Life: WGSU staffers foster innovative sound with diverse tastes."
Check out the full article over on the Lamron's website!
From left: Tom Silva, Crystal Zoodsma, Nicole Rahn, and Oliver Horowitz (standing).
The Carpenter
Given their relatively short time in the spotlight, the Avett Brothers have been around a surprisingly long time. Originally formed in 2000 as something of a non-traditional bluegrass band, the group released 5 studio albums and 4 eps before striking it big in 2009 with the ballad “I and Love and You,” off the album of the same name. Since that breakthrough, the brothers Scott and Seth Avett, as well as stand-up bassist Bob Crawford and cellist Joe Kwoon, have moved towards a rootsy sound firmly planted in pop form, and on their new album The Carpenter, they seem intent on consolidating their place in popular music.
The first staff meeting of the year!
I Know What Love Isn't
Jens Lekman had a really cool thing going on for a while. He’d sing about asthma and break ups over four chords, pretty much consistently for the last eight or nine years. It was great. 2007’s Night Falls Over Kortedala was easily one of the best records of the last decades. He was, however, pretty well known also for doing the same thing over and over again. Luckily, his newest LP I Know What Love Isn’t, is (while still clearly maintaining a Lekman aesthetic) a whole different animal.
Annual WGSU-GSTV Softball Game
Today we had the annual softball game against GSTV. It was a resounding success; WGSU played incredibly well, keeping the game tied at 8-8 to the 7th inning. Unfortunately, in the last two innings GSTV pulled ahead, and the final score was 31-13 in their favor.
More photos after the break.
The New WGSU Website
Hi everyone! you may have noticed that there have been some changes made to the website. Earlier this week I pushed out a brand new design that gives the site a more bloggish feel. My goal is to regularly update the site with fresh content including station news, album reviews, photos, and more.
Geneseo sports a small, but vibrant music scene. The site will also feature photos, videos and articles regarding all of the great student bands on campus.
If you have anything you would like to get published on the site, whether it be an article or photos, email me at hps1@geneseo.edu and we can work on getting it on the site. When I say anything, I really mean it. The more content, from the more contributors, the better.
Thanks!
Herb
2010 T-Shirt Design Entry
Cloud Nothings with a Classic Education, and Sleepy Hahas
There’s nothing better than an $8 show. 
Except, maybe a really good $8 show.
The Cloud Nothing’s performance at the Ninth Ward at Babeville in Buffalo last Monday (4/2) was fast, loud, and nothing short of amazing.
The show started off with a local band from Buffalo of the name Sleepy Hahas. This quirky, openly communist foursome delivered a strong, in your face performance that started off what would become an energetic night. The keyboardist was the coolest cat in the club with his aviators and leather jacket, and added a unique classic rock vibe to the performance.
Anarchy, My Dear
On March 13, Say Anything released 
their fifth studio album on Equal Visions Records. Titled Anarchy, My Dear, the album was promised as a return to Say Anything’s Is A Real Boy style. Front man Max Bemis hailed it as a “true punk record” and assured the die-hard fans of Say Anything’s early records they would see this album as a return to form. Anarchy, My Dear, however, is anything but reminiscent of Is A Real Boy-style Say Anything.
Baritone Poets Lambchop, Tindersticks Release New Albums on Same Day
Today Nashville based Lambchop released their eleventh studio album, Mr. M on Merge records. Lambchop is a truly original, and delicately experimental band that is rooted in alternative country, but incorporates post-rock, soul, and lounge music influences. They act as a large and changing collective of musicians that orbits around singer/songwriter Kurt Wagner. Wagner's understated, croaking bass and cryptically poetic lyrics are arguably the most distinctive components of the fluid and innovative group.
Voices of Ages
I really wanted to love this album. 
Voice of Ages, by the Chieftains, is a collection of collaborations between the Chieftains – one of the most prominent Irish folk bands of the last half-century – and various folk luminaries, including the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Decemberists. I was ready for it to be one of the best folk albums of the year. While there are some fantastic tracks on the record, there are too many disappointing ones for me to recommend this album to anybody who doesn’t have a vested interest in folk music.
Tramp
Sharon Van Etten is a pretty good lady singer.
The Internet tells me she writes folk songs about breaking up with people and then being sad about it; rather like a whole other bunch of pretty good lady singers. It’s a good shtick I hear, but it seems to insinuate lack of breadth (narrative, instrumental, whatever). And some of those criticisms have been levied at her previous works, and some of those criticisms were valid. So let me begin the review proper with this: Tramp is a great record.
Let me try to tell you why.
