Bradford Cox, lead singer of Deerhunter and the mind behind Atlas Sound, describes the process of writing a song for his solo project as “completely stream-of-consciousness,” an especially apt description for Atlas Sound’s second album, Logos. While most of Deerhunter’s work follows the typical structures of pop music, Atlas Sound gives Cox a chance to meander a bit — to mixed results.
Logos begins with Cox’s slow, distorted vocals on “The light that failed,” accompanied by layers of bells, electronic beeps and a simple, repetitive riff of an acoustic guitar.

Every Friday afternoon DJs, directors and trainees vote on what music makes it to A-list, what ends up on B-list, and what just sucks.
The are the albums have made the cut at WCWM 90.9FM this week, including a few samples for your listening pleasure.

A few things set commercial radio and non-profit radio apart and one of those things is CMJ. The College Music Journal is the College Radio equivalent of Billboard, where stations like WCWM report their plays for the week. More importantly, every fall, the CMJ Marathon hits New York City with thousands of bands, panel discussions on radio and the music industry, and the general debauchery you would expect from a bunch of College Radio kids in Manhattan. It’s like MTV’s Spring Break for hipsters.
This year WCWM is sending some of its most professional student representatives to learn more about the radio and music industries, see new and upcoming independent musicians, wander around in the shadiest parts of Brooklyn, and hang out in dive bars. Check our style out: