BROWN BIRD NEEDS YOUR HELP
Our dear friend, David Lamb of Brown Bird, has fallen ill and needs your help!
JOIN THE BRU CREW!
The BRU Crew is looking for new members!
Dunkin’ Donuts ICED COFFEE DAY
Dunkin’ Donuts wants YOUR help raising money for Hasbro Children’s Hospital
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT
And HERE is the moment you’ve been waiting for…It’s time to announce our SUMMER CONCERT SERIES!
VIP PASSES TO 2013 BONNAROO!
WBRU, Fat Belly’s and Curious Traveler Shandy have your VIP Package to one of the Nation’s finest festivals: The 2013 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival!
WBRU’s Year of Service
Every year, WBRU teams up with a local cause to provide a year of advertising to raise awareness. We provide advertising and media help to advocate the cause, as well as get involved in projects with the organization to make an impact in the local community. This year’s organization is the Roger Williams Park [...]
ROCK HUNT 2013 WINNER
Rock Hunt 2013: Year of the Fan. At the Finals on Saturday, the Rock Hunt Winners for 2013 were chosen to be…Torn Shorts!
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Cover of the Week – “Tesselate”
6 days ago Some people criticize Mumford & Sons for having all their songs sound similar. But boy, do they know how to make a cover their own. Alt-J's got a pretty unique sound on their debut album An Awesome Wave, but Mumford knows how to make "Tessellate" their own, and that's why it's this week's Cover of the Week.
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Cover of the Week- “Kids”
2 weeks ago A lot of people were disappointed that MGMT didn't get around to playing their famous hit "Kids" when they came to Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel last Wednesday. To make it up to you, here's an unplugged cover performed by The Kooks for this week's Cover of the Week:
The Kooks last played Lupo's themselves in March, 2012
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Cover of the Week- “Love Is Blindness”
3 weeks ago Jack White sounds his best when he's able to sing about heartache and really cut loose on his guitar. U2's "Love Is Blindness" gives him just such an opportunity, and that's why it's WBRU's cover of the week
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Album Review: Bankrupt! by Phoenix
4 weeks ago BANKRUPT! is a synthed-up, technicolor hurricane and a romping good time, but you won't catch yourself singing along.
Phoenix has hit that delicate milestone in the musical career: Bankrupt! is their first post-success, post-international fame album, and it's a place where many other bands have fumbled. MGMT swung for t
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VIP PASSES TO 2013 BONNAROO!
WBRU, Fat Belly's and Curious Traveler Shandy have your VIP Package to one of the Nation's finest festivals: The 2013 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival!
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Theater Review: Sister Act at the PPAC
April 11, 2013 I've had two big musical theater pleasant surprises in the past year or so. The first was The Addams Family, and the second was Sister Act. Never having seen the movie before, I walked in expecting some cheesy story about nuns and gospel music. But what I got w
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Here We Just Dream on Home BRU’d
Rock Hunt semi-finalists Here We Just Dream came into the station on Wednesday to talk about their music, rock hunt success and possible music video concepts. The fun-loving band from Boston has been busy playing shows around Providence and Southern Massachusetts, wit
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The Bitchin’ Aardvarks on Home BRU’d
The trio of brothers with Rock Hunt’s undoubtedly most awesome name – The Bitchin’ Aardvarks – are the competition’s wild card winners, selected by the fans. Two out of three of the band members came to the station to talk about this win, the Rock Hunt experience and
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Today in the ’90s: March 25th
To kick off WBRU’s 90’s week, we bloggers are bringing you all of the greatest news from the annals of music history, one day at a time. Today, March 25th has some interesting news from that great decade to reminisce about
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Chvrches – Recover [EP]
Born and bred in Scotland, the music of the lush synthpop group, Chvrches, has been abuzz in the UK music publication scene, where they garnered fifth place in the BBC’s Sound of 2013 list. After great success with the two singles, “The Mother We Share” and “Lies,” Chvrches has recently released its latest extended play, Recover EP. On first l