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WXDU, as a member of the Duke University Union, exists to inform, educate, and entertain both the students of Duke University and the surrounding community of Durham through quality progressive alternative radio programming. WXDU seeks to give its staff the freedom to pursue their personal aesthetic within the framework of a cohesive format. WXDU aims to provide the listener with an alternative viewpoint untainted by commercial interests. WXDU resolves to maintain good relations with the music industry without compromising its integrity and nationally recognized commitment to quality programming. WXDU resolves to remain a laboratory where all members are free to make and learn from their mistakes.
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Stuff We're Thinking About

This Year You Decide!

Last Year we had am AMAZING Slam Dance with The Minutemen winning the whole thing!!!   This year we want YOU to help VOTE some of your bands into the tournament!

Voting will run until NOON on Sunday February 5th.  http://www.wxdu.org/node/663/

We listed all the bands you asked to see and now want you to select UP TO 10 bands you feel NEED/MUST be part of the tournament. We will tally the votes and add them to the bracket.

***Any votes with more than 10 bands will have to be disqualified.

http://www.wxdu.org/slamdance

 

Nominate Who You WANT in this Year's Slam Dance (Jan 18th-24th)

  

 

 

 

Help Us Pick the Bands for this Year' Slam Dance - Submit Your Nominees here --->  http://www.wxdu.org/node/653


Nominations are accepted from January 18th-24th.

 

WXDU Presents the 2nd Annual Bull City Metal Fest!

The Second Annual Bull City Metal Fest, brought to you in part by WXDU, is happening the weekend of February 3rd and 4th at the Casbah.  We'll be giving away tickets to the fest during our weekly meatl show "Beyond Good and Evil," Saturday evenings from 6-8pm. This year's line-up:

Black Tusk
Hog
Shadow of the Destroyer
Bitter Resolve
Braveyoung
Church of Wolves
Make
Ruscha
Widow
Gross Reality
Ruscha
Dark Sea Dream
Grogh
Knives

 

Top 88.7 Charts

January 29, 2012

WXDU Top 88.7

1. 13...The White Cascade...EP2...self-released
2. 10...Thee American Revolution...Buddha Electrostorm...Fire
3. 10...Happy Refugees...Return To Last Chance Saloon...Acute
4. 10...Rhyton...Rhyton...Thrill Jockey
5. 10...Porcelain Raft...Strange Weekend...Secretly Canadian
6. 10...Odonis Odonis...Hollandaze...Fat Cat
7. 10...Microkingdom...Three Compositions of No Jazz...Friends
8. 9...The Funk Ark...From the Rooftops...ESL
9. 9...Psychic Ills...Hazed Dream...Sacred Bones
10. 9...Peaking Lights...936...Not Not Fun
11. 9...Alpha Cop...This One's For Luck...self-released
12. 9...Various Artists...Rangarang: Pre-revolutionary Iranian Pop...Vampi Soul
13. 8...Peloton...The Early Years...Parallell
14. 8...Cate Le Bon...Cyrk...The Control Group
15. 8...Above Ground...Gone Aiwa...Siltbreeze
16. 8...Bill Ryder-Jones...If......Domino
17. 8...Black Tusk...Set The Dial...Relapse
18. 8...Jason Urick...I Love You...Thrill Jockey
19. 8...Mikal Cronin...Tide 7"...Goner
20. 7...Howler...America Give Up...Rough Trade
21. 7...Astral Womb...Astral Womb...Frequency Thirteen
22. 7...Laura Gibson...La Grande...Barsuk
23. 7...The Body + Braveyoung...Nothing Passes...At A Loss Recordings

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DJ of the Month!

Listen on Your Phone!

No, we don't have a custom WXDU iPhone app. We've found something BETTER: an app that will let you listen to any streaming radio station: TuneIn Radio, powered by RadioTime.com. It allows you to record, pause & rewind streams, view cover art & artist info. And it's available for iPhoneAndroid, Palm and Blackberry!

 

Upcoming Events

Sonic Youth on College Radio Primer

Monday, February 6, 2012 - 8:40pm

 This week's primer will focus on all things Sonic Youth - their impact on college radio, their influences, and more. 

 

Slam Dance 2012 Brackets Revealed on Nobody's Driving

Monday, February 13, 2012 - 10:00pm