Instead of pre-gaming with cheap vodka in your J.Crew swag, drink some blood red wine and dye your hair black, GOTH PROM 1986 is tonight! WBAR is throwing the party, and appropriate dress is strongly recommended, so ask that mysterious nocturnal figure dressed in black down your hall if you can borrow some of his/her threads. Balam Acab, Purling Hiss, Leather, and RL Grime will be performing, and a prom queen and king will be declared. Doors open at 7 pm, and the event is free and open to the public. Listen to The Cure, Joy Division, and some Depeche Mode to get in the mood.

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Grab your black eyeliner and break out the lace. Tomorrow night WBAR presents Goth Prom 1986, a free concert featuring an intoxicating brew of hardcore, garage-rock, and beats by Balam Acab, Purling Hiss, Leather, and RL Grime in the Diana Event Oval from 7 to 11:30 pm. The event is open to the public, so feel free to bring your NYU hipster bros and introduce them to the dark side of fashion. Goth attire is not required but highly encouraged.

Taste a preview of the darkness:

Full press release with more detailed descriptions of the bands after the jump

If Live at Lerner is Lollapalooza, this is Coachella. In a miraculous coincidence of students coming together around genuinely cool, good music, “Ambassador of Boogie Funk” Dam-Funk is playing an in-studio session at WBAR right now. You can tune in via www.wbar.org (or stop by Sulz Basement, if you’re really enterprising) and jam out.

“My voice sounds like this because I’m hovering,” he says!

Thanks WBros!

WBAR is giving away two passes to the annual CMJ Music Marathon! This year, the line-up totals “a hair under 900 musicians,” and the festival will going down from October 18th to the 22nd. DJs will be giving away one pass tonight between 6 pm and 8 pm during Rian Rooney and Sam Schube’s show, “Pope or No Pope.” Zoe Camp will award the second pass to a lucky caller tomorrow night between 8 pm and 10 pm during her show, “The Beastly Feastly.” Passes retail for $495, so scribble down WBAR’s digits (212-854-4773) and remember to call in tonight.

Skewering Musicians With A Gigantic 3-Pronged Weapon And A Thesaurus

Pitchfork—the website whose album reviews have a Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score on par with your student loan agreement—stopped by for WBAR-B-Q last Friday. They posted some snazzy pictures here and here. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to like these pictures before they were cool. 19 people already like the album on facebook.

Read a recap of the festivities from Bwog’s All Things Alfresco correspondent Zoe Camp after the jump!

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Our friends at WBAR threw together this awesome mix featuring tracks by each of the ten bands scheduled to play at this upcoming Friday’s annual WBBQ.

Some Highlights: Real Estate earned Pitchfork’s prestigious best new music with their self-titled album. The Crystal Ark, lead by Gavin Russom, counts two of the former members of LCD Soundsystem among their ranks and will be performing their 2nd US show. Blondes promise to fulfill your Balearic disco dreams.

Tracklist after the jump. Download the full mix here.
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Barnard College Radio WBAR has just announced the lineup for WBAR-B-Q, the 18th edition of its annual concert and outdoor barbecue! The staff are pretty hyped about it, calling it “the most spectacular WBAR-B-Q ever.” From 3 to 11 pm on Friday, April 15, you can expect lots of free food, games, and giveaways on Lehman Lawn and in the Diana Event Oval. There are gonna be two shows (i.e. double sickness): one outside on the lawn in the afternoon and one that night in the Diana Event Oval. Remember, attending the WBAR-B-Q is your chance to hear lots of up-and-coming performers. People may not have known about Animal Collective or Vampire Weekend when WBAR booked them to perform in 2003 and 2007, respectively, but now they’re both totally legit! That said, check out this year’s lineup with an open mind:

3 pm: “lo-fi surf rock”

• Driphouse and Carl Calm
• Beige
• Big Troubles
• Grooms
• Julianna Barwick
• REAL ESTATE

7 pm: “psychedelic acid house”

• Laurel Halo
• BLONDES
• ARP
• THE CRYSTAL ARK – the second performance ever by latest project from Gavin Russom, of LCD Soundsystem.

Break out of your pre-finals slump and head over to Hewitt Dining Hall for WBAR’s Winter Formal for free unidentified giveaways, in addition to the free music and fun. Featured artists include Amen Dunes, Sweet Bulbs, Sleepies, Mr. Dream, and Midnight Magic. The Facebook event promises lots of dancing, so for all those tired of grinding in Campo, go get your grind on in Hewitt. The Village Voice seems to care about this event, and so should you! Doors open at 8.

But if dance parties aren’t your thing, check out a musical showcase hosted by Youth for Debate in Wien Lounge at 9 PM. Cupcakes, cookies, cider, and hot chocolate will be served in abundance!

Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Friday night at the Diana Event Oval, Bwog joined pleasantly not-that-sparse ranks of WBAR fans to see its showcase of campus bands. It was fun! The line-up featured a mix of styles, and included both undergrads and grad students:

Puppy Cops
Mike Ferraro & The Young Republicans
Cloudlicker
Dr. Blount
Tetractys

If your band is interested in playing on campus, or would like to get involved with WBAR, e-mail wbar@barnard.edu.

Photography by Jonno Rattman

The festivities continue tomorrow at 12 p.m. in LeFrak Gymnasium in Barnard Hall for WBAR Barnard College Radio’s 17th Annual WBAR-B-Q! Originally, the WBAR-B-Q was meant to take place on Lehman Lawn but has moved inside due to ominous weather reports. This free event lasts until 10 p.m. so make sure to stop by for crazy beats and free food!

Photo by Burning Star Core

Barnard College Radio WBAR has posted the lineup for their annual outdoor BBQ and concert! On Sunday April 25^th_­­ from noon to 10pm on the Lehman Lawn, you can look forward to hearing:

Cold Cave

Blues Control

Liturgy

Burning Star Core

Jana Hunter

Twin Stumps

U.S. Girls

Thing About Life (They’re playing early, so get there early)

Prince Rama of Ayodhya

Old Men

There will be free food too (and they promise not to run out)!

Second breakfast, charcoal, and quaintness – it’s yours on Sunday morning.

It’s all thanks to a school spirit organization, a women’s college, and an outdated, ye-olde-style philosophical debate group.

First on the agenda this morning, WBAR has their annual WBAR-B-Q on Lehman Lawn at 11:00 AM.  It’s free, several bands are playing, and there are probably hamburgers.  It’s a wonderfully carnivorous lunch.

At the same time, the Philolexian Society will be hosting their croquet and tea party on the steps.  They promise “a small spread of victuals” whilst you piddle the morning away hitting wooden balls in a circle and making delightful exclamations.

That should only last an hour because Bacchanal will be taking over at noon for their Bagels and Beanbags.  They’ll have your post-lunch breakfast and hackysacks, moving from the 1950′s into the 1960′s.

If you’re not at the WBAR-B-Q right now, you’re missing seeing… approximately thirty thousand bands. While Bwog was only able to get out there briefly and is now safely locked up in class, there’s no excuse for you not being there. It’s free! (Except the food.)

Now playing: Wizards of the Coast, featuring Bwog’s own Justin Goncalves. Be there. 

Not 24 hours after WBAR’s annual WBAR-B-Q lineup was announced (replete with promises of a “special guest” and instructions to check WBAR’s website at a later date), insiders have revealed to Bwog the identity of the “special guest.” Despite questionable rumors of Led Zeppelin and Daft Punk, which appeared exclusively in Bwog comments, the mystery performer will actually be (The) Juan MacLean doing a d.j. set. 

UPDATE: A second hipster-tipster explains that (The) Juan MacLean will not appear at the WBAR-B-Q. “We thought we were going to have him but it didn’t work out, hence why it says secret guest instead of Juan MacLean.” Though apparently word of MacLean’s unavailability has yet to permeate the ranks of all of WBAR’s staffers. 

The lineup for Barnard Radio’s annual outdoor BBQ and concert has been announced in an email from Milano Chowkwanyun, the Co-Promotions Director of WBAR. The show will take place on Friday, April 25th (on Barnard’s lawn, Nexus be damned) and will feature the following: 

Wizards of the Coast

Bear

Food Will Win the War

Liturgy

Thee Yetis

Les Sans Culottes

MegaFaun

Tickley Feather

Crystal Stilts

Cause Co-Motion

Awesome Color

Skaters

Videohippos

Japanther

Plus, the titillating promise of a “special guest.” Ampire-vay Eekend-way?