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12 songs to get you ready for Summer Semester

Clark • May 19, 2014

After two weeks of pure summer recess, Ospreys begin their summer semesters. Spinnaker Radio has 12 summer songs that will let the good weather and good vibes set in despite classes.

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Album Review: Cineplexx’s Florianopolis is a colorful soundtrack with a beachy mood

Danae Leake • Apr 11, 2014

Be ready to add colorful flavor to your summer music palette. After listening to Cineplexx’s Florianopolis, released April 7th, you will be entering into your own tropical world. The 13-track album...

Album Review: Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days

Ellie Strube • Apr 4, 2014

He’s known for getting nude on stage while covering U2’s “Beautiful Day,” and then shocking the audience by shoving drumsticks up his sphincter. The Canadian-born musician often wears a denim...

Album Spotlight: Sisyphus

Douglas Markowitz • Mar 27, 2014

This new collaborative project uniting three seemingly disparate indie voices holds many surprises. Sufjan Stevens became an immensely important artist in the early 00s with a lilting voice...

The Freddy Pigeons: An interview with We The King’s Travis Clark

Danae Leake • Mar 14, 2014

After the release of their crowdfunded self-produced fourth album, Somewhere Somehow, Florida-based pop-rock band We the Kings is ready to launch their tour. Spinnaker sat down for a phone interview to talk with lead singer Travis Clark, to talk about the new album, what they expect for the tour, and the band’s so-called pigeon obsession.

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Album Spotlight: St. Vincent

Douglas Markowitz • Mar 11, 2014

Texas native Annie Clark, better known by her stage name, St. Vincent, has garnered a reputation as one of the most interesting indie pop artists of the last decade.

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Nine albums you should be excited about in 2014

Clark • Mar 4, 2014

In no particular order: OK Go, 311, Bank of Skulls, Cloud Nothings, Real Estate, Liars, Flying Lotus and Captain Murphy, Swans, Kanye West are set to release albums this year.

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Album Spotlight: Broken Bells – After the Disco

Douglas Markowitz • Feb 10, 2014

Four years after their first album, Danger Mouse and James Mercer reunited to produce After the Disco, an LP that combines several eras of music to create a unique but bland sound.

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Spinnaker Radio gets broadcast permit

Danae Leake • Feb 6, 2014

UNF got the confirmation today that they can operate on an FM radio frequency, which Spinnaker Radio will broadcast on.

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Daily Discovery: Too True

Douglas Markowitz • Feb 4, 2014

Dum Dum Girls’ excellent 2012 EP End of Daze hit all the right notes thanks to its atmospheric blend of indie-pop and garage-rock. Their newest album, Too True, delves heavily into goth-rock. This territory is familiar to the band, yet never exploited by them this much.

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Daily Discovery: Mogwai

Douglas Markowitz • Jan 22, 2014

On their latest LP Rave Tapes, the veteran post rock group discover the power of the synthesizer.

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Daily Discovery: Flying Lotus and Four Tet release collections

Douglas Markowitz • Jan 15, 2014

UNF Spinnaker selects the choicest cuts from Flying Lotus' recently released compilation of unreleased songs, Ideas+drafts+loops, and Four Tet's "Sendspace."

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