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CD Scramble for Monday, March 15th Congratulations to Chris from Barrington for correctly identifying "Pride (In The Name of Love)" by U2 in this morning's CD Scramble! That lucky motherf*cker won a pair of tickets to see Cake at the Newport Yachting Center on July 17th. You can buy seats online starting tomorrow, March 16th at 10 am for your own [...] 03/15/2010 08:32:40am >>Read More Live Cafe for Monday, March 15th The Mighty Mighty Bosstones performed our bootleg du jour. Dedicated to Julius Caesar, who on this day found out exactly what happens when you try to be "The Rascal King." 03/15/2010 08:24:42am >>Read More Flashback of the Week for March 8th, 2010 This week's Flashback was "Cut Your Hair" by Pavement.Gotta celebrate that reunion tour, after all. Tickets are on sale for the September 18th show at Boston's Agganis Arena now!That's a pretty nice haircut, Malkmus. 03/14/2010 05:49:12pm >>Read More Retro Riddle for Friday, March 12th, 2010 Riddle: Don't trust your judgment in the heat of the moment because this tends to happen.Answer: The Fixx – "One Thing Leads To Another"Congratulations to Gregory from Bristol! He won himself a pair of tickets to see Third Eye Blind at Lupo's on April 20th (tickets). 03/12/2010 04:01:34pm >>Read More Alt Rock Anniversary for Friday, March 12th Today is the birthday of Coheed and Cambria's guitarist Claudio Sanchez! Born in 1978 so he's 32 today! Happy birthday!In his honor, we're playing TWO Coheed and Cambria songs!"A Favor House Atlantic" off their album In Keeping Secrets of the Silent Earth:3"The Suffering" from their album Good Apollo, I'm Burning  Star IV, Volume 1, From [...] 03/12/2010 01:13:12pm >>Read More

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What's Playing Click here to see our current playlist! New Music Click here to see what new music we're playing! The List BRU's top 20...something! Monday through Thursday night at 7 12 Cuts The top 12 songs you requested most all week! Fridays at 7 9 O'Clock News 5 news songs battle it out! Listen Monday through Thursday at 9 pm, then vote (401) 272-9555 or IM the DJ at WBRUFM Flashback of the Week Screamer of the Week Home BRU'd Click here to find out more about WBRU's commitment to local music and the bands we play on Home BRU'd! Home BRU'd airs Monday night  through Wednesday night at midnight. Exposure Every Wednesday night from 11p-12a, we play new music from indie and alternative bands that are not-so-well-known. They may be festival bands, tour openers, Pitchfork sweethearts, or just your run of the mill unknown bands. If you want to hear some new music or already know a lot of cutting-edge music, this show it for you! Album of the Day The Album of the Day airs Monday through Thursday at 3pm. Alt Rock Anniversary CD Scramble Live Cafe Retro Riddle RadioTraks Click here to let us know what you think about the music we play! On- Air Schedule Click here for a list of all of Rock, Jazz and 360 shows!

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Look Out for Kid Chocolate One of the more satisfying moments in booking concerts is watching an opener surpass your own expectations and engage an audience on first listen. Last weekend, Kid Chocolate did just that. Though their influences are obvious (I'm looking at you, Vampire Weekend), Kid Chocolate has a unique sound and a great live show. Their [...] 03/12/2010 07:20:40pm >>Read More Debut Album from Race Horses Race Horses, formed in 2005, is a psychedelic garage-rock four-piece from Wales. Consisting of former schoolmates Meilyr Jones, Dylan Hughes, Gwion Llewelyn, and Alun Gaffey, Race Horses has been garnering wildly enthusiastic reviews from the likes of NME, Shindig!, and Clash Magazine for their debut album, Goodbye Falkenburg, released last month. They will reportedly playing at [...] 03/11/2010 05:34:08pm >>Read More Mercer and Mouse Find a Balance with Broken Bells After announcing in 2009 that The Shins' James Mercer and Danger Mouse would be collaborating on an upcoming album, anticipation for the release was instant. Finally, the album, featuring the already popular single "The High Road," has been released (legally) and has already acclaimed some critical praise. The duo, residing under the name Broken Bells, [...] 03/11/2010 12:45:21pm >>Read More Unknown Quantity: Mutandina Mutandina hails from Buenos Aires and has never played a stateside gig. They defy easy classification; my first reaction is to call them a jam band, but they could just as easily be classified as Latin rock. To further confuse matters, some of their most infectious music is straight-up funk, and "Quaker," arguably their best [...] 03/09/2010 07:59:50pm >>Read More New Gorillaz Video ? Stylo Check out the brand new video from Gorillaz for the song "Stylo" off of Plastic Beach (out this Tuesday) below!flowplayer("player", "http://www.getradiotag.com/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf"); 03/08/2010 03:41:53am >>Read More

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