Songwriters Spotlight
Hosts Rafael Cruvinel and Lauren Canavan are joined by Associate Editor Sammie Aguirre to talk about the songwriters behind some of your favorite hits.
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Explore "press play" with insightful episodes like "Songwriters Spotlight", "A Conversation with a Music Therapist", "Artists Who Died Too Soon", "10 million dollar cards, and fantasy football picks." and "Fake Signatures and Pop or Drop" from podcasts like ""Press Play", "Press Play", "Press Play", "Ball Card Show" and "Ball Card Show"" and more!
Episodes (35)
A Conversation with a Music Therapist
Hosts Rafael Cruvinel and Lauren Canavan talk to Alexandra Bie, a board-certified music therapist at Stony Brook Hospital. They talk about her daily pursuit to bring music to those of all backgrounds and health conditions, and the role that music therapy plays in society.
Artists Who Died Too Soon
Hosts Rafael Cruvinel and Lauren Canavan are joined by Jane Montalto and Dmitry Khrabrov to talk about artists who died too soon and the impact that their careers and deaths had on the music industry. This warning: this episode mentions suicide, drug and alcohol abuse and death.
10 million dollar cards, and fantasy football picks.
Mantle SGC 9.5 about to make 10 milllion!
Fantasy Football Picks
Trouble for BBCE again with a tampered box?
Fake Signatures and Pop or Drop
Difinitive debacle, pop or drop, MLB all star game take, and prospecting update.
Our Favorite Study Music
Hosts Rafael Cruvinel and Lauren Canavan join editors Sammie Aguirre, Josh Joseph, Dylan Gallo and Jane Montalto to discuss our study listening habits — lo-fi compilations, Nintendo soundtracks, film scores and more!
Our Best of 2021
Listen along with us as Press and WUSB staff share some of their favorite releases from last year, hosted by music editors Rafael Cruvinel and Lauren Canavan. Guests include Ben Zimmer, Nick Lyons, Ashton Arbus, Matt Hono, Antonio Mochmann, Dylan Gallo and Jayden Feisthamel.
Promo Copy: Joey Skidmore, Liquid Lobster, et al.
On this special edition of Press Play, hosts Josh Joseph and Keating Zelenke explore the CDs in our archive, playing songs from Joey Skidmore, Liquid Lobster, The Locust, Moth Music and more.
Concert Memories and Moral Panics!
We're still alive! Editors Sarah Beckford, Josh Joseph, Emily Scott and Julio Taku sit down over Zoom to chat about pre-pandemic concert memories, virtual events, secret conservatives, and more. Enjoy and stay safe!
Talking Euphoria and More with Jen Malone
Press Play is back! A couple months ago, executive editor Deanna Albohn and music editor Sarah Beckford sat down (virtually) with Jen Malone, the music supervisor for shows like Euphoria, Atlanta and Umbrella Academy. She talks about her job as a music supervisor, the decisions behind Euphoria's soundtrack, and how she discovers new songs for shows.
Episode 25 - The best of Pop Punk, the worst of Pop Punk
In this episode, the ladies of Press Play got together (socially distanced, of course) to talk about the golden era of pop punk.
Press Play - Quarantining with Jes Skolnik
Did you wash your hands enough today? No? That's what we thought. First, wash them. Second, listen to us speak with activist and senior editor at Bandcamp Jes Skolnik about how the music industry is doing during the coronavirus pandemic, what Bandcamp and other services are doing to help and the content that's getting us through this rough patch.
Press Play - Social Distancing with Josh Feola
Sorry for the break. We've been busy washing our hands and crying. In this episode, we speak with Josh Feola (RADII, Dazed, Bandcamp Daily, VICE) on the online raves and concerts popping up in China during the coronavirus pandemic, his work covering Shanghai's underground scene and being quarantined for weeks on end.
Donate to WHO's COVID-19 response fund: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/donate
Check out Josh's playlist series: https://a.currents.fm/current/4kKdDTNnAY4ThI0Snpwe
Press Play - Best Albums of the Decade (2010s) Pt. 2
We finish up the second half of our 40 best albums of the decade with this episode.
Listen to part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rjSkjZvNv92N9omYB4UQZ
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/press-play-best-albums-of-the-decade-2010s-pt-1/id1480048115?i=1000458208962
Our Best of the Decade Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DFXFb3RQvrI07EiRTekJb
Press Play - Best Albums of the Decade (2010s) Pt. 1
In a little over a month, the 2010s will be officially over. We decided to choose what we think are the best albums that came out during this very long decade. Here's part 1 going over the first 20.
Our Best of the Decade Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DFXFb3RQvrI07EiRTekJb
Press Play - Making Moves with Michelle Kim
Michelle Kim (Them., FADER, Pitchfork and others) joins us over the phone to talk about her experience at Frank Ocean's PreP Queer Club night, LGBTQ artists balancing their identities and the need for alternative voices in media.
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Songs featured (in order):
Frank Ocean - DHL
King Princess - Cheap Queen
Press Play - Throwbacks with Beverly Bryan
We talked with Beverly Bryan, a former Stony Brook Press alumni, and Stony Brook '03 graduate who spent a decade as a music journalist writing for places like Vice, Village Voice, Remezcla, Rolling Stone and more. We take a look back at her college years and Press memories while also going over the ins and outs of "the industry."
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Catch us at the RAICES Dance Party in BK on the 26th: https://www.facebook.com/events/722431314887965/
Songs featured(in order):
Emicida - Pantera Negra
Vivian Girls - Memory
Episode 18 - Snitching, Scamming and Skin Care
We discuss the hurricane that is the Tekashi69 trial, the rise of scam rap and give valuable advice on personal hygiene.
Songs featured (in order):
JPEGMAFIA - Beta Male Strategies
Lucky Daye - Roll Some Mo
Episode 17 - Songs of the Summer 2019
And we are back. New semester, new sound and some new voices. The new and improved Press play crew give us the songs that defined their summer and their takes on the latest releases from Post Malone and company.
Songs featured (in order):
George Benson - Give Me the Night
joji - Sanctuary
Clairo - Bags
Episode 16 - Rap Beefs and Award Shows
This week's episode was a bit of a mixed bag. We talked about the wave of new music that came out last weekend including Earl Sweatshirt, Meek Mill. We also touched on the relevance of music awards and how our year-end favorites are stacking up.