On October 28, 2024 Tyler the Creator dropped his eighth studio album called “CHROMAKOPIA” featuring fourteen songs with a multitude of guest artists. These songs, as with all of his music, offer a unique unapologetic tone. In my opinion, listening to Tyler the Creators new music solidified the idea for me that his music and his persona has redefined hiphop. 

Tyler the Creator first started out with a group called Odd Future back in 2009 then went into making his own music with his first studio album “Goblin”. In an interview conducted by the podcast Rap Radar in 2023, Tyler the Creator looks back on his debut album stating that although it was not his best work, it was more about the energy being different than what others were doing at the time. 

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - The regular season Sun Belt champion and 10th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers (10-1-6) will welcome the eight-seed Georgia Southern Eagles (6-6-4) in a crucial tournament match. 

MORGANTOWN W.Va - The #16 ranked West Virginia Mountaineers are preparing for their second non-conference matchup of the season against the Niagara Purple Eagles at the West Virginia Coliseum on Saturday Nov. 9, 2024. 

Head Coach Mark Kellogg’s Mountaineers knocked the offseason rust off on Tuesday against the visiting Towson Tigers, getting a 85-41 win to start the season with a 1-0 record. 

The West Virginia Mountaineers (1-0) are set to take on the UMass Minutemen (1-0)  in an early out of conference game on Friday November 8th.

The Mountaineers are looking to continue their success they had on Monday after beating Robert Morris 87-59. Senior Guard Tucker Devries was the catalyst on offense for the Mountaineers scoring 18 points on an efficient 46% shooting percentage. The mountaineers as a team made 14 threes enroute to a convincing victory.

MORGANTOWN W.Va.- The West Virginia Mountaineers are set to do battle against the Colonials of Robert Morris at the West Virginia Colosseum on Monday Nov. 4, 2024. 

The West Virginia men’s basketball team starts a new era in 2024-25 season at home with a new coach at the helm. Darian DeVries was the head coach of the Drake University Bulldogs and brought his talents to WVU after a brief two year coaching skid. DeVries looks to improve the condition of the program after a 9-23 campaign in 2023 headed by Interim Head Coach Josh Eilert.

Welcome, all, to the first edition of “Moose on the Loose!,” a brand new concert review and recap series exclusive to U92 the Moose. In this series, we’ll be delving into the world of shows in and around Morgantown that our staff attends, from local acts in basement shows to big-time bands up in neighboring areas like Wheeling and Pittsburgh. 

Our first entry to this series is the ever-wonderful MJ Lenderman and The Wind, the alt-country act from Asheville, NC playing live from Thunderbird Music Hall in Pittsburgh, PA on the night of October 29th. When Lenderman’s Manning Fireworks Tour was announced in July, it might have been the fastest purchase I have ever made. Not only was this my first opportunity to see him live since becoming a fan, but it was also Lenderman’s first show in Pittsburgh. That’s a recipe for a damn good time, and a damn good time it was.

Morgantown W.Va. – The now ranked seventh-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers (10-1-4) host the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (3-9-2) on the spookiest night of the year.

West Virginia looks to avoid another scare like the one the Dukes of James Madison gave them in their last match where WVU drew 2-2.

Joelle Joanie Siwa of Dance Moms and Nickelodeon brand deal fame wanted 2024 to know that she’s a bad girl now. She ditched the “Boomerang,” JoJo-bow persona, songs under which, for the sake of parents, are THANKFULLY now distinguished on streaming services as “JoJo Siwa (Kids),” for a PG-13 redefinition of her career. Once you see her, it’s easy to see how. She debuted her new look on the iHeartRadio Music Awards red carpet, with her face dripped in black paint and body suit covered in glitter. It looks a little bit like she rolled around in the Nickelodeon slime that made her so famous, but not before slipping in some black dye.

I was wondering how out of all of the esteemed releases of 2024, Siwa’s debut EP Guilty Pleasure did not find its way into the U92 rotation. Was JoJo’s jarring persona actually masking a blossoming career of the next musical icon? As a “glass half full” person, I decided to take a listen to the 12-minute, 5-track EP while disregarding all that the crowd has told me to think about JoJo Siwa.

Morgantown, W. Va. - The sixth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers (9-1-3) host the Georgia State Panthers (3-6-4) in their True Blue game.

The Mountaineers look to continue the momentum from their 1-0 victory against the South Carolina Gamecocks this past Saturday, in which freshman midfielder Isaac Sheer scored his second goal of the season in the 88th minute to secure the win for his side.

Has the monotony of modern music got you down? Are you mad that Jim Morrison never read his poetry during any of The Doors Songs? Do you wish you could have no idea what you’re listening to but still enjoy it nonetheless? Then The New Sound, the first solo album from Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep since the dissolution of the band, might be the album you are looking for. This album may have just hit listeners’ ears two weeks ago, October 4th more specifically, but it didn’t take that long for it to enter my own personal rotation.  

From the opening track “Blues”, the album is swift in showing off its mix progressive, jazz, and Latin rock. The hectic drums swiftly pull the listener into the chaos that they’re soon will be entering by listening to this album. Other standouts include songs like “Holy, Holy”, the first single from this album that was released all the way back in August, right when this album was announced. The guitar comes in swiftly like a bullet, piercing the minds of those who dared to put this track on. Even at six minutes in length, I would attest that this is arguably the most accessible track from this album, even if the spoken lyrics from Geordie Greep are a disorienting experience to acclimate to. However, where you find the most complex track is where you’ll also find the best. I am referring to “The Magician”, a twelve-minute behemoth of an auditory experience. In that time span, the listener gets whisked between triumphant, almost orchestral, sound and contemplative lyrics, crying out to the skies about what is left and where we all end up. A song of the year contender in its own right, what is achieved in only twelve minutes is nothing short of mind boggling.