Altar at The Masquerade
Album 88 is GSU’s student run 100,000 watt college radio station with a long history of showcasing local, underground, and up and coming artists on the FM airwaves for over 50 years. WRAS is a cultural hub in the Atlanta music scene and was pivotal in breaking acts including Outkast, Janelle Monae, and REM. WRASFest is Album 88’s annual benefit concert which showcases the best of the best who have graced our airwaves. WRASFest 2024 is proud to present Sequoyah Murray, Buice, The Difference Machine, Sword II, and keiyaA.
WRASFest
Album 88 is GSU’s student run 100,000 watt college radio station with a long history of showcasing local, underground, and up and coming artists on the FM airwaves for over 50 years. WRAS is a cultural hub in the Atlanta music scene and was pivotal in breaking acts including Outkast, Janelle Monae, and REM. WRASFest…
Read MoreKeiyaA
KeiyaA is a singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in NYC. Raised in Chicago’s South Side, KeiyaA synthesizes her jazz training, R&B sensibilities, and hip-hop upbringing to create new soul sounds inundated with her powerful, sultry voice and dense lyricism. She aims to center the narrative and intellect of the black woman in the late-stage capitalist…
Read MoreSword II
Starting their journey playing DIY and experimental shows across Atlanta, Sword II have built up a sonic arsenal of boundary pushing music and combining it with politically-charged lyrics. Their debut album, Spirit World Tour, was recorded between 2020-2022 at their Lakewood, Atlanta basement studio, which is located a few houses down from The Dungeon, where…
Read MoreThe Difference Machine
There are many planes of consciousness, but in the one that we call the here and the now, The Difference Machine are a psychedelic hip-hop group from Atlanta, Georgia. Since 2011, they’ve been at the vanguard of the city’s underground scene, creating gritty, mind-expanding anthems that explore the unifying lines between conscious rap and abstract…
Read MoreBuice
Buice is an alternative rock band from Atlanta. Inspired by noise rock, no wave, post punk, and post hardcore bands, Hayden Locke brings the energy and heart with his honest and abrasive vocals and thumping bass play, Liam Burns brings a chaotic energy to the drums that is unlike many out there, Ian Valdés supplies brilliant…
Read MoreSequoyah Murray
Atlanta native Sequoyah Murray creates an inventive, boundless form of music which blends elements of Afro-pop, gospel, Tropicália, dream pop, soul, and more. Showcasing his rich, deeply resonant voice and creative, hopeful songwriting, he released his full-length debut, Before You Begin, in 2019. Sequoyah’s follow up LP, Ilgrain, was released in 2023. Murray grew up in…
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