stay silent FM, Episode 5

Archive of stay silent FM, Episode 5

We air weekly on Tuesdays from 2-4PM EST on 101.1 FM WBRU in Providence, RI (WBRU.com)

On this episode, Sabrina and WHERE's NASTY play a variety of new music + feel good jams, talk the growth of Tyler, The Creator, debate if Frank Ocean is overrated, why they haven't had any performances at DAY TRILL, is student loan debt worth it + more

This week's New England music spotlight featured Lily Rayne, Big Leano, Vintage Lee, WHYTRI + Yami.

DJ set by WHERE'S NASTY

Stream all of the songs played on this episode via our stay silent FM playlist on Apple Music + Spotify.

Casubody Sound Playlsit / May Updates

Taking it from the corners of Main St in Pawtucket to a Sigui Sabura party in Cape Verde. We updated our Casubody Sound playlist with new Kizomba + Afrobeat jams. There's some classics in there too.

Listen + follow the Casubody Sound playlist on Apple Music + Spotify 

LuvUBetter May 2019 Recap

Supposedly this is the time of the year where things get spooky in your relationship resulting in you being single for the summer. We can pretend or we can be summer loves, it’s your call. Hopefully whoever you met at our Valentine’s Day edition is still going to link with you for sushi at some point.

Just some thoughts.

Photos by Bilindoff

stay silent FM, Episode 4

On this episode, Sabrina and WHERE's NASTY play some new music you should be listening to, talk "what the hell is the Met Gala?," Rihanna's new fashion house, the Kanye/Roc-A-Fella tree, 2019 festival season, that dumb thing someone asked the DJ at a party + more.

This week's New England music spotlight featured Nino Francis, Jefe Replay, Deon Chase, Jon Hope + Michael Christmas.

DJ set by WHERE'S NASTY

Stream all of the songs played on this episode via our stay silent FM playlist on Apple Music + Spotify.

Eggs Over May 2019 Recap

May weather has been playing with us but the Saturday of Eggs Over was an indication of how y’all start to act when the sun comes out. The real winners are the people who come for the first seating, eat brunch and party for the rest of it.

Another observation. ‘Act Up’ by City Girls + champagne consumption = 2019 summer brunch energy.

Photos by Malakhai Pearson

Luv U Better Playlist / May Updates

It’s always fire when you come across an old R&B song you haven’t heard in a while. Being caught by surprise in that way brings back so many memories. The song that did that for us this month was Marques Houston’s ‘All Because of You.’ We’ve updated the LuvUBetter playlist with May updates. Stream and subscribe now via Apple Music + Spotify

stay silent FM, Episode 3

On this episode, Sabrina and WHERE's NASTY play music they're currently listening to, talk the deaths + parallels of Nipsey Hussle/John Singleton, the pain of missing Jay-Z's b-sides concert, recap last weekend's Eggs Over brunch at Troop, the upcoming LuvUBetter, the patience you need for thrifting + more.

This week's New England music spotlight featured Israel Wusu, Cam Bells, Cousin Stizz, Dee Gomes/Lily Rayne, Khary + Latrell James.

DJ set by WHERE'S NASTY

Stream all of the songs played on this episode via our stay silent FM playlist on Apple Music + Spotify.

Extra April 2019 Recap

We took over the lobby of the Columbus Theatre. Some of y’all came three piece suited, some of y’all came tracksuit cozy. Still mindblown at the ‘Drive Slow’ edit that Wattz played.

Portraits by part-time lover, Rico K

The Shack 2019 Events Season

Since the fall of 2017, we’ve partnered with the Providence Innovation and Design District to produce free events at The Shack. In 2018 throughout the summer and fall season, we were able to have DJ sets every Friday and Saturday, Cozy Theatre - a weekly outdoor movie night, and partner with organizations in the community.

May 3rd, begins the the 2019 events season at The Shack. We will be having 22 weeks straight of free events ranging from kickbacks featuring some our favorite DJs in the region, monthly movie nights, and continuing to partner with organizations in the community.

Every month, we will release a calendar of events via The Shack’s Instagram and Facebook.

Nino Francis - 'Vibes' (Music Video)

Nino didn’t in fact sing about catching these hands, he sang about vibes [sorry - inside joke]

‘Vibes’ has been in heavy rotation since last summer and it’s great to see it finally have a visual. We threw a party, that shit was fun, here you have the ‘Vibes’ video, directed by our own WHERE’S NASTY.

CRIB Boston April 2019 Recap

In April, we took over both floors of Good Life for CRIB, a party we like to call a double decker ting aka two of our parties in one building on the same night. So much love to our guest DJs, Slick Vick + Towfu for keeping the R&B energy proper in the basement.

Boston always shows out in a major way. It’s also incredible to see how much RI family pulls up too.

We’ll be back in Boston in July but sure we’ll catch y’all at the Wave or an All You Can Eat function before then.

Photos by Bilindoff

Luv U Better April 2019 Recap

Smiling beautiful people! One thing that brings joy to us is looking back at photos after events and appreciating y’all. For our April installment of Luv U Better, we had the Boston family, DJ Real P, come and steer the ship. Staying true to the mood he set with his selections for his updates to this month’s Luv U Better playlist, P gave us a little bit of everything.

Thank you to our team for holding things down in the super clutch. Dip was on the lollipops this month, Rae + Humberto the dynamic duo as always, Tee, Mona + Erinn on the floor <3

Photos by Bilindoff

Cam Bells f/ Avenue - "Other Side" (Music Video)

We love when family links up. On the anniversary of Cam’s Young King, Old Soul, he releases a visual for Other Side featuring Mass Ave’s finest, Avenue. It’s always dope to see these two connect and how far they’ve both come since being headliners of our first HOMEGROWN in 2013 at Fete. WAY BACK!

Business of Art Panel at Bryant University

We partnered with Bryant University’s Student Programming Board + the PwC Center for Diversity and Inclusion to present the Business of Art Panel. Our goal was to show college students and our peers in the New England creative community examples of people working in the music industry who used their time and opportunities in college to transition to working full time in the music industry.

For our conversation, we had the hometown family Max October (Spotify, Senior Hip Hop Editor), Ramya Velury (Artist Manager, EQT), moderated by music journalist, Emmanuel Maduakolam. It was dope to see their willingness to share their experiences and knowledge with the next generation of creatives who aspire to work in the music and entertainment industry.

Photos by Malakhai Pearson

Luv U Better Playlist / April Updates

Every month on the week of Luv U Better we update our playlist to give y'all something to vibe before the party. For our April update, we let this month's guest, DJ Real P, takeover the playlist. He provided us with grooves, jams, b-sides and classics. Listen now on Apple Music + Spotify

Bounce House March 2019 Recap

It feels like forever since our last Bounce House. For the first one of 2019, we took the energy to the basement of 121 Washington Street in Downtown Providence. We legit haven’t been to a party down there since we linked up with the Music Please for our spread love party a few years ago.

WHERE’S NASTY and Beato played b2b while y’all resurrected one of our favorite places + parties. Above are a few beautiful faces captured by Bilindoff

Bounce House will be back soon. We promise.

AIR MAX EVE 2019 Recap

Over the past few years, the sneaker community worldwide has been celebrating 3/26 as Air Max Day. After attending events to celebrate over the last few years, we wanted to bring something back home to add to the festivities. ⁣ This year, on March 25th, we decided to celebrate AIR MAX EVE, with a link-up at Machines With Magnets and the release of a commemorative zine featuring some Air Max stories from some friends of ours.

Above are some the kicks people wore to the festivities, captured on film by Ally Thatcher.

That Bounce Playlist / March Updates

If we could put all of the energy of Bounce House into one playlist, it’d be That Bounce. Some new stuff we’re listening to, some staples, and just songs you should know before the party on Saturday. Stream + follow our playlists now via Apple Music + Spotify.

¡Activo! Playlist / March Updates

Monday is here and we’re still thinking about the function on Friday. Norlan + Coro King had it feeling like a hookie (you were a bad kid if you went to one!). Shout to Jota for blessing us with the latest updates to the ¡Activo! playlist. Stream now on Apple Music + Spotify.

Luv U Better March 2019 Recap

Not gonna lie, going into this night we were a little stressed. Jay’s (yep! WHERE’S NASTY) iTunes library erased earlier in the day. Leading up into the set up of the party he was trying to recover it so we called upon our family Beato to come set things off while we got that figured out. Like a miracle, a few minutes into the party starting Jay was able to recover his ALL of his music.

In the midst of some nervousness, we got a pop-up Beato DJ set, a reason to drink a daiquiri or two and our March dosage our R&B flavor.

Photos by Bilindoff