In the fall of 2002, early in his freshman year at Connecticut’s Wesleyan University, Simon O’Connor was walking through the quad, “talking to a girl or something,” he recalls. “And I just happened to ...

Every Tuesday, FADER deputy editor Eric Ducker gets on instant messenger and "discusses" a subject that's been on his mind with another member of our staff or a special guest. While Vampire Weekend ...

If you’re even a casual MGMT fan, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the lore about their hit single “Kids,” that they wrote it as students at Wesleyan University and considered it kind of a joke song ...

Wesleyan University’s finest MGMT may finally be ready to release some new music. Andrew VanWyngarden, one-half of the ever-inventive synth-pop duo, popped by the MGMT subreddit yesterday to share a ...

With a student population of just 2,870, Wesleyan University’s talent pool may be tiny, but in recent years the school has nurtured some of the biggest names in hip-hop and indie music. Members of ...