Building A Weird ‘Hospital’ With Virginia’s Timmy Sells His Soul
Daniel Euphrat had one driving notion behind the new album for his solo project, Timmy Sells His Soul: “Start off…
Alison Baitz
Alison Baitz is a freelance writer and zinemaker based in the Baltimore/D.C. area.
Articles by Alison Baitz
Sun Machines Are Back With An Interstellar Tale That Any Teleworker Can Relate To
Greg Gendron is no stranger to feeling like a kind of isolated, home-sick astronaut. He’s been a submariner with the Navy; he also spent a good five years in a foreign land — Japan. So it probably makes perfect sense that his duo, Sun Machines, revolves around the concept of space travel, in all its excitement and weirdness.
Premiere: Boon’s Biggest ‘Hunger’ Yet
Boon’s latest track is actually the D.C. band’s oldest. Brendan Principato wrote “Hunger” during his 2014 summer break from college,…
Fields Festival Is Back, With ‘Arts Everywhere’ At A Maryland State Park
The genesis of the Fields Festival was one part accidental, one part deliberate. Amanda Schmidt got an email from a…
Snail Mail’s 17-Year-Old Frontwoman Quickly Delivers An EP
Snail Mail’s sound may draw from a decades-old tradition of low-fi rock, but don’t assume the band’s name expresses yearning…
D.C. Label DZ Tapes Is Now Five Years Old — Wizened By DIY Standards
Brett Isaacoff holds the secret to keeping something going for five years without burning out: relax. That could be the…
Premiere: June Gloom Calls Out Internet Fakery On ‘URL’
These days, it’s normal for people to carefully craft flattering online personae that share no characteristics with their in-person selves….
Premiere: In Luray’s New Video, A Little Girl Finds Friends In Nature
If you translate Albert Camus’ famous “invincible summer” quote into a music video, it would probably look like the new…
To Be Clear: Flasher Is Not An English Band From 1979
At the rate that D.C. DIY bands form and split, one could be forgiven for not keeping up. So if you’re not hip…
Premiere: Dream-Pop Band Citrine Loses Its Religion On ‘This Fabric’
Growing up in a Christian household, Kelci Smith listened to a lot of religious music. “My parents are super conservative…
Sistr Mid9ight Crafts An Anthem For The Feminine Male
Jason Barnes likes to play with the boundaries between “male” and “female.” He wears mostly women’s clothing. He relishes androgyny….
On ‘Personal Life,’ Two Inch Astronaut Delivers Explosive Songs About The Mundane
Maryland rock group Two Inch Astronaut has been around since 2009, but it’s taken seven years for the group to…
No More Hiding Behind The Drum Kit: Laurie Spector Goes Solo As Hothead
Laurie Spector isn’t new to D.C.’s punk-rock scene. She’s made noise with garage kids Foul Swoops, joker punks Dudes, the scrappy…
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Premiere: The Confrontational New Album From D.C. Electropunks Jack On Fire
The members of Jack on Fire may be D.C.’s most overt provocateurs. Locally infamous thanks to “Burn Down the Brixton”…
Mistakes, Feelings And A Lot Of Hash: The Stuff Witch Coast Is Made Of
D.C. group Witch Coast arose from a haze of marijuana smoke and feelings. “Jon [Weiss] and Kevin [Sottek] were sad…
Shoegazers Big Hush Get Meaner On New EP ‘Who’s Smoking Your Spirit?’
This post has been updated. Inspired by Sylvia Plath, Big Hush is both an oxymoronic and perfect moniker for the…
D.C.’s Music Scene Now Has Its Very Own Chili Cookbook
D.C.’s newest cookbook has one seemingly high-maintenance rock star to thank for its conception: Jack White. When White’s tour rider…
Teen Mom On Its Final Show — And That Controversial Name
Teen Mom doesn’t have much time to overthink its final days as a band. Guitarist and vocalist Chris Kelly is getting…
D.C. Punk Band Hemlines: ‘When You Get On A Stage, That’s A Feminist Act Alone’
The origin story of D.C. punk band Hemlines is straightforward: Two musicians aspired to start a feminist band. So they…
‘Strawberry Dreams’ Is A New Feminist Punk Zine Out Of D.C.
When Paula Martinez and John Scharbach first told Farrah Skeiky about Strawberry Dreams — their idea for a free zine…