Some Funky Late-Summer ‘Love’ From GoldLink
Warning: Explicit lyrics. Since a 2014 mixtape and a 2015 album — not to mention a membership in that year’s XXL Freshman…
Joe Warminsky
Bandwidth and WAMU News editor Joe Warminsky has been writing about music since the early '90s. He lives in the heart of D.C.
Articles by Joe Warminsky
15 Recent D.C. Records You Don’t Want To Miss
We’ve never claimed to be all-knowing here at Bandwidth, so forgive us if we occasionally overlook a noteworthy record or…
Premiere: A Deceptively Summery R&B Tale From New D.C. Duo MILK$
Don’t be fooled by the sunny G-funk groove and buttery, Nate Dogg-style chorus of “Wonder Woman,” the debut single by…
Watch: D.C.’s Beautiful Swimmers Get Funky At Europe’s Dekmantel Festival
OUR BOYS! @world.building #beautifulswimmers #DC #dekmantel A video posted by Morgan Tepper ⚔ DJ Lisa Frank (@djlisafrank) on Aug 6,…
!["I would imagine that [Morrissey] had just thrown some gladioli — gladioli was his favorite, favorite, favorite, flower of all time. I'm sure he had just done that. This is an early picture, one of my first pictures, probably from California '85, and I was really quite shy — you can see that I'm really quite behind the monitor. I like the photo because it shows the dynamic between Morrissey — the energy that he's giving to the crowd, and then Johnny [Marr] just being so super-cool."](../../../../wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TheSmiths_p082-083-435x247.jpg)
‘There At A Special Time’ — A D.C. Punk On Her Teen Years Touring With The Smiths
It was 1985. Nalinee Darmrong was 17, and she had just graduated high school. Friends took her to see the legendary English rock band The Smiths at D.C.’s Warner Theatre — and the show literally changed her life.
Story/Stereo Returns, Validating Book Nerds Who Also Love Rock (Or Vice Versa)
For a couple of years at the turn of the decade, the Story/Stereo series paired musicians and writers for concert/readings…
T.J. Lipple, Aloha Member And Music Fixer, On Being The ‘Guy Who Makes The Record’
T.J. Lipple’s impact on D.C.’s rock sound can be measured by a extensive list of album credits stretching back more…
How Punk Legend Kid Congo Powers Found Some Chicano Magic In D.C.
Kid Congo Powers came to D.C. a decade ago as a fully formed underground rock ‘n’ roll hero, so it’s…
D.C. Hardcore Is Funny, Or At Least The Hard Times Thinks So
Any dead-serious subculture becomes ripe for satire at some point, and if the success of The Hard Times is any…
Q-Tip Is Now The Kennedy Center’s Hip-Hop Guy. What Should He Do With That Power?
The most distinguished performing arts venue in Washington, the Kennedy Center, made a grand gesture earlier this month when it…
Maryland’s Nature Boi And Brain Rapp Go Back And Forth On ‘Jada & Styles’
Lox-heads view Jadakiss and Styles P as two of the greatest practitioners of back-and-forth rapping, which is a bit of…
Quieter But Hardly Gentler, D.C.’s Sunwolf Keeps Surprising Itself
Grasping the appeal of Sunwolf songs doesn’t take much effort, but if you spend enough time with the D.C. rock…
Listen To This: New Electronic Music And Synth-Pop Out Of D.C.
Catching up on the newest works from D.C.’s diverse electronic-music landscape. Dawit Eklund, Ouroborous Recommended tracks: “Litchi Juice,” “Lies Are…
Ian Svenonius On Today’s Dubious Rock ‘N’ Roll Icons
Regular readers of Bandwidth.fm should not be unfamiliar with Ian Svenonius, the D.C. punk singer (The Make-Up, Nation Of Ulysses,…
Done Running U Street Music Hall, Will Eastman Rebrands Himself
The most significant thing about “Sugar” by D.C. producer and DJ Will Eastman isn’t the track’s uplifting, well-informed layering of…
DTMD Sees Its Future, But The Maryland Hip-Hop Duo Is Also Willing To ‘Wait’
There was so much enthusiasm beneath DTMD’s 2011 debut album Makin’ Dolllas that it’s hard to believe the Prince George’s…
5 Musical Mobs Recalled By The Cesena, Italy, Video Of The Foo Fighters’ ‘Learn To Fly’
The sights and sounds of 1,000 people in Cesena, Italy, playing “Learn To Fly” by The Foo Fighters might be…
Drone Duo Zomes On Making Music In The Least Stressful Way Possible
On its own, Zomes’ new album, Near Unison, is a thing of undeniable beauty, care and intelligence. Talk to band…
A List Of Cultural References Ian Svenonius Made On ‘The Kojo Nnamdi Show’
WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi Show graciously gave D.C. instigator/autodidact Ian Svenonius an hour of airtime on Thursday to discuss rock…
Beauty Pill’s Chad Clark On His Lyrics: ‘I’m Always Interested In Being Understood’
Beauty Pill’s exuberant and adventurous new album, Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are, fully communicates the D.C. band’s depth…