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MacKenzie Reagan

MacKenzie Reagan is a freelance writer and D.C.-area native. She's written about music, culture and radioactive buildings. She's 5 feet and 3 inches, thanks for asking.

Articles by MacKenzie Reagan

Stronger Sex is Johnny Fantastic, left, and Leah Gage.

‘Dating’ In D.C. — For The Band Stronger Sex, It Makes For A Good Song, At Least

Johnny Fantastic is bored with dating. “Dating/In this city of ours/Oh what a waste of time/Oh it’s the blind leading…

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Playing early American music requires a sense of "what people were thinking and choosing and wrestling with," says Bumper Jacksons' Jess Eliot Myhre.

D.C.’s Bumper Jacksons, Looking For ‘Seamlessness’ Across Decades Of American Sounds

Any band that plays old-timey sounds — blues, country, Western swing, jug-band, Dixieland, bluegrass, Cajun, and so on — has…

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summer 2016

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…

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Metal, machines, music: BADTHRVW's setup includes a sampler, a synthesizer and homemade digital noisemakers.

Cosmic Unease And Strange Sensations From Maryland’s BADTHRVW

Have you ever had the sinking suspicion that perhaps we’re living in a computer simulation? That’s exactly the kind of unnerving existential reckoning Bethesda’s BADTHRVW (pronounced “bad throw”) is trying to induce.

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Broken up: Color Palette's frontman has a knack for writing about failed relationships.

D.C.’s Color Palette Bears A Darkened Heart On ’80s-Indebted Album

It’s easy to compare Color Palette to bands like the Cure and the Smiths, and many listeners already have. The…

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Cellist Wytold teaches music workshops for soldiers at Walter Reed military hospital in D.C. He says the experience has changed his approach to music.
December 16, 2016

Working With Soldiers At Walter Reed, Cellist Finds A New Creative Path

Oddisee's new album, The Iceberg, comes out Feb. 24.
December 15, 2016

Songs We Love: Oddisee, ‘Things’

Maryland hip-hop artists Brain Rapp, Nature Boi and Ezko make up the collective Dope Music Village.
December 13, 2016

To These Maryland Rappers, ‘DMV’ Stands For ‘Dope Music Village’

D.C. label Verses Records says its newest release, a compilation called "Code Red," will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union.
December 7, 2016

In Wake Of Trump Election, Verses Records Rallies 40 Bands To Benefit ACLU

The latest tune from D.C. indie-rock band Brushes is "about the tension we feel between Venus and Mars within ourselves," says leader Nick Anway (left).
November 28, 2016

Premiere: On ‘Mars And Me,’ D.C.’s Brushes Come From Mars And Venus

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A digital project by WAMU 88.5, D.C.’s leading public radio station for NPR news and information, Bandwidth covered the varied landscape of the region’s music scene. Read More →

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