Rare Essence Will Be The First Go-Go Band To Play SXSW. Could It Mean Another Shot At Fame?
This month, thousands of bands, industry execs and people with the word “guru” in their Twitter bios are descending upon…
Maxwell Tani
Maxwell is a freelance writer living in D.C. He's the former general manager of American University's student-run radio station, WVAU.
Articles by Maxwell Tani
Did Led Zeppelin Play A Maryland Youth Center In 1969? Jeff Krulik Thinks So
Long before Led Zeppelin was riding motorcycles through hotel rooms and clothing middle schoolers everywhere, the band played a show…
D.C. Band Paperhaus Plots An Ambitious Kraftwerk Cover Show
Washington D.C. is a little like West Germany in the 1970s: We’ve got beer gardens, Olympic ambitions and pretty decent…
Could Bombay Knox Give D.C. Hip-Hop The Boost It Needs?
On a narrow road off Rhode Island Avenue in Hyattsville, Maryland, a plain, squat building sits nestled in a grubby…
How Two Art Spaces Have Survived In Gentrifying D.C.
On May 21, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library hosted “District Of Change: Making D.C. Better For the Arts,”…
To Run A House Venue In Edgewood, Speak Softly And Carry A Big Batch Of Cookies
It’s 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday, and Virginia garage-rock band Passing Phases has just finished its last song at Ft….