Video Premiere: Pop Punks American Television Are Relentlessly Posi In ‘Optimist’
Basically, there are two ways to understand what Northern Virginia band American Television is all about. You can listen to…
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Welp, That’s Over: Makeshift Shelters Has Broken Up
“We’re breaking up because whatever.” And with that explanation from Makeshift Shelters bassist Phil Edfors, one of D.C.’s most promising…
Premiere: A New Song From Makeshift Shelters, ‘Grayest Places’
Bandwidth has published a lot of words about D.C. indie-punk quartet Makeshift Shelters recently, and for good reason. On the…
Premiere: New Music From Some Excellent D.C. Noise-Pop Bands
This Sunday night, a reasonable $15 will get you into U Street Music Hall to watch a faction of D.C.’s increasingly impressive…
Makeshift Shelters Could Be D.C.’s Biggest New Band — As Long As It Stays In D.C.
About a minute into “Lighter Fluid,” the first song on Makeshift Shelters’ new EP Overflowing, the band’s punk roots reveal…
Flower Power: How GIVE Is Planting New Seeds In D.C.’s Hardcore Scene
As the sun dipped behind the Fort Reno towers on a July evening, John Scharbach pounced around the grass, jumping…
Track Work: Joy Buttons, ‘Other’
In Ryan McLaughlin’s eyes, Joy Buttons hasn’t changed dramatically over the last two years. The frenetic D.C. punk band still…
Sem Hastro: D.C. Hardcore, Straight Out Of São Paulo
Two weeks ago, the catalyst behind one of D.C.’s most arresting new hardcore bands boarded a plane and flew 4,739…
Want To Play D.C.’s Newest DIY Festival? Take A Number
Late Tuesday night, organizers of this summer’s ambitious In It Together Fest huddled at DIY space Hole In The Sky…
Track Work: The Sea Life, ‘Prozac And Merlot’
Even for a band that trafficks in dream pop, The Sea Life’s new heavy-lidded single “Prozac and Merlot” sounds especially…
D.C. Hardcore Is On The Rise Again, With An Assist From Chris Moore
It’s a Saturday afternoon, midway through an eight-hour-day of punk bands taking their turns on the stage at St. Stephen…
A Brief Introduction To D.C.’s Garage-Rock Scene
For years, a kind of garage-rock revival has taken place in D.C.’s rock scene, but it’s gone on somewhat under…
D.C. DIY Space Dougout Goes (Somewhat) Professional
For two years, shows at D.C. house venue Dougout have been as straightforward as they can be for a DIY…