Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news.
Jack On Fire says anti-pot congressman Andy Harris should chill out and smoke a doobie. [Arts Desk]
D.C.’s annual punkpalooza Damaged City Fest announces its initial 2015 lineup. [Noisey]
Diamond District drops another track from its forthcoming remix album. [2DopeBoyz]
Local label Peoples Potential Unlimited is getting ready to release an intriguing analogue synth “mini-LP” from Moon B. [Fact]
Eric Brady talks about running D.C.’s Windian Records in the wake of Travis Jackson’s death. [Razorcake]
Dave Grohl made a demo in 1992, and this is what it sounds like. [Consequence of Sound]
Photographer Jim Saah talks about his now-classic 1980s harDCore photos. [Vice]
Ex-D.C. electronic duo Nadastrom has a new album on the way. [Fact]
Ricky Eat Acid: “I think ‘trippy’ is definitely something I’ll be saddled with forever, purely from the name.” [D.C. Music Download]
Young Rapids talks about breaking up, then un-breaking up. [Brightest Young Things]
Pitchfork gives the new mixtape from D.C. rapper Shy Glizzy a respectable 7.5 rating. [Pitchfork]
… and in this interview with Bandwidth contributor Briana Younger, the Streets’ Hottest Youngin talks about police, fame and being “awwsome.” [Fader]
D.C. guitar wizard Anthony Pirog has a new music video. [D.C. Music Download]
Buffalo/D.C. band Lemuria collaborates with artist/zinester Mitch Clem on a comic. [Noisey]
Bluebrain is back. [D.C. Music Download]
If you care about the Grammys, well, here’s the full list of nominees. [Billboard]
Year-end music lists, rounded up: The best music of the year, according to NPR, Consequence of Sound, A.V. Club, The Guardian, Spin, AdHoc, XLR8R, Fact, Fader, and Tabs Out.
On Bandwidth: Strathmore’s new music venue, AMP, announces its first shows; Visto premieres a Burning Manesque video; Sun Machines talk to us about why space exploration is dumb; Punk the Capital hosts a preview screening; Paperhaus plots a Kraftwerk cover show.