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Title Tracks Live At WAMU
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Near and Far
First Listen: Carrie Rodriguez, ‘Lola’
The veteran singer and fiddler combines seemingly disparate influences into a single, gloriously cohesive Spanglish statement.
First Listen: Wolfmother, ‘Victorious’
Just as an arena is built to hold anyone and everyone, Wolfmother’s arena-rock is designed to contain everything that inspires it.
Review: Prins Thomas, ‘Principe Del Norte’
These nine pieces expand to nearly 100 minutes of “cosmic disco” music, soundtracking a voyage into the deepest spaces of the mind.
Review: Africaine 808, ‘Basar’
The Berlin duo’s club music transcends dance-floor stereotypes through extreme juxtapositions, while drawing its power from a TR 808 drum machine and a world of sound.
Review: BJ The Chicago Kid, ‘In My Mind’
The Windy City soul man has established himself as a supreme collaborator; his Motown debut features guest spots from Kendrick Lamar and Chance The Rapper.
Review: Birds Of Chicago, ‘Real Midnight’
J.T. Nero and Allison Russell like to describe the music they make as “secular gospel.” Their new album together is full of nostalgia, farewells and looming finales.
KEXP Presents: Ty Segall
Watch Segall shred through “Emotional Mugger/Leopard Priestess,” complete with creepy props.
The 9:30 Club Is Making A TV Show
This story has been updated. After recently hosting an exhibit and publishing a book, D.C.’s 9:30 Club is trying on…
Premiere: A Stark Video From The Jarvik 6, Spawn Of More Humans And The Caribbean
Matt Byars can’t stand making videos. “I hate editing video,” says the musician, who plays drums in D.C. band The Caribbean. “It…
Car Seat Headrest: Tiny Desk Concert
Will Toledo is a wordsmith with a vision, wrapping his faults and frailties in a DIY sound that’s still finely crafted. Watch him perform three songs in the NPR Music offices.
KCRW Presents: Savages
Watch the British post-punk band perform “Adore” live on Morning Becomes Eclectic.
First Listen: Rokia Traoré, ‘Né So’
The Malian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist returns with a gorgeous album focused on the idea of home.
First Listen: The Suffers, ‘The Suffers’
The Houston band’s sound is steeped in what it calls “Gulf Coast Soul,” but it also channels ska, Southern hip-hop, classic soul, rock ‘n’ roll and especially reggae.
Broccoli City Fest Announces Big 2016 Lineup
The smoothie enthusiasts of L.A. “organic lifestyle” group Broccoli City brought their first music festival to D.C. in 2013. It…
On ‘Personal Life,’ Two Inch Astronaut Delivers Explosive Songs About The Mundane
Maryland rock group Two Inch Astronaut has been around since 2009, but it’s taken seven years for the group to…
Investigation: Are D.C. Audiences More ‘Subdued’ Than Others?
WAMU 88.5’s new “What’s With Washington?” project investigates the cultural quirks and mysteries of Maryland, Virginia and D.C. by exploring…
Artists Pack D.C. Hearing To Protest The Demise Of Union Arts
With another D.C. arts facility losing the battle against gentrification, about 100 artists packed a hearing Monday night to protest its…
Bayonne Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Austin-based minimalist electronic composer Roger Sellers, aka Bayonne, has drawn comparisons to pop experimentalists Panda Bear, Atlas Sound and Caribou….
How Hardway Connection Found Fame In A Scene It Had Never Heard Of
Tune into WPFW 89.3 Saturday afternoons, and you’re bound to hear Hardway Connection. The Maryland combo wrote the upbeat earworm “Southern…
Experience The Stoner Nerdery Of Hip-Hop Oddballs The Rope Goat Clan
When high art and trashy pop culture meet, absurd things tend to crop up — like the Rope Goat Clan….