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Title Tracks Live At WAMU
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Thaylobleu Live At WAMU
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More Humans Live At WAMU 88.5
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Laney Jones And The Spirits Live At The Wilderness Bureau
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Mount Moriah Live At The Wilderness Bureau
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Sun Club Live At The Wilderness Bureau
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Watch: Two Inch Astronaut Detonates At WAMU 88.5
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Bayonne Live At The Wilderness Bureau
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Possessed By Paul James Live At WAMU
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Mellow Diamond Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Near and Far
The Wild Reeds: Tiny Desk Concert
Great singers aren’t easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special. The Wild Reeds’ songs are clear and memorable, potent and sometimes delicate, and beautifully performed here.
KCRW Presents: Deerhunter
Watch Bradford Cox’s captivating, unpredictable band play “Breaker” in a rare L.A. studio session.
Once An Outsider, R&B Vocalist Reece Finds Admirers Online
Passion or practicality: It’s a choice faced by many teenagers as high school winds down and the road to adulthood…
T-Pain Is Playing A Concert At NPR — Get Tickets
T-Pain, the patron saint of Auto-Tune, is returning to NPR. The R&B/hip-hop artist is scheduled to perform a “surprise” concert…
Listen To This: New Electronic Music And Synth-Pop Out Of D.C.
Catching up on the newest works from D.C.’s diverse electronic-music landscape. Dawit Eklund, Ouroborous Recommended tracks: “Litchi Juice,” “Lies Are…
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: Tiny Desk Concert
At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff’s body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a slightly more laid-back sound. The resulting songs are served with a warm heart — and suitable for a cold beer.
Three Big Ideas From The Future Of Music Policy Summit
David Combs is an independent musician. Every year, the nonprofit Future of Music Coalition hosts a summit that tackles the…
Listen To The New Album From Logic, Maryland Rapper Gone Big
Wale is not the only famous rapper out of Maryland: Next to him is Logic, the 25-year-old Gaithersburg native who…
More Humans, One Of D.C.’s Best Bands, Has A New Album Called ‘Hot Cloud’
More Humans plays the long game. The D.C.-area indie-rock band doesn’t record, gig or even tweet that much. But over the last…
Rahim AlHaj: Tiny Desk Concert
Though wordless, the Baghdad-born oud player’s music tells powerful stories about the blessedness and fragility of life.
Logic: ‘Do Something For Yourself’
“I’m telling the fans what I’m trying to tell myself because nobody was telling me at the time,” says the rapper, who hails from Maryland.
A Villain From ‘Dexter’ Inspires A New Track From MC Ardamus
In 2010, Fort Totten rapper Ardamus survived a violent robbery. “It was situation where I could have ended up dead,”…
Review: The Max Levine Ensemble, ‘Backlash, Baby’
Eight years after the D.C. trio’s last record, Backlash, Baby is a desperate, full-tilt pop-punk record that’s just trying to make sense of a backwards world.
Review: Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express, ‘Junun’
Radiohead’s guitarist delves deep into the music of northern India alongside Israeli-American singer and composer Shye Ben Tzur and 19 Rajasthani traditional musicians.
D.C. Rock Update: Listen To New Music From Polyon, Swings, Split Seconds
Catching up on the latest tunes from D.C.’s assorted rock scenes. Polyon, Blue EP Recommended track: “Faults” The latest from post-rockers Polyon is…
Fred Armisen To Appear At Red Onion Records In D.C.
This post has been updated. Last month, Portlandia co-creator Fred Armisen reportedly sang the praises of D.C. label Dischord Records during a taping of…
Listen: Youth Brigade Gripes About Late D.C. Club The Bayou
This post has been updated with the song’s lyrics. Back in the toddler years of D.C.’s hardcore scene, Georgetown venue the…
Premiere: New Robotic Psych Rock From Heavy Breathing
Warning: This post contains an NSFW album cover. D.C. space-rock band Heavy Breathing descended from The Apes. That is to…
Six Pics: Deafheaven’s Metallic Shoegaze At Howard Theatre
If you like your metal with a healthy dose of shoegaze, Friday night’s Deafheaven show at D.C.’s historic Howard Theatre…
The Art Of The ‘Clean Version’
When songs have profanity, sex or drug references removed for broadcast, it’s a process known as clean editing — and it can get complicated. Priska Neely spoke with one of the masters of the form.