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Near and Far
First Listen: Teenage Fanclub, ‘Here’
Poignant and bittersweet, the Scottish pop band’s 10th album captures the way things slip away — and are clutched tighter as a result.
First Listen: Adam Torres, ‘Pearls To Swine’
After a long layoff, the Austin musician returns with a collection of intimate, personal songs, recorded with hometown musicians Thor Harris, Aisha Burns and others.
First Listen: St. Paul & The Broken Bones, ‘Sea Of Noise’
Sea Of Noise lifts this Alabama eight-piece from its spot as the nation’s best young party band into headier and more exciting territory, where insights matter more than mere imitation.
Review: Gaby Moreno, ‘Ilusión’
The boundary-smashing singer returns with a “Spanglish folk-soul” album about love, violence against women, and the immigrant experience.
Review: Okkervil River, ‘Away’
Away is a rebuilding-yourself-from-the-ground-up kind of record, and singer-songwriter Will Sheff uses the occasion to take his time and let his songs breathe.
Premiere: Boon’s Biggest ‘Hunger’ Yet
Boon’s latest track is actually the D.C. band’s oldest. Brendan Principato wrote “Hunger” during his 2014 summer break from college,…
DJ Ayes Cold Talks About Empathy Behind The Decks, And Being A ‘Brown Woman Doing Music’
After working for a nonprofit in D.C., Ayesha Chugh left her desk job to hit the decks, finding her place…
Some Funky Late-Summer ‘Love’ From GoldLink
Warning: Explicit lyrics. Since a 2014 mixtape and a 2015 album — not to mention a membership in that year’s XXL Freshman…
Review: James Vincent McMorrow, ‘We Move’
A dewy Irishman with a falsetto-flecked voice, McMorrow gives himself an impressive makeover on a stylistically adventurous new album.
Review: Y La Bamba, ‘Ojos Del Sol’
On the band’s new album, Luz Elena Mendoza’s voice is fully enmeshed in the arrangements, which gives her bicultural storytelling an almost otherworldly feel.
Review: Eluvium, ‘False Readings On’
On its new album, Matthew Cooper’s ambient-music project suggests that noise and beauty are interdependent, making room for celestial voices and jet-engine roars alike.
Review: The Frightnrs, ‘Nothing More To Say’
Singer Dan Klein died of ALS earlier this summer, but at least his rocksteady band was able to see its collective vision through on this one sublime album.
Simple Idea, Spooky Result: Latin American Ballads Get A Ghostly Makeover
Frankie Reyes is a Los Angeles-based artist who remakes classic Mexican and other Spanish-language ballads and waltzes using a vintage synthesizer. His new album is called Boleros Valses y Mas.
Photos: 2016 Fields Festival
Scenes from the 2016 Fields Festival at Susquehanna State Park near Darlington, Maryland: Prince Rama: Dan Deacon Ensemble: Abdu Ali…
15 Recent D.C. Records You Don’t Want To Miss
We’ve never claimed to be all-knowing here at Bandwidth, so forgive us if we occasionally overlook a noteworthy record or…
Fields Festival Is Back, With ‘Arts Everywhere’ At A Maryland State Park
The genesis of the Fields Festival was one part accidental, one part deliberate. Amanda Schmidt got an email from a…
Premiere: A Deceptively Summery R&B Tale From New D.C. Duo MILK$
Don’t be fooled by the sunny G-funk groove and buttery, Nate Dogg-style chorus of “Wonder Woman,” the debut single by…
First Listen: Exploded View, ‘Exploded View’
A breathy voice floats over insistent beats in a mesmerizng collection of first takes. Singer Anika asks, “Can’t you let me fly far and wide / Up to where I can reach the sky?”
Review: Lydia Loveless, ‘Real’
The country-punk singer-songwriter explores complex emotions with a newfound refinement. “If self-control is what you want,” she sings, “I’d have to break all of my fingers off.”
Review: John Paul White, ‘Beulah’
A member of the beloved and now defunct duo The Civil Wars delivers on the long-held promise of a solo album — a wise, entrancing and meticulous bit of Southern folk.