Featured Videos
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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
Review: Laura Mvula, ‘The Dreaming Room’
On her second full-length album, the soulful and versatile U.K. pop singer tugs at the boundaries of her sound, while also letting in details from her life.
‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot,’ 30 Years Later: Still Viral, But All Grown Up
In the ’80s, if you wanted to capture your friends or yourself being drunk and stupid, you had to work…
First Listen: Kitty Cash, ‘Love The Free Vol. 3’
The Brooklyn DJ’s final installment of her curated mixtape series is a patient journey toward personal excellence, crafted with a steady hand and a discerning ear fixed to the streets.
Premiere: In Luray’s New Video, A Little Girl Finds Friends In Nature
If you translate Albert Camus’ famous “invincible summer” quote into a music video, it would probably look like the new…
How Sean Gray Is Making Concertgoing Less Stressful For People With Disabilities
Sean Gray sees barriers many people do not. Born with cerebral palsy, the Maryland native has been using a walker since he was…
First Listen: Moon Hooch, ‘Red Sky’
No one makes music like Moon Hooch, a muscular trio whose setup typically consists of two saxophones and a drummer. Its third album feels new, vibrant and essential.
First Listen: Brandy Clark, ‘Big Day In A Small Town’
The country singer-songwriter’s second album boasts a big sound. But it keeps beautiful details intact, as Clark speaks for those often pushed aside within traditional storytelling narratives.
First Listen: Diarrhea Planet, ‘Turn To Gold’
With its four guitarists, the band crafts a potent and sometimes ridiculous mix of garage rock, pop punk, metal and even Southern rock.
Review: Eli Paperboy Reed, ‘My Way Home’
The gospel-inspired soul singer has a knack for imbuing narrative tropes with new meaning, transforming them into stories that couldn’t be anyone else’s.
Review: Allen Toussaint, ‘American Tunes’
A posthumous album from the great behind-the-scenes man sets a retrospective, autumnal focus on songs which gave rise to Toussaint and his city — and thus to a bigger American music canon.
More Humans Live At WAMU 88.5
More Humans isn’t the most visible or prolific band in D.C.’s indie-rock community, but when they pop up on the…
Announcing Capital Soundtrack, A New Music Project From WAMU
This summer, WAMU is turning over our airwaves to musicians from D.C., Maryland and Virginia. We’re doing that with a…
First Listen: Fantastic Negrito, ‘The Last Days Of Oakland’
Angry, righteous and redemptive, The Last Days Of Oakland celebrates survival, as Xavier Dphrepaulezz infuses his songs with hard-bitten perspectives on life, love, art, commerce, class and society.
First Listen: Fear Of Men, ‘Fall Forever’
Jessica Weiss exudes ambivalence as a singer, but the arrangements around her billow and bloom. On Fear Of Men’s second album, darkness and light fuse to form multifaceted gems.
Review: William Tyler, ‘Modern Country’
On the guitarist’s new album, Tyler’s instrumentals stretch past the limits of most lyrics and approach a rare sense of mystery.
Review: Robert Ellis, ‘Robert Ellis’
On his fourth solo album, the Americana singer-songwriter considers the tilted fulcrum of a dissolving marriage in order to confront the allure and the cost of restlessness.
Review: Xenia Rubinos, ‘Black Terry Cat’
Rubinos returns fully formed, with her musical vision still finding ways to meld the unexpected, the familiar and, in songs like “Mexican Chef,” the fiercely political.
Jumpsuits, Stunts And Shooters: Inside Maryland’s Almost-Forgotten Show Band Scene
Pete Margus retired in October after 30 years in the wine business. The Takoma Park native lives with his wife…
Fort Reno 2016 Concerts To Return In July
Update, July 5: The Fort Reno concert schedule has been posted on fortreno.com. Update, July 5: The first Fort Reno show…
First Listen: iLe, ‘iLevitable’
Ileana Cabra Joglar came of age onstage, performing with her older brothers in Calle 13. Now, she emerges from their shadow with her solo debut, a collection of classic sounds.