No More Hiding Behind The Drum Kit: Laurie Spector Goes Solo As Hothead
Laurie Spector isn’t new to D.C.’s punk-rock scene. She’s made noise with garage kids Foul Swoops, joker punks Dudes, the scrappy…
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For Banned Books Week, A Playlist Of Provocative D.C. Music (And More)
This post has been updated. Nationwide this week is called Banned Books Week. At the D.C. Public Library, it’s called “Uncensored.”…
This Indie Record Label Is Charging Women Less Than Men — Because They Earn Less Than Men
Brett Lyman isn’t timid about calling himself a feminist. He’s openly identified as one since “always,” he says. “Who wouldn’t be…
Ian Svenonius: Modern Pop Music Is ‘The Voice Of Wall Street’
Ian Svenonius is one of D.C.’s most magnetic frontmen. He’s also an admitted rock ‘n’ roll despot. The former vocalist for Nation…
Bandwidth’s Favorite D.C. Songs Of 2014
For a growing share of D.C.’s population, life is comfortable — it’s healthy, convenient, increasingly safe and even luxurious. But luxury rarely produces great…
Watch Olivia Neutron-John’s DIY Music Video For ‘Death/Tango’
There are as many forms of therapy as there are musical microgenres—and choreographed dance is a preferred means of healing…
Photos: A Screaming, Silver-Suited Chain & The Gang At Black Cat
With their silver suits and dead-straight faces, D.C.’s Chain & the Gang preached and shrieked through an electrifying set at…
Baltimore Band Ed Schrader’s Music Beat: ‘Americans Need To Value Art, And We Don’t’
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat started out as a comedian with a floor tom. Now, it’s got just half of a…
What Music To Hear At Capital Fringe
Today brings the start of this year’s Capital Fringe, the beloved annual blowout of thoroughly experimental, often untested and occasionally…
D.C.’s Modern-Day Punk Scene, Captured In A New Photo Exhibit
Michael Andrade is so dedicated to documenting D.C.’s hardcore scene, he gave himself nerve damage doing it. “When I first…
Of Note: Forward Festival, Los Master Plus, Chain And The Gang, And Other D.C. Shows To Hit
Every Thursday, Bandwidth contributors tell you what D.C. shows are worth your time over the next week. I Dream Of…
Watch Chain & The Gang’s ‘Devitalize’ Video
Chain & the Gang’s tongue-in-cheek anti-gentrification ditty “Devitalize” now has an appropriately punk-rock video. In it, Betsy Wright (Ex Hex),…