Photos: All Songs Considered Sweet 16 At 9:30 Club
Scenes from last night’s NPR-hosted All Songs Considered Sweet 16 party at 9:30 Club. Bob Boilen gets things started Glen…
Tag: Indie Rock
First Listen: Eleanor Friedberger, ‘New View’
The former Fiery Furnaces member sounds purposeful and composed, unflappable and free — like a songwriter sure of her words and content with letting easy musical designs lead her where they will.
First Listen: The Besnard Lakes, ‘A Coliseum Complex Museum’
On its fifth album, the Montreal band indulges its progressive tendencies and wide-angle vision of dream-steeped psychedelia, in the process exuding a gentle kind of heaviness.
Review: Shearwater, ‘Jet Plane And Oxbow’
Jonathan Meiburg sounds as focused and intense as ever on his band’s ninth album, which is full of rock songs that churn and clatter with force, invention and mystery.
Quieter But Hardly Gentler, D.C.’s Sunwolf Keeps Surprising Itself
Grasping the appeal of Sunwolf songs doesn’t take much effort, but if you spend enough time with the D.C. rock…
Viking’s Choice: Two Inch Astronaut, ‘Good Behavior’
The D.C. post-hardcore band explores its sonic lineage, but sounds as unpredictable and polished (and poppy!) as ever on its forthcoming third album, Personal Life.
Revisiting The Last Album From Frodus, A Soundtrack To Tragedy
When D.C.-area band Frodus was still making a racket, critics and fans called the trio “spazzcore.” One problem with that:…
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…
D.C.’s Music Scene Now Has Its Very Own Chili Cookbook
D.C.’s newest cookbook has one seemingly high-maintenance rock star to thank for its conception: Jack White. When White’s tour rider…
Ian Svenonius On Today’s Dubious Rock ‘N’ Roll Icons
Regular readers of Bandwidth.fm should not be unfamiliar with Ian Svenonius, the D.C. punk singer (The Make-Up, Nation Of Ulysses,…
Nina Diaz Of Girl In A Coma: ‘The Person I’m Becoming Now, I Actually Like’
As guitarist, singer and songwriter for San Antonio rock band Girl in a Coma, Nina Diaz has toured tirelessly and…
Goooal: The Grand Return Of Indie-Rock Kickers Soccer Team
The thick new single from D.C. indie-rock group Soccer Team is called “Friends Who Know” — and bandleaders Ryan Nelson…
Video Premiere: Pop Tackles Poverty On The Very Small’s ‘The Worst Form Of Violence’
On The Very Small’s single “The Worst Form of Violence,” the D.C. band packs sincere subject matter into a swift,…
J. Robbins On The Revival Of ‘Jawbox,’ His Band’s Final — And Some Say Best — Album
Nearly two decades after the band released its last album, there’s still a mythology around Jawbox. As one of the…
Photos Of Landmark Music Festival, A Rare Megaconcert In D.C.
Washington, D.C., doesn’t get a lot of major music festivals: It’s had to make do with smallish events out in…
Review: Born Ruffians, ‘Ruff’
These are urgent, churning songs that sound like they needed to happen. They feel like gurglings from some nervous and squirmy place deep inside that had to be placated or purged.
First Listen: Wavves, ‘V’
As the leader of Wavves, Nathan Williams has spent five albums grafting big emotions onto a restless runaround of energetic pop-punk and stoner fuzz.
The Mynabirds’ Laura Burhenn: ‘Our Generation Doesn’t Have Faith In Long-Term Love’
The Mynabirds’ Laura Burhenn, a D.C. native, knows how tough committed relationships can be. Her band’s third album, Lovers Know,…
Six Pics: Tycho At The Hirshhorn Museum
Scenes from ambient-rock band Tycho’s performance at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in D.C., Sept. 18, 2015. All photos…
The Beginner’s Mynd Takes A Tyme Machine Back To The ’60s
Reverb has been back for years now, but psychedelic-rock trio The Beginner’s Mynd takes a different road than its shoegaze-loving peers. The D.C….