Musicians Organize Benefit For Union Arts, Creative Space Slated For Redevelopment
With emotions running high about the pending redevelopment of Union Arts, a large DIY venue and arts space in Northeast D.C., local…
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The Cost Of Independence: Economics And Labor In DIY Music
The final installment in a series by punk musician David Combs, formerly Spoonboy, about issues facing DIY musicians. Read Part…
Even After Its 10th Release, D.C. Punk Label Sister Polygon Is Still Stoked
When a band gets stamped with the label “DIY,” that usually means it’s got independently released music on Bandcamp and…
How Are Today’s Indie Bands Straddling The Line Between DIY And ‘Professional’?
The second in an essay series by The Max Levine Ensemble’s David “Spoonboy” Combs. Read Part 1, “These Are The…
Rivers Cuomo Calls D.C. Band Priests ‘Charming’
Rolling Stone asked Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo to review a handful of songs from new and old artists. The mag…
Have We Had Enough D.C. Punk Nostalgia?
Today on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show, we talked D.C. punk. Or more specifically: why we can’t stop talking about D.C….
Track Work: Priests, ‘Right Wing’
When D.C. band Priests came along a few years ago, it seemed pretty traditional—a back-to-basics, question-everything punk band not too…