Loud Boyz – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Breakin’ Even Fest Spotlights The Poppier Side Of Punk http://bandwidth.wamu.org/breakin-even-fest-spotlights-the-poppier-side-of-punk/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/breakin-even-fest-spotlights-the-poppier-side-of-punk/#respond Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:55:58 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=61779 For a couple of guys who have married and settled down, touring with a rock band can be tough. So Bryan Flowers and Steven Rovery are doing the next best thing.

This weekend the two musicians, who play in Northern Virginia pop-punk band American Television, are putting on the inaugural Breakin’ Even Fest at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe in D.C.breakin-even-fest

“As we’ve gotten into our 30s and life has progressed,” Flowers says, “it’s gotten harder and harder to do some of the touring and other things that bands do.” But that doesn’t mean they’re bowing out of music altogether.

Taking place March 4 and 5, Breakin’ Even Fest will feature more than a dozen bands from across the D.C. region, including local favorites Lilac Daze and Loud Boyz, as well as New York rockers Iron Chic and Timeshares.

The fest focuses on tuneful punk rock, a style Flowers says he doesn’t encounter enough in the D.C. scene.

“There’s a lot going on in D.C. already,” the drummer says, “but we saw a little bit of a void in the music that we really like — melodic pop-punk with a little bit of a hard edge.”

D.C.’s biggest punk festival, Damaged City, specializes in a faster and more aggressive side of the music. Flowers says that fest “is really great, but it’s not really the music that Steve and I like.”

To help pay for the event, Rovery and Flowers have arranged a number of local sponsors, including Mobius Records and vinyl-pressing company Furnace Manufacturing, which have each donated merchandise to be raffled off over the course of the weekend. Rovery says each “mystery merch pack,” given away a few times each night, will be worth around $200.

In addition to the ticket prices — an affordable $27.50 for the entire weekend — proceeds from the raffles will go directly to the bands. Rovery and Flowers won’t be taking any for themselves.

“We came up with the name Breakin’ Even is because our goal is to break even,” Rovery says, “but first and foremost we need to make sure the bands get paid.”

Breakin’ Even Fest takes place March 4 to 5 at Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe in Adams Morgan.

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Six Pics: Screaming Females, Priests, Pure Disgust And More At U+NFest 4 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/six-pics-screaming-females-priests-pure-disgust-and-more-at-unfest-4/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/six-pics-screaming-females-priests-pure-disgust-and-more-at-unfest-4/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:57:04 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=57017 Scenes from the U+Nfest Oct. 2 to 3 at Ottobar in Baltimore.

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All images by Cassandra Mullinix.

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Photos: D.C.’s First In It Together Fest http://bandwidth.wamu.org/photos-d-c-s-first-in-it-together-fest/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/photos-d-c-s-first-in-it-together-fest/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:26:29 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=37167 From Thursday to Sunday night, more than a dozen venues hosted pieces of D.C.’s inaugural DIY festival In It Together Fest. The sweeping event brought numerous out-of-town and local performers to houses, bars, a church and other unconventional spaces in a collaborative celebration of underground music and art—and photographer Michael Andrade was there to capture these images from a few corners of the festival.

Baby Bry Bry and the Apologists at Jam Jar:

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The Public at St. Stephen’s Church:

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Loud Boyz at St. Stephen’s Church:

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Hold Tight! at St. Stephen’s Church:

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State Lines at St. Stephen’s Church:

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Meridian at Paperhaus:

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BRNDA at Paperhaus:

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What Moon Things at Paperhaus:

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