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…
The final installment in a series by punk musician David Combs, formerly Spoonboy, about issues facing DIY musicians. Read Part…
On its own, Zomes’ new album, Near Unison, is a thing of undeniable beauty, care and intelligence. Talk to band…
“Gorgeously Yours,” the hyperactive new single from pop-rock duo The Raised By Wolves, is overflowing with musical ideas. According to…
In the late 1980s, Jon Fine was a founding member of a band that even he admits is obscure. Fine…
During a typical live performance, Edinburgh’s Young Fathers build a layered wall of voice and sound. But with most of…
The 15th anniversary of Sisqó’s monster single “Thong Song” could have wafted past like the scent of coconut body oil…
The D.C. band’s emotional song, inspired by the story of a real-life couple, gets an abstract, mood-driven video to evoke feelings of anxiety and distress.
“We’re breaking up because whatever.” And with that explanation from Makeshift Shelters bassist Phil Edfors, one of D.C.’s most promising…
It’s been more than 10 years since His Royal Purpleness, Prince, last visited us in the District — his last…
If you find yourself in a trance after listening to Les Rhinocéros’ third album, well, that’s kind of what the…
Who’d have thought that the cutting edge of D.C. music could be found in a library? “Obviously, at first, music…
Northern Virginia wasn’t ready for Skywave. At least not from 1995 to 2003, when the noisy shoegaze trio was active…
The 10 songs on District Summer, a new compilation of D.C. electronic music, are all tagged “Rooftop Vibes” on Soundcloud….
Cheick Hamala Diabate is a griot — a storyteller, poet, community historian, counselor and player of the n’goni, a stringed…
Guitarist Daniel Bachman comes from Fredericksburg, Virginia, a town known for its Civil War history and its biggest college, the…
“I waited in the rain, my feet too wet to stand in…” That line from “Riverman,” the first track from…
WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi Show graciously gave D.C. instigator/autodidact Ian Svenonius an hour of airtime on Thursday to discuss rock…
This post has been updated with a comment from the petition’s owner, Grayson Currin. The petition started today has a…
Update, June 5: Here’s a list of the many, many cultural references Svenonius made on the show. Update, June 4:…
Fatz Da Big Fella calls himself a “new generation Biggie.” Like the late Notorious B.I.G., the D.C. rapper can be…