Listen: WAMU’s Metro Connection Covers D.C. Music
WAMU’s Friday/Saturday newsmagazine Metro Connection recently dedicated an hour to D.C. music culture. On last Friday’s show, host Rebecca Sheir…
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D.C. Bands Rock For Casa Ruby On A New Compilation
If you followed NPR’s Morning Edition this week, you might have heard Pam Fessler’s piece on Ruby Corado, the 45-year-old…
Where Synthesizers Meet Cinnamon Rolls: It’s Drone Brunch
On a Sunday afternoon in May, Pat Walsh stands in the kitchen of Petworth house venue Paperhaus, cooking brunch. As…
Watch Akoko’s Extremely Cool New Video For ‘Front To The Back’
I already thought Akoko couldn’t get any cooler, and now I know I was wrong, because the D.C. hip-hop duo’s…
This Week On Metro Connection: A Close Listen To D.C. Music
Update, May 22: The show is now streaming on metroconnection.org. Friday and Saturday, Bandwidth is pairing up with WAMU’s weekly…
Feedel Band Burrows Deep Into A Groove At WAMU
Update, June 3: Feedel Band is also scheduled to play D.C.’s Our City Festival on June 5. Original post: The…
The Story of Kato Hammond, The D.C. Go-Go Scene’s Best News Source
Kevin Hammond was 14 when he saw D.C. go-go band Rare Essence — in matching red sweatsuits — perform at Prince George’s Community…
Take Bandwidth’s Friday Music News Quiz!
Weeks are hard. Work is hard. Bandwidth’s Friday music news quiz? Also hard. But somehow… fun? Here’s why: This Friday’s…
After 10 Years, D.C. Punk Book ‘Banned In DC’ Is Coming Back Into Print
Right up there with Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins’ Dance Of Days, Banned In DC is one of the most vivid documents of…
Join Bandwidth For NPR Music’s ‘Songs We Love’ Live
NPR Music is putting its “Songs We Love” series in front of a live audience. On May 21 at NPR’s Studio 1,…
This D.C. Hardcore Compilation Could Be The New ‘Flex Your Head’
When I was 17, I bought the legendary Dischord compilation Flex Your Head. Being obsessed with D.C. hardcore in my late…
Share Your D.C. Music Scene Stories With Us
For the May 22 edition of WAMU’s Metro Connection, WAMU is looking for your most compelling memories of the D.C. music scene. We’re particularly interested in your…
Six Pics: The Replacements At Echostage
In one of the most anticipated reunions of 2015, The Replacements made their way to D.C. Friday evening on a…
It’s Friday! Take Bandwidth’s Music News Quiz!
This week’s edition of The Bounce — Bandwidth’s Friday music news quiz — has questions about drugs, Mariah Carey and…
How The Smithsonian Is Building Its New, Sweeping Collection Of Black American Music
The boombox arrived late one night at a hotel in Atlanta, and it came from Chuck D. Purchased in New…
Premiere: Brutalism’s Dystopian Video For ‘New Empire’
Warning: Explicit lyrics. The first song from new D.C. electronic trio Brutalism was a tough act to follow: “Friday Night…
Junkyard Band Bassist, Passenger Die In Motorcycle Crash
Update, 11:40 a.m.: At the request of “House” Colquitt’s friends and family, organizers of the Funk Parade are asking for…
The Bounce: Take Bandwidth’s Music News Quiz
Last week Bandwidth rolled out its first quiz edition of The Bounce, previously our Friday music news roundup. Most folks…
Diet Cig And Earl Boykins Live At WAMU
Coming out of the fertile college scene in New Paltz, New York, punk-pop bands Diet Cig and Earl Boykins sound…
Beauty Pill’s Chad Clark On His Lyrics: ‘I’m Always Interested In Being Understood’
Beauty Pill’s exuberant and adventurous new album, Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are, fully communicates the D.C. band’s depth…