Six Pics: Broccoli City Festival (Featuring Willow And Jaden Smith)
Scenes from a gloomy but talent-packed Broccoli City Festival at the Gateway DC Pavilion. Marlee in the Mixx Tiara Thomas…
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Premiere: Louis Weeks’ Entrancing New Single, ‘Antelope’
Last month, electronic-pop producer Louis Weeks released “Fire,” the promising first single from his forthcoming album, haha. Bandwidth liked it…
The Bounce: Take Bandwidth’s Music News Quiz
Traditionally, The Bounce is Bandwidth’s Friday news roundup. But that wasn’t much fun. So WAMU Online Managing Editor Joe Warminsky…
Empire, The Springfield Music Venue Formerly Called Jaxx, Is Closing
Springfield, Virginia, music venue Empire — formerly Jaxx — is closing on May 5, according to a Facebook post from co-owner Jason Malhoyt. “Today,…
Seven New, Weird D.C. Bands Are About To Debut At St. Stephen’s — For A Cause
This Saturday, seven new D.C. bands with names like King Donut and the Road Sodas, IRL Stine and Jerkhole will…
Ex-Minor Threat Band Dot Dash Gets (Almost) Heavy On A New Song
Made up of former players in Minor Threat, Youth Brigade, Swervedriver, The Saturday People and Julie Ocean, Dot Dash has…
Premiere: Drop Electric’s Intense ‘Rival Churches’
Lost In Decay might be the most focused work yet from D.C. post-rock band Drop Electric — and album cut “Rival Churches”…
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…
Meet Tal National’s Almeida, A Judge By Day And Electrifying Bandleader By Night
Hamadal Issoufou Moumine works as a judge by day. By night, he plays guitar with his Afropop dance band Tal…
The Bounce: The Case Against Record Store Day
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Criticism of Record Store Day — happening this Saturday — continues…
Filmfest DC Is Coming. Here’s One Music Film To See (And One To Skip)
Last year could have been Filmfest DC’s final act. A projected $250,000 deficit threatened to sink the annual film festival after 2014,…
Six Pics: Young Fathers At Rock & Roll Hotel
While tens of thousands of tourists descended upon D.C. last weekend for some flower festival, elsewhere the District’s conventional and…
Premiere: Clones Of Clones’ Gritty New Single, ‘Monster Heart’
For a band that’s usually hewed closer to uptempo, pop-punky anthems, Clones of Clones‘ new single sounds surprisingly grungy. The opening…
Rob Watson Of Pure Disgust: ‘I Couldn’t Care Less What White People Think Of My Lyrics’
The last two years have felt like a renaissance for D.C.’s once-legendary hardcore scene. Bands like Protester, Red Death and…
Kane Mayfield Mocks Mainstream Rappers On ‘Cars Jewels Clothes’
Warning: Explicit lyrics. It’s easy to call Kane Mayfield a “rappity-rap” lyricist if you’re not paying attention. A big guy…
Jon Spencer Returns To The ‘Brutal And Strange’ World Of The Blues Explosion
Freedom Tower – No Wave Dance Party 2015 might be the funkiest Jon Spencer Blues Explosion album yet, and it’s…
Listen: An Extremely Funky Mix For The Funk Parade
News arrived Friday that the second annual Funk Parade, the daylong event that reportedly attracted more than 25,000 people to…
Premiere: Punk Band Dudes Accidentally Copies Kendrick Lamar With ‘My Vibe’
Warning: explicit lyrics. Francy Graham didn’t mean to create an homage to Kendrick Lamar with “My Vibe,” a previously unreleased…
Get To Know HIGHWAY Magazine, A New Music Zine Based In The D.C. Area
A new arrival on D.C.’s indie publishing scene, HIGHWAY is small but mighty. The magazine is deliberately pocket-sized, says its…
Bandwidth’s Favorite D.C. Songs Of 2015 (So Far)
Here’s an example of a good problem: There’s too much great music coming out of D.C. for Bandwidth to substantively…