The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Update, 1:24 p.m.: RIP, Kim Fowley. [NPR] Ian MacKaye sounds off…
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Track Work: Swings, ‘Heavy Manner’
Swings’ new song “Heavy Manner” may sound like a hybrid of shoegaze and slacker rock, but the D.C. band cites…
Kali Uchis Releases Another Lovesick Jam, ‘Lottery’
Talented Virginian Kali Uchis is promising to release her debut EP Por Vida this month, and it’s clear from the…
Ace Cosgrove Joins D.C.’s Mike Brown Protests In His ‘Burning Slums’ Video
“We don’t need water, let the whole slums burn/Black in society, skin isn’t fair.” That’s the hook on “Burning Slums,”…
Did Led Zeppelin Play A Maryland Youth Center In 1969? Jeff Krulik Thinks So
Long before Led Zeppelin was riding motorcycles through hotel rooms and clothing middle schoolers everywhere, the band played a show…
The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Kanye West released a new song with Paul McCartney. People on…
The Best D.C. Hardcore Of 2014
At the end of 2014, Bandwidth published its inaugural Best D.C. Music of the Year list. With only 25 spots,…
Watch Gogol Bordello Cover Fugazi’s ‘Blueprint’
Warning: This video contains explicit language. Free of spirit and fond of Jagermeister, Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hütz isn’t a…
On ‘Invisible,’ Reesa Renee Opens Up About Her Depression
After the release of her debut album Reelease in 2012, Maryland soul singer Reesa Renee went somewhat quiet. But recently…
Bandwidth’s Favorite D.C. Songs Of 2014
For a growing share of D.C.’s population, life is comfortable — it’s healthy, convenient, increasingly safe and even luxurious. But luxury rarely produces great…
Wale Returns To Go-Go With ‘Miracle On U Street’
Original fans of D.C.’s biggest rapper, Wale, know that he got his start rhyming over go-go beats crafted by production…
The Year’s Best Bandwidth Videos
Bandwidth is about to turn one year old — next February. So it feels a little premature to be looking back…
King Tuff Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Back in October, King Tuff — aka Vermont native Kyle Thomas, who also makes racket with J. Mascis in Witch — brought…
Track Work: Sansyou And The New Lines, ‘Gowanus Canal Field Inspection’
D.C.-based trio Sansyou isn’t in the lyrics game — the band’s entire body of work has been instrumental. That’s why…
On A New Compilation, D.C. Bands Remix Each Other For A Good Cause
D.C. rock bands have a reputation for mixing music with activism — see the new documentary Positive Force: More Than…
The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Jack On Fire says anti-pot congressman Andy Harris should chill out…
Visto Is Completely On Fleek In His New Video
Peace sign tatted on his neck and locks hanging past his shoulders, Virginia native Visto finds himself in suitably natural…
Track Work: Sun Machines, ‘Mono Mind’
During the three years he spent in Japan while working for the U.S. government, Greg Gendron didn’t play the drums…
Tonight: Catch A Preview Of D.C. Punk Documentary ‘Punk The Capital’
D.C. punk documentary Punk the Capital hasn’t come out of the oven just yet, but tonight, it offers a little…
D.C. Band Paperhaus Plots An Ambitious Kraftwerk Cover Show
Washington D.C. is a little like West Germany in the 1970s: We’ve got beer gardens, Olympic ambitions and pretty decent…