The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Apple deleted music from competitors on iPods, according to consumers’ attorneys…
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SmCity’s Confident Gambit Into Hip-Hop’s ‘Critical Years’
“I apologize for my lateness/Finalizin’ my greatness” raps Simeon “SmCity” Booker during “Cinematic Moment,” one of the centerpiece tracks on Empire…
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Live From A D.C. Backyard
The earliest iteration of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars started during Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war. Ruben Koroma and his…
Working It Out With Torn Hawk, Ex-D.C. Musician And Weirdo
The Luke Wyatt story stretches from a Virginia college town to Berlin, but some of the 36-year-old musician and video…
DC 85 Is A Treasure Trove Of ’80s D.C. Punk Videos
Today Pitchfork published a piece by my pal Marc Masters about DC 85, a new outlet for the 1980s D.C….
The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Neil Young: Boycott Starbucks! [Consequence of Sound] Tuscadero to play two…
For D.C. Hip-Hop Crew’s Videos, A Director Steeped In Jonze And Gondry
At first glance, the videos for Diamond District’s “First Step” and The 1978ers’ “OneNine7-T-8” look pretty familiar, with their guerilla-style…
A Rational Conversation: Can The Delayed Album Curse Be Lifted?
If we now know about albums languishing in the clutches of major labels, are they more likely to see the light of day? Will they be any good when they get here?
Track Work: The 1978ers, ‘Sacreligious’
“God is good,” rapper yU proclaims at the beginning of “Sacreligious” (sic), a standout from his exceptional new album with…
Track Work: Big Hush, ‘Wholes’
After churning through three drummers and losing a guitarist who split for Japan, D.C. band Big Hush has only recently…
Stream Fugazi’s First Demo In Its Entirety
Before Fugazi was an angry young man, it was an angry baby. The proof is found on the influential D.C….
Watch Ex Hex And Logic On Late-Night TV
Two local acts made appearances on late-night talk shows last night: D.C. rock trio Ex Hex turned up on Late Night…
Rivers Cuomo Calls D.C. Band Priests ‘Charming’
Rolling Stone asked Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo to review a handful of songs from new and old artists. The mag…
Six Pics: The Concert For Valor
Last night’s Concert for Valor, held on the National Mall, was as packed as it was star-studded, with crowds going…
Why Eminem Is A Terrible Fit For The Concert For Valor
Eminem loves to rap about hurting women. That includes raping them, ripping off their breasts and, most recently, battering them like…
Track Work: Misun, ‘Eli Eli’
If the first few bars of Misun’s “Eli Eli” remind you of The Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb,” you aren’t…
In D.C., The Best Jam Sessions Don’t Involve Jam Bands
A jazz jam session is not what you probably think it is. For rock fans, “jam” generally has two meanings,…
Track Work: More Humans, ‘Mt. Oblivion’
“Oblivion” makes us think of mass destruction. But the word’s most basic meaning describes little more than the state of…
Ace Cosgrove Smokes A Bowl, Chases A Ride On Bus In His New Video
Ace Cosgrove is a young guy with old problems. Housing, money, employment: His troubles aren’t first world, they’re old world….
Watch: A Drug-Fueled GEMS Video With The ATL Twins
If I had to guess what the next video from D.C. dream-pop duo GEMS would look like, I’d venture it…