Is D.C.’s Music Scene Shutting Out Disabled Music Fans?
After investing thousands of dollars and working long hours to produce a new record for noise-punk band Roomrunner, the day…
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Track Work: Ethan Spalding, ‘Happy Feelings’
Ethan Spalding doesn’t want to disclose his age on the record. “Hip-hop is a young man’s game,” says the Takoma…
Mac DeMarco Live Backstage At The 9:30 Club
Mac DeMarco was having van trouble the day we arrived at the 9:30 Club to shoot him in his dressing…
How The New York Times Magazine Devised Its D.C. Punk Cover
Robert Draper’s story on the cover of this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine tackles libertarians—that spunky band of scalawags presently at risk…
Track Work: Myrrh Myrrh, ‘Peter Criss’
Maryland rock trio Myrrh Myrrh doesn’t identify with any genre in particular. But it’s sure of one thing: The band…
Photos: Omar Souleyman At Howard Theatre
The unlikely commercial success of Syrian wedding-music performer Omar Souleyman seems even more unlikely when you see him in person:…
The Clientele Live At WAMU
Suburban Light, the warm and wistful full-length from British indie-pop ensemble The Clientele, was one of those records that seemed…
Playlist: Music You Need To Hear In D.C., Aug. 4 To 10
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s recurring playlist of artists we think you should catch around D.C. this week. Synthesized music from…
Photos: D.C.’s First In It Together Fest
From Thursday to Sunday night, more than a dozen venues hosted pieces of D.C.’s inaugural DIY festival In It Together…
Photos: Boris, The Atlas Moth And SubRosa At 9:30 Club
Despite the eclecticism of Boris‘ 19 albums—including a foray into grungy alternative rock on the trio’s latest, Noise—fans generally know…
DDm Came Up In Baltimore’s Macho Battle-Rap Scene. Then He Came Out.
Rapper DDm can remember when he was young enough to want to be a puppet of the music industry. “I’m…
D.C. Punk: From Your Basement To D.C. Public Library
When Punk the Capital filmmaker James Schneider approached D.C. Public Library about starting a punk-rock archive, he discovered that the…
Listen To ‘Real,’ A Funky New Song From Rising Vocalist Kali Uchis
Northern Virginia-based artist Kali Uchis dropped a new song on her Soundcloud page today: Called “Real,” the sensuous, vibraphone-sprinkled track…
Marissa Nadler And Janel Leppin Live At The Wilderness Bureau
On her latest tour, indie-folk songwriter Marissa Nadler has been joined by cellist Janel Leppin, who is based right here…
Playlist: Music You Need To Hear In D.C., July 28 To Aug. 3
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s recurring playlist of artists we think you should catch around D.C. this week. Ready your fanny…
Photos: A Screaming, Silver-Suited Chain & The Gang At Black Cat
With their silver suits and dead-straight faces, D.C.’s Chain & the Gang preached and shrieked through an electrifying set at…
Photos: Flume’s Psychedelic Spectacle At 9:30 Club
This week, Aussie electronic artist Flume rode through town to play two sold-out nights at the 9:30 Club with Virginia-based…
Baltimore Band Ed Schrader’s Music Beat: ‘Americans Need To Value Art, And We Don’t’
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat started out as a comedian with a floor tom. Now, it’s got just half of a…
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: Tone P
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…
Track Work: Thaylobleu, ‘Locked’
New Year’s Day 2010 was one of the worst days of Terence Nicholson’s life, but he got his band’s best…