Joe’s Record Paradise Launches Crowdfunding Campaign To Save Itself
After relocating from one Silver Spring location to another, Maryland record shop Joe’s Record Paradise says it’s hurting for cash….
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Video Premiere: Fellow Creatures Get Trapped In Party Jail
Sam McCormally is not having a good time. At least that’s how it appears in the video for “Wouldn’t You…
Premiere: Benjy Ferree Is A New Man
Benjy Ferree never stopped writing. He just slowed down. That’s how the songwriter explains his recent absence from music. The last time the…
Six Pics: Smashing Pumpkins And Liz Phair At Lincoln Theatre
Billy Corgan brought the latest incarnation of Alternative Nation titans Smashing Pumpkins to the Lincoln Theatre Sunday night as part of…
To Be Clear: Flasher Is Not An English Band From 1979
At the rate that D.C. DIY bands form and split, one could be forgiven for not keeping up. So if you’re not hip…
D.C. Hardcore Is Funny, Or At Least The Hard Times Thinks So
Any dead-serious subculture becomes ripe for satire at some point, and if the success of The Hard Times is any…
Six Pics: Den-Mate, Bless And More DMV Artists At MACROCK
A handful of the D.C.- and Baltimore-area artists who performed at the 2016 edition of MACROCK in Harrisonburg, Virginia Abdu…
Sun Club Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Sun Club has described itself as “a group of buddies playing happy music,” and that youthful energy was on full display…
K.A.A.N. Could Be The Next DMV Rap Star, But He’s Not Taking Anything For Granted
When K.A.A.N. raps, he sounds like he’s releasing the valve on a pressure cooker. There are a lot of confessions, rants…
Video Premiere: Prowess The Testament Assails Conventional Thought On ‘Alpha Centauri’
As a kid, Tia Abner rarely went anywhere without a notebook and pen. A poet from age 5, she began…
Meet Satan’s Satyrs, Virginia’s Saviors Of ’70s Metal
If it’s possible for an album about vampires and creepy teens to be considered delightfully old school, then Don’t Deliver…
Watch: Two Inch Astronaut Detonates At WAMU 88.5
Warning: The above video contains explicit language. With a history of anxious, acrobatic rock music (see: Dismemberment Plan), the D.C….
Six Pics: Young Rapids, RDGLDGRN And More D.C. Artists At SXSW
Music acts from the D.C. region perform at the 2016 edition of Austin superfest SXSW. BOOMscat at the WeDC showcase:…
Exploring ‘The Great Outdoors,’ Andrew Bernstein’s Audio Vortex
Intense and disorienting, Andrew Bernstein’s The Great Outdoors feels like a vortex tunnel — except you can’t walk into it. To get inside,…
Bidding Farewell To Bohemian Caverns, A D.C. Jazz Institution
This weekend brings the final performances at legendary D.C. jazz venue Bohemian Caverns. An institution at 11th and U streets…
With One Textured Album And An EP Born From Pain, Janel Leppin Pushes On
Four years ago, avant-garde composer and multi-instrumentalist Janel Leppin was living in Seattle, where she wrote and recorded her first…
Oddisee Debuts A Lush New EP, ‘AlWasta’
One of the most accomplished hip-hop artists to emerge from the D.C. region, Maryland native Oddisee has just released AlWasta, a…
Premiere: Dream-Pop Band Citrine Loses Its Religion On ‘This Fabric’
Growing up in a Christian household, Kelci Smith listened to a lot of religious music. “My parents are super conservative…
Poor Building Conditions May Force Crooked Beat Records To Move, Says Owner
A mainstay on 18th Street NW, Crooked Beat Records may be leaving D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, its home since 2004….
Q-Tip Is Now The Kennedy Center’s Hip-Hop Guy. What Should He Do With That Power?
The most distinguished performing arts venue in Washington, the Kennedy Center, made a grand gesture earlier this month when it…