GoldLink’s Debut Album Is Here Early
One of the most promising artists out of the D.C. region, rapper GoldLink released his debut album today, the followup…
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Almost Breaking Up May Have Been A Wonderful Thing For Elikeh
After being together five years, Afropop band Elikeh had reached an impasse. The group had creative differences, says frontman Massama…
Get Free Tickets To Hip-Hop Doc ‘Stretch and Bobbito’ At NPR
Update: These tickets have been claimed. Thanks, folks! Nas before Illmatic. A young Jay Z and Notorious B.I.G. Members of…
Songs We Love: The Max Levine Ensemble, ‘My Valerian’
Eight years between albums, the D.C. pop-punks return with a chunky rock anthem about chasing bliss. In the video, a doomsday device is implanted in singer David Combs’ brain.
D.C.’s Music Scene Now Has Its Very Own Chili Cookbook
D.C.’s newest cookbook has one seemingly high-maintenance rock star to thank for its conception: Jack White. When White’s tour rider…
Six Pics: Kendrick Lamar At Lincoln Theatre
Fresh off his acclaimed Oct. 20 performance with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar returned…
Blissed Out With A Beat: Lobo Marino’s Music For Chilling
There’s something about Richmond, Virginia, duo Lobo Marino that inspires electronic musicians. “Whenever we have played with DJs or electronic…
These Atlantans Are Invading D.C. Nightlife — And Maybe That’s A Good Thing
No bottle service. No dress code. No high door fee. Could it be the future of nightlife in D.C.? Ask…
The Latest Vintage Craze In Music Isn’t Vinyl — It’s These Old-Fashioned Recording Booths
Before smartphones, before voicemail, before the advent of answering machines, the easiest way to record your voice for a loved…
Teen Mom On Its Final Show — And That Controversial Name
Teen Mom doesn’t have much time to overthink its final days as a band. Guitarist and vocalist Chris Kelly is getting…
Ian Svenonius On Today’s Dubious Rock ‘N’ Roll Icons
Regular readers of Bandwidth.fm should not be unfamiliar with Ian Svenonius, the D.C. punk singer (The Make-Up, Nation Of Ulysses,…
Coexist And Devin Jano Are Flying High On ‘Cloud 9’
Cloud-nine (n): “a state of perfect happiness” or “a feeling of well-being or elation.” The first collaboration between Maryland’s Coexist…
Counterculture Photographer Glen E. Friedman: ‘I’m Trying To Wake People Up’
Glen E. Friedman doesn’t have a smartphone. He doesn’t like to give out his number. And he’s relentlessly protective of…
Beauty Pill: Tiny Desk Concert
In Beauty Pill’s music, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out. Watch the D.C. band adapt its deeply textured songs without removing anything vital.
How D.C.’s Rock Scene Helped Save This Record Store From Oblivion
Navigating shifts in the music industry is tough enough on record-shop owners. It seems unfair they’d have to contend with…
Sade Is Reesa Renee’s Spirit Guide On ‘Lovers Rock’
“If Jill Scott and Pharrell had a baby and Chuck Brown was the godfather,” says vocalist Reesa Renee, she would…
The D.C. Music Salon Peels Back Layers Of D.C. Music History
Go-go clanging around the walls of D.C.’s historic Howard Theatre. Soul music and jazz, rising from this town’s hardest-knock neighborhoods….
The Cornel West Theory And Mumia Abu-Jamal Forecast A Future Of Drone Warfare
“We have a saying,” says Rashad Dobbins, vocalist in D.C. hip-hop sextet The Cornel West Theory. “IYFF — In Your…
‘No Suits. No Corporate Control.’ Remembering The Freeform Heyday Of WHFS 102.3
“WHFS in Bethesda, Maryland, coming to you from high atop the Triangle Towers. Ease on back, take your clothes off…
Goooal: The Grand Return Of Indie-Rock Kickers Soccer Team
The thick new single from D.C. indie-rock group Soccer Team is called “Friends Who Know” — and bandleaders Ryan Nelson…