Watch Sneaks — The Band — Commit First-Degree Bicycle Murder
Eva Moolchan is a 20-year-old artist who’s committed a cold-blooded act of murder. She’s killed a bike. Taking place somewhere…
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Listen: Ex Hex Covers ’70s Garage-Punk Classic ‘All Kindsa Girls’
D.C. rock ‘n’ roll trio Ex Hex has always had one foot in the 1970s, but its latest cover jumps…
Premiere: Br’er’s Disturbing Video For ‘Masking’
Warning: This video contains adult, violent and overall creepy imagery. The title track from Masking, the forthcoming album from D.C….
Six Pics: Screaming Females, Priests, Pure Disgust And More At U+NFest 4
Scenes from the U+Nfest Oct. 2 to 3 at Ottobar in Baltimore. All images by Cassandra Mullinix.
Video Premiere: Pop Tackles Poverty On The Very Small’s ‘The Worst Form Of Violence’
On The Very Small’s single “The Worst Form of Violence,” the D.C. band packs sincere subject matter into a swift,…
J. Robbins On The Revival Of ‘Jawbox,’ His Band’s Final — And Some Say Best — Album
Nearly two decades after the band released its last album, there’s still a mythology around Jawbox. As one of the…
Is It Rap? Is It Jazz? No, It’s TrapHouseJazz, Masego Style
“Blessed.” That is what “Masego” means in Tswana, the official language of Botswana — and 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist Masego picked the…
D.C. Punk Band Hemlines: ‘When You Get On A Stage, That’s A Feminist Act Alone’
The origin story of D.C. punk band Hemlines is straightforward: Two musicians aspired to start a feminist band. So they…
For Banned Books Week, A Playlist Of Provocative D.C. Music (And More)
This post has been updated. Nationwide this week is called Banned Books Week. At the D.C. Public Library, it’s called “Uncensored.”…
Marian McLaughlin Explains ‘Spirit House’ Track By Track
The guitarist offers commentary on each song from her new album, which you can hear in its entirety.
Photos Of Landmark Music Festival, A Rare Megaconcert In D.C.
Washington, D.C., doesn’t get a lot of major music festivals: It’s had to make do with smallish events out in…
Done Running U Street Music Hall, Will Eastman Rebrands Himself
The most significant thing about “Sugar” by D.C. producer and DJ Will Eastman isn’t the track’s uplifting, well-informed layering of…
Remembering D.C. Guitar Virtuoso Danny Gatton And ‘The Anacostia Delta’
Over the last few years, D.C.’s hardcore punk scene has been memorialized by multiple films and TV shows. But soon,…
TT The Artist Left A Cultlike Church And Found Baltimore’s Music Scene
Greatness isn’t measured by a fixed set of criteria, but many art lovers would agree that great artists take multiple forms…
Smithsonian Acquires Collection Of Classic Hip-Hop Photos
More than 400 classic photographs of hip-hop artists including Foxy Brown, Lil’ Kim, T.I., Black Sheep and N.W.A.’s Eazy-E have been acquired…
The Mynabirds’ Laura Burhenn: ‘Our Generation Doesn’t Have Faith In Long-Term Love’
The Mynabirds’ Laura Burhenn, a D.C. native, knows how tough committed relationships can be. Her band’s third album, Lovers Know,…
Ace Cosgrove Explores A Classic Sound On New Project ‘Baby Need Food’
“You have to hustle harder than the next person to put bread on the table.” That’s the inspiration behind Baby…
KEXP Presents: The Mynabirds
Laura Burhenn’s songs marry heartbreak and hope. Hear her perform “Wildfire” live in the studio.
Six Pics: Tycho At The Hirshhorn Museum
Scenes from ambient-rock band Tycho’s performance at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in D.C., Sept. 18, 2015. All photos…
The Beginner’s Mynd Takes A Tyme Machine Back To The ’60s
Reverb has been back for years now, but psychedelic-rock trio The Beginner’s Mynd takes a different road than its shoegaze-loving peers. The D.C….