First Watch: Beauty Pill, ‘Steven & Tiwonge’
The D.C. band’s emotional song, inspired by the story of a real-life couple, gets an abstract, mood-driven video to evoke feelings of anxiety and distress.
The D.C. band’s emotional song, inspired by the story of a real-life couple, gets an abstract, mood-driven video to evoke feelings of anxiety and distress.
“We’re breaking up because whatever.” And with that explanation from Makeshift Shelters bassist Phil Edfors, one of D.C.’s most promising…
It’s been more than 10 years since His Royal Purpleness, Prince, last visited us in the District — his last…
If you find yourself in a trance after listening to Les Rhinocéros’ third album, well, that’s kind of what the…
Who’d have thought that the cutting edge of D.C. music could be found in a library? “Obviously, at first, music…
Northern Virginia wasn’t ready for Skywave. At least not from 1995 to 2003, when the noisy shoegaze trio was active…
The 10 songs on District Summer, a new compilation of D.C. electronic music, are all tagged “Rooftop Vibes” on Soundcloud….
Cheick Hamala Diabate is a griot — a storyteller, poet, community historian, counselor and player of the n’goni, a stringed…
Guitarist Daniel Bachman comes from Fredericksburg, Virginia, a town known for its Civil War history and its biggest college, the…
“I waited in the rain, my feet too wet to stand in…” That line from “Riverman,” the first track from…
WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi Show graciously gave D.C. instigator/autodidact Ian Svenonius an hour of airtime on Thursday to discuss rock…
This post has been updated with a comment from the petition’s owner, Grayson Currin. The petition started today has a…
Every year, XXL publishes its Freshman Class issue, trumpeting what the magazine considers the most promising up-and-coming hip-hop artists —…
Update, June 5: Here’s a list of the many, many cultural references Svenonius made on the show. Update, June 4:…
Fatz Da Big Fella calls himself a “new generation Biggie.” Like the late Notorious B.I.G., the D.C. rapper can be…
WAMU’s Friday/Saturday newsmagazine Metro Connection recently dedicated an hour to D.C. music culture. On last Friday’s show, host Rebecca Sheir…
If you followed NPR’s Morning Edition this week, you might have heard Pam Fessler’s piece on Ruby Corado, the 45-year-old…
On a Sunday afternoon in May, Pat Walsh stands in the kitchen of Petworth house venue Paperhaus, cooking brunch. As…
I already thought Akoko couldn’t get any cooler, and now I know I was wrong, because the D.C. hip-hop duo’s…
Update, May 22: The show is now streaming on metroconnection.org. Friday and Saturday, Bandwidth is pairing up with WAMU’s weekly…