Strathmore’s New Music Venue, AMP, Announces First Shows
AMP, the music venue opening in North Bethesda under the wing of performing arts center Strathmore, has announced its first…
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Visto Is Completely On Fleek In His New Video
Peace sign tatted on his neck and locks hanging past his shoulders, Virginia native Visto finds himself in suitably natural…
Track Work: Sun Machines, ‘Mono Mind’
During the three years he spent in Japan while working for the U.S. government, Greg Gendron didn’t play the drums…
Tonight: Catch A Preview Of D.C. Punk Documentary ‘Punk The Capital’
D.C. punk documentary Punk the Capital hasn’t come out of the oven just yet, but tonight, it offers a little…
D.C. Band Paperhaus Plots An Ambitious Kraftwerk Cover Show
Washington D.C. is a little like West Germany in the 1970s: We’ve got beer gardens, Olympic ambitions and pretty decent…
The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Apple deleted music from competitors on iPods, according to consumers’ attorneys…
Ex Hex On World Cafe
The D.C. band plays sharp, hooky, energetic highlights from its debut album, Rips.
SmCity’s Confident Gambit Into Hip-Hop’s ‘Critical Years’
“I apologize for my lateness/Finalizin’ my greatness” raps Simeon “SmCity” Booker during “Cinematic Moment,” one of the centerpiece tracks on Empire…
Listen To Pinky KillaCorn’s Tribute To Mike Brown
Since news first emerged about the fatal shooting of Mike Brown by police officer Darren Wilson, musicians have been paying…
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Live From A D.C. Backyard
The earliest iteration of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars started during Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war. Ruben Koroma and his…
Working It Out With Torn Hawk, Ex-D.C. Musician And Weirdo
The Luke Wyatt story stretches from a Virginia college town to Berlin, but some of the 36-year-old musician and video…
Kali Uchis Channels ’70s Latin Soul On ‘All Or Nothing’
Alexandria vocalist Kali Uchis has always burrowed deep into American soul and funk: She toyed with doo-wop on her debut…
D.C. Rapper Asheru Explores Black Costa Rica In A New Video
When veteran D.C. rapper Asheru decided he wanted to make his 2013 record Sleepless in Soweto, which looks at black culture…
Six Pics: New Pornographers At 9:30 Club
On Friday and Saturday nights, pop-rock titans The New Pornographers played two sold-out gigs at 9:30 Club, bringing tunes from…
DC 85 Is A Treasure Trove Of ’80s D.C. Punk Videos
Today Pitchfork published a piece by my pal Marc Masters about DC 85, a new outlet for the 1980s D.C….
The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Neil Young: Boycott Starbucks! [Consequence of Sound] Tuscadero to play two…
For D.C. Hip-Hop Crew’s Videos, A Director Steeped In Jonze And Gondry
At first glance, the videos for Diamond District’s “First Step” and The 1978ers’ “OneNine7-T-8” look pretty familiar, with their guerilla-style…
Track Work: The 1978ers, ‘Sacreligious’
“God is good,” rapper yU proclaims at the beginning of “Sacreligious” (sic), a standout from his exceptional new album with…
Track Work: Big Hush, ‘Wholes’
After churning through three drummers and losing a guitarist who split for Japan, D.C. band Big Hush has only recently…
Where Are D.C.’s Accessible Music Venues?
In August, Bandwidth contributor Tori Kerr took a close look at the accessibility of D.C.’s music venues. She found that…