Photos: Hiss Golden Messenger And Alexandra Sauser-Monnig At DC9
Country soul isn’t exactly the hot sound of the moment, but North Carolina’s Hiss Golden Messenger has released one of…
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Go-Go Godfather Chuck Brown Remembered In A New Music Video
Sept. 17: This post has been updated to include feedback from the music video’s director. It’s been more than two…
Track Work: The Effects, ‘Blister’
Devin Ocampo has a name for the speedy, rip-roaring songs he likes the most. “I’ve always called these types of…
Soulside’s Bobby Sullivan: ‘I Wanted To Change The World’
For a couple of years in the late ’80s, Soulside (or Soul Side) was as prominent and as influential as…
Photos: Priests And Naomi Punk At Black Cat
Last night brought another sold-out show for D.C. punk band Priests, who headlined the Black Cat Backstage after sets from…
Track Work: Art Sorority For Girls, ‘Dead Man’
Rock outfit Art Sorority For Girls is responsible for one of the catchiest songs I’ve heard from a D.C. artist…
Jenny Toomey Returns To Music After A 12-Year Hiatus
Coming up in the era of slacker rock, Jenny Toomey may have seemed like an outlier: The native of Chevy…
Photos: Spoon And Hamilton Leithauser At Lincoln Theatre
In the second of three sold-out shows at D.C.’s historic Lincoln Theatre, indie-rock idols Spoon played to a crowd last…
Track Work: Micah Vellian, ‘Crystal Clear’
After a few years in D.C. house trio Volta Bureau, Miguel Lacsamana and his bandmates decided it was time to…
Track Work: Diamond District, ‘First Step’
Five years after the D.C.-rooted hip-hop trio unveiled its acclaimed full-length debut, Diamond District is gearing up to drop its followup…
Photos: Perfect Pussy, Joanna Gruesome And Potty Mouth At Rock & Roll Hotel
Scenes from Saturday’s show at Rock & Roll Hotel with Syracuse punk band Perfect Pussy, U.K. angry-poppers Joanna Gruesome, and Massachusetts…
Track Work: Abhi//Dijon, ‘13’
In a time when plenty of R&B artists could be confused for rappers who happen to carry a tune well,…
Photos: Windhand, Citadel, And Disciples Of Christ At Black Cat
During last night’s three-band bill on Black Cat Backstage, each performance roared with more volume and fury than the last….
Track Work: Sarmust, ‘Edison’
Breakups suck, but every once in a while, they can become catalysts of clarity and self-discovery. Take the case of…
Photos: Baltimore Gets Weird At Fields Festival
Promoted as a camping, music and arts event, Fields Festival took over a campsite in Maryland last weekend and brought…
Friday: A ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Blowout’ To Remember Chris Grier
On July 10 in Brooklyn, noise-rock guitarist and writer Chris Grier died at home from a pulmonary embolism. Four-and-a-half hours…
J. Robbins: ‘The Studio Is A Place Where Your Dreams Become Manifest’
Anyone who’s paid attention to D.C. punk and indie-rock since the 1980s has probably heard of J. Robbins, the vocalist,…
October 31 Frontman King Fowley: ‘Websites Are A Thing Of The Past’
King Fowley started metal band Deceased in Arlington in 1985 and October 31 as a side project 10 years later….
Track Work: Ras Nebyu, ‘Queens’
This song contains explicit lyrics. Ras Nebyu doesn’t have time for misogynistic rap music. He admits that he’s no saint—the…
A Critic’s Guide To Cuneiform Records’ Avant-Rock Releases
Back in April, we ran a critic’s guide to the 30-year-old Silver Spring institution Cuneiform Records, one of the D.C….