Dischord Is Putting Its Entire Catalog On Bandcamp
This post has been updated. Except for a few rarities, it’s not hard to find music from Dischord Records. The seminal D.C. punk-rock label…
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Snail Mail’s 17-Year-Old Frontwoman Quickly Delivers An EP
Snail Mail’s sound may draw from a decades-old tradition of low-fi rock, but don’t assume the band’s name expresses yearning…
Thaylobleu Live At WAMU
Terence Nicholson says that when people think “D.C. rock,” they probably think of punk from the ’80s and ’90s — Minor Threat,…
D.C.’s Color Palette Bears A Darkened Heart On ’80s-Indebted Album
It’s easy to compare Color Palette to bands like the Cure and the Smiths, and many listeners already have. The…
Low Power, High Spirits: Takoma Radio Prepares To Bring FM Airwaves To The People
Takoma “T-Rex” Radio, otherwise known as WOWD-LP, comes on the air July 16 at 94.3 FM, with a desire to give Takoma Park a DIY media outlet.
April + VISTA, Back On Earth With A New R&B Track, ‘Beasts’
After a debut EP that sounded like soul music made in space, R&B duo April + VISTA return to earth…
The Galaxy Electric Sees The Present From The Space Age
Imagine a reality in which predictions of the space age came true: curved architecture, unabated technological progress and people sporting pastel jumpsuits…
D.C. Label DZ Tapes Is Now Five Years Old — Wizened By DIY Standards
Brett Isaacoff holds the secret to keeping something going for five years without burning out: relax. That could be the…
With Her New Music, Vocalist Carolyn Malachi Goes Au Naturel
For Carolyn Malachi, there isn’t a big difference between the way she lives and the way she sounds. The D.C. soul…
Remembering Billy Stewart And Van McCoy, Two Lesser-Known D.C. Music Legends
Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye and Chuck Brown may be the best-known musical legends out of D.C. But they’re not the…
Premiere: June Gloom Calls Out Internet Fakery On ‘URL’
These days, it’s normal for people to carefully craft flattering online personae that share no characteristics with their in-person selves….
Space Isn’t The Place: Místochord Scores A Fraught Migration To Mars
Recent developments in space exploration have made Mars more accessible than ever. Organizations such as NASA and SpaceX are even considering manned missions to the…
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‘There At A Special Time’ — A D.C. Punk On Her Teen Years Touring With The Smiths
It was 1985. Nalinee Darmrong was 17, and she had just graduated high school. Friends took her to see the legendary English rock band The Smiths at D.C.’s Warner Theatre — and the show literally changed her life.
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Take It From Teenage Band Nox: ‘Anyone Can Do This’
After a club gig, most bands would expect to get paid with money. But if you’re in a band of…
This Time, It Was Quiet: Fight Over Union Arts Dissipates As Artists Negotiate Exit
After four contentious hearings and more than three months, artists have agreed to vacate the D.C. building known as Union…
Premiere: Vivid Lyricism And Bristling Guitars Define Thaylobleu’s Debut Album, ‘Oscars & Jellyfish’
When Terence Nicholson writes a song, he files it under one of two categories: oscar or jellyfish. Oscars — a species of fish…
Ras Nebyu Has Multiple Personalities In New Video For ‘No Love’
This post has been updated with a release date for Ras Nebyu’s next single. Ras Nebyu is consistent on a few…
‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot,’ 30 Years Later: Still Viral, But All Grown Up
In the ’80s, if you wanted to capture your friends or yourself being drunk and stupid, you had to work…
Premiere: In Luray’s New Video, A Little Girl Finds Friends In Nature
If you translate Albert Camus’ famous “invincible summer” quote into a music video, it would probably look like the new…
How Sean Gray Is Making Concertgoing Less Stressful For People With Disabilities
Sean Gray sees barriers many people do not. Born with cerebral palsy, the Maryland native has been using a walker since he was…