Virgin Mobile Freefest Won’t Happen This Year
This year’s Virgin Mobile Freefest has been called off, according to festival producer Seth Hurwitz. In a statement, the I.M.P….
Category: Local
Playlist: Music You Need To Hear In D.C., July 28 To Aug. 3
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s recurring playlist of artists we think you should catch around D.C. this week. Ready your fanny…
Track Work: Young Summer, ‘Siren’
The title track on Young Summer’s full-length debut, Siren, nearly didn’t make the album at all. “This song came out…
Photos: A Screaming, Silver-Suited Chain & The Gang At Black Cat
With their silver suits and dead-straight faces, D.C.’s Chain & the Gang preached and shrieked through an electrifying set at…
Photos: Flume’s Psychedelic Spectacle At 9:30 Club
This week, Aussie electronic artist Flume rode through town to play two sold-out nights at the 9:30 Club with Virginia-based…
Baltimore Band Ed Schrader’s Music Beat: ‘Americans Need To Value Art, And We Don’t’
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat started out as a comedian with a floor tom. Now, it’s got just half of a…
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: Tone P
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…
Track Work: Thaylobleu, ‘Locked’
New Year’s Day 2010 was one of the worst days of Terence Nicholson’s life, but he got his band’s best…
Bob Mould On World Cafe
Hear the former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman play four songs from his latest solo album, Beauty and Ruin.
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: SlimKat78 And Kev Brown
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…
Playlist: All The Music You Need To Hear In D.C., July 21 To 27
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s recurring playlist of artists we think you should catch in D.C. this week. This week’s playlist…
J Dilla’s Gear Is Headed To The Smithsonian
Gear belonging to the late hip-hop producer James “J Dilla” Yancey is headed to the Smithsonian. A synthesizer and drum…
Olivia Neutron-John’s Anna Nasty: ‘I’m Post-Bro’
Olivia Neutron-John specializes in emotionally dense, unfiltered electronic music delivered live with throbbing intensity—and it’s safe to say there’s nothing…
In The D.C. Area, Houses Open Doors To Small-Time Musicians
Bandwidth has done extensive coverage of the house-show scene in D.C., and today this story—about the broadening and unique appeal…
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: i.V. And The Arckitech
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but the producers are its pulse. In this multipart series…
Photos: Teen Liver, Swimsuit Addition And Peoples Drug At The Rocketship
Scenes from Tuesday night’s steamy show at The Rocketship, featuring newish D.C. band Peoples Drug, Chicago’s Swimsuit Addition, and the…
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: Dunc And Drew Dave
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…
Photos: Joy Buttons, Pinkwash, The Sniffs, And Young Trynas At The Dougout
Local venues and bands have now hosted numerous benefits for the forthcoming In It Together Fest, and Saturday night brought…
Playlist: All The Music You Need To Hear In D.C., July 14 To 20
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s weekly playlist of artists we think you should catch in D.C. this week. Both nouveau and…
What Music To Hear At Capital Fringe
Today brings the start of this year’s Capital Fringe, the beloved annual blowout of thoroughly experimental, often untested and occasionally…