D.C.’s Modern-Day Punk Scene, Captured In A New Photo Exhibit
Michael Andrade is so dedicated to documenting D.C.’s hardcore scene, he gave himself nerve damage doing it. “When I first…
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Want To Play D.C.’s Newest DIY Festival? Take A Number
Late Tuesday night, organizers of this summer’s ambitious In It Together Fest huddled at DIY space Hole In The Sky…
Ex Hex Releases New Song, Unveils Album Release Date
Big news from the Ex Hex camp today: The D.C. rock trio dropped a new song and announced a release…
SMOOTA On Male Nudity, Erotic Trombones, And What ‘Blurred Lines’ Got Wrong
By now, it’s a tired truth in pop culture: Male nudity is considered funny, not erotic. When we see it—in…
Track Work: The Doozies, ‘Me + You’
Along with Teen Liver and Foul Swoops, The Doozies were a rising presence amid D.C.’s nascent garage-rock crew. But there’s…
Playlist: Every Band Playing Fort Reno This Summer
It was cancelled! Then uncancelled! And finally tonight, the annual Fort Reno concert series kicks off with two bands you…
Track Work: The Sea Life, ‘Prozac And Merlot’
Even for a band that trafficks in dream pop, The Sea Life’s new heavy-lidded single “Prozac and Merlot” sounds especially…
Trillectro 2014 Lineup Announced
The third annual Trillectro hip-hop and electronic music festival returns to D.C. on Aug. 23 this year—this time to RFK…
Photos: Logic At Fillmore Silver Spring
In advance of his forthcoming Def Jam debut, Gaithersburg-raised rapper Logic played a sold-out hometown show last night at Fillmore…
Video Premiere: Asheru’s ‘Funky D.C.’
Asheru is a man about town—the world, even. Before hip-hop stepped out of go-go’s shadow in D.C., the artist named…
The 2014 Fort Reno Schedule Is Here
After a few days of uncertainty, this year’s Fort Reno concert series is back on track—and the schedule is now…
Fort Reno Concerts Are Back On
This summer’s Fort Reno concert series won’t be cancelled after all. That news came today after a meeting between organizer…
Playlist: All The Music You Need To Hear In D.C. June 30 to July 6
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s weekly playlist of artists we think you should catch in D.C. this week. This week’s Sound…
Fort Reno Organizer To Meet With Feds On Monday
After organizer Amanda MacKaye called off the popular Fort Reno concert series yesterday citing burdensome and unexpected U.S. Park Police…
Fort Reno Concert Series Canceled, Says Organizer
Read the latest on Fort Reno at this link. Update, 3:36 p.m. Friday: Fort Reno concert organizer Amanda MacKaye says…
‘Us Conductors’ And The Strange Beauty Of The Theremin
Sean Michaels has been on a quest for a few good theremin players. “I’ve spent the past several months scouring…
Track Work: The Tender Thrill, ‘Serena’
With its new EP, New Blues, D.C. garage-rock band The Tender Thrill isn’t proclaiming to hit the reset button on…
Playlist: All The Music You Need To Hear In D.C. June 23 To 29
Today Bandwidth introduces Sound Advice, our new Monday playlist that pulls together all the music we think you need to…
Track Work: Mike C., ‘New Shoes’
More rappers these days seem to be performing under their government names, and it seems like their attempt to appear…
Track Work: Art Sorority For Girls, ‘Man With A Van’
After cutting his teeth in New York’s anti-folk scene, Daoud Tyler-Ameen moved to D.C. for a job and brought his…