Photos: Union BBQ At Union Market
When the redeveloped Union Market opened in 2012, it brought a new culinary emporium to a gentrifying section of Northeast….
Category: Local
Track Work: The Ar-Kaics, “No No No”
The Ar-Kaics aren’t a D.C. band, but they might be the closest thing Richmond has to one: The garage-rock quartet has…
How Two Art Spaces Have Survived In Gentrifying D.C.
On May 21, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library hosted “District Of Change: Making D.C. Better For the Arts,”…
Track Work: GEMS, “Scars”
Last year, dream-pop duo GEMS released what I consider D.C.’s best pop recording of 2013, the shimmering and sad Medusa EP….
ASCAP To St. Stephen’s Church: Pay Up
7:08 p.m.: This post has been revised to reflect new information from ASCAP. ASCAP, one of a few organizations that…
In Prince George’s County, The Battle Over Go-Go Heats Up
A go-go version of the movie “Footloose” is playing out in Prince George’s County. A $10 million class action filed…
Listen: The Space-Cumbia Of G-Flux And Afrodita
D.C. producer G-Flux stumbled upon Mexican duo Afrodita in the most typical way: over Facebook. But the dance music they’d…
ACME Drops A New Video For ‘Girlfriend Tonight’
Yes, ACME has a generic name. But it’s intentional. The D.C. electronic-soul-pop duo really does identify with “A Company That…
Marian McLaughlin: Tiny Desk Concert
A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others. Listening feels as if you’ve entered her meticulously decorated living room.
What D.C. Shows To Hit Over The Next Seven Days
Every Thursday, Bandwidth contributors tell you what D.C. shows are worth your time over the next week. A Sound of…
Rabbl Roused: Is Rabbl Promoting Pay-To-Play?
Door polling and old-fashioned pay-to-play are already controversial enough. Now the practice of “opener promotion,” a service offered by San Francisco company Rabbl,…
Video Premiere: Spoonboy, ‘Free Yer Mind, Square’
David Combs, D.C.’s longest-serving pop-punk bandleader, found the idea for one of his new songs in Redwood National Park. It…
Bob Mould’s Beautiful, Ruinous Life In Punk
With Hüsker Dü, Mould helped invent alt-rock, and he’s kept innovating ever since. “For so many years, I ran away from my own sound,” he says. At 53, he’s caught up to himself.
Of Note: Channels, Chelsea Wolfe, And Other D.C. Shows To Hit
Every Thursday, Bandwidth contributors tell you what D.C. shows are worth your time over the next week. Channels, Soccer Team,…
Eager For Listeners, Some Hip-Hop Artists Turn To Pay-To-Play Websites
You’re an unknown hip-hop artist trying to get your name out there. You don’t have any connections at traditional media….
Priests Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Priests is by far the loudest band Bandwidth has recorded at the Wilderness Bureau. One neighbor noticed and lodged a…
Track Work: The Urban Cartel, ‘While We’re Young’
With a sound it’s described as “indie-rock stylistics matched with hip-hop and R&B spirit,” local ensemble The Urban Cartel formed…
Track Work: Mattress Financial, ‘I Do That Good’
When Silver Spring band Two Inch Astronaut released its searing, herky-jerky LP Bad Brother in 2013, it attracted predictable, but fair, comparisons to D.C’s…
Of Note: Trans Am, Fu Manchu, And Other D.C. Shows To Hit
Every Thursday, Bandwidth contributors tell you what D.C. shows are worth your time over the next week. Trans Am and…
Track Work: Laughing Man, ‘Brilliant Colors’
A few years back, scenesters were talking a lot about the offbeat D.C. indie-rock band Laughing Man. Made up partly…