Citing Israel Policy, D.C. Jewish Community Center Pulls The Plug On The Shondes
Home of the forward-thinking Theater J, Washington Jewish Film Festival, and Jewish Literary Festival, the Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center usually has…
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What Does This Thievery Corporation Review Mean?
April Fools’ Day joke? Elaborate pan? It’s unclear, at least to me. The review by Spin contributor Garrett Kamps, dated…
Of Note: Stranger In The Alps, Cavale, And More D.C. Shows To Hit
Every Thursday, Bandwidth contributors tell you what local shows are worth your time over the next week. Stranger in the…
Track Work: Furniteur, ‘Modern Love’
D.C. native Brittany Sims has spent years studying and practicing fine arts, specifically painting. Now, she’s flexing another creative muscle…
GoldLink: ‘People Are Dancing To My Pain, And They Don’t Even Know It’
Virginia rapper GoldLink doesn’t consider himself a straightforward rapper—he calls his music “future bounce,” a term he credits to producer Lakim—and…
Select DC Books Electronic Music For Punks
On a recent Friday night, a familiar tradition was unfolding in Petworth: A cluster of 20-somethings stood around the living…
Track Work: Protect-U, ‘Time 2 Technique’
“Slicin’ the brain in tha mornin’.” “POTS + PANS THROWN AROUND THE KITCHEN TECHNO.” These are the phrases D.C. electronic…
Of Note: What D.C.-Area Shows To Hit This Week
Each Thursday, Bandwidth contributors tell you what local shows are worth your time over the next week. Buildings, Other Colors,…
Track Work: Priests, ‘Right Wing’
When D.C. band Priests came along a few years ago, it seemed pretty traditional—a back-to-basics, question-everything punk band not too…
Mikaela Davis Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Indie harpist Mikaela Davis brings her dreamy sound to the Wilderness Bureau.
Track Work: RAtheMC, ‘Put In Work’
Let there be no lingering doubt that D.C. rapper RAtheMC is dedicated. A former “X-Factor” contestant and the first signee to…
A Brief Introduction To D.C.’s Garage-Rock Scene
For years, a kind of garage-rock revival has taken place in D.C.’s rock scene, but it’s gone on somewhat under…
Track Work: Outputmessage, ‘Minuscule’
Electronic-music producer Bernard Farley, a 30-year-old Dupont Circle resident, is something of a math whiz: A test developer at the…
Can Small Record Shops Keep Up With Record Store Day?
Record Store Day announced its complete slate of 2014 releases Thursday—all 438 of them. That’s a big increase from 2013,…
Watch: Sunwolf Live At WAMU
D.C. band Sunwolf is responsible for one of the best songs released in D.C. last year: The scrappy earworm “Push…
At Last! Ex Hex Releases Its Debut Music Video
D.C. power-rock trio Ex Hex has two special deliveries for us today: the official release of its debut 7-inch and…
Crooked Beat Record Store Makes The Jump To Record Label
When customers walk into Adams Morgan record shop Crooked Beat, says owner Bill Daly, they come looking for local music….
For Some D.C. Bands, SXSW Isn’t Worth The Trip
“Hi, we’re Ex Hex from Washington, D.C.” Last Thursday, local guitar virtuoso Mary Timony said those words to a full…
Jenny Hval Live at DC9
Watch Norweigian experimental pop artist Jenny Hval’s performance from the band’s last visit to the District.
The Education Of Christylez Bacon
The rapper, singer, beatboxer and multi-instrumentalist is a product of Southeast Washington, D.C., an area hit hard by crime and drugs in the 1980s.