Six Pics: Puddles Pity Party At 9:30 Club
You may recall the cover of Lorde’s “Royals” a while back, performed by a 6-foot-8-inch clown who crooned like Sinatra….
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Six Pics: Murder By Death And Kevin Devine At 9:30 Club
When Indiana’s Murder by Death kicked off its set Friday at D.C.’s 9:30 Club with a cello-enhanced cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,”…
Ivy Leaguers In Love: The Giddy Folk-Pop Of Handsome Hound
You understand more about Claire Daviss and Cuchulain Kelly’s playful relationship just by listening to their music. The couple’s band,…
‘This Was My Night’: A Document Of Latter-Day D.C. Punk, Strictly For The Fans
D.C. hardcore hit peak nostalgia years ago and just kept going. The endless supply of documentary films, books, curated art…
How Punk Legend Kid Congo Powers Found Some Chicano Magic In D.C.
Kid Congo Powers came to D.C. a decade ago as a fully formed underground rock ‘n’ roll hero, so it’s…
What Does D.C. Sound Like? Listen To Kokayi’s Washington Soundscape
Take a walk through NoMa, the Southwest Waterfront or parts of Shaw, and you’ll hear a city in transition: the…
Six Pics: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down And Saintseneca At 9:30 Club
Scenes from Friday night’s concert at the 9:30 Club with Thao & the Get Down Stay Down and Saintseneca (not…
Joe’s Record Paradise Launches Crowdfunding Campaign To Save Itself
After relocating from one Silver Spring location to another, Maryland record shop Joe’s Record Paradise says it’s hurting for cash….
Video Premiere: Fellow Creatures Get Trapped In Party Jail
Sam McCormally is not having a good time. At least that’s how it appears in the video for “Wouldn’t You…
The Harry Bells: A Strong Contender For Most Boisterous Band In D.C.
Four members of D.C.’s The Harry Bells — saxophonists Matt Rippetoe and Jonathan Parker, trumpeter Joe Herrera and trombonist Ben…
Premiere: Benjy Ferree Is A New Man
Benjy Ferree never stopped writing. He just slowed down. That’s how the songwriter explains his recent absence from music. The last time the…
Six Pics: Smashing Pumpkins And Liz Phair At Lincoln Theatre
Billy Corgan brought the latest incarnation of Alternative Nation titans Smashing Pumpkins to the Lincoln Theatre Sunday night as part of…
To Be Clear: Flasher Is Not An English Band From 1979
At the rate that D.C. DIY bands form and split, one could be forgiven for not keeping up. So if you’re not hip…
A D.C. Rapper’s Love Song To A Gentrifying Hometown
Tarica June wrote “But Anyway” in response to quickening change in District. What she didn’t expect was the wave of positive feedback — especially from other gentrifying cities across the country.
Six Pics: Jonathan Richman At 9:30 Club
The quirky founder of influential rock band The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman returned to D.C.’s 9:30 Club last night for the first time…
D.C. Hardcore Is Funny, Or At Least The Hard Times Thinks So
Any dead-serious subculture becomes ripe for satire at some point, and if the success of The Hard Times is any…
Six Pics: Den-Mate, Bless And More DMV Artists At MACROCK
A handful of the D.C.- and Baltimore-area artists who performed at the 2016 edition of MACROCK in Harrisonburg, Virginia Abdu…
Sun Club Live At The Wilderness Bureau
Sun Club has described itself as “a group of buddies playing happy music,” and that youthful energy was on full display…
K.A.A.N. Could Be The Next DMV Rap Star, But He’s Not Taking Anything For Granted
When K.A.A.N. raps, he sounds like he’s releasing the valve on a pressure cooker. There are a lot of confessions, rants…
Video Premiere: Prowess The Testament Assails Conventional Thought On ‘Alpha Centauri’
As a kid, Tia Abner rarely went anywhere without a notebook and pen. A poet from age 5, she began…