The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Neil Young: Boycott Starbucks! [Consequence of Sound] Tuscadero to play two…
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Where Are D.C.’s Accessible Music Venues?
In August, Bandwidth contributor Tori Kerr took a close look at the accessibility of D.C.’s music venues. She found that…
Stream Fugazi’s First Demo In Its Entirety
Before Fugazi was an angry young man, it was an angry baby. The proof is found on the influential D.C….
The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. On Veterans Day, the Concert For Valor was “about as American…
Watch Ex Hex And Logic On Late-Night TV
Two local acts made appearances on late-night talk shows last night: D.C. rock trio Ex Hex turned up on Late Night…
Rivers Cuomo Calls D.C. Band Priests ‘Charming’
Rolling Stone asked Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo to review a handful of songs from new and old artists. The mag…
The Bounce: This Week In Music News
Bandwidth’s new Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news. Andy Beta explores the microcosmos of D.C. labels Future Times,…
This Sunday’s ‘Hometown Special’ Will Play Only Vintage D.C. Music
If you’re interested in D.C. music before the era of go-go and hardcore, you need to tune into Sunday’s edition…
Too Punk For TV: Positive Force Documentary To Premiere In D.C.
Update, Jan 2: The film shows at Black Cat on Saturday, Jan 3, 2015. Buy tickets here. Once Jenny Toomey…
Hear Herbie Hancock Do A Buddhist Chant, Discuss His New Book
American musical legend Herbie Hancock appeared on WAMU 88.5’s The Diane Rehm Show today to discuss his new book, Possibilities,…
Listen: Fugazi’s Demo Version Of ‘Merchandise’
On Nov. 18, Dischord Records releases the first demo from D.C. heavyweights Fugazi, recorded in 1988. It promises to be…
Gaithersburg MC Logic Releases His Def Jam Debut
Logic—the Maryland rapper who broke out last year after landing on XXL‘s Freshman cover and quickly inking a deal with…
Sleater-Kinney Reunites, Announces New Album
Eight years after going on indefinite hiatus, the trio is back. They’ll release a new album on Jan. 20 called No Cities to Love. Hear the song “Bury Our Friends” now.
The Link Between St. Stephen’s Church And D.C. Punk
Today at 1 p.m., WAMU’s Metro Connection airs a six-minute segment on St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church, the progressive…
Capricorn In Retrograde: Macon’s Endangered Musical History
The Georgia town was home to Otis Redding, Little Richard and Capricorn Records, a label that played a key role in the birth of Southern rock. Now, many of the city’s musical landmarks are threatened.
Watch Kali Uchis Get Sweet, Evil Revenge In Her New Video
Alexandria superstar-in-the-making Kali Uchis still hasn’t released Por Vida, the followup to her 2012 mixtape Drunken Babble, but today she…
Another Music Archive Is Opening In D.C., And This One Is Broader
George Washington University already has a class about D.C. punk rock. But for the last year, the pricey university in…
‘Salad Days’ Punk Documentary Unveils New Trailer, Premiere Date
Update, Oct. 10: The film screens Dec. 19 at AFI Silver Theatre. Tickets sold out fast for the early showing;…
Stage Diving And Violence At Shows: What’s A Band To Do?
Controversy over stage diving may quiet down one day. But stage diving will probably have to die out first. The…
A Rational Conversation: Is PC Music Pop Or Is It ‘Pop’?
The dizzy, saccharine music of the London-based record label PC Music is invested in the most addictive pop of modern history, but the label’s songs feel detached, almost cynical.