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Title Tracks Live At WAMU

The idea for a Title Tracks session at WAMU 88.5 hatched way back in August of 2015, when the D.C….

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Thaylobleu Live At WAMU

Terence Nicholson says that when people think “D.C. rock,” they probably think of punk from the ’80s and ’90s — Minor Threat,…

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More Humans Live At WAMU 88.5

More Humans isn’t the most visible or prolific band in D.C.’s indie-rock community, but when they pop up on the…

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Laney Jones And The Spirits Live At The Wilderness Bureau

For years, Americana performer Laney Jones toiled away in rural Florida clubs before she made the leap to a larger…

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Mount Moriah Live At The Wilderness Bureau

On the heels of the Americana band’s third album, How to Dance, North Carolina’s Mount Moriah swung through the Wilderness Bureau…

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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…

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Watch: Two Inch Astronaut Detonates At WAMU 88.5

Warning: The above video contains explicit language. With a history of anxious, acrobatic rock music (see: Dismemberment Plan), the D.C….

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Bayonne Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Austin-based minimalist electronic composer Roger Sellers, aka Bayonne, has drawn comparisons to pop experimentalists Panda Bear, Atlas Sound and Caribou….

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Possessed By Paul James Live At WAMU

Konward Wert could have been a preacher. His father had been a pastor, the musician said in a 2011 interview….

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Mellow Diamond Live At The Wilderness Bureau

For years, Janel Leppin has been a fixture on D.C.’s experimental and avant-garde music scenes. As a composer, cellist and vocalist, Leppin’s work…

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Sianna Plavin Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Warning: The above video contains explicit language. Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, Sianna Plavin recently stopped by Bandwidth’s Wilderness Bureau…

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Video: Death Has Been Called The First Punk Band. Now They’re In The Smithsonian.

In the early 1970s, years before punk rock exploded in the U.S., three brothers from Detroit started a band called Death. David…

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Cold Beat Live At WAMU

Hannah Lew is already a familiar name on the indie-pop scene: The San Francisco native used to play bass in…

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Young Fathers Live At The Wilderness Bureau

During a typical live performance, Edinburgh’s Young Fathers build a layered wall of voice and sound. But with most of…

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Feedel Band at WAMU

Feedel Band Burrows Deep Into A Groove At WAMU

Update, June 3: Feedel Band is also scheduled to play D.C.’s Our City Festival on June 5. Original post: The…

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Diet Cig And Earl Boykins Live At WAMU

Coming out of the fertile college scene in New Paltz, New York, punk-pop bands Diet Cig and Earl Boykins sound…

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Jimmy Whispers Live At The Wilderness Bureau

The last time I caught up with James Cicero, he was fronting the Carpark Records-endorsed indie-pop band Light Pollution. Several…

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Kevin Morby Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Back in October 2014, Kevin Morby released his second solo album, Still Life. Its title seemed steeped in irony, as the…

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Avers for WAMU's Bandwidth

Avers Live At WAMU

Richmond psych-rock quintet Avers has been called a supergroup, made up of players from folk-pop heavies The Head and the…

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Hiss Golden Messenger for WAMU's Bandwidth

Hiss Golden Messenger Live At WAMU

If you paid attention to San Francisco’s indie-rock scene in the early 2000s, you probably know The Court and Spark,…

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