Working With Soldiers At Walter Reed, Cellist Finds A New Creative Path
The signature song on cellist Wytold’s new album began as an improvisation. As he sat in the lobby of the…
Category: Sounds
Songs We Love: Oddisee, ‘Things’
The bright and bouncy dance track adds a new color to the Maryland-born rapper’s production palette — but the song’s energy belies its lyrical content.
To These Maryland Rappers, ‘DMV’ Stands For ‘Dope Music Village’
For Maryland rappers Brain Rapp, Nature Boi and Ezko, it takes a village to make dope music. That’s the premise…
In Wake Of Trump Election, Verses Records Rallies 40 Bands To Benefit ACLU
For many in the progressive nation’s capital, Donald Trump’s election to the White House represented a call to action. Count…
Premiere: On ‘Mars And Me,’ D.C.’s Brushes Come From Mars And Venus
For Nick Anway, life is all about embracing contradictions. The 27-year-old frontman and primary songwriter of D.C. indie-rock band Brushes…
Dreamy R&B Duo Abhi//Dijon Finds A More Concise Sound On ‘Montana’
Abhi//Dijon is a duo, not a solo act. But sometimes listeners can’t tell. “People still think we’re one person,” says…
For Martyn — Semi-Secret Star DJ Of Northern Virginia — The Circle Expands In Life And In Music
The past two and a half years have provided significant disruptions for Virginia DJ/producer Martyn — but you wouldn’t know…
D.C.’s Ardamus Connects Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson With Boom-Bap
In his youth, Fort Totten rapper Ardamus excelled at a number of competitive sports. “If I didn’t get into music…
Building A Weird ‘Hospital’ With Virginia’s Timmy Sells His Soul
Daniel Euphrat had one driving notion behind the new album for his solo project, Timmy Sells His Soul: “Start off…
On Debut Album, Lilac Daze Chooses ’90s Influences Carefully
Despite the ubiquity of graybeard reunion tours, not every ’90s indie/punk trope is worth perpetuating. So it’s wise for a canon-embracing…
On The First Album From D.C.’s Feedel Band, The Future Of Ethio-Jazz Is Now
Ethio-jazz combo the The Feedel Band is best known for evoking the funky, minor-chord, ’70s-era East African music collected on…
Lullabies Of Urgency And Loss From Maryland’s Infinity Crush
Infinity Crush’s Warmth Equation is almost synesthetic — you can imagine seeing the music in little sunbursts, a color palette…
D.C.’s Fat Trel Covers ‘Broccoli,’ Because Why Not
The chipper, profane rap hit “Broccoli” by D.R.A.M. and Lil Yachty has spawned a steady stream of remixes. That blocky…
Sun Machines Are Back With An Interstellar Tale That Any Teleworker Can Relate To
Greg Gendron is no stranger to feeling like a kind of isolated, home-sick astronaut. He’s been a submariner with the Navy; he also spent a good five years in a foreign land — Japan. So it probably makes perfect sense that his duo, Sun Machines, revolves around the concept of space travel, in all its excitement and weirdness.
On A Transatlantic Collaboration, Silver Spring’s Daniel Barbiero Explores Thought Itself
Anybody who talks to bassist/composer Daniel Barbiero about his favorite intellectual pursuits is likely to come out of the conversation…
Insect Factory Has A Hunch That Life Has Become Too Much Like Work
Guitarist Jeff Barsky of Insect Factory did some deep thinking about that little red dot on your Facebook page. It put his latest album in focus.
For D.C. Rapper J-Scienide, John Candy Equals Hip-Hop Gold
It’s debatable whether the 1985 comedy Brewster’s Millions is a true classic, but the Richard Pryor/John Candy flick has certainly…
Premiere: Boon’s Biggest ‘Hunger’ Yet
Boon’s latest track is actually the D.C. band’s oldest. Brendan Principato wrote “Hunger” during his 2014 summer break from college,…
Some Funky Late-Summer ‘Love’ From GoldLink
Warning: Explicit lyrics. Since a 2014 mixtape and a 2015 album — not to mention a membership in that year’s XXL Freshman…
15 Recent D.C. Records You Don’t Want To Miss
We’ve never claimed to be all-knowing here at Bandwidth, so forgive us if we occasionally overlook a noteworthy record or…