First Listen: Jessie Jones, ‘Jessie Jones’
On her debut album, the SoCal singer-songwriter takes an ambling path through many eras of psychedelic music, from acid blues to mystical odysseys and the late-’60s moment when psych met bubblegum.
Category: Sounds
First Listen: Watkins Family Hour, ‘Watkins Family Hour’
Nickel Creek’s Sara and Sean Watkins lead a good-natured variety show with an all-star cast that includes Fiona Apple, Greg Leisz, Benmont Tench and others.
First Listen: Omar Souleyman, ‘Bahdeni Nami’
There may be no more unlikely act in indie/electronic music than a sunglasses-and-keffiyeh-wearing wedding singer with a chain smoker’s gruff voice.
First Listen: Ashley Monroe, ‘The Blade’
A solo singer, go-to collaborator and member of the Pistol Annies, Monroe is a star who’s both arrived and rising: accepted by insiders without losing her veneer of outsider cool.
With Roots In Oklahoma, Husbands Dream Of The Beach On ‘Stay Gold’
Husbands only exist on the Internet because that’s how long distance works. “Grad school is a very anxiety-ridden time,” says…
Tragedy And Broken Bones Can’t Dethrone King Giant, Virginia’s Monarchs Of Southern Metal
Black Ocean Waves, the third LP from Northern Virginia’s masters of Southern metal, sounds cloaked in darkness to begin with….
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On ‘Flair,’ The New Retro Pays Tribute To A Woman’s Indescribable Vibe
With influences that span Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Mos Def and Curtis Mayfield, Maryland ensemble The New Retro…
Foodie Band Night Kitchen Tackles Gentrification On A New Tune
Maurice Sendack’s children’s book In the Night Kitchen inspired Silver Spring indie-rock outfit Night Kitchen — both in name and…
Ex-Q And Not U Duo Paint Branch Re-Emerges With A New EP
To followers of D.C. indie rock, John Davis and Chris Richards might be familiar names. They toured widely with their…
Which Peruvian Artists To See At The Smithsonian Folklife Festival
There’s more to Peruvian music than Andean flute players — and when this summer’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival resumes today near…
For Maryland R&B Singer LeXuS, It’s All About The Fire
At first introduction, Alexis Hayward comes across as bubbly and welcoming. But as soon as she starts talking about her…
Premiere: Lighting Fires’ Dreamy New Single, ‘Summerland’
“I will listen to Death Cab and cry myself to sleep,” Andrew Gaddy says, jokingly. But his band, D.C.’s Lighting…
Playlist: Most Of The Bands Playing Fort Reno In 2015
Update, July 1: The 2015 Fort Reno schedule has been posted. Original post: This summer’s edition of the Fort Reno…
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…
Listen: New Music From Economical Indie Rockers Spirit Plots
Back in October, punky indie-rock trio Spirit Plots divulged its songwriting secrets to Bandwidth’s Justyn Withay. “Our formula is Hook –>…
Drone Duo Zomes On Making Music In The Least Stressful Way Possible
On its own, Zomes’ new album, Near Unison, is a thing of undeniable beauty, care and intelligence. Talk to band…
Premiere: The Raised By Wolves’ Poptastic ‘Gorgeously Yours’
“Gorgeously Yours,” the hyperactive new single from pop-rock duo The Raised By Wolves, is overflowing with musical ideas. According to…
First Listen: Vince Staples, ‘Summertime ’06’
The Long Beach rapper can be that villain you root for, but he’s even better at showing us the complex, varied pieces that make up a real man.
After Leaving Drop Electric, Cruzie Beaux Finds Fresh Ideas In Electronic Pop
With a title like “Mrs. Dick Van Dike,” a student of pop culture might ask, is the new song from…
A Bunch Of Baltimore Bands Covered Sisqó’s ‘Thong Song’
The 15th anniversary of Sisqó’s monster single “Thong Song” could have wafted past like the scent of coconut body oil…