Track Work: Joy Buttons, ‘Other’
In Ryan McLaughlin’s eyes, Joy Buttons hasn’t changed dramatically over the last two years. The frenetic D.C. punk band still…
Category: Sounds
Track Work: Screen Vinyl Image, ‘I’m Not’
When drafting the lyrics for one of his band’s latest songs, Jake Reid took a cue from The Beach Boys…
Track Work: Two Inch Astronaut, ‘Foulbrood’
Discussing the story behind his band’s name, Two Inch Astronaut frontman Sam Rosenberg has two versions of the truth: In…
First Listen: Daniel Lanois, ‘Flesh And Machine’
After four decades of making records, Lanois has decided to chase sounds that have never been. An otherworldly adventure, Flesh And Machine has no songs and no words, using voices only for texture.
Track Work: Stranger In The Alps, ‘Black Box’
Sometimes, all it takes to make music is a little emotion. When Stranger in the Alps‘ Steve Kolowich conceptualized his…
Track Work: The Funk Ark, ‘Man Is A Monster’
What happens when you join a band that you love, but you’ve kept your own band together? In Will Rast’s…
Track Work: Teen Mom, ‘Naked In The Eyes Of My Love’
Teen Mom frontman Chris Kelly says he wants to take a more personal approach to songwriting. But if his band’s…
Track Work: Ace Cosgrove, ‘Burning Slums’
A year ago, when young rapper Ace Cosgrove found himself in the depths of depression, cash-strapped and living with his…
Track Work: Spirit Plots, ‘Set Out’
When Bandwidth swapped emails with D.C. indie rockers Spirit Plots in advance of the band’s show at Galaxy Hut tonight,…
Track Work: Pleasure Curses, ‘Burn’
Jahn Alexander Teetsov and Evan Maxwell Grice met when they were 11 and 10 years old at a summer camp…
Track Work: Dunc, ‘Through The Storm’
In 2009, Maryland producer Duncan Wintermyer emerged as a young producer with an old soul. His drums pulled from 1990s…
Recommended Dose: The Best Dance Tracks Of September
The final weeks of summer brought us new music from two of the biggest names in dance music, the return of post-rock, and a remix of Black Box’s “Everybody Everybody.”
First Listen: Godflesh, ‘A World Lit Only By Fire’
In the late ’80s, the Birmingham duo made guitar-pounding, drum-machine-and-bass industrial metal capable of melting Terminators. This is classic Godflesh, unadorned and even flayed in its rage.
First Listen: Ex Hex, ‘Rips’
Mary Timony’s ebullient new project fixates on the joys of punk. There’s enough energy on Rips to fuel a small country, and all of it is rooted in clean-burning enthusiasm.
Track Work: The Walking Sticks, ‘Bang’
In terms of lineup, The Walking Sticks are D.C.’s Blonde Redhead: They’ve got two identical twin brothers and a lady….
Diamond District Drops Another Excellent Single From ‘March On Washington’
D.C./New York hip-hop trio Diamond District is less than three weeks away from releasing March On Washington, its anticipated followup…
First Listen: Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross, ‘Gone Girl (Motion Picture Soundtrack)’
Gone Girl is Reznor and Ross’ third soundtrack collaboration under the direction of David Fincher. As with their past work together, the music suits the story that inspired it perfectly.
First Listen: Electric Youth, ‘Innerworld’
Innerworld is awash in ’80s earmarks, but it also conveys a sense of wistfulness; a sense of childlike splendor in danger of succumbing to the ravages of adulthood.
First Listen: Lucinda Williams, ‘Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone’
In terms of pure expression, no singer in popular music can touch Williams when she’s calling from the lonely outskirts of Despairville.
Track Work: The Grey A, ‘Unusual As Usual’
There are sexual people, asexual people and those who fall somewhere in between: They’re “graysexual,” or “Gray A.” D.C. resident…