Playlist: Music You Need To Hear In D.C., July 28 To Aug. 3
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s recurring playlist of artists we think you should catch around D.C. this week. Ready your fanny…
Category: Sounds
Track Work: Young Summer, ‘Siren’
The title track on Young Summer’s full-length debut, Siren, nearly didn’t make the album at all. “This song came out…
Baltimore Band Ed Schrader’s Music Beat: ‘Americans Need To Value Art, And We Don’t’
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat started out as a comedian with a floor tom. Now, it’s got just half of a…
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: Tone P
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…
Track Work: Thaylobleu, ‘Locked’
New Year’s Day 2010 was one of the worst days of Terence Nicholson’s life, but he got his band’s best…
Bob Mould On World Cafe
Hear the former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman play four songs from his latest solo album, Beauty and Ruin.
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: SlimKat78 And Kev Brown
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…
Playlist: All The Music You Need To Hear In D.C., July 21 To 27
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s recurring playlist of artists we think you should catch in D.C. this week. This week’s playlist…
Mammut On World Cafe
Hear four songs by the popular band, recorded live from Icelandic National Day celebrations.
In The D.C. Area, Houses Open Doors To Small-Time Musicians
Bandwidth has done extensive coverage of the house-show scene in D.C., and today this story—about the broadening and unique appeal…
Five Essential Icelandic Albums From World Cafe
We stop by 12 Tónar Records, where a longtime employee shares his five favorite Icelandic acts.
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: i.V. And The Arckitech
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but the producers are its pulse. In this multipart series…
Bjork On World Cafe
The show digs deep into its archives for a discussion with the multi-talented singer from 2000.
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: Dunc And Drew Dave
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…
Playlist: All The Music You Need To Hear In D.C., July 14 To 20
Sound Advice is Bandwidth’s weekly playlist of artists we think you should catch in D.C. this week. Both nouveau and…
King Khan And The Shrines On World Cafe
The over-the-top Berlin band performs three songs that combine garage-rock, soul and psychedelia.
Ex Hex Releases New Song, Unveils Album Release Date
Big news from the Ex Hex camp today: The D.C. rock trio dropped a new song and announced a release…
Song Premiere: Steve Gunn, ‘Milly’s Garden’
The guitarist blends the traditional and the avant-garde, fusing the sounds of John Fahey, The Grateful Dead and Will Oldham into back-porch masterpieces. Hear Gunn’s earthy, epic new single.
Track Work: The Doozies, ‘Me + You’
Along with Teen Liver and Foul Swoops, The Doozies were a rising presence amid D.C.’s nascent garage-rock crew. But there’s…
Playlist: Every Band Playing Fort Reno This Summer
It was cancelled! Then uncancelled! And finally tonight, the annual Fort Reno concert series kicks off with two bands you…