Track Work: Seaknuckle, ‘It Won’t Last’
A lively pop-rock quartet from Frederick, Maryland, Seaknuckle wants to make danceable music — but mostly for their own sake….
Category: Track Work
Maxmillion Dunbar Gets Utilitarian On His New Dolo Percussion EP
When unquestionably creative musicians draw a tight square around their talents and produce something minimal, it’s easy to call it…
Track Work: The North Country, ‘The Cross We Bear’
On its forthcoming album, D.C. folk-rock band The North Country meditates on the instability of youth — particularly that special…
Track Work: Swings, ‘Heavy Manner’
Swings’ new song “Heavy Manner” may sound like a hybrid of shoegaze and slacker rock, but the D.C. band cites…
Track Work: Ardamus, ‘If Only I Gave Ah’
D.C. rapper Ardamus tends to write from his life experiences, but don’t call his music “conscious” hip-hop. “In all honesty, I…
Track Work: Sansyou And The New Lines, ‘Gowanus Canal Field Inspection’
D.C.-based trio Sansyou isn’t in the lyrics game — the band’s entire body of work has been instrumental. That’s why…
Track Work: Sun Machines, ‘Mono Mind’
During the three years he spent in Japan while working for the U.S. government, Greg Gendron didn’t play the drums…
Track Work: The 1978ers, ‘Sacreligious’
“God is good,” rapper yU proclaims at the beginning of “Sacreligious” (sic), a standout from his exceptional new album with…
Track Work: Big Hush, ‘Wholes’
After churning through three drummers and losing a guitarist who split for Japan, D.C. band Big Hush has only recently…
Track Work: Misun, ‘Eli Eli’
If the first few bars of Misun’s “Eli Eli” remind you of The Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb,” you aren’t…
Track Work: More Humans, ‘Mt. Oblivion’
“Oblivion” makes us think of mass destruction. But the word’s most basic meaning describes little more than the state of…
Premiere: ‘Masking,’ A Throbbing Industrial Track From Br’er
About 45 seconds into “Masking,” the title track from Br’er’s forthcoming LP, things get uncomfortable. “I feel dizzy, I can’t breathe,”…
Track Work: Anthony Pirog, ‘The New Electric’
Bbbbbbrrrruuuuummmmmmm! About halfway through “The New Electric,” one of the centerpiece songs on Palo Colorado Dream, Anthony Pirog’s debut album…
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…
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…
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…