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,…
Category: Track Work
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…
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….
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…
Track Work: The Effects, ‘Blister’
Devin Ocampo has a name for the speedy, rip-roaring songs he likes the most. “I’ve always called these types of…
Track Work: Art Sorority For Girls, ‘Dead Man’
Rock outfit Art Sorority For Girls is responsible for one of the catchiest songs I’ve heard from a D.C. artist…
Track Work: Micah Vellian, ‘Crystal Clear’
After a few years in D.C. house trio Volta Bureau, Miguel Lacsamana and his bandmates decided it was time to…
Track Work: Diamond District, ‘First Step’
Five years after the D.C.-rooted hip-hop trio unveiled its acclaimed full-length debut, Diamond District is gearing up to drop its followup…
Track Work: Abhi//Dijon, ‘13’
In a time when plenty of R&B artists could be confused for rappers who happen to carry a tune well,…
Track Work: Sarmust, ‘Edison’
Breakups suck, but every once in a while, they can become catalysts of clarity and self-discovery. Take the case of…
Track Work: Ras Nebyu, ‘Queens’
This song contains explicit lyrics. Ras Nebyu doesn’t have time for misogynistic rap music. He admits that he’s no saint—the…
Track Work: Ethan Spalding, ‘Happy Feelings’
Ethan Spalding doesn’t want to disclose his age on the record. “Hip-hop is a young man’s game,” says the Takoma…
Track Work: Myrrh Myrrh, ‘Peter Criss’
Maryland rock trio Myrrh Myrrh doesn’t identify with any genre in particular. But it’s sure of one thing: The band…
Track Work: Tabi Bonney, ‘Poom Poom’
In 2006, D.C. rapper Tabi Bonney scored a breakout hit with “The Pocket,” an off-kilter jam that celebrated regional slang…
Track Work: Fatz Da Big Fella, ‘Grew Up’
This song contains explicit lyrics. As a kid growing up in Northeast D.C., Antoine Williams played AAU basketball. “I thought…
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…
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…
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…
Track Work: The Sea Life, ‘Prozac And Merlot’
Even for a band that trafficks in dream pop, The Sea Life’s new heavy-lidded single “Prozac and Merlot” sounds especially…