In the News
Chris Ingalls at PopMatters reviews POPulist Agendas, the excellent new post-rock album by Requiem.
District Fray interviewed Cat Janice prior to her recent release show for Modern Medicine.
The venerable CityPaper provides the origin story of new bubble-grunge band Cherub Tree.
CityPaper also dives deep into Frames, the new album by guitar wizard Noah Pierre and his eponymous band.
The hype builds for Above Water, the upcoming album by Rye Thomas’s moniker Soft Punch. Blood Makes Noise published a thoughtful interview with Thomas, while Magnet Magazine premiered the video for “My Head” directed by Jonathan Howard, also of the band Cigarette.
DC Music Video
Here’s “My Head” by Soft Punch! Watch it and pre-order the album before it drops on September 15th.
Don’t Stay Home This Week
Tuesday August 22nd
“The Thing We Fought For is a split release from Washington, DC’s LMB Records and Hagerstown, MD’s Estavelle Records. The first side contains a new improvised work for large acoustic ensemble, with some structure implemented and led by Abe Mamet. The recording captures the tail end of a month of the recorded musicians playing, living, and exploring together in rural Italy.
The other side is a reimagined meditation on this improvised work by Seventh Shadow of the Sun that focuses on the movement and manipulation of electrons.”
In addition, Tuesday night’s Rhizome show in Takoma Park features Philly trio Spectral Forces.
Wednesday August 23rd
Closely associated with the French Canadian vocal jazz group Veronneau, violinist Dave Kline leads his jazz fusion band in a free concert Wednesday evening at the Leonadus K. Plenty Amphitheater in Franconia District Park, VA.
Thursday August 24th
“Dirty Shirt Rock N’ Roll” band One Way Out, recent transplants from DC to NYC, kick off their upcoming tour with a single release show Thursday night at the Pie Shop with music buds Curse Words and Thunderpaw (fka Sunwolf, if you’re old school like that).
Friday August 25th
Songbyrd owns this weekend solid, starting with Friday night’s release show for emo mastermind Landon Philip’s band I Wish I Had Stayed and their new EP Trying to Play it Cool, along with DIY pop-positivity from Professor Goldstein and folky singer Nicole Lepre.
Saturday August 26th
From her start providing sweet vocals for the jazz group Sweet Something, we knew singer Ari Voxx had something special. Her debut full length album I'm Okay, Please Stop Asking with The Sad Lads is out now, and Saturday night Songbyrd hosts the album release show along with Julie Outrage and Jaylin.
Sunday August 27th
With members hailing from Caracas, Fort Worth, Cleveland and La Serena, Chile, The Exchange Project brings a wide array of geographic influences to their groovy rock sound. They celebrate the release of their debut full length self-titled album Sunday night at Songbyrd, and they aren’t alone because podcast faves Roscoe Tripp also release their second EP A Cage Made of Tin, and Apollo 66 kick off the show with their garage rock power.
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