DC music fam, as April closes out the first third of 2024, we’d like to catch you up on the albums and EPs that have dropped this year. It’s too easy for the gems to slip through our fingers in our era of streaming abundance, and DC has made some quality music this year.
2024 DC Records So Far
Strangers That Clique - The Heavy After Hours (Jan 3)
Reginald Cyntje - Gentle Touch (Jan 17)
Pinkhouse - Vanity Project (Jan 19)
Flowerbomb - Gloom Scroll Vol. 1 (Jan 19)
Mystery Friends - Utopia (Jan 23)
¡FIASCO! - Anger Artist (Jan 25)
Dear Daria - Solastalgia (Jan 26)
Broke Royals - Big Dream (Jan 26)
For Love of Records - Yesterday & Today: DC Does Dischord (Jan 31)
Sensor Ghost - 3 Songs (Feb 2)
Nate Scheible - or valleys and (Feb 16)
dreamcastmoe - Molly’s Son (Feb 16)
I Wish I Had Stayed - The Horsemansplit (Feb 20)
Glitterer - Rationale (Feb 23)
Mary Timony - Untame the Tiger (Feb 23)
Eric Hilton - Sound Vagabond (Feb 23)
NAYAN - Rock N Roll Ruined My Life (Feb 29)
Czonka - Kunstausstellung der Sezession MMXXIV (Feb 29)
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Mar 15)
Tosser - Sheer Humanity (Mar 15)
Glenn Echo - Demos, Dubplates, & Sureshots (Mar 21)
Aaron Abernathy - From the Throne Room (Mar 25)
TonalTheory - Keep Me Blushin' (Mar 29)
Cumbia Heights - Amaneciendo (Mar 29)
Dupont Brass - Professional Development (Apr 3)
Continuals - s/t (Apr 5)
Deccan Traps - Watching the World (Apr 5)
Kingpen Slim - If God Could Rap (Apr 7)
Dale and the ZDubs - Off the Rip (Apr 12)
Sami.Moe - Crash and Build (Apr 15)
Nappy Nappa - NZA 99.0 (Apr 15)
Milo in the Doldrums - s/t (Apr 15)
Ekko Astral - pink balloons (Apr 17)
Griefcat - Late Stage Capitalism (Apr 19)
The North Country - The Future's All We Need (Apr 26)
Don’t Stay Home This Week
Tuesday April 30th
Find some peace and wisdom Tuesday night at Rhizome with spoken word from Camilo Montoya, gong by Naoco Wowsugi, and an ambient DJ set by Valentina.
Wednesday May 1st
Fresh from touring to support their new release Killing the Bear, Americana rockers Brian K & The Parkway play Silver Spring’s Quarry House Tavern Wednesday night along with GXB and Lindsay Collette.
Honorable mention:
Thursday May 2nd
Annapolis pop comes to town Thursday night at DC9 with Del Florida and Daphne Eckman, joined by DC native synthpop band Mystery Friends.
Honorable mention:
Veronneau and Dave Kline at Blues Alley
Friday May 3rd
Listen to the anthemic new single by Bad Moves below and then head to Songbyrd Friday night to experience it live, with fellow DC bands Pretty Bitter and Prude.
Honorable mention:
Roscoe Tripp, Jackie & The Treehorns, and Fields & Forests at O'Shaughnessy's Pub
Saturday May 4th
It’s full on Porch Fest season and the Adams Morgan neighborhood gets its turn Saturday afternoon. The full lineup is forthcoming, and confirmed acts include The Experience Band, Flex Mathews, Max Rosado & The 7th Street Band, and more.
Honorable mentions:
Alice Despard Group & Marshall Keith (Slickee Boys) at Palisades Hub
Glosser and Argo & The Violet Queens with Chokecherry (SF) at Comet Ping Pong
Sunday May 5th
Sunday night’s mish-mash bill at Slash Run features radiant singer Ari Voxx and all her Sad Lads, psychedelic punks Tripping Corpse, and NJ alt-rock band See Plus. A little something for everyone.
See You
First thing next Monday morning, like clockwork.
-PV