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Israel has become the promised land for underground music trends. In the last decade, artists and DJs have flourished on the dancefloors and in the hedonistic warehouses of Tel Aviv (namely, the Breakfast Club). Tel Aviv is all about the crazy parties and for making...

Courtesy of History.com  Long-time readers of my column may remember the column I wrote criticizing pseudo-patriotism in the wake of September 11, 2011. Feel free to read it if you want, and come back later—this column will still be here when you get back. But, one of...

BIG ! BIG ! shout outs to Miss Maile Young for letting me interview her about songs that make her cry! I loved talking to this adorable little lady and crying together :~) A beautiful thing that I was able to realize during this interview was that the songs that make...

This week I was lucky enough to see some great bands from all over the US. On Thursday I was over at Songbyrd Music House in Adams Morgan, one of my favorite venues in DC. I have seen some of the more talented local bands at Songbyrd, so when I found out that a band I...

Courtesy of  Cherry Bombed Singer-bassist Gene Simmons of Kiss has recently reached the top of my shit list‰ÛÒand for good reason. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Simmons says he‰'s looking forward to the death of rap and the revival of music with lyrics and...

   Beya Likhari is a soulful songstress hailing from Baltimore. Her melodies and sentences flow cooly together in a way that stays in your headspace. We had the opportunity to chat with Beya on Wednesday morning about the Baltimore music scene, finding the perfect...

Courtesy of Anti I‰'m just going to come out and say it: I‰'m a sucker for concept albums. Especially when the concept is something subtle. There‰'s something about realizing a collection of seemingly unrelated songs are actually related that gets me going. Something...

Courtesy of  KIRN 670 AM The following songs represent a treasure trove of tracks mostly hidden from the world, disappearing following the Ayatollah‰'s strict control over the dissemination of Western culture in Iran. The 70s in Iran before the Revolution was an era...

Philadephia-based Free Cake for Every Creature joined us in the studio with her earnestly sweet anthems of young-adulthood.

Courtesy of  Slate Mood: When you‰'re happy that female musicians are thriving but angry about the misogyny in the music industry. However, this is not going to become an endless rant about the inequities that female-identifying musicians face. Instead, let‰'s...

Courtesy of  Burlington Hypnosis It‰'s clichÌ©d for indie band songwriters to have low self-confidence. There is nary an album I‰'ve heard that doesn‰'t include at least one song about how they can‰'t talk to girls—or anyone for that matter. What is different,...

Animal Collective- Painting With  Courtesy of Domino Records A Bunch of sounds that shouldn‰'t go together but somehow creates incredibly catchy indie music When it comes to experimental indie music, Animal Collective are the indisputable trailblazers. The band is...

Soundtrack to Your Life has an exciting feature this week: I was fortunate enough to attend the Finish Ticket show last Tuesday, and it would be a crime against humanity if I don‰'t use all of my journalistic power to rave about it. For those of you who haven‰'t heard...

Courtesy of  Wikipedia Thank you to Kathleen for baring her soul to me and sharing so much. Two songs that make a person cry in totally different ways make me so grateful that I get to ask these questions, and people answer. This interview is exactly why I wanted to...

Courtesy of Thump Imagine if Buffy the Vampire Slayer was set in the 80s, or if Trainspotting was set in Paris. This will help set the scene for the French-Canadian minimal wave music of Essaie Pas (“don‰'t try‰Û). Husband-wife duo Marie Davidson and Pierre...

The backstage of Black Cat is one of my favorite spots to see new music. Though I have seen some really great shows at the mainstage (Protomartyr & DIIV), it sometimes can get a bit too crowded for me. I enjoy venues that can hold a few hundred people, but then in...

Courtesy of  Soundcloud We all have those artists on our playlists: they come in once, bring one good party song, and are quickly forgotten once you hit shuffle one too many times. These are the one hit wonders of our music collections. I think Spotify likes to mock...

Courtesy of 8 Bit Dad Let‰'s talk about bad music. I‰'ll set the scene. 7th grade. You just get home from school. You‰'re wearing an Urban Outfitters graphic t-shirt. Your parents are still at work. You hop on the internet because what else would you do. And, while I...

Courtesy of Las Vegas Review Journal It‰'s 2016, and you know what that means--it‰'s a leap year. That‰'s not the point of this column, but I feel the need to acknowledge it because leap years deserve love too. But I digress, this is a big year for politics as the...

Courtesy of Songbyrd The first act to play was a duo by the name of  The Galaxy Electric. Their sound often reminded me of music by  YACHT. Their music is dreamy/synth pop with a touch of psychedelic. Jacqueline, the lead vocalist, was on the Mellotron keyboard....

It‰'s a Friday night and if you‰'re like me, you‰'re going back and forth between staying cooped up in a heated blanket and watching nature documentaries or going out. But that can make some people anxious, especially if you‰'re being pressured to do so. To liven up...

Courtesy of Modest Mouse Wiki   I‰'m writing this on Valentines Day.  I already regret picking this album.  This is a day where I am trying to stay ‰positive‰'. Of course I decide to listen to 1996‰'s most painfully melancholic album.  Modest Mouse‰'s first...

  Q: What song makes you cry? ML: “The Battle of Hampton Roads‰” by Titus Andronicus. Q: When did you first hear this song? ML: I first heard this song my senior year of high school. Q: Which lyric hits you the hardest and why? ML: “I‰'m sorry dad but I‰'m not...

Courtesy of Youtube The ample use of synthesizers, great style, and melodic Japanese lyrics makes Japanese technopop during the 80s an incredibly rich music genre; most likely due to the new influence from the west and the massive economic boom in Japan from the 60s...

Courtesy of Gossip Cop Complaining about Grammy nominations is, in most cases, a waste of breath. Any serious music fan recognizes that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences tends to reward commercial success instead of artistic achievement and that the...

Fueled by just a few sips of black Megabytes coffee, Radkey rolled on into the WVAU studio to treat us to their unique brand of garage punk.

Once a year you get a valid excuse to celebrate LOVE, friendship, laughter and dark chocolate.  This playlist is carefully curated to groove you into a perfect love scenario with that special someone or just yourself  ‰ªÁ  Now, slip into your best silk underwear,...