Just as expected, Field Medic’s show felt like a meeting with an old friend. What was unexpected was the insane power and sheer raw talent that could not be captured through his albums. Even his live albums did not do the complexity of his voice and composition...
EARWORM IS BACK! Welcome to another semester of your favorite musical opinion column. It’s been a while since we last spoke. And reader, much is new! The air is getting colder, so I’ve begun my annual rediscovery of the wonder that is Jeff Buckley’s discography. The...
Greetings and a warm welcome to the debut edition of "Rebbeca's Rewind!" I'm absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to indulge in some music and share my thoughts with you. This week we are focusing on some of the solemn and eerie tracks released in the first two...
On September 26, 2023, I found myself at Hozier’s Unreal Unearth Tour at the Anthem. This was one of two shows in DC, both of which were entirely sold out. The energy of the fans who had been awaiting the artist's return since his Wasteland Baby! Tour in 2019 was...
Did anyone else have a childhood where the most exciting thing you could possibly do on a weekend or summer day was go to the library? I still remember vividly the feeling of my mom passing a tote bag to me in the back seat of her Honda Pilot and sending me up to the...
Renowned electronica artist George Clanton is arriving in D.C. just around the corner… if you have a free Wednesday night, you might want to make it to his show at the 9:30 Club that evening at 7:00 p.m. Joined by his label contemporaries Frost Children and Death’s...
The Chuck Taylor All Star Converse, first introduced to the public in 1949, is arguably the epitome of the “classic” shoe. This sneaker set the foundation of the shoe as versatile. It could be dressed up, dressed down and overworn without others batting an eye. What...
For many people, there is nothing quite as freeing or cathartic as seeing their favorite artist live. And yet, concerts are disappointingly inaccessible.
The pandemic brought about a new sense of normalcy and forced all of us to find new ways to communicate with one another from inside our homes. We all became familiar with new terms and phrases like “super-spreader” and “remote learning.” Another popular phrase...
Nepo Baby? Yup. Let’s set the scene: Winter 1998. Los Angeles, California. The weather is uncharacteristically dreary, with constant rain and freezing temperatures. Alex Greenwald, Sam Farrar, Darren Robinson, Jacques Brautbar and Jason Schwartzman are meeting in one...