Mac Ayres is the soulful, musical magician that's here to save the day. Though he is relatively new to the scene, he is clearly having no trouble making ground. So, who is this man? He's a 21-year-old, self-taught producer, performer, and multi-instrumentalist. A...
Brent Faiyaz succeeded in selling out the DC show on his tour, filling Union Stage, a fairly new venue with excited fans. While at first impatient, expressing disdain for having to wait for his appearance with comments like “I wish he didn't have an opener,” or...
It is about time that I wrote about The Smiths. The Manchester band have been my favorite since at least the summer before my junior year of high school. I listen to them all the time, they are great for when you are sad and just want to mope in it and they are good...
Lately I've been feeling nostalgia. Maybe it's because we are more than a month into the New Year. Maybe it's because its my first year of college. Maybe it's just because and there is no rhyme or reason to these kind of things. We just feel how we feel sometimes...
Time for story time again! My newest installment involves a homeless man, Diana Gordon, and the ever-changing qualities of friendship. Most recently, I have found college life to be, for lack of a better word, tumultuous. Let's just say it's been a bit messy! To...
Image link It was August 23rd. I remember being anxious as all hell- I would be starting my first semester at American University and college in general in about a day or two. I brought the person I was dating with me at the time in part because I thought they'd...
Image courtesy of Huffington Post Hello my beautiful lovelies, I say let's go on a road trip. You know that game where you have to pick one book you would want on a deserted island for the rest of your life. This is kind of similar. I say that if I had to go on a...
Image In case you're a new reader of Another Kind of Currency, you may not know of my deep passionate love for indie-punk band Titus Andronicus. I've written about them quite a few times before (even getting a recognized by Patrick himself on the band's twitter)...
Image courtesy of Palehound's Bancamp Boston indie rock band Palehound will perform at Union Stage this Saturday, Feb. 10. Joining them will be Canadian indie pop band Weaves and Philadelphia indie pop band Tall Friend. Palehound first received recognition for their...
Photos courtesy of Origami Angel Does this semester already have you feeling a certain way? Does your emo side grow by the day? Look no further than DC's own Origami Angel for the sweet, nostalgic rush of fresh emo revival. With a sound similar to Modern Baseball...