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Backstory: Seeing live performances have been a big part of my time here in DC. I went to my first show back in October not really having been exposed to many different kinds of live music. I saw Saintseneca perform at Black Cat that night. Their music was a hybrid...

D.C. band Bad Moves dropped by the WVAU studio to flaunt their DIY prowess.

Welcome back to “Leading Ladies‰Û! I‰'m super stoked to get back to writing about some amazingly talented women in music from all over the world. To get things started, here‰'s a sample of what I‰'m still obsessed with in 2016. Eryn Allen Kane - “Have Mercy‰Û...

Courtesy of Rent A Swag Tom Haverford, mogul extraordinaire, once said, “Every song I download has to pass a series of rigorous tests to answer one simple question: is it a banger?‰” No matter who you are or what you do, situations arise more often than not that...

Courtesy of Music Today I think this is the most satirical and try-hard album I‰'ve ever listened to.  Yet at the same time this ‰rock opera‰' is beautiful. It is doing so many things at once.  Joe‰'s Garage is a rock opera without characters but with a moral.  I‰'m...

Self-taught musician Yaw Atta-Owusu, better known as Ata Kak, hails from Kumasi, Ghana and represents the country‰'s exciting, emerging musical style. His style is referred to as “Hiplife": a fusion of American hip-hop and Afro-Caribbean music. Ata Kak represents...

Courtesy of Publish Brand Last Wednesday, as D.C. hunkered down for the impending snowstorm, I sat down with Austin-based artist Roger Sellers to talk about his project Bayonne. He performed his minimalist electronic set at Black Cat later that night. Mom+Pop will...

Courtesy of Narc Magazine Mondays used to be my least favorite day of the week. It marked the abrupt ending of a relaxing weekend, and with it ushered in a new set of weekday stress. However, my hatred of Mondays changed when Spotify introduced Discovery Weekly...

Courtesy of Allan Kingdom I racked my brain for a few hours attempting to find something to write about that was not related to the immense amount of snow outside. But considering I have been doubling up on socks for days now, this winter weather has been occupying...

Courtesy of Santi Productions Very rarely do I stumble across Latin-infused electronic down tempo on my sound cloud feed, partly because I don‰'t actively search it, but when it does appear it‰'s such a breath of fresh air. Paraguayan-born producer  Santiago Ferreira...