Not your traditional live performance, Everything Is Terrible takes forgotten VHS tapes and releases them back out on their website. They're taking the best of their first seven years of discovering the Internet on the road. Performing at the Black Cat on October...
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Interviews: At Landmark with the Mowglis
Courtesy of Brightest Young Things The Mowglis performed at Washington DC's first Landmark Festival on September 26th. They're a high-energy band of seven from Venice Beach, California who has recently released their second album, Kids In Love. WVAU DJ and Promo...
Pretentiousness in Music
Courtesy of U2 Gospel Being fair with myself, I was really a pretentious asshat in my first two years of high school. I still retain a bit of that today, but it definitely shaped my musical tastes (and I've now learned you can like non-mainstream music without being...
The Menzingers @ Black Cat on 10/25
Courtesy of Black Cat If you aren't listening to The Menzingers it's easy to think that middle aged punk has run out steam. But you'd be the only one thinking that. Raised in Scranton but now based in Philadelphia, this band combines great songwriting with tireless...
Neon Indian @ 9:30 Club on 10/13/15
Mexican-born, Texas-raised Alan Palomo - better known as Neon Indian - will perform at the 9:30 Club on Oct. 13. The artist is set to release his latest album “VEGA INTL. Night School” on Oct. 16, Palomo's first since 2011's “Era Extra̱a.Û. Singles “SlumlordÛ,...
A Dog Park Hibernation
Congrats! You made it through the hurricane. So by now you've probably exhausted your music supply from hours of rainy day listening, and are looking forward to getting out and enjoying some nicer weather. But you don't know where to hike, and what to listen to. Like...
Noura Mint Seymali: the psychedelic Mauritanian duo at the heart of contemporary Africa
Courtesy of Noura Mint Seymali “Noura Mint Seymali" is a psychedelic and worldly experience for your ears. This desert blues-funk band from Mauritania is composed of Noura Mint Seymali and her husband, Jeiche Ould Chigaly. The band has gotten the attention of...
Hurricane: Real Life
Courtesy of The Weather Channel, edited by yours truly It starts as every story does: you're fast asleep in your bed dreaming about Chipotle's new delivery service (or is that just me?) and all of the sudden an alarm blares. You begrudgingly roll over to slam down...
Sing Out!: Essential Songs of Protest and Struggle
How can song be a medium of protest? Who are the essential songwriters of a generation? If an artist decides to write a song with a “political” message, what are the ramifications? All of these questions will be explored today and in the future of "Prophesize With...
Tricot @ Black Cat on 10/13
Courtesy of Black Cat An experimental rock band from Kyoto, Japan, Tricot blends dynamic vocal styles, unpredictable song transitions, dreamy post-rock melodies, and the complex rhythms of math rock. With a visual style as strong as their musical output, Tricot is...