Aaron Leitko leads off this week's arts section with his look back at the making of Emergency & I, The Dismemberment Plan's classic, recently reissued 1999 album. Ryan Little reviews the debut album of D.C.'s Laughing Man, while Steve Kolowich checks out the latest Decemberists full-length. In theater, Trey Graham reviews Studio Theatre's Marcus; or [...]
Local label Sockets Records has been a D.C. fixture for more than half a decade now, but 2010 has been a banner year: A handful of strong releases, a live showcase last January, a pretty awesome zine. And yesterday, its latest seasonal mix.
It draws from the label's regular roster as well as other locals, from [...]
Good morning! In what's totally a break from our usual coverage, there is a lot of local indie-rock news to discuss today! Such as: that new video right there. It's for "Siberian Eclipse," a song on Screen Vinyl Image's recent cassette on Fan Death records, which I think you should be excited about. It's out [...]
So you like to have a good time—why does everyone have to bug you about it? Now and then you go out with the boys or the girls, and you put back a few. You don't remember how many, and why should that matter? I mean, really, you're just taking the edge off, and you'll [...]
From D.C., the Gulf Coast's oil-spill crisis can feel remote. And donating money to relieve it can feel like mere drops in a large body of water. But Brandon Moses, of the D.C. band Laughing Man, says it's a cause worth partying for. And so Laughing Man and a handful of local acts—Typefighter, Drop Electric, [...]
The New York band Esque
This Saturday's Done & Done Festival doesn't stress collaboration so much as cross-pollination: Its 13 bands hail from New York and D.C., but some have roots in both cities. It's a fairly diverse lineup that's long on invention and longer on strong melodies. And at $12 a ticket (or $20 for [...]
Next month's Done&Done Festival has a lineup, the organizers announced. The two-weekend event, which will "celebrate the continuing ascent of NY and DC’s underground music scenes," includes six D.C. bands (Exactly, Last Tide, Laughing Man, Loose Lips, Ra Ra Rasputin, and Rosy Likes Red) and six from New York, including one D.C. ex-pat, Byrds of [...]
Bootlegging a concert used to be a real pain in the ass. Well, it was in the mid-'90s, at least. My cousin used to use a pair of stereo microphones that were sewn into the collar of his flannel shirt and then connected to a minidisc recorder (remember those?) stashed in his jacket. This setup–some [...]
This is a few days old, but check out this mind-destroying promo for the Old Bridge Festival on Aug. 1 and 2:
Per the video, location is 1256 Old Bridge Rd., Amissville, Va. (about an hour west of D.C.), and the cost is $10, which also gets you burgers, 'dogs, beer, and space to camp (the [...]
