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 [...]

After a year or so of relative silence, DC/Baltimore/Atlanta-based Hoss Records has revamped its website, cleaned up its game, and released its fall release schedule. It was worth the wait, though.
The label has just released the first installment in it's "Techno" 12" series, which features Mi Ami (which includes two former members of DC's Black [...]

Medications: When Medications performed at Fort Reno a few years back, I told drummer/bassist Chad Molter that I thought his band's new songs sounded sort of like mid-'70s Fleetwood Mac, in a good way. I'm not sure he really liked hearing that, though. At any rate, when they played Friday, at this funky art-space/theater, the [...]

I'm no Brandon Wu, clearly, but I snapped some photos of Mi Ami over at the Mexican Summer party yesterday. I was really floored when I saw these guys play in DC a few weeks ago, and also pretty much floored at this show too. If you want, read Cole Goins' BPB interview with them [...]

If your scaled-back, ramen noodle budget allows for such luxuries as rock and roll shows on a week night, then the Velvet Lounge is offering up a doozy this evening: Not only are Baltimore hip-hop knob twiddlers Food For Animals and cacophonous a capella goddesses Lexie Mountain Boys on the bill, but San Francisco dub-punkers [...]

Way back before the internet caused record release dates to become elusive, abstract, and largely disregarded by the music loving public, Tuesday was the big day. And whether it began at midnight while you were pounding on the door of Tower Records (now deceased) or hurrying over to an indie-store like DCCD (also deceased) after [...]

Every musical clique/community/scene has to has to have its middle period. You know, that time when young musicians break up their bands and undergo a laborious process of deep self-examination and artistic reinvention. This usually involves "getting into jazz."
Well, former Black Eyes members Daniel Martin-McCormick and Jacob Long are throwing that shit right out [...]

Traditionally I wimp out during autumn. As surely as the leaves turn yellow my listening habits slip toward fey and mopey Englishmen—you know, Belle and Sebastian, The Zombies, The Clientele. It's time to put on the knit scarf, to stand next to an empty soccer field and gaze wistfully into nowhere, to renew that SSRI [...]