Our One Track Mind feature–a brief but in-depth look at the process behind a single song—is one of our favorite ways to keep up with D.C.'s musical output. In 2010, we published 45 of them. Looking back, we—shocker!—picked up lots of rock tracks in 2010, with hip-hop coming in second place. There was also scattered [...]

If you're interested in the choicest cuts from DC's local music scene, the DJs at Black Cat's backstage tonight will be serving up an unpredictable survey of old and new homegrown tracks. In celebration of the releaseof  his warped new DC RE:Mixtape, Shock Diamond is hosting a D.C.-only DJ night. Many of the bands whose [...]

D.C.'s Shock Diamond is kind of like health-care reform: He's got big plans for 2014.
On his Bandcamp page, two of his releases are dated 2014—you can download and stream both, though.
But first, you'll want to listen to DC Re:MIXtape, the only item on the page dated 2010. On it, Shock Diamond turns songs by local [...]