With former members of D.C. spazzcore band Frodus, Richmond, Va., screamo vets The Exploder, and Harrisonburg, Va., legends Maximillian Colby, Regents is bringing back the screamy post-hardcore you may or may not miss.
Fans of tightly executed, mathy, aggressive '90s punk should pick up Regents' new seven-inch on Lovitt Records, available this Sunday at the band's [...]
D.C.'s Dischord Records turns 30 this year, and to casual observers, it may seem to have eased into semiactivity in recent years: a few singles in 2009, one album—OK, one very good album—in 2010. But the punk label's actually been quite busy: It's been steadily rereleasing its catalog; its co-owner, Ian MacKaye, told me recently [...]
Good gosh, y'all, Paula Deen's boys are in town plugging their gourmet cookbook, Transfats Don't Mean Shit To Me The Deen Bros. Take It Easy: Quick and Affordable Meals the Whole Family Will Love, at the Barnes & Noble in Tysons Corner.
And it's not just them—there's more stuff going on all over the DMV.
The Aquarium, D.C.'s reigning power-duo, has a brand new 7" single out today on Dischord. Produced by Benjy Ferree and mixed by Brendan Canty, "Performer" b/w "Battle of the Bands" finds Jason Hutto and Laura Harris cranking their keyboard-and-drums formula up a couple of notches. Suffice it to say, keyboards haven't shredded this hard since [...]
