With Their Debut Album Out, Ekko Astral Are Building an Apolitical Punk Constituency
“I can see you shifting in your seat,” says Jael Holzman of Ekko Astral on the spoken intro to “head empty blues,” as synth tones shudder around her. The first words on the D.C. noise punk band’s debut album, pink balloons, are also the first words of Ari Drennen’s poem “Out at Dinner.” As Holzman…
2024’s All Things Go Brings Some of Pop’s Biggest Queer Acts to Merriweather in September
Let’s go, queers! The 2024 lineup for the All Things Go Music Festival just dropped, and the lineup is filled with massive pop performers, most of whom identify as queer. The independent music festival returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia on Sept. 28 and 29, for the 10th anniversary of All Things Go. Clearly…
Local Bands Lend Their Talents for Fundraiser to Fight Homelessness
Some of D.C.’s finest bands are gearing up for a standout concert in support of unemployed D.C. residents who face barriers to stable work. Argo and the Violet Queens, Home Remedies, Massie, and Dorinda will play Rock Against Homelessness, a fundraising show at St. Ann Catholic Church on April 13. The show will benefit Friendship…
Maryland Lawmakers Pass Third-Party Ticket Sales Legislation
After surviving a last-minute lobbying effort from third-party ticketing resale companies including StubHub, Vivid Seats, and SeatGeek, the Maryland House passed Senate Bill 539 on Monday. If signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore, the bill will protect consumers during the sale and resale of tickets via third-party websites for events in the state of…
Beats Me: Album Reviews for Rico Nasty’s Glitchy, Hedonistic EP, the Messthetics’ Jazzy Collab
Rico Nasty and Boys Noize: HARDC0RE DR3AMZ Though I haven’t had the pleasure of confirming this, I imagine HARDC0RE DR3AMZ is best listened to while wearing a bikini and drugged-up on a dance floor, preferably in a Berlin nightclub or, if possible, aboard a cruise ship. A cruise ship because that’s where the two artists…