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Listen to live cuts from Hemlines, Two Inch Astronaut, Witch Coast, and other area acts on the InFestDC mixtape. [Arts Desk]
Photos of Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Usher, and more from the Earth Day concert on the National Mall [Arts Desk]
At AdMo’s new Songbyrd Record Cafe, you can record your own track on vinyl on a 1947 Voice-O-Graph. [Young & Hungry]
A look at Arlington County’s shuttering of Artisphere [The Kojo Nnamdi Show]
Local punk acts Sneaks and Pure Disgust round out this list of rad black punk-rock bands. [Shotgun Seamstress]
Stream Beauty Pill‘s first LP in 11 years, Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are. [Noisey]
The National Theatre’s next season presents a lineup of solid musicals with little star power. [Post]