“I created a playlist highlighting several artists from the DMV area who speak to the importance of peace, community, and the beauty of Blackness through song.”
Kayla Boone, Summer Intern
CAMP Answers the Question: What Should We Do Today?
With the comfort of shopping from your couch and the speed of priority shipping, going to a brick and mortar needs to have some additional element to entice shoppers. Family retail company CAMP has found their allure. Originally based in New York City, the self-described “family experience company,” more succinctly named CAMP, is bringing “a…
(Mostly) Classical Music for the Holidays
Red ribbons and evergreen wreaths festooning door fronts and gates, twinkling lights brightening the evenings, menorahs lighting up windows, and the smell of pine and hot cocoa wafting through the crisp air at holiday markets. It’s December in D.C., and the music of the season adds to this most wonderful time of year, creating a…
Silent Island Blend West Coast Surf With D.C. Alt
Although the surf-punk band Silent Island claim D.C. as their home, their roots stretch all the way to San Diego. Singer and guitarist Neeco Beltran started the band in 2018 while attending the University of California San Diego after hearing about a school-wide battle of the bands for a chance to open for pop rock…
Wanna See Every Show at 9:30 Club and Atlantis for Free in 2024? Donate.
Donating locally has never looked so sweet. For its 22nd year, 9:30 Club’s annual holiday raffle will select two different donors who will win a pair of tickets to every show at 9:30 Club and every show at the Atlantis in 2024. From now through the end of the year, music fans can turn their…
D.C.’s Go-Go Museum To Come in Two Forms
At various times between the early 1980s and early 2010s, nearly every Black neighborhood in the District had its own fledgling go-go band. Early on, these bands were made up of children and teenagers who learned music in the public schools and honed their skills in summer recreation programs. In many cases, the best of…
Swing Beat: The Carlyle Room Is D.C.’s Newest Jazz Venue
The Carlyle Room is gorgeous. The neon sign hanging outside in art deco style creates expectations that the interior more than lives up to. The lobby features overlapping-circle murals on the walls. The 160-seat main room features faux-chandelier light fixtures and stone-tile walls—with the not insubstantial stage bathed in soft blue light. This is a…
Catharsis, Hope, and Punk Rock: How Outerloop Want to Move You
As their newest single demonstrates, the local band blend punk with jazz and high energy with social commentary.
Holiday Death Tribute: Punk Music to Dance To
The local indie punk band are gearing up for a debut release and a series of performances that’ll evoke “sneakers, jeans, a dirty shirt, and maybe a flannel.”
D.C.’s Frédéric Yonnet Lends His Music to Killers of the Flower Moon
The local harmonica player joined Scorsese’s team in 2019 with The Irishman; this year, his instrument became its own character in Killers of the Flower Moon.
When QP Knockout Takes the Mic, His Lyrics Espouse Resilience and the Health Benefits of Sea Moss
Naeem Khaliq is starting to make music of his own and will release an album paired with a short film next month.
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