“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
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…
April 22 Is Now “Sixth & I Day” Across the District
There are few local cultural spaces as influential as the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. For the past two decades, the community center and venue has made thought-provoking entertainment accessible to people across the District and this April, it is celebrating 20 years of being a cultural hub. Located in the heart of Chinatown, Sixth…
On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé Creates Her Own Country Music Canon
Houston-born Beyoncé splits her time between Los Angeles and New York, so her ties to D.C. might be less noticeable. But on her new album, Cowboy Carter, released at midnight on March 29, she makes sure to highlight both the DMV and the region’s contributions to country music. Cowboy Carter is the closest Beyoncé has ever come to penning…
D.C. Rapper Shot, Killed Inside a Marijuana Gifting Shop in Northwest
A version of this article first appeared in the Outlaw Report. A D.C. rapper was shot and killed Wednesday during an armed robbery while working at a marijuana gifting shop on Georgia Avenue NW. Surveillance video footage shows two men walking into Hotbox Uptown, guns drawn. A press release from the Metropolitan Police Department says…
D.C. Drill Rapper Convicted After Capitol Barricade Crash, Second Drill Rap Affiliate Charged With Gun Crimes in Separate Case
Two new developments rocked D.C. drill rap last week. The first came last Wednesday, when notable drill rap affiliate Traquon McCalip, known within the scene as TwinGlock, was arrested on suspicion of illegal gun possession and assault with a dangerous weapon. McCalip is the twin brother of local drill rapper MoneySet Twin, who is known…
Grand Rising Curations Partners With Audi Field to Bring Concerts, Festivals to the Venue
Last week, Broccoli City Festival announced that this year’s two-day fest will take place at D.C.’s Audi Field, making it the first event that is part of a just-inked multiyear booking and concert promotion partnership between Grand Rising Curations, led by Dave Niedbalski (a former Live Nation executive) and the local soccer venue. BCF will…
Swing Beat: It’s Time to Stop Overlooking Joe Brotherton
Joe Brotherton is essentially the artist-in-residence at St. Vincent wine bar in Park View. The live music schedule posted outside their front door on Georgia Avenue NW varies each week, but the trumpeter’s name sits in special and unchanging font at the top. “The second time I played there, right when they first started doing…
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