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Bylines at Paste, Bandcamp Daily, FLOOD Magazine, Line of Best Fit, Washington City Paper, etc.
what you ignore is priceless to me
what you ignore is priceless to me
The 59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem is a Christmas song
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The 59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem is a Christmas song
November 7 - the Snocaps record is such a pleasant surprise. New Mountain Goats wrecked me! And in local news, I'm really digging the new Color Palette and the solo drops from the Home Remedies folks (Sue Hudson Lives, Straphanger, Unlikely Animal Frienship)
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
November 7 - the Snocaps record is such a pleasant surprise. New Mountain Goats wrecked me! And in local news, I'm really digging the new Color Palette and the solo drops from the Home Remedies folks (Sue Hudson Lives, Straphanger, Unlikely Animal Frienship)
What happens when you stumble into Halloween wearing sparkling, forbidden "plastic" clothes?
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What happens when you stumble into Halloween wearing sparkling, forbidden "plastic" clothes?
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On air with a cool band from Philly! Listen at gutsyradio.org until 11 pm ET
October 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
On air with a cool band from Philly! Listen at gutsyradio.org until 11 pm ET
Sitting in a coffee shop weeping openly @ the new Mountain Goats
October 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sitting in a coffee shop weeping openly @ the new Mountain Goats
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For D.C. singer-songwriter Roba Djalleta, Virginia really is for lovers.
Her new EP Lover’s Virginia documents the pivot between her teens and 20s—a time when she established herself in the local music scene and came out as transgender.
Contributor Taylor Ruckle on Djalleta’s journey:
Her new EP Lover’s Virginia documents the pivot between her teens and 20s—a time when she established herself in the local music scene and came out as transgender.
Contributor Taylor Ruckle on Djalleta’s journey:
Mapping out a Lover’s Virginia with Roba Djalleta of Berra
From Florida to New Hampshire, the D.C. singer-songwriter’s latest EP is a travelogue of her early adulthood.
buff.ly
September 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For D.C. singer-songwriter Roba Djalleta, Virginia really is for lovers.
Her new EP Lover’s Virginia documents the pivot between her teens and 20s—a time when she established herself in the local music scene and came out as transgender.
Contributor Taylor Ruckle on Djalleta’s journey:
Her new EP Lover’s Virginia documents the pivot between her teens and 20s—a time when she established herself in the local music scene and came out as transgender.
Contributor Taylor Ruckle on Djalleta’s journey:
No fucking way
September 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
No fucking way
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this piece (especially Sarah for the edit). Ambrose Nzams told me self-publishing is the coolest thing you can do, and after reporting this, I do agree
Generations of DC punks have turned to zines to make themselves heard—they’ve fueled movements & provided an anti-corporate, street-level view of the music, art, & politics. Now zines are having a timely resurgence that @taylorruckle.bsky.social unpacks here washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7709...
Making a Zine: Keeping D.C. Music and Its Meaning in Print
In the hardcore punk scene and beyond, local zine makers build community and support movements through self-publication.
washingtoncitypaper.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this piece (especially Sarah for the edit). Ambrose Nzams told me self-publishing is the coolest thing you can do, and after reporting this, I do agree
I liked Short n Sweet but new Sabrina is giving R rated Meghan Trainor
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I liked Short n Sweet but new Sabrina is giving R rated Meghan Trainor
Really feeling the new Soul Meets Body record. Lotta bands these days name-checking MCR/P!atD/Paramore and comparatively few bands nailing the camp/theatricality
soulmeetsbody.bandcamp.com/album/halluc...
soulmeetsbody.bandcamp.com/album/halluc...
Hallucinations, by Soul Meets Body
9 track album
soulmeetsbody.bandcamp.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Really feeling the new Soul Meets Body record. Lotta bands these days name-checking MCR/P!atD/Paramore and comparatively few bands nailing the camp/theatricality
soulmeetsbody.bandcamp.com/album/halluc...
soulmeetsbody.bandcamp.com/album/halluc...
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Seriously if you know someone who books bands please tell them Perennial is good; my life is just emails at this point
We’ve had a few different people very kindly compliment us that we tour a whole lot for a band without a booking agent.
FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOD’S EARS
FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOD’S EARS
July 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Seriously if you know someone who books bands please tell them Perennial is good; my life is just emails at this point
Beats on this thing are soo crisp 🔥🔥🔥
Good morning! Start your day with the glitchy, sound-bending, surreal songs of 5.0: (king) Ichabod by @leavenelsonb! It's DIY "donuts".
FFO: j dilla, baths, gold panda, wu tang
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
FFO: j dilla, baths, gold panda, wu tang
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
5.0: (king) Ichabod by Leave Nelson B
Stream and Save 5.0: (king) Ichabod - Distributed by DistroKid
distrokid.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Beats on this thing are soo crisp 🔥🔥🔥
Thinking about how casually K busted out the Crazy Train riff in the middle of a Spring Silver song last night. Nobody is doing it like them
July 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thinking about how casually K busted out the Crazy Train riff in the middle of a Spring Silver song last night. Nobody is doing it like them
Listen I'll go to a show no matter how late it runs but I loooove the DC library punk archive shows on a work night. 6:30 start time, three sets, home drinking ice water by 9:30, lfg
July 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Listen I'll go to a show no matter how late it runs but I loooove the DC library punk archive shows on a work night. 6:30 start time, three sets, home drinking ice water by 9:30, lfg
Writing about the Bad Moves farewell show for City Paper - fans & friends of the band, if you want to talk about what Bad Moves has meant to you and/or the scene, please get in touch!
July 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Writing about the Bad Moves farewell show for City Paper - fans & friends of the band, if you want to talk about what Bad Moves has meant to you and/or the scene, please get in touch!
Talked to Chad and Chelsey from Perennial about sculpture, collage, and expressionism in the making of their magnum opus, Art History...but mostly about how an art project can give shape to your life:
Cut-and-pasting the best ideas from their DVD and record collections, Connecticut band Perennial have perfected their encyclopaedic art punk.
Perennial: “I really do believe in making your life a work of art” | Interview
Cut-and-pasting the best ideas from their DVD and record collections, Connecticut band Perennial have perfected their encyclopaedic art punk.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Talked to Chad and Chelsey from Perennial about sculpture, collage, and expressionism in the making of their magnum opus, Art History...but mostly about how an art project can give shape to your life:
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Cut-and-pasting the best ideas from their DVD and record collections, Connecticut band Perennial have perfected their encyclopaedic art punk.
Perennial: “I really do believe in making your life a work of art” | Interview
Cut-and-pasting the best ideas from their DVD and record collections, Connecticut band Perennial have perfected their encyclopaedic art punk.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Cut-and-pasting the best ideas from their DVD and record collections, Connecticut band Perennial have perfected their encyclopaedic art punk.
On my hands and knees BEGGING indie pop producers to lay off the de-esser, I cannot handle another slow song where everyone suddenly has a lisp, I'm at my limit
May 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
On my hands and knees BEGGING indie pop producers to lay off the de-esser, I cannot handle another slow song where everyone suddenly has a lisp, I'm at my limit
Been thinking about the virtues and limitations of specificity in songwriting, so it was lovely to speak with Jensen McRae (brilliant storyteller that she is) about the emotional and autobiographical truths behind her new record. I hope to have understood her at least 85%!
Jensen McRae Is Staying True to Her Emotions
The LA-based songwriter talks expanding on the TikTok virality of her song “Massachussetts” and overcoming love’s control with her sophomore album, I Don’t Know How but They Found Me!.
floodmagazine.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Been thinking about the virtues and limitations of specificity in songwriting, so it was lovely to speak with Jensen McRae (brilliant storyteller that she is) about the emotional and autobiographical truths behind her new record. I hope to have understood her at least 85%!
If you were at the Atlantis tonight, you may have heard an ear-splitting shriek when Jensen McRae announced she would be covering "Love Love Love" by The Mountain Goats. That was me.
May 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If you were at the Atlantis tonight, you may have heard an ear-splitting shriek when Jensen McRae announced she would be covering "Love Love Love" by The Mountain Goats. That was me.
See you at Black Cat on May 9 to support healthcare for trans youth at Whitman-Walker and to grab a copy of this must-listen compilation of over 25 D.C. bands! Tell ur friends!
Ahead of graduation, two GW students are giving back to the music scene that shaped their college years with Plenty Happening—a compilation featuring local bands to raise money for gender-affirming care.
GW Students Unite the D.C. Scene With Plenty Happening, a Compilation for Trans Health Care
Max Cohen and Carolina Carmo’s Plenty Happening is a parting gift to the music scene that defined their college experience.
buff.ly
May 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
See you at Black Cat on May 9 to support healthcare for trans youth at Whitman-Walker and to grab a copy of this must-listen compilation of over 25 D.C. bands! Tell ur friends!
Home is Where is always releasing a song about some kind of fluid
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Home is Where is always releasing a song about some kind of fluid
As a teen/20-something, Born to Run was THE unbeatable best of the Springsteen catalog, no question.
Last few years I'm starting to wonder if it's actually Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Last few years I'm starting to wonder if it's actually Darkness on the Edge of Town.
April 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As a teen/20-something, Born to Run was THE unbeatable best of the Springsteen catalog, no question.
Last few years I'm starting to wonder if it's actually Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Last few years I'm starting to wonder if it's actually Darkness on the Edge of Town.
So excited to be joining Emily Schweich's Not a Phase on Gutsy radio tonight to talk music writing and share some favorite tunes!
March 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So excited to be joining Emily Schweich's Not a Phase on Gutsy radio tonight to talk music writing and share some favorite tunes!
Thank you to all artists and community members who contributed to this piece and to the many others out there making this scene what it is 💜
We asked local trans artists how to support the community. From speaking up at work to donating to someone’s top surgery fund, here’s what they said.
Local Trans Artists Are Fighting Back Against the Trump Administration. Here’s How You Can Help.
Forty years after D.C.’s Revolution Summer, the scene still stands for more than just music.
washingtoncitypaper.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thank you to all artists and community members who contributed to this piece and to the many others out there making this scene what it is 💜