Arts

D.C.'s America Hearts recalls the magnetic charm of Beat Happening and Silver Jews thanks to singer Jess Matthews straightforward cadence and jangly pop-centric instrumentals. The

Stranger Day is a North Carolina MC that hooked up with producer EMYND for the majority of of his first official record Barstool Bounce. EMYND

The A-side of Cellophane Spill's c22 opens with the sound of the kitchen sink in anti-gravity, disperse elements floating in suspended space, sometimes slamming against

Capitalbop helps the jazz-unaware realize D.C.'s scene is alive and well. Created last September by D.C. native Giovanni Russonello, the online publication not only reports

Although Authorization parted ways last year creating a hole in the “ambient dance post-punk prog” scene of D.C., the duo (comprised of Jeff Barsky from

The Geese was no mere bicoastal coincidence. As it turns out, New York's Josiah Wolfson (Island Eyelids, Regal Degal) and Los Angeles' incredibly prolific Sean

Although Tennis System was D.C.'s own answer to shoegaze's resurrection, they recently vacated the District for the sun-drenched streets of L.A. (their superb hair should

“Most of what I read now would be considered art, media and cultural theory or popular science,” says Brian Dettmer, the notorious man of knives

I got these two beauties from the Monofonus Press One-Sider Series in the mail a few weeks ago. Really immaculate design sense. Really excellent sonic

As summer fast approaches, thoughts of mediocre cheap beer and straightforward scuzzed out rock return. With the perennial over-saturation of lo-fi garage rock, it can