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Sufjan Stevens (Photo by Andrea Morrison)
The Ascension, the eighth solo studio album from singer, songwriter, and composer Sufjan Stevens is set for release Sept. 25 on Asthmatic Kitty Records.
“America,” the album’s debut single, is out now alongside a video filmed by Sufjan.
Chiasm (Photo courtesy the artist)
Detroit-based musician Emileigh Rohn, better known as Chiasm, has become known for cultivating lush, eclectic, eerily dystopian sonic landscapes with delicately balanced vocals for the past 20-plus years.
On June 5, Chiasm released Away, her latest EP, via COP International, and the title track is our Song of the Day!
ADULT. (Photo courtesy Grandstand Media & Management)
Prolific electronic duo ADULT. continue to mine their own unique sound on their triumphant and chilling new album, Perception is/as/of Deception, which sees its release next Friday on Dais.
Today, April 2, Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller released a new single, “Total Total Damage,” and it’s our song of the day!
Progressive bluegrass jam band Greensky Bluegrass performs at The Anthem, Jan. 31, 2020. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
Greensky Bluegrass brought its winter tour to DC on a recent weekend for two back-to-back nights of shows at The Anthem.
Greensky Bluegrass (Photo courtesy One in a Million Media)
Greensky Bluegrass, renowned for bringing rock ‘n’ roll showmanship to high-energy bluegrass, appears at The Anthem for two shows — Friday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 1! Grab a two-night pass to see both shows at a discount!
Billy Strings plays to a sold-out crowd at DC’s 9:30 Club, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
Billy Strings is hailed by many as the future of bluegrass music. And the future of bluegrass is strong — if the fervent reaction of a sold-out crowd packing 9:30 Club recently when Billy’s tour stopped in DC is any indication.
The Raconteurs (Photo by Olivia Jean)
Whether or not rock ‘n’ roll needs a cheerleader, it certainly has one in Jack White. From days of the White Stripes to collaborations with luminaries like Loretta Lynn and bands like the Dead Weather and Raconteurs to his own solo material there’s a constellation of work that values the history and power of the art. There’s that and the fact that he, literally, pumps up a crowd like few I’ve witnessed. As a case in point, take the packed house at The Anthem Saturday night.
The Raconteurs (Photo by David James Swanson)
The Raconteurs reunited for a third album, releasing Help Us Stranger in June via Third Man Records! The skillful bards arrive at The Anthem to play songs new and old on Saturday, Aug. 17.
Ritual Howls perform at 9:30 Club on Aug. 3, 2019. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
Ritual Howls stormed through an intoxicating rumble of post-punk gems when opening The Faint at 9:30 Club recently. The Detroit trio won many new admirers as they performed selections from Rendered Armor, the band’s fourth full-length album, released earlier this year via Felte.
Death performs at the Howard Theatre on April 25, 2019. (Photo by Andy Jillson)
The legendary proto-punk rock band Death stopped at the Howard Theatre in DC recently, and I cleared my calendar to catch these revolutionary rockers in action.
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