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Alt-J’s ‘The Dream’ is a Walk Down Memory Lane of the Life You Didn’t Live

Alt-J’s ‘The Dream’ is a Walk Down Memory Lane of the Life You Didn’t Live

By Emily Smith February 23, 2022

★★★★☆ In their new album “The Dream,” alt-J analyzes memories you’ve never made and stories you’ve never told — and all in a way where listeners still understand everything on a...

Rock Band Weathers Welcomes the DMV into the ‘Poser Family’ at Jammin Java

Rock Band Weathers Welcomes the DMV into the ‘Poser Family’ at Jammin Java

By Maddie Gaeta October 6, 2021

★★★★★ Los Angeles-based rock band Weathers is taking the alternative indie world by storm since they have kicked off their first nationwide tour.   The band officially formed in October...

Ponderers

Psychedelic Rock Band Pond Mesmerizes Audience With Theatrical Dreamscape

By Nick Okerlund November 20, 2018

“How will this epicenter of the world political climate cope when our touring circus, so ridiculous that surely there can be none alike, rolls into town?” Pond frontman Nick Allbrook wrote in a...

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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Is a Killer Queen Biopic

By Paulina Enck November 1, 2018

★★★★☆ “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a new biopic film, will excite even the most casual rock fans in this enjoyable exploration into the music of Queen and its larger than life frontman, Freddie...

Car Seat Headrest Rocks Bodies and Minds at the 9:30 Club

Car Seat Headrest Rocks Bodies and Minds at the 9:30 Club

By Sarah Cammarota September 24, 2018

Rarely in an era where flawless stage presence seems to be the par excellence of live performance will a band forgo pyrotechnics and flashy outfits for flailing limbs and crunchy guitars. Although Car...

Essential End-Of-Night Songs

Essential End-Of-Night Songs

By Maddy Kogler and Maddy Kogler August 23, 2018

Well, it looks like summer is coming to an end, which means the incoming wave of mixed emotions that comes with ~going back to school~. I know how you must be feeling at this time. If you’re like me,...

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Concert Review: P!nk at Capital One Arena

By Kathryn Baker April 18, 2018

Pop-rock maven P!nk took her talents to new heights at Capital One Arena on April 16 by combining her unbeatable vocal range with artistic aerial performances for the Washington, D.C. show of her “Beautiful...

HINDS

Album Review: ‘I Don’t Run’

By Timothy McNulty April 9, 2018

★★★★☆ Spanish indie-rock band Hinds adds depth and complexity to its sound on its sophomore album, “I Don’t Run,” while continuing what its members do best: making fun, bittersweet...

MAROON 5

Album Review: ‘Red Pill Blues’

By Gabrielle Irwin November 8, 2017

★★★☆☆ Fifteen years and five albums since the release of its critically acclaimed debut, “Songs About Jane,” quintessential pop rock group Maroon 5 is creating quite a different sound. The...

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Concert Review: The Weeks at the Rock and Roll Hotel

By Caroline Pappas October 29, 2017

Upon first impression, indie rock band The Weeks does not seem to command much stage presence. The band consists of four men wearing raggedy t-shirts and boasting a carefree attitudes. At the band’s...

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Concert Review: Ron Pope at the 9:30 Club

By Alexandra Brunjes October 18, 2017

"You all had to do something to be here, so I'll be damned if I'm not going to show up." Upon taking the stage at the 9:30 Club on Oct. 10, Ron Pope immediately began to banter with the audience, establishing...

Album Review: ‘Humanz’

By Liam O'Donnell June 4, 2017

★★★☆☆ When the British virtual band Gorillaz began recording its fifth studio album, “Humanz,” in 2016, its creators, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, invited collaborators to join...

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