The Summer Spirit Festival rolls into the DMV in early August for a two-day extravaganza at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD! To get you geared up, here’s a sampler platter […]
INTERVIEW: Raising Hell with DOROTHY
Dorothy Martin is a badass frontwoman who sings like a banshee and prowls the stage like a summa cum laude graduate from the School of Rock. When paired […]
MUSIC: Laurin Talese – Love Poems
A jazz vocalist’s foundational skill lies in the ability to not simply sing, but to interpret a song. Outside of the classical genre, few audiences are as discriminating […]
VIDEO: Tourist – Too Late
The latest video from London electronica maven Tourist (William Phillips) offers a pretty faithful taste of his live shows. On “Too Late,” Phillips huddles over his boards, stringing […]
MUSIC: S'natra – Number One
If his moniker is any indication, S’natra has big musical shoes to fill and the determination to fill them. On latest single “Number One,” the Brooklyn MC ponders […]
INTERVIEW: Shadowboxing with Cardiknox
Electro-pop outfit Cardiknox are doing everything in their power to become your next musical crush. The duo of Lonnie Angle and Thomas Dutton share an ear-catching flair for the theatrical, […]
MUSIC: Dawn Richard – Baptize
Dawn Richard is doing a damn fine job at helping you forget she was ever on Making the Band and in Danity Kane. Since her first solo effort […]
MUSIC: Searls – Hurricane
Searls is an Irish electro-R&B singer making serious inroads into the warm, poppy territory between James Blake and Jessie Ware. His light-touch falsetto recalls Timberland, but that’s where […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Michael Christmas at the Black Cat
Boston MC Michael Christmas thrives in a slow tempo world. His latest, the free Baggy Eyes EP showcases the rapper’s languid-not-lazy flow over downtempo R&B and G-funk-style production. Christmas drops […]