Music
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Sounds Kinda Queer: Queering Sound
In the post-Born This Way era, new LGBT pop stars spring up every day, and queer seems to be “en vogue.” Whether it be Sam...
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Carly Rae Jepsen to headline Capital Pride Festival
En Vogue, Wilson Phillips, Amber also on pride concert's bill
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Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” hits the 20-year milestone
Next month marks the twentieth anniversary of one of the most pivotal albums of the ’90s. Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, released on June 13,...
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Singer Jess Glynne opens up about relationships with women
"It was the first girl I’d ever fallen in love with.... I’ve never said that to anyone."
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Review: Spandau Ballet spins Pure Gold at 9:30 Club
Tuesday night at 9:30 Club, British band Spandau Ballet, the iconic vanguard of the “new romantic” subset of the early ’80s new wave era, took...
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Spotlight: Duke Dumont at the 9:30 Club
Part of a strong, young British crop of soul-informed deep house DJs/producers also including Disclosure and Gorgon City, Duke Dumont has had some impressive early...
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Spotlight: Hall & Oates coming to the Warner
The ’80s hit-making duo Daryl Hall and John Oates is still performing together, and not just on TV (specifically, American Idol and The Voice). The duo...
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Duran Duran: Ranking their albums Worst to First
One of the biggest bands to emerge from the early MTV era, Duran Duran was a perfect partner for the fledgling music network. Five sexy...
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25 artists that belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (but shamefully aren’t)
It's sometimes alarming to see which bands aren't yet in the Hall of Fame.
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Tori Amos reissues “Little Earthquakes” and “Under the Pink”
Tori Amos reissues dual-CD editions of her first two albums
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Punk Priestess
D.C.’s recent urban revitalization has been a boon — but it hasn’t come without costs. “I wonder sometimes if a lot of those histories are...
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Fifteen Essential Albums of Early 2015
With a quarter of 2015 in the books, it’s already looking like it will be an outstanding year for music. We’ve already been inundated with...
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Wonder Woman: Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter returns to the Kennedy Center with an all-new evening of song
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Brookyn Rider: Stretching Boundaries
It’s unusual enough that Glenn Kotche would write an instrumental composition for Brooklyn Rider. That he titled it “Ping Pong Fumble Thaw” is stranger still....
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WAMA Jam: The 29th annual Wammies
The District hasn’t always been kind to aspiring musicians. It was once accepted practice to escape D.C. as soon as talent — and opportunity —...
