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Boss Lady: Little Boots comes to U Street Music Hall
By Connor J. Hogan on July 16, 2015
Victoria Hesketh, better known by her stage name Little Boots, can’t wait to eat ribs from Freddy’s Famous Barbecue. “Freddy’s is definitely real, right?” she...
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Erasure’s 40 Greatest Tracks
By Chris Gerard on September 17, 2014
Nearly 30 years into their remarkable career, and Erasure is still going strong. The legendary British pop duo is about to release their latest album,...
Ultra’s Altar
By Doug Rule on July 31, 2013
Electronic/dance music, or EDM, is a singles-driven genre, so you don't expect EDM artists to produce albums as regularly as you do those in other...
The Top 5 Songs of Summer 2013
By Metro Weekly Contributor on July 11, 2013
Will it be Robin Thicke or Daft Punk? Selena Gomez or Miley Cyrus? Just as last year, there's no obvious winner at this point in...
DJ Peter Rauhofer dies at 48
By JD Uy on May 7, 2013
Pioneering DJ and dance music producer Peter Rauhofer has passed away. It was announced in April that he had been hospitalized with a serious brain tumor. According to...
Peter Rauhofer, famous dance DJ, diagnosed with brain tumor
By JD Uy on April 17, 2013
Hundreds of Peter Rauhofer‘s fans expressed well wishes for the famed dance music producer and DJ...
Going Greek
By Doug Rule on April 21, 2010
''Every time I go back to Greece, I miss home here,'' says Yiannis Elia, who moved to D.C. from his native Athens some 12 years...
Boy Talk
By Doug Rule on September 2, 2009
''West End Girls.'' ''It's A Sin.'' ''Always On My Mind.'' ''Go West.'' ''New York City Boy.''Quickly approaching 30 years of musical partnership, Neil Tennant and...
Steele Town
By Doug Rule on July 29, 2009
DJ Billy Steele (Photo by Liz Liguori) DJ Billy Steele is about to fulfill a career-long dream. “I’ve been wanting to play [D.C. for...
Crystal Clarity
By Doug Rule on May 20, 2009
Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...
Stateside Arrival
By Doug Rule on April 22, 2009
''One of the things we wanted to do was bring some of the fun back to dance music,'' says James Wiltshire, referring to the impetus...
Soundwaves
By Doug Rule on February 11, 2009
Tracy Young D.C.'S YOUNG VALENTINE... Last fall, DJ Tracy Young spun in her hometown of Washington for the first time in way too many years,...
Globetrotting Groove
By Doug Rule on January 14, 2009
DJ Luke Johnstone Luke Johnstone is a globetrotting gay club DJ, but he most frequently goes west to California and far east to Asia and...
Cherry Buds
By Doug Rule on January 9, 2008
Cherry 2008 won't pop until April, but organizers of the city's circuit-party fundraiser are hosting two preview parties this weekend to get the buds --...
35's a Charm
By Doug Rule on June 27, 2007
A jukebox instead of a DJ -- at a dance club? ''I'm serious as a heart attack,'' says Chuck Bowers about Baltimore's Hippo when it...