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“I’ve been transitioning into maybe an indie shift in the singer/songwriter genre.  I mean, a blonde woman playing acoustic guitar doesn’t really resonate like it once did .  Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” says blonde singer/songwriter Lauren Calve, laughing.  Calve admits to growing up listening to a...

The last time we caught up with Washington DC-based indie pop trio SHAED – comprised of multi-instrumentalist twin brothers Spencer and Max Ernst, along with lead vocalist Chelsea Lee, Spencer’s wife – was in February of 2019, when the family band was about to embark on their first-ever headlining...

“I think, at a certain age, coming back around to all the different music you made in your life becomes important,” says Scott McCloud, guitarist of DC post-hardcore legends Soulside and Girls Against Boys (for whom he’s also the vocalist), whose New Wet Kojak just played their first proper...

Since the release of their last full-length, 2018’s Constant Image, DC-based indie rockers Flasher have been through a few major changes.  Bassist Daniel Saperstein parted ways with the band, leaving guitarist Taylor Mulitz and drummer Emma Baker (who share vocal duties) to continue on as a duo.  Mulitz also...

Washington DC electro-pop trio SHAED have kinda blown up since the last time we caught up with them… The last time we chatted with the band, whose aesthetic I characterized as, “equally indebted to ‘80s New Wave and ‘90s R&B,” were currently on the road supporting Bishop Briggs in...