Discologist

In the first of what will be an ongoing series of round-table discussions we sit down with Rabbl CEO Wade Lagrone and Listen Local First co-founder Chris Naoum to discuss the good and the bad of the crowd-sourcing platform that made waves in the DC music community a few short weeks ago. Whether you think it’s the future of music promotion, or nothing more than another example of the “pay to play” model, it’s a talk that everyone who is passionate about the issue should hear...

Sylvan Esso started off as a side-ish project between Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, but has quickly blossomed into their full time gig, due in no small part of the success of their stunning debut album released earlier this year...

After nearly two decades, space rock cult giants Failure have emerged from their catacombs and into the daylight to kick off 2014 with a big bang. Now touring as a power trio, Kelli Scott, Greg Edwards and Ken Andrews have been traversing the country to treat their devoted fans to textured sounds and fantastic sets with sides of fun filmic inspiration...

Dean Fields, Andy Zipf, Jason Myles Goss and Eliot Bronson are all accomplished musicians on their own, but now they've joined forces and are hitting the road with a show they've dubbed The Parlor Sessions.

Over the next two weeks this newly formed band of brothers will be delivering a uniquely intimate night of music up and down the East coast...

Straight out of the van to your ears, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray finish up their “honeymoon” tour right here in DC at the Black Cat on Wednesday 6/4. Yesterday the band, comprised of Erin Frisby (Miss Shevaughn), Chris Stelloh (Yuma Wray), and DC music scene mainstays Ben Tufts and Derek Evry, stopped by the studio to talk about the tour, their new album Lean Into The Wind and much, much more...

This week the gang puts on their curmudgeon hat as they take on new records from Sharon Van Etten and up-and-coming DC punks, Preists! PLUS! More Rick Springfield talk then anyone should ever be safely exposed to and Paul, Kevin and Suzie try to figure out what the hell is up with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

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If you live in the District (of Columbia) and have even barely waded into the burgeoning local music scene, then you probably already know the name Sean Barna. Best known for his work behind the drum kit for a multitude of bands, last year Barna packed up and moved to California to pursue other dreams. But, it’s always, always been about the music for him and so eventually he found himself pursuing a new role, that of singer songwriter, with everything he’s got...

BONUS EPISODE! Richmond, Virginia has always been a hotbed of music activity, and now a new crop of artists is starting to rise up to make their mark on the musical landscape. Leading that charge is My Darling Fury, a four piece whose sound is as much grounded in the vibrant punk and jazz scenes that have flourished there for years as it is in the dreamier sounds of modern indie giants going by names like Sigur Ros and Radiohead...

In this episode, Kevin sits down with Franz Nicolay, revered multi-instrumentalist / composer / performer who you might know from bands like the World/Inferno Friendship Society, The Hold Steady, Guignol, Anti Social Music and much, much more. Hard at work on his next solo record Nicolay talks a little about the past, a little about life as a solo artist, and even a little about singing like Meatloaf...