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  • ‘The Great Impersonator’: Halsey’s 2024 no-skip existential tragedy
    By Sara Falluji On October 25th, 2024, Ashley Frangipane, known better as Halsey, released their fifth studio album “The Great Impersonator.”  Halsey began her music career in 2012, but did not release their first EP, “Room 93”, until 2014. A year later, they debuted their first studio album, “BADLANDS,” which stood out as an alt-pop…
  • The weight of the rainforest rests on my shoulders: a Rainforest Cafe retrospective
    “If you know of the Rainforest Cafe, you probably know of it because there was one in your mall near your hometown that has probably since closed.” -Eddy Burback, 2022 By Caroline Morrelli Since their 2022 YouTube videos, Eddy Burback and Ted Nivison’s visit to every Rainforest Cafe in North America have taken a permanent…
  • PREVIEW: Bôa @ 9:30 Club, 5/6
    By Sarah Wren Robinson English alternative rock group Bôa is hitting the road with their latest album, Whiplash, bringing their signature dreamy sound to the 9:30 Club on May 6th. While many listeners first discovered Bôa when their 1998 song “Duvet” went viral on TikTok, the band’s influence stretches far beyond that single moment. Their…
  • PREVIEW: The Damned @ 9:30 Club, 5/2
    By Dilsher Dhaliwal The Damned will perform at the 9:30 Club on Friday, May 2nd as part of their North and South America tour, promoting material from both their most recent album Darkadelic, as well as their more well known work from the 1970s and 80s. The Damned formed in London in 1976 as part…
  • PREVIEW: George Clanton @ Black Cat 5/1
    By Aidan Penna Eclectic electronic and vaporwave musician George Clanton will be taking the stage at the Black Cat on Thursday, May 1st. Accompanied by electronic pop artist Neggy Gemmy, the two are promising to deliver, in Clanton’s own words, “the greatest show on earth.” Clanton has released music under a variety of aliases, including…
  • PREVIEW: Nao @ The Fillmore Silver Spring, 4/19
    By Jacon Christian On April 19th, UK soul artist Nao will bring her unique vocals back to Silver Springs for the first time in six years, following the release of her fourth studio album, Jupiter, and the UK R&B chart-topping success of her third, And Then Life Was Beautiful. Influenced by a blend of 90’s…
  • PREVIEW: Lucy Dacus @ The Anthem, 4/18
    By Mia Carlson Indie singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus is coming to The Anthem in Washington, D.C. on April 18th and 19th as a part of her Forever is a Feeling international tour. She is joined by pop singer Katie Gavin and British Alt performer, Jasmine.4.T. The show on the 18th sold out quickly with the 19th…
  • PREVIEW: Everybody Asked About You & Birthday Girl @ The Atlantis, 4/17
    By Saba Banaii Everybody Asked About You is headlining at The Atlantis on April 17th at 7 PM. Their music can be classified as Midwest emo and 90s indie rock, as they originated in Arkansas in the emo and punk music scene in the 90s. They have since gotten their band back together to remaster…
  • The definitive guide to lamb on campus
    By WRGW Blog Team You can throw a stone any direction on campus and hit a restaurant selling lamb. It’s bizarre and unexplainable (guesses include D.C.’s diversity, the number of hungover students, divine intervention) but evident: Foggy Bottom has an unholy devotion to lamb. The Blog Team has taken the plunge and done the hard work…
  • ALBUM REVIEW: Jeffrey Lewis’s The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis
    More than a story about the healing power of music, “Inger” captures The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis’s theme of legacy. Notably, the singer he describes looks a lot like Lewis himself. Taken with the album’s homage to Bob Dylan’s most famous record in the midst of the current Dylan renaissance, it’s clear Lewis is reflecting on his career. Capturing the way relationships shift and identities evolve, Lewis pays tribute to the past, reasserting his value at a particularly opportune time.