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PHOTO ESSAY: Battle of the Bands 2024

Words and photos by Nancy Kiner When I woke up on Saturday morning, “Welcome to Baltimore Avenue” rang through my head. On October 5th college radio stations from across the…

November 18, 2024

Culture Featured

Cereal Numbers #1

By Sofija Juodaitis You wrote in and the Creature Hour team has responded! Tune in to Cereal Numbers on Friday from 11PM to 12AM on WRGW to hear more. Hi…

November 15, 2024

Culture Featured Photography

PHOTO ESSAY: Election Day 2024 in D.C.

By Nancy Kiner On Tuesday, over 200,000 D.C. voters exercised their civic duty. Across all eight wards, the District voted overwhelmingly blue, securing three electoral votes for Vice President Kamala…

November 7, 2024

Culture Featured

The art of buying tickets on Twitter

By Emily Francis If you’ve ever endured a Ticketmaster queue you know it’s not uncommon to walk away empty handed. Entering the queue only to see there are 20,000+ people…

November 4, 2024

Concert Reviews Culture Local

I went to all 10 of the Washington Post’s ‘can’t-miss’ summer shows

Words and photos by Carolina Carmo Some eight weeks ago, the Washington Post put out a list of 10 “can’t-miss” local concerts in June. While they definitely didn’t mean it…

July 22, 2024

Culture Student Life

Farewell for now: A look back at comedy at GW

By Bridget Smith Performance trio Max Davidson, Margaret Korinek and Will Roberts put on their last joint show at Tonic at Quigley's on Saturday, April 6, bringing an era of…

April 25, 2024

Culture Song Reviews

Is Mike Posner’s “Cooler Than Me” secretly an incel anthem?

By Roxie Parker 14 years ago to this day, Mike Posner released his summer hit, “Cooler Than Me.” With a throbbing dance beat and a killer synth melody, the song…

April 16, 2024

Culture Interviews Music

‘It’s hard to rock when you can’t see the band:’ How D.C. punks opened shows to all ages

By Carolina Carmo Images from the D.C. punk archive. Washington, D.C. native musician Ian MacKaye, vocalist of bands like Teen Idles, Minor Threat and Fugazi, is most likely the reason…

March 22, 2024

Culture Music News

Back ON ON ON: AdMo’s LINE Hotel Plans to Relaunch Community Radio Station

By Carolina Carmo Full Service Radio, a community radio station and podcast network run out of The LINE Hotel in Adams Morgan, has been dormant since the pandemic forced the…

February 4, 2024