The Hottest topic of 2005: Warped Tour and the evolution of the emo scene
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The Hottest topic of 2005: Warped Tour and the evolution of the emo scene

June 13th and 14th of this summer brought Warped Tour 2025 to the RFK Campus Grounds.  I had frantically purchased tickets to the festival in class, discreetly refreshing Ticketmaster until the “YOU GOT ‘EM” screen lit up my computer. Having previously attended Riot Fest 2025 and Sad Summer Fest, I assumed I knew what kind of alternative-rock-extravaganza I would be walking into. For both of those festivals, I meticulously studied the schedules, which stages my favorite bands would be on, and what the most efficient route through the grounds would be in order to maximize the amount of bands my friends and I were seeing.
ALBUM REVIEW: BRNDA’s Total Pain
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ALBUM REVIEW: BRNDA’s Total Pain

Four years after releasing their last album Do You Like Salt?, local art-punk four-piece BRNDA returns with the phenomenal Total Pain, a 12-song LP that blends the DIY sounds of D.C. punk and 60s Art Nouveau aesthetics with lyrical explorations of food, animals, and the relationship between pleasure and pain into one of the freshest projects of the year.
ALBUM REVIEW: Jeffrey Lewis’s The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis
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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.
PHOTO ESSAY: BEESON W/ MANNEQUIN FIGHT @ Pie Shop 2/20
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PHOTO ESSAY: BEESON W/ MANNEQUIN FIGHT @ Pie Shop 2/20

Coming from Utah for their first east coast tour, Beeson rocked pie shop with their indie-west born sound. The opener of the concert was mannequin fight which began the night on high vibes. Beeson maintained the energy with their optimistic guitar pics and light lyrics. The band— with Jane Beeson as the lead singer and Carson Ripley and Avery Davis on guitar—seems to have a bright future; at least the concert goers at Pie Shop seemed very pleased with their night.
CONCERT REVIEW: Crafted Sounds Special 2/20 @ Cousin Danny’s
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CONCERT REVIEW: Crafted Sounds Special 2/20 @ Cousin Danny’s

The portal to the Crafted Sounds Special was the scariest door of all time. A cigarette smoking musician had to point it out to us. It was snowing and the gray graffitied door with a lock didn’t seem right, for a second we thought the gig was gonna be in the side yard of the house because of the huge “COUSIN DANNY’S” poster hanging outside.