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CONCERT PREVIEW: Valley @ 9:30 Club, 10/1
By Lexi Plaisted Valley, an indie-pop band hailing from Toronto, Canada, will be setting out on the North American leg of their ‘Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden Tour,’…
Posted inPoetry
Blues in Rockland
By Max Cohen I have this dream where youngerbrothers of former friendsare shocked to death by frayed cablesin busted guitar ampsthat blast out anthems for thebright new class of white…
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CONCERT PREVIEW: Duster @ 9:30 Club, 9/29
By Solange Zavala Duster, a slow-core indie-rock band, is currently heading their long-awaited album, In Dreams- released after a two-decade-long hiatus. Their first album, released in 1998, is named Stratosphere…
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CONCERT PREVIEW: Álvaro Diaz @ 9:30 Club, 9/28
By Álvaro Ramal Puerto Rican rapper Álvaro Diaz is playing a sold-out 9:30 Club on the 28th of September, as part of his ongoing North American tour. Diaz got his…
Men’s basketball starts official practice: notes and observations
Photo credit: Abe Rothstein (@RothsteinAbe) By Abe Rothstein (@RothsteinAbe) The start of fall marks a new season for the George Washington Revolutionaries. Coming off of a disappointing season marred by…
Posted inCartoons
The Truman Pines Sentry: Prelude
By Caroline Morrelli The Truman Pines Sentry, Caroline Morrelli's debut webcomic which critics have called “jumbled" and “definitely something," is now seen for the first time on the WRGW blog.…
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Scene BFFs Birthday Girl DC talk growing up together, new EP ‘Dirtier’ and nepotism
By Carolina Carmo Birthday Girl D.C. can’t stop giggling. The first thing you notice about them is how comfortable they are with each other. Onstage during their sold out Redbrick…
The brother bands of loser rock: a brief history of Weezer and Fall Out Boy
By Leila McKiernan As excited as I was to return to GW this year, a new Instagram post from infamous rock group Weezer almost had me jumping back in the…
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REVIEW: “Manning Fireworks” is a miracle
By Max Cohen God bless Jake Lenderman. Since the release of Wednesday’s Twin Plagues, in 2021 he’s been in the enviable but tricky position of receiving constant critic praise for…