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SweetBread Jim’s is owned by SweetBread Jim, longtime resident of Wheaton, MD. He discovered the band on Craigslist, and bought them for $20 a person. He named the band after…

The Torches were cobbled together by Stephen J. Perron Guidry in the
late winter of 2009 as his other band, The Cassettes retreated into
temporary hibernation.

Bio: The six sleazy Tampanians (a real word according to Urban Dictionary) of Sleepy Vikings have braved an infernal Florida sun to write the weird songs about stalkers, dead kings,…

Death Valley Rally is a noise pop outfit based in Norfolk, VA.

The Snowy Owls began in 2007 as the meandering solo project of multi-instrumentalist Matt Klimas (Low Branches).

Jonathan Vassar and The Speckled Bird are a Richmond, VA, based indie folk band signed with Triple Stamp Records.

US indie rock band Dead Fame take many of their cues from post-punk bands such as Wire, Gang of Four, Bauhaus, and New Order, with influences from music produced during…

The Mean Ideas are too loud for band bios. The Mean Ideas-On You Mind (Demo)  

“Canary Oh Canary take elements of shoegaze and experimental rock to create a style that is entirely their own. In just a little under a year playing out, the group…

FUN is comprised of two carbon-based lifeforms living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their goal: to show glimpses into a literal, brutal and true world. Their means: whatever they deem appropriate. Contrary…

    Robert Mitchell comes from a small rural town with no traffic lights and an honest to God general store. The simple music he writes and plays is the…

  “If Joanna Newsom and Leo Kotke got together and had a baby, it would be kindlewood,” In Your Speakers declares of the Washington D.C. trio who have a baby…

Little Anchor blends the storytelling and simplicity of the Northwest with New York influenced pop sensibility. The Brooklyn-based four-piece was initially conceived over a long weekend in a cabin on…

Don’t let the name Mother Sun Flower fool you; these friendly long hairs play music seething with rage. Conceived less than a year ago by members of Baltimore bands The…

“A minimal act whose impact is expansive. Silk-lined vocal harmonies, melodies that only know how anthems feel. There’s lean, refined songcraft, but no shortage of ferocity…” – Cville Weekly Songwriter/guitarist John…

Bobby E. Lee & the Sympathizers is a Baltimore band who only plays the swampiest, stompiest, good timey music. The members of this humble troop are from all over our…

Sean K. Preston doesn’t get gussied up for the show…he wears his cowboy hat, dirty jeans and shitkicker boots everyday. If it sounds like he sings about hard luck, lost…

Marionette draws inspiration from the music world’s outliers and outcasts – with equal admiration for the great obscure songwriters and the more abstract, noise artists spanning psych, shoegaze, jazz, folk and punk.  Live…

These Psychedelic Post-Punk Freakazoids are from Richmond Va. They have been making noise in various formations since 2006. Current members include Alex Criqui, Paul Himmelman, and Ben Miller. Their latest…

Teen Mom is a three piece pop-punk band from Washington, DC. They’ve been playing together since early 2011 and would like to keep playing music together forever. They recently recorded…

Ttotals are a duo from Nashville, TN creating some of the finest new psychedelic rock music around. They might pay tribute to some of the old greats, but this sound…

Matt Tarka is an acoustic songwriter whose introspective lyrics and sharp rhythms deliver a poignant message in a playful and endearing way. Tarka’s songs jolt you like a conversation with an…

Fear of Virginia began in a living room over shots of Kentucky Gentlemen. This is how most good things begin. Over the course of 6 months, the band has changed…

Upon forming in 2007, The Diamond Center at its core has always been Kyle Harris and Brandi Price. After travels and homesteads in Athens, Georgia and Lubbock, Texas, their creative…

  Ambling out of Baltimore with a stack of Crystal’s 45′s and an arsenal of effects pedal, Thrushes’ 2007’s debut, ‘Sun Come Undone’, earned critical praise and worldwide buzz with…

Having survived a handful of lineup changes, TLVS is currently a two piece that works with other artists from time to time. Sonically, the group plays off both the shoegazing…

At home in DC since the fall of 2008, this band has been psychedelically wandering their way through the Washington scene for the last three years, playing with the likes…

The Mean Season is completely stripped down. Cherie, Mathias and Ryan, three members that seem to have been together for longer than their years, create songs that are not overly complex…

DC-based troubadour Alex Vans creates a unique, shape-shifting blend of rock, folk and pop.

BanjerDan (Dan Mazer) is a banjo player/multi-instrumental performer based in Washington, DC. His style is an Americana mix, rooted in straight-ahead bluegrass and branching into many musical genres.

Formed in the harsh winter of 2009-2010, we’re a 4 ½ piece group from the Baltimore area, playing indie rock with a touch of Folk/Ambient/Americana.

Somewhere in the humble hills of Harrisonburg, Virginia there is a murmuring, a pattering. Sometimes it clashes, thuds, booms, bursts.

Letitia (leh-TISH-ah) VanSant tickles the ukelele, plunks the banjo, and strums her earnest heartstrings to bring you a whimsical yet down-to-earth sort of folk.

You can catch Jacob Gemmell, a singer songwriter, performing melodic lofi anthems at an open mic, bar, or small club around the Washington DC area.

The Lost Civilizations experimental music project is comprised of Mike Sebastian (reeds) and T. A. Zook (basscello).

Wytold layers percussive bowing and melodic finger-picking on bodyless, shoulder-strapped, six-string electric cello.

Chance and circumstance brought us together, and then one day we stood up from the passenger seat, rolled down the window, and with hands held tight, we jumped into the outside world.

Patrick McGrath is a Bronx born/suburban transplant whose original music is rooted in the melodic storytelling of the quirky darker side of life with an occasionally comedic narrative.

Tiger is not a professional musician. She’s just a girl who one day, for reasons unknown, became bored with B-school, studying, and basically her life.

A constant figure on the Washington, D.C. area’s music scene, René has worked tirelessly on honing his performing and song writing skills.

Sam Cooper & the Sleepwalkers is an independent band from the outskirts of Washington, DC.

Over the past two years The Blue Line has developed a uniquely potent sound that’s reminiscent of the group’s mid-90s Seattle grunge influences.

DC Rock & Roll power trio, THE FED, was born out of the infamous Tuesday open mic nights at the now defunct Adams Morgan institution, Staccato Music Hall & Lounge.

Southern Problems is a band of friends from Washington, DC. They formed in the summer of 2010 after one of them returned to the city, feeling pessimistic about everything.

WOJCIK is a Brooklyn-based duo comprised of Hailey Wojcik (vocals, guitar) and Geoff Lewit (drums).

Nunchucks is a rock & roll quartet from the Washington, D.C. area.

3 foot leash, from Sterling, VA.

Derek Evry has been writing and performing original music since 1999. Derek has a love for early 90′s pop-punk, is an avid vegetarian, does not care for any sports.

I grew up on the west side of Houston, a pretty slow part of town.

kntrlr is disarmingly contradictory. The centrifuge of confliction that powers kntrlr’s circuitry reached the red-level RPMs after years of playing rock music with The Press.

CANNONS is a dynamically intense power trio, born amidst the refineries and smokestacks of southwestern Philadelphia.

Accordion-fueled rock. Occasionally elegant, mostly wild, Milkmachine recorded their first album, Bees on the Vine, in Minneapolis, MN and released it on May 7 at The Red Palace.

Mercies is a garage/post punk band out of DC that has been described
as “confrontational yet catchy.”

Forevsner is a DC based band that was formed as the result of two wizards’ experiments involving a book of matches and a napalm milk shake.