Welcome!
The Fall 2012 STPP Musical Fest will be bringing you 200+ awesome bands/acts over the course of 2 days from DC, PA, NYC, VA, MD, NC, TX and beyond for a 2 day music festival across multiple venues around U Street, Cleveland Park, and more in Washington, DC!
STPPFest 2012 Will be announcing artists over the coming weeks and months, check in regularly to see if your favorite bands are playing, and submit bands to play at our gmail address.
Sponsor: Alexandria Music Co.
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Ugly Purple Sweater (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsSam McCormally and Rachel Lord make up the core of the spiraling mass that is Ugly Purple Sweater, a stone-soup of folk instruments, indie rock sensibilities, and melody-driven arrangements. -
Milkmachine (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsAccordion-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. -
Last Tide (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsLast Tide is a DC based rock band formed in 2009. Influenced by modern and classic indie rock, post-punk, and psychedelia, their music is dense, melodic, and dynamic. -
Mercies (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsMercies is a garage/post punk band out of DC that has been described as "confrontational yet catchy." -
Lenorable (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | 1 CommentLenorable formed in the summer of 2010, when singer Lisa Reed and Ian Graham decided to collaborate on what were going to be songs for Graham to perform. -
Two Inch Astronaut (Maryland)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsTwo Inch Astronaut was birthed in the Fall of 2009 as a means of inflicting their feelings on other people. -
The Veins (Richmond, VA)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe Veins, from Richmond, VA. -
SoSoSo (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsJay Troop and Pat Frank have been playing Rock & Roll on the Hill since 2010, when the original act SoSoSo emerged from a girl-pop cover band that grew a pair. -
The Jet Age (Washington, DC) – HEADLINER
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsUsually described as a cross between Dinosaur Jr and the Who, Washington, DC's The Jet Age are a critically acclaimed indie rock trio and have received accolades from virtually every music news outlet... -
The Yes Way (NYC) – HEADLINER
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe Yes Way, according to The Deli Magazine, "offer us pleasant-but-eerie melodic rock with punk attitude, where peppy-pop melodies are hybridized with indie elements." -
Courtesy Tier (Brooklyn, NY)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Courtesy Tier is a two man cadre. Whether invoking Wilco, ZZ Top, Jimi Hendrix, or The Black Keys they synthesize the soul of rock with melodic blues. -
Ravenous (Brooklyn, NY)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsRavenous is a sludge pop outfit originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, currently operating out of Brooklyn, NY. -
The Press (Brooklyn, NY)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe Press is a band from Brooklyn via Atlanta who will release their first full-length album this spring. -
Forevsner (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsForevsner 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. -
FMRM (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsFMRM is an indie-rock band composed of 5 people from the Washington, DC area. -
Pueblo (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No CommentsPueblo is the eccentric, untempered brainchild of long-time bandmates Tom and Sean. Varying from early folk influences to blues and math-rock, this'll be an adventure. -
We Were Pirates (Washington, DC)
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No CommentsWe Were Pirates is DC-area native and multi-instrumentalist, Mike Boggs. Boggs writes and records his indie rock songs in his home-studio. -
Get a Tan (Annandale, VA)
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No CommentsGet A Tan is a rock duo made up of Pat Gorton (guitar/vocals) and Kevin Buckholdt (drums), based out of Annandale, VA & Forest Glen, MD. -
Of the West (Baltimore, MD)
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No CommentsOf the West is a four-piece instrumental ambient-rock outfit from Baltimore, made up of husband and wife David and Lisa Banahan, drummer Nick Kelly, and bassist Henry Ward. -
Official STPP Fest T-Shirt
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No CommentsOrder the official STPP Fest T-Shirt in men’s or women’s sizes, created by SharpShirter! NOTE: We need to sell at least 72 of these t-shirts. If we don’t sell this... -
Ghion
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No Comments2010 9th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 -
Queen Makeda
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No Comments1917 9th St NW Washington, DC 20001 -
1920
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No Comments1920 9th ST NW (between T & U) Washington, DC 20001 -
Bella Cafe & Bar
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No Comments900 Florida Ave NW Washington D.C., DC 20001 -
Almaz
Posted on May 29, 2011 | No Comments1212 U St NW Washington, DC 20009