Live DC: Megafaun / Sharon Van Etten @ Black Cat Backstage
all words: Andy Hess
"This is a sad song. But it's not about anyone in this room. I love you guys," opener Sharon Van Etten quipped before she finished h...
Andy Hess
Leakage: Dr. Dog, Mi Ami, Flying Lotus, Roky Erickson with Okkervil River
all words: Andy Hess
Welcome to Leakage, a BYT column dedicated to listening to your favorite band’s releases weeks before the street date. Every week I’ll b...
Live DC: Shearwater/ Wye Oak @ Rock and Roll Hotel
all words: Andy Hess
live photos: Rachel Eisley
I just glanced at my notes for this show and they were scarce. Apparently I was so into this show that I fai...
Live DC: Black Lips / Box Elders / Vermilions @ The Black Cat
all photos: Chris Chen
I don't know when I became a fan of the Black Lips. I had read about them and heard about how great they were live from friends and ...
Live DC: The Morning Benders/ Miniature Tigers/ Acrylics @ The Black Cat
all photos: Chris Svetlik
The Morning Benders have been around for some time, but last week was their coming out party. Last Tuesday, they're much talked abo...
BYT Interview (+Giveaway): Mayer Hawthorne
The government knows him as Andrew Mayer Cohen, but you probably know him as Mayer Hawthorne (a combination of his middle name and the street he grew up on in...
Record Review: Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
For the readers: I have an unhealthy obsession with the perfect pop song (read: Since U Been Gone, You Belong To Me — apparently my ears want me to be a teenage...
Live DC: Cymbals Eat Guitars/ Bear In Heaven/ Freelance Whales @ RnR Hotel
Last September when Staten Island's Cymbals Eat Guitars opened for the Pains of Being Pure at Heart at The Black Cat they made everyone put down their drink and actually listen to them....
Record Review: Frightened Rabbit, The Winter of Mixed Drinks
For the readers: I have an unhealthy obsession with the perfect pop song (read: Since U Been Gone, You Belong To Me — apparently my ears want me to be a teenage...
Leakage: The Tallest Man On Earth, Drive-By Truckers, B.R.M.C., Love Is All
Welcome to Leakage, a BYT column dedicated to listening to your favorite band’s releases weeks before the street date. Every week I’ll be giving you brief revie...
Leakage: Frightened Rabbit, White Hinterland, Joanna Newsom
Welcome to Leakage, a BYT column dedicated to listening to your favorite band’s releases weeks before the street date. Every week I’ll be giving you brief revie...
BYT Interview: Fredrik
Last time we spoke to Fredrik they were touring as a six-piece and about to release Na Na Ni. A year and a half later, they've returned to the original line-u...
Leakage: The Morning Benders, High Places, Lali Puna
Welcome to Leakage, a BYT column dedicated to listening to your favorite band’s releases weeks before the street date. Every week I’ll be giving you brief revie...
Leakage: The Ruby Suns, Animal Collective, U.S. Girls, Ted Leo
Welcome to Leakage, a BYT column dedicated to listening to your favorite band’s releases weeks before the street date. Every week I’ll be giving you brief revie...
Live DC: Givers/Deutschmarks @ The Black Cat
all words: Andy Hess
all photos: Mitchell London
After last year's tour with Dirty Projectors, including a stop at The Black Cat, Givers are destined to fin...
Live DC: Those Darlins/The Pine Hill Haints @ The Black Cat
all words: Andy Hess
all photos: The Internetz
I felt at home Sunday night at The Black Cat.
Having grown up in the South, there's someth...
