All words: Rick Taylor
All photos: Nathan Jurgenson
San Francisco’s The Soft Moon draws from the dark and icy side of post-punk’s past –– think Joy Division ...
All Photos by Bill Jenne, check out his work at www.billjenne.com
When was the last time you were completely bowled over by a local band you’d never hear...
Rick sent me this cool song so I told him to write it up for today -cale
A bare-knuckle wallop of reverb-drenched ramshackle DIY pop, Glaswegian style! This ...
Slumberland Records head honcho Mike Schulman must be smiling a lot these days.
Since celebrating the esteemed indie label’s 20 year anniversary with four sp...
So in light of tonight’s Belgian-beer fueled showdown between the We Fought the Big One and Velodrome dj parties, BYT has an exclusive mix to give readers an id...
Who knew that such a tiny little record label started by a group of University of Maryland friends in the late 80s would go on to become one of the most celebra...
As promised, BYT’s coverage of the esteemed Slumberland label’s 20th Anniversary celebration continues.
(Read part 1 here)
For part 2, we spoke with the h...
Twenty years after Slumberland Records unveiled its debut release upon an unsuspecting indie rock world (a humble, three-song 7” compilation called “What Kind o...
Vivian Girls are playing a house show in Silver Spring tonight. Because indie is as indie does. Rick interviewed them on the eve of the release of their new alb...
all photos: Yacouba Tanou
all words: Rick Taylor
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a full fledged revolt against spit-and-polish production values i...
A Place to Bury Strangers are playing DC9 tonight. A space this small will probably implode with (their) noise, and that is a good thing. Check out this great i...
all words: Rick Taylor
all photos: Bill Jenne
Just how varied and multi-faceted are the talents of DC-based indie rock trio Girl Loves Distortion? All three...
Catch the We Fought The Big One DJ's at the Black Cat tonight! They're DJing the Comet Gain / Crystal Stilts / Cold Cave show, 8:30pm on the back stage for $12...
The Feelies: Indie Legends on the Comeback Trail
A BYT Interview with Glenn Mercer
Very few bands can boast a career with as much longstanding consistency ...