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Monday, April 19th

LiveDC: Aloha/ Pomegranates/ Carol Bui @ DC9 They’re a good venue and all, but DC9 really needs to get their fucking schedule in order. In the two times I’ve been there in the last four days...

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Thursday, April 15th

LiveDC: The Appleseed Cast/ Dreamend @ DC9 all photos: Brandon Hirsch all words: Phil Cohen In 2002, I downloaded an MP3 of the Appleseed Cast’s “Steps and Numbers” off of Kazaa and then...

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Wednesday, December 2nd

BYT Interview: French Horn Rebellion French Horn Rebellion, the latest electro-pop buzz band from Milwaukee, recently took the time to talk to BYT about O’Hare Airport...

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Friday, November 13th

MuteMath/As Tall As Lions @ Sixth & I All words: Phil Cohen All photos: (source) I’m pretty sure no one’s ever left a MuteMath show disappointed. Not that this is necessarily music...

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Thursday, September 10th

LiveDC: Autolux @ The Black Cat all photos: Nadja Popovich all words: Phil Cohen For the past six years or so, I’ve frequented the message board on the band Creeper Lagoon’s...

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Wednesday, May 20th

Mo' Metal: Goes Cube/Constants @ The Red and the Black             Goes Cube is the best metal band no one knows yet. This rather audacious claim became increasingly obvious as their 40-minute set...

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Monday, April 20th

The Life and Times / Medications / Deleted Scenes @ RNR all words: Phil Cohen all photos: Alyssa Lesser (from back when) Two years ago, I saw Kansas City’s the Life and Times open for the Appleseed...

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Monday, April 6th

Live DC: Superdrag/As Tall As Lions @ 9:30 all photos: Mike Danko             You can’t fault Superdrag for trying. See, now that makes it sound like they were bad; they weren’t. There’s a...

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Friday, April 3rd

BYT Interview: Superdrag When I was 14, I was browsing the website of Arena Rock Recording Co., my favorite label at the time and found an mp3 by Superdrag, a band I'd never...

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Monday, March 30th

Unstoppable: Glasvegas/Ida Maria @ Black Cat all photos: Francis Chung             Glasvegas can do more with three little notes than most can do with a ten-piece backing band. They play these...

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