Ahead of her show at the 9:30 Club tomorrow night, DCist recently spoke with alt-country singer/songwriter Lydia Loveless.

Mutual Benefit walks the tightrope of seasoned musicians comfortable in their most ambitious melodies, and the spontaneous combustion that comes from disparate artists coming together to try something new.

Mutual Benefit walks the tightrope of seasoned musicians comfortable in their most ambitious melodies, and the spontaneous combustion that comes from disparate artists coming together to try something new.

Ahead of tonight’s twentieth anniversary show for the Black Cat, DCist caught up with D.C. guitar virtuoso Mary Timony.

DCist spoke with soul spinning DJ Soul Call Paul in advance of his set at the Black Cat 20th Anniversary Party this weekend, sharing his memories of the venue and why he considers nachos as a sign of good luck.

Before Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside breeze through Virginia tonight at Iota, Ford told DCist how she came to be in a band with a group of young Alaskan fisherman and what she thinks of the D.C. based hit Netflix series House of Cards.

This week: A Capitol Fourth, HR, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and more.

Lower Dens earned a cult following with their 2010 debut Twin-Hand Movement, but it’s their lush sophomore effort Nootropics that’s garnered the band critical praise. We spoke with bassist Geoff Graham in his native Baltimore.

Bad Brains: A Band in D.C. played at Silverdocs last night, followed by a late-night question-and-answer session with the film’s directors and Bad Brains’ enigmatic singer, H.R. Here are the highlights.

Ben Taylor grew up attending Dischord shows in D.C., and it was that post-punk atmosphere that helped influence Taylor as he formed JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound in Chicago in 2007. A soul band through and through, their infectious sound and intensely energetic live sets (with a touch of old-school theatrics) have garnered them a growing fan base hungry for something new.