Who says there are no more good bands in D.C.? Here are the acts you should be following in 2013.
Deerhoof impressed and amused us with their energy, skill and utter silliness last time they played D.C. So, we outsourced this appropriately silly interview to their opener tonight, America Hearts’ Jess Matthews.
America Hearts and Olivia Mancini & the Mates combined into one superband for a West Coast tour, playing sets of songs from both bands. We asked them to send us some thoughts and photos from the road. This week, Jess Matthews sends us the final installment of Running Red Lights.
Part Two in the tour diaries from America Hearts/Olivia Mancini & The Mates’ West Coast Tour takes us from Oregon into California.
Tour Diaries are back! We asked more local musicians with a penchant for good storytelling to send us their own tales from the road. Here’s the first installment from America Hearts‘ Jess Matthews.
America Heart’s Singles Club comes to a conclusion tonight at Black Cat with the EP County. Take a listen to the first song from the EP “Train Tracks.”
In preparation for tonight’s release show for the first Singles Club EP, Angsty, we asked the members of America Hearts (as well as Rick Taylor of We Fought the Big One who will also be on hand tonight) to tell us about the singles that impacted them as youngsters.
The District got a brief taste of the severe storms which brought Chicago to its knees yesterday, and as clouds rolled in, this editor’s first thoughts turned to those who had congregated at Fort Reno.
America Hearts and Allo Darlin may be playing on the same bill tonight at the Black Cat but the two bands have never met before. Awkward, huh? We decided to facilitate the introductions by letting the London twee pop act and the local lo-fi stalwarts each ask the other five questions. Read along as they ruminate on touring Europe, eating out in D.C. and downloading.
7″s or EPs are usually the first recordings that a new band will release, thereby giving listeners a short but effective first listen to their sound. With this in mind, the new 7″s from Foul Swoops and America Hearts are a total success: both provide great introductions to the aesthetics to two emerging D.C. acts. In addition, both recordings give a great introduction to their start-up imprint Yeah Gates. While both bands favor short songs (none over three minutes on either 7″) and a lo-fi aesthetic, these releases show that there can be breadth and depth without too many bells and whistles.
