Local musicians remix each other to benefit local organization HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive).

Deleted Scenes have an album release party tonight at Rock and Roll Hotel. Check out the track “You Get to Say Whatever You Want.”

During springtime concert season in D.C., it can be hard to decide what shows to see. So, here are our reviews of sixteen acts that we saw at SXSW who are coming through town imminently.

Just because you were on Saved by the Bell doesn’t mean a lifetime of fame and fortune. Life is cruel.

D.C.’s Deleted Scenes has a new record set for release in 2014. Listen to the first single ‘Stutter” now.

While the two shows from The Dismemberment Plan this past weekend were not met with the same amount of fervor and anticipation back in 2011, the seminal D.C. band still delivered an exciting performance featuring fan favorites and songs from their first album in 11 years Uncanney Valley.

The Hopscotch Music Festival isn’t a typical music festival. Yes, there’s a central stage with some hefty names on the bill, but that’s only a small part of the package. The festival is spread across nearly twenty venues throughout downtown Raleigh and crowds are just as likely to pack venues for relatively obscure acts like Lady Lamb the Beekeeper and Sylvan Esso as they are for the big name acts on the marquee, or even the mid-level acts whose shows we’ve already covered. It’s the place where biggest star of the festival was Merzbow, a Japanese noise musician who came to town for the Sonic Circuits Festival in 2010. It’s almost more like a miniature CMJ or SXSW than it is like Sweetlife or Virgin Mobile Freefest.

In this week’s agenda: Deleted Scenes, EmptyMansions, Goat, The Mean Season, Shabazz Palaces, and more.

As told in the words of the label head and his collaborators and artists, here is the history of Sockets Records.

To celebrate the end of Sockets Records, check out a track from their showcase headliners Deleted Scenes.