Photo by erin_m This was a good year for the Three Stars feature. We got to talk with a lot of up and coming local musical acts who specialize in a variety of styles. We foresee great things happening for acts like Pree and Laughing Man, and we even talked to now-Grammy nominee Christylez. Here, we recount some of our favorite moments from Three Stars interviews we conducted this year. The most interesting and…

When outsiders (or heck, even locals) think of D.C. music, dance bands don’t exactly come to mind. There are a few acts that have added loops or synthesizers on top of jangly pop tunes or angular rock riffs, but straightforward dance bands aren’t really around. Enter Lode Runner. They care about putting on an entertaining live rock show and putting on an intricately rump-shaking dance night with equal fervor. It probably comes as no…