There’s a White House petition to stabilize the download site for My Bloody Valentine’s first new album in 22 years, because of course there is.

Photo by Flickr user falfa. Used by permission. Editor’s Note: We realize this show wasn’t in, or really anywhere near, D.C. But as it was My Bloody Valentine’s only show anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic region, and lots of D.C. area folks traveled down for the show, we thought we’d share the experience for those who, sadly, couldn’t make it. Kevin Shields knows a thing or two about myth-making. Whether by design or not, My…

Brooklyn’s A Place to Bury Strangers jumped from loudest band no one had ever heard of to the buzz on every music blog’s lips in the space of a couple of months. Credit may be largely due to a Pitchfork review of a record in such limited release that most folks probably couldn’t even get their hands on it at the time the review was posted. Their label quickly made more copies available, got the…

The 2nd year of the District’s Awake! Music Festival is making it’s grand sophomore entrance tomorrow night in clubs across town. News about the festival is traveling far and wide, with a sponsorship and podcast from everybody’s favorite online radio station, WOXY, an interview on the local news, and more. A few last minute changes have been made to the festival — namely the unfortunate cancellation of Cloud Cult’s set, and of the Rock &…

As clubgoers stood in line outside the 9:30 Club on a chilly Monday night, a car slowed and eventually came to a stop. Down came the window and two girls yelled out, “Who’s playing tonight?” “The Deftones,” came a response. “What do they sound like?” “They’re heavy,” shot back a fan. That’s about as good as you can get in describing the Deftones without getting too far into mixed genre terminology — they’re heavy. The…