DCist attended the Hopscotch Music Festival this past weekend and hung with some local favorites.

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.

Local guitar-and-bass trio Silo Halo is on an eight-day tour of the Midwest. We’ve asked the band to send us thoughts and photos from the road. This is the their final entry. Welcome home!

Local guitar-and-bass trio Silo Halo is on an eight-day tour of the Midwest. We’ve asked the band to send us thoughts and photos from the road. Today’s transmission is from Indiana.

Local guitar-and-bass trio Silo Halo is on an eight-day tour of the Midwest. We’ve asked the band to send us thoughts and photos from the road. Today’s transmission is from Chicago.

Local guitar-and-bass trio Silo Halo is on an eight-day tour of the Midwest. We’ve asked the band to send us thoughts and photos from the road. Today’s transmission is from Dubuque, Iowa.

Local guitar-and-bass trio Silo Halo is on an eight-day tour of the Midwest. We’ve asked them to send us thoughts and photos from the road. Today’s transmission is from Milwaukee.

Local guitar and bass trio Silo Halo is on an eight-day tour of the Midwest. We’ve asked them to send us thoughts and photos from the road.