One of the cultural dilemmas that we have here in DC is the lack of venues that cater to fringe and left-field acts. Often times small pockets of people gather to turn group houses, community centers and even coffee shops into outlets for these types of bands.
In the Bloomingdale neighborhood of northwest DC, Big [...]

The Big Bear Cafe isn’t too far from the crib, so when my friend Collin shot me a text about a show there I knew two things were certain: loud, awesome music and cheap beer.
There were three bands: the noise-heavy Belltone Suicide, the brass-riddled two-drummed aural monstrosity known as Gestures, and IDM/Math/Core group The [...]