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Tinariwen Elwan Reviewed by: Matt Kelchner On their seventh studio album, Elwan, Tuareg band Tinariwen delivers one of their most powerful albums to date. The Grammy-award winning group has made a name for themselves over the past two decades for their worldly blend of guitar Read More

Kurt Vile b’lieve i’m goin down Reviewed by: Matt Kelchner Moving from album to album with our local guitar slung hero Kurt Vile is like moving throughout the different hours of a day. 2011’s Smoke Ring For My Halo was a deep, dark record and 2013’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze served Read More

by Jane Roser   “I think a friend named the band,” I’m sitting backstage at DC’s iconic 9:30 Club chatting with Jonathan Segel of Camper Van Beethoven, one of the bands that truly defined rock music of the 1990s (and one whose cassette tapes I wore Read More