Jeff Draco Goes from Intern to Co-Headliner in One Year, Shares the 9:30 Club Stage with Crystal Casino Feb. 9
Barely a year ago, D.C.-based artist Jeff Draco was interning at the 9:30 Club. But on Feb. 9, he is sharing the bill with the Crystal Casino Band. He will have a much different view of the venue from its stage, and the musician can’t stop pinching himself. “To be coming back playing is quite special. I’m beyond excited,” Draco said. You can have all the talent in the world, but without a network—and more than a little bit of luck—this gig might not have come his way. Learn more with contributing writer Eric Althoff, including details on Draco’s forthcoming single, “Letters,” which he cites as his most vulnerable to date.
Junior Choir puts listeners on “Pins and Needles”
Recent Articles Junior Choir released a dynamic and highly evolving indie pop-rock track called “Pins and Needles” in December 2022. If this is your first exposure to it, it is worth the wait. When the intro begins, “Pins and Needles” reminded me of a certain tonality heard on the Breach album released by The Wallflowers […]
Forty Feet Tall! Says “We Can’t Go Back To Normal”
Recent Articles There’s a punk energy seething from the teeth of the Portland-based indie rocker’s, Forty Feet Tall’s, latest single “We Can’t Go Back To Normal” that is utterly intoxicating. The relentless chanting of the song’s namesake, in particular, makes a perfect mantra as we find ourselves knee deep in the new year. It’s the […]
Unfamiliar Things believe “Most People” are good in new indie-rock single
Recent Articles Based in Los Angeles, California, the Los Angeles-based band Unfamiliar Things travels the musical world of contemporary indie music with soothing musical tendencies. Matt Levy’s “unfamiliar,” yet dynamic vocals sit beautifully on top of the band’s most contemporary track to date as Unfamiliar Things launches a new indie-rock single, “Most People.” This single […]
Snail Mail Launching “Valentine Fest” at Ottobar Feb. 10
February 10-14, 2023
Ottobar
Baltimore, MD
Jeff Draco + Crystal Casino at 930 Club
February 9, 2023
930 Club
Washington D.C.
Jim Basnight Follows the Momentum of “Early Years” with Two New Singles
Recent Articles Indie rocker, Jim Basnight, has highlighted “the second batch of singles off his September album Early Years: “Leave the Past Behind” and “We’ll Always Be In Love”. Full of college radio rock vibrations, they are songs that demonstrate a pure, straight-ahead approach to rock that has a vintage 80’s feel. “We’ll Always Be […]
Hedvig Mollestad Shreds Through “Maternity Suite”
Recent Articles Norwegian jazz musician and guitarist, Hedvig Mollestad, has teamed up with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra for her latest single “Maternity Suite”. A massive 10-minute epic, the new track is bursting at the seams with a mix of jazz instrumentation with an alternative rock attitude. This is wonderfully loud approach to jazz that feels […]
Koala Bar Transform Self-Doubt into Hope with New Album
Recent Articles Swedish indie rockers, Koala Bar, are on the verge of their third album, Ingest ≈ Digest, as they release their latest single “The Carnival”. Combining folk, pop, and alternative influences like Fleet Foxes, Phoebe Bridgers, and Marcus Mumford, it’s a song that shows off a hopeful drive that transforms from its origins in […]
Madness Rises in Roscoe Tripp’s “When the Stalks Are Low”
Recent Articles The indie rock outfit known as Roscoe Tripp take a brooding trip through their new single, “When the Stalks Are Low”. Driven by the wild dynamics of the ever-morphing bass, there’s a heaviness that carries through the song’s core offset by the gentle open chords of guitars and synthesizers. During the verse, the […]
