Dead Alright Highlight the Pull of Pop Punk in New Single “Dust Falls”
Recent Articles Dead Alright is the solo project of Brand New Lungs frontman Louis-Charles Berthiaume of Montreal. “Dust Falls” is one of the newest singles, preceded by “Parasites,” “Strong Enough to Fail,” and “Smoke and Mirrors.” The latest release, “Playing with Fire” is also available now. Dead Alright – Dust Falls – album art With […]
Keep Your Secrets Uses Their Lyrics to Say What Words Can’t
From a YouTube cover channel to their recently released second EP, Keep Your Secrets has been a community effort since its inception. Malerie Gamblin and Matt Nguyen-Ngo started their band as a cover channel. The duo had attended undergrad together at William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA and started the channel in 2020. Malerie sang and Matt played the instruments. Their turning point came in April 2021, however, when musician and influencer Joseph DuBay shouted out their TikTok and funneled thousands of listeners to their page. Learn more about Keep Your Secrets’ journey with contributing writer Jaci Jedrych.
Keep Your Secrets Keep It Real in ‘fake’
Recent Articles Washington D.C. pop-punk powerhouse, Keep Your Secrets have just released another high-energy track, “fake.” Malerie Gamblin (Lead Vocals), Ken Tilar (Guitar), Jasiu Mich (Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals), Matt Nguyen-Ngo (Drums, Bass, Auxiliary Instruments, Backing Vocals) evolved into a full band in Summer 2021, releasing a number of singles and their debut EP, Let’s […]
Keep Your Secrets Bring “trauma.” to Light this New Music Friday 11/18/2022
Recent Articles Keep Your Secrets of Washington D.C. have a new release, “trauma.” that was just debuted today on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, etc., that certainly has mainstream appeal musically while being able to explore difficult topics. We thought we might be on a trend of exploring music that overcomes obstacles when we landed on […]
DMV Live Music This Week: July 13 – July 24, 2022
DMV Music Scene: Live Music, Concerts, and Events
July 13, 2022 – July 24, 2022
Discover Mal’s Secrets
To close out Women’s History Month this year at Alchemical Records we talked with someone who is breaking barriers in the pop-punk genre, Malerie Gamblin (Mal), the lead singer of a pop-punk band from the DMV, Keep Your Secrets. Learn more with our social media director and contributing writer, Maura Marcellino, including her favorite types of venues to play and attend shows. Growing up, Mal always wanted to be in the music industry, but did not know it was something that she could do. Before the pandemic started, Mal messaged her friend from college, Matt, to maybe try being in a pop-punk band since he was in a couple other bands like metal bands.
Pop-punk at The Pocket
Saturday, November 20
7 PM EDT
Washington, DC
