Locals You Should Know: Summer 2018 DMV Recap
Summer is winding down and yet the air is hotter and thicker than ever. As you wait for the temperatures to break, we’ve got a cure for your heat-induced insanity: a season’s worth of new music from the DMV.
Here’s a wrap-up of all the great local music that has been released over the past few months. It should keep your ears occupied until the leaves turn orange.
(But if you want to narrow your listening selection down a bit, check out the “For Fans Of” (FFO) line to see which releases may float your boat.)
Band: Phase Arcade
Release: Glooming – EP
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Genre: Punk/Math Rock
FFO: Tera Melos, Pity Sex, American Football, Hella
Band: Human Resources
Release: Champagne
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Hometown: Charleston, SC
Genre: New Wave/Dance Rock
FFO: Daft Punk, St. Vincent, Tears for Fears, Air
Band: Bad Magic
Release: what’s wrong with my eyes?
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Genre: Garage Rock
FFO: Sleater-Kinney, Screaming Females, Tacocat, Tori Amos
Band: Mock Identity
Release: Paradise
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Genre: Punk
FFO: Sonic Youth, Palberta, Shopping, Bikini Kill
Band: Naomi Alligator
Release: Battery-Operated Sunbeam of Love
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Genre: Singer-Songwriter
FFO: Cat Power, Laura Marling, Angel Olsen, Kimya Dawson
Band: Persona La Ave
Release: Blue Silk
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Hometown: Florence, SC
Genre: Experimental Funk
FFO: Com Truise, Flying Lotus, George Clanton, Kraftwerk
Band: Young Scum
Release: S/T
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Genre: Jangle Pop
FFO: Girlpool, Teenage Fanclub, The Smiths, Alvvays
Band: At The Graves
Release: Lower – EP
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Genre: Metal/Doom/Shoegaze
FFO: Slint, Russian Circles, Pelican, And So I Watch You From Afar
Band: Spooky Cool
Release: Every Thing Ever
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Genre: Psych Rock/Pop/Indie
FFO: Fuzz, Camp Howard, Deerhoof, Paul Simon
Band: Sunndrug
Release: Bleed Your High b/w Collider
Release Date: August 17, 2018
Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA
Genre: Industrial/Alt-Rock
FFO: Nine Inch Nails, Norma Jean, Queens of the Stone Age, Deftones