The City Veins

One, of the many things, that has changed in the few years I spent between bands is that D.C. has a much more developed music scene. While my last band was playing, the District had Dischord, and little else. And while, I love grew up around here, and I love Dischord, I think their legacy became a little stifling after a while. I think the problem was that there were a lot fewer places to play in D.C. back then. You had the Grog, The Metro Cafe, Black Cat, and 9:30 club. There really wasn’t much else.

Now, D.C. bands are getting signed to some nice independent labels, Washington Social Club got a song played on Entourage, and there just generally seems to be a higher quality of music coming out of this town. For example, check out this post from Instrumental Analysis, two “CDs” worth of songs from local bands, all for free. The advent of blogs has also helped the scene a lot, the Post and the City Paper were never the best resources for what was happening in D.C. anyway. Also, let me suggest Wale’s mixtape, 100 Miles and Running. It is really good. So those are some quick music suggestions, and let me reiterate my suggestion to go see live music.