Chris Richards

John’s radio show is so cool. Two hours of songs from a single calendar year. He invited me on to co-DJ and we chose 2002 since it’s the year we likely spent the most time together as housemates, bandmates and tourmates (92 QANU shows in 2002), plus we could play “No Letting Go” Check it out!

Ms. Rachel grew up on Mister Rogers. Now she’s carrying on his legacy. The YouTube star wants her audiences — adults and children alike — to see the humanity of all people.

I am grateful to @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social for trusting me with her story at this moment of consequence, as she advocates for the children of Gaza and follows in the footsteps of her own childhood hero, Mister Rogers.

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Review | Intermission is the best new punk band you’ve never heard Intermission is the kind of punk band the algorithm could never help you find. But the group’s debut album, “Power Corrupts,” is one of the year’s best.

This summer, the hazy punk of INTERMISSION sounds like a reminder that the algorithm has never been your friend

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D.C. REMAINS UNDEFEATED

Expiration Date pushes the sound of screamo into the unknown The searing Maryland quintet finishes its first tour at 618 DC on Tuesday, July 29.

I love how harDCore keeps changing shape, which means I love how the straight edge screamo of EXPIRATION DATE pushes toward shapelessness

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Column | Ozzy Osbourne’s fame never felt as big as his music Before he was a pioneering reality television star, he was a pioneering heavy metal singer. But Ozzy Osbourne’s music has always felt bigger than his celebrity.

OZZY OSBOURNE

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Column | Why the Silver Surfer is the superhero for our cosmically fraught times The Silver Surfer is back. But long before “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the most intriguing hero in comics history was predicting the doomscroll.

WHEN WILL THEY LEARN THAT LOVE IS THE POWER SUPREME?

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Little ways to fight despair:

-Send letters to people who make things you admire or enjoy

-Start or join a bookclub

-Join a food coop

-Make zines of things you’d post online, make nondigital penpals

-Leave voicemail for your lawmakers at night

-Volunteer in your community

-GIVE TO MUTUAL AID

Time to start yr gang!!

Go get em!

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Review | Beyoncé's Fourth of July concert was an ode to an unfinished America Beyonce’s spectacular Cowboy Carter tour finds the superstar reclaiming the futurism that her Grammy-winning album lacked.

This is how it felt to see BEYONCÉ in D.C. on the Fourth of July

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I would be so happy

Wow, my first encounter with this sizzling take in this linguistic forever war

Okay, fine. Call them ‘vinyls.’ What's the plural of "vinyl?" On the eve of Record Store Day, generations of record collectors can't seem to agree

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As I understand it: that the music has a distinct aesthetic and/or a strong sense of mood. I get it, though. Describing music is hard

Maybe this means we get to live to 92

Wow. Cool. I wanna read that one

Heather Stebbins is making music from sounds inside her home and her head The adventurous Washington, D.C.-based composer performs at Rhizome on Sunday.

The music of HEATHER STEBBINS reminds us that all the layers of our lives overlap in the right-now

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Column | Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville’ made a noise louder than country music Director Robert Altman’s 1975 opus ‘Nashville’ is an ensemble comedy that feels more vibrantly vivid and noisily prescient than ever.

We can watch Robert Altman’s NASHVILLE for another 50 years and there’ll still be more to see and hear

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Review | Benson Boone sings as if he has something to prove but nothing to say Benson Boone is a pop phenomenon with a big mustache and an even bigger voice. Why doesn’t his music feel like a bigger deal?

Feels weird wanting more from BENSON BOONE when he’s so clearly giving it everything he’s got

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Column | Brian Wilson’s musical imagination was truly oceanic Beach Boys bandleader Brian Wilson was a songwriting giant whose musical imagination felt deeper than the ocean and brighter than the sun.

BRIAN WILSON

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Column | The musical world that Sly Stone made for us still spins Mixing styles at a critical moment in American history, Sly Stone helped create the musical world we live in today.

SLY STONE

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Review | Doechii’s closing WorldPride set ended a tense weekend on a high note As rap star Doechii brought this year’s WorldPride festivities in Washington to a whirlwind close, fans rapped along in what felt like an expression of unity.

Last night’s finale set from DOECHII at WorldPride was a double reminder that rap music synchronizes minds and that the streets belong to the people

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