Washington DC

Consisting of 90s punk guitarist Christina Billotte (Slant 6) and Kathi Wilcox (Bikini Kill), the band’s latest 2022 release Sanguine Truth gets another listen on a chill weekend morning.

After recently going through a short, intense phase of listening to tracks of Washington DC’s cult band Lungfish, here’s my overview of their sound.

Getting a re-issue now on the US label Solid Brass, I took a listen to Came By To Kill Me (1996) by post-hardcore group Kerosene 454 after many years.

The first song written by Pailhead, an unlikely collaboration between Fugazi‘s Ian Mackaye and Ministry‘s Al Jourgensen from their sole compiled 1988 release Trait.

The challenging major label debut album Pony Express Record by Washington DC’s Shudder To Think and to me one of the most beautiful oddball signings of the 90s alternative boom.

A revisit to the one and only LP by Regulator Watts (ex-Hoover), a record I hadn’t listened to in over two decades. Atmospheric and dark post-hardcore.

The Monorchid were a short-lived Washington DC band coming from a long lineage of players in that scene, resulting in a unique, wire-y sound.