Matt Schild

The year 2001 produced its share of catastrophes: major terrorist campaigns in D.C. and New York, a widespread anthrax scare -- and J. Lo's solo debut. Fortunately, there's plenty worth remembering about the first official year of the new millennium, as artists of every genre proved that music still matters,...

Burning Airlines singer/guitarist J. Robbins has worn a lot of different hats during his career as a keystone in the Washington, D.C., underground music scene: He was a cog in the machinery of rioteers Government Issue, frontman for the lauded Jawbox, the producer/engineer of a staggering number of albums and,...

In these days of digital recording, pitch shifters and ProTools, it's hard for some people to imagine that there are still bands out there that don't want to sound nicer than Jesus. The American Analog Set, Saturday, September 8, at the Lion's Lair, revels in making a mockery of overpriced...

Get any punk-rocker talking about his roots, and things can get a little ridiculous. Amid the revisionist history that ignores now-embarrassing elementary-school purchases and junior high school identity crises, there are tales of being conceived at an X concert, hearing Minor Threat records played while in utero and other equally...

Although Jimmy Eat World -- which performs Monday, August 27, at the 15th Street Tavern with Reuben's Accomplice -- toured last fall, the Mesa, Arizona, band has kept a low profile over the last several months. That's all come to a screaming halt, as the band has gathered itself, settled...