Museum of Now: Musical History with Beauty Pill

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Beauty Pill, under the leadership of local songwriter/recording engineer Chad Clark, has run through the minds of DC music fans for ten years now like a hidden vein of magnetic ore. Outcroppings of new music are rare and sporadic, but the field of influence is always felt. It’s a measure of the group’s innovation and… read more »

Bringing Back the Bayou: Remembering DC’s Killer Joint

Dave Matthews was just one of many stadium bands that played the Bayou in their early days. Photo courtesy of RCA Records

Thirteen years ago this month, on New Year’s Eve, legendary Georgetown club the Bayou held its last show. Hundreds of 1998’s scenesters packed into the tiny brick-faced building to see a double fistful of bands celebrate the club they had all called home at one time or another. By a stroke of good luck for… read more »