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Among the host of revelatory punk documentaries to emerge in recent years,
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement stands out as a truly extraordinary deep dive into the community dynamics and material conditions that spawned the first waves of Washington, D.C., hardcore.
Using rare footage and candid interviews with prominent and lesser-known figures from the region,
Punk the Capital will likely resonate with anyone in a small market who has attempted, or is currently attempting, to galvanize and nurture a subversive arts community whose members might not always see eye-to-eye about everything, but still make something magical together.
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Get the newsletter Success! You re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… When the pandemic hit in March 2020, D.C.’s The North Country, like most bands, experienced plannus interruptus.
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, D.C.’s The North Country, like most bands, experienced plannus interruptus, having to cancel their promotional efforts for their latest release America and Afterwards. “We were supposed to go to South By Southwest,” explains lead singer Andrew Grossman. […]