AITA is a Baltimore-based, high-energy pop-punk band that burst into scene in September 2023. With an irresistible blend of attitude and charm, AITA delivers songs that resonate with meaning and purpose, all while keeping the energy high and the vibes positive. AITA just released their debut 13-song album, ‘Promises,’ on January 1st, 2025.
MD Pop-punk or something
Keep Your Secrets is one of Washington, DC’s best kept secrets in alternative music. Inspired by artists like Four Year Strong, Paramore, and Sleeping With Sirens, Keep Your Secrets started out in 2020 as a duo making YouTube covers. After gaining traction on social media, the group evolved into a full band making original music. Keep Your Secrets’ melodic, heavy, and production-dense music carries “the weight of 1,000 suns,” in the words of The Wonder Years’ Casey Cavaliere.
Old Knife is a DC-flavored post-punk power trio featuring Maddie Franca on bass, Ella Gallogly on drums, and V.J. Hyde on guitar and vocals. Old Knife has been performing in the DMV since 2023. They had a lineup change in the spring of 2024 just before entering the studio to record an EP with Don Zientara. Devin Ocampo (Faraquet, Medications, The Effects, Beauty Pill) stepped behind the kit at Inner Ear Studios to add his masterful style to the recording. Ella Gallogly, who is the guitarist and singer for the local band, Lud Roes, was invited to join the band full time so they could continue performing and composing new material. Old Knife has been enlisting the help of local ASL interpreters during their kinetic live shows to help increase accessibility in the DMV’s punk/hardcore scene. Be warned: Old Knife will cut you and leave a scar.
33 Pearl Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
