The Black Powder

The Black Powder is a band from the D.C. area that shares members with Fine Lines. They play a simliar style of gritty, sonic punk songs. But whereas Fine Lines sounds like "Rites of Spring playing their songs with mittens" (as their myspace so eloquently puts it), The Black Powder sounds more like if The Pixies and Fugazi got together and decided to put out a garage rock record. Citing influences from Death From Above 1979 to Refused to Malady to Minor Threat, they siphon all these unexpected sounds together into one finely tuned dynamic machine. I've seen these guys twice before and they always put on a really energetic, entertaining live show.

Click here for their myspace.

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The Black Powder (2007)

Fine Lines

Fine Lines is a punk band from Vienna, Virginia, located in the suburbs of Washington D.C. I don't really know how to describe these guys except for they are really good. I guess there may be some Fugazi influence with a real punk feel and screamed vocals, kind of in the same vein as their good friends The Black Powder. They self-released a demo . Usually I start the posts with a picture of the group. Unfortunately, Fine Lines have only played a few shows and there are no pictures of them that I am aware of. Download this shit!

Also, Alex Attas (Guitar/Vocals) runs a house venue in Vienna, The Second Death Star. We recently played there with Algernon Cadwallader and had a really great time! Check it out if you're ever in the D.C. area.

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Demo (2008)