We Fought the Big One

01/28/2023

Next Friday, Feb. 3rd at the Marx Cafe! Join us for a special show with avant-sound sculpter INSECT FACTORY (aka Jeff Barsky). John Howard from Nice Breeze will be joining us behind the turntables. Join us for the fun!

01/06/2023

The first WFTBO of 2023 is happening Friday night! The talented fingerstyle guitarist/composer JON CAMP is performing a special set with Dave Jones (The Caribbean) and Scott Verrastro (Kouhotek)! Michael Kentoff will be joining us behind the turntables. Join us for the fun!

11/30/2022

WFTBO is back at the Marx Cafe this Friday! New DC supergroup S*X FACES (Des Demonas, Coven Tree) are performing. Guest DJ Chris Callasham (Teen Beat’s Sexual Milkshake) joins us behind the turntables. The fun starts at 10pm! Join us!

11/08/2022

Genius gone too soon.

Saturday, November 12th, will mark 40 years since the world lost Patrick Cowley. On that day Dark Entries remembers him with the release of Malebox, six churning disco-funk and hi-NRG bombs 💣

11/04/2022

Friday, Nov. 11th! We Fought the Big One returns to the Marx Cafe with PAST PAWN, DC's new q***r, anarchist industrial disco band featuring MJ Regalado (GAUCHE, CLEAR CHANNEL) and Niki Cross. MJ will also be Guest Djing. Join us for the fun!

11/29/2021

Hey guys! WFTBO is back this Friday! Guest DJ Celebrity Meg is spinning and new DC band SEAMSTRESSES will be performing! The fun starts at 10pm. Join us at the Marx Cafe or on Zoom!

06/05/2021

05/31/2021

A few other records spotted at today’s visit to Low in Charlottesville. I picked up the Pink Industry.

05/31/2021

Record shopping at Low in Charlottesville today and delighted to see the classic “Therapy” record from The Lines!

05/29/2021

https://mixmag.net/feature/exploring-the-black-roots-of-shoegaze-and-dream-pop

M.I.C uncovers the Black origins of shoegaze and dream pop and meets the Black musicians taking the sounds forward

05/07/2021

David Nicholas of Sansyou: "The pandemic can shut down creativity, or as artists we can react against it and in spite of it, find new ways to reach people." Read the "5 Questions" interview with Sansyou on the Big One blog. The band plays at 10pm EST tonight on the WFTBO Livestream show via Zoom! https://wefoughtthebigone.com/2021/05/07/5-questions-sansyou/

There’s something deeply personal about the way that DC-instrumental collective Sansyou affects me as a listener. (Photo: Rick Taylor) No matter what emotional state I am in, the music of San…

02/07/2021

Check out Teething Veils’ superb set from the Feb 5 Livestream edition of WFTBO. Thank you to all who attended and watched Greg perform live. https://youtu.be/ExK7gWHox4k

Teething Veils play live as part of We Fought the Big One, DC's longest-running left-of-center music night (est. April 2004), on February 5, 2021.Listen and ...

02/05/2021

Greg Svitil of Teething Veils: "One day, there just might not be any more songs. Any time now, they can stop showing up. At the same time, there’s a matter of faith that the well won’t dry up, that keeps a hum or a pulse going during the dry spells."

Check out the full interview "5 Questions" at the Big One blog!
https://wefoughtthebigone.com/2021/02/05/5-questions-teething-veils-2/

A global pandemic. A racial reckoning. Misinformation. A violent attack on American democracy. There’s a lot to feel anxious about in these strange and scary times. Fortunately, DC-based sing…

01/08/2021

Adriana-Lucia Cotes: "As people who know me well know, I’m driven by the things I aspire to achieve, and even when things seem their darkest, I can look back on where I came from and what struggles I had to rise from. Soon those dark moments will also become a memory to refer back to during the next challenge. Hope is innate, it always will be there, even if it’s a little hard to see sometimes." Read my full interview with her at the Big One blog:
https://wefoughtthebigone.com/2021/01/08/5-questions-adriana-lucia-cotes/

There is something intensely personal about the music of DC-based singer-songwriter Adriana-Lucia Cotes. (photo by Farrah Skeiky) Whether she’s playing just acoustic guitar and singing, or em…

01/04/2021

I stopped by the Marx Cafe today to work with Aris and Luis on solving some sound issues with the in-house sound system. Long story short: the mixer needs to be replaced. We plan to have it installed in time for Friday night’s WFTBO Livestream show.

12/31/2020

It’s always nice when Santa brings some vinyl treats, especially when it’s the 180 gram reissue of Silver Apples’ self-titled debut, Simple Minds “New Gold Dream,” Haruomi Hosono’s “Philharmony,” and Teething Veils’ “Canopy of Crimson” and “Sea and Sun.”

12/31/2020

Good advice.

How to keep Coronavirus stress at bay: Listen, really listen, to your favorite albums, front to back, without distraction.

12/29/2020

Super excited that Adriana-Lucia Cotes (former vocalist for DC punk band Mock Identity) will be our first livestream show guest for 2021! Catch her show at the Friday, Jan. 8th edition of WE FOUGHT THE BIG ONE at 10pm EST via Zoom.

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11/12/2020

Well, it looks like Twitch has decided it’s not going to allow any pre-recorded music on its streaming service any longer. Will likely use Zoom for the December WFTBO livestream. https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2020/11/11/music-related-copyright-claims-and-twitch/?fbclid=IwAR3riM9t4zqG8BI5HbSzKA903Dg-ZB-cacPb9yPc6SBYwA5QzEtoGyX5utU

Creators, we hear you. Your frustration and confusion with recent music-related copyright issues is completely justified. Things can–and should–be better for creators than they have been recently, ...

10/02/2020

Hey guys. Check out my interview with Greg and Hester from Teething Veils on the blog. Greg and Hester have some interesting things to say about the evolution of Teething Veils, their live show and how songs have their own life, even after they've been recorded. https://wefoughtthebigone.com/2020/10/02/5-questions-teething-veils/

08/08/2020

Hey guys. Here’s the archived video of my first DJ set from the August edition of WFTBO. It was an especially spiky one, with favorites from Swell Maps, Gang of Four, The Mo-dettes and of course, The Lines. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/703736363

WFTBO went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Music & Performing Arts VOD now.

06/07/2020

This is how excited I get when I play The Lines “Nerve Pylon.”

06/06/2020

Hang tight everyone. We are working through some technical difficulties.

06/06/2020

Hey guys, Luke Stewart is about to go live!!!!

06/05/2020

Luke Stewart: "We have to think about the racism that has been institutionalized in DC’s long history of protest, fighting for equality, and combating justice. Its a microcosm in many ways of the contradictory nature of the non-profit industrial complex. THIS IS DC. Everywhere is affected by the mentality of government." Check out Luke's interview on the Big One blog!

Luke Stewart is one busy musician. The multi-instrumentalist splits his time between a dizzying number of bands. So many, in fact, that trying to keep up with them all would prove challenging for e…

05/02/2020

05/02/2020

Hey everyone! We’re going live shortly!

04/30/2020

Coven Tree performed on Friday, March 6, 2020. This was our last in-person event before social distancing measures went into effect.