If independent music itself had a theme song, it could be “The Verge” by D.C.’s own Bad Moves. Like a lot of entries in the band’s oeuvre, it is a cathartic outburst of crunchy, guitar-driven pop ...

Bad Moves have announced that they will be disbanding. The band annoucned this in an Instagram post that reads in part, ” Hi friends! It's been an excellent decade rockin with y'all, but the time has ...

DC power-pop punk Bad Moves recently released their new album Wearing Out The Refrain on Don Giovanni, and now they’ve made us a list of songs that influenced the album. It’s an especially detailed ...

All four members of Bad Moves sing, which isn’t that unusual for a pop-rock band. What’s more distinctive is the way bassist Emma Cleveland, guitarists David Combs and Katie Park, and drummer Daoud ...

Back in March, just a few months following their last album Wearing Out The Refrain, the great power-pop band Bad Moves announced that they'd be breaking up amicably following a farewell tour. That ...

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Last month, Washington, DC-based punky power pop band Bad Moves released their third album Wearing Out The Refrain. The band’s expert use of repetition is on full display as they deftly explore ...

Wearing Out the Refrain, Bad Moves’ third album, is meant to explore “the repetitive cycles of life that elicit existential nausea,” according to a press release that accompanied the album ...