Pitchfork Fest Friday inspired thoughts about the intimate and situational appeal of much of today's crop of independent artists, and the challenges inherent to translating that allure in sunny…   Read Story »

The 4th Annual Roots Picnic went down in Philadelphia on Saturday. Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding performed, as well as Little Dragon, Ariel Pink, Dismemberment Plan, Man Man, and Beanie Sigel. Due…   Read Story »

The Dismemberment Plan have always covered songs at their shows -- medleys and non-sequiturs and riffs that take place at the finale. Things haven't changed much for their current reunion tour: On…   Read Story »

After a successful Jimmy Fallon showing last week, the Dismemberment Plan launched their reunion tour in their hometown of Washington D.C. this past weekend. The first show took place Friday, 1/21 at…   Read Story »

Last night The Dismemberment Plan kick-started their reunion tour by performing Emergency And I's "The City" on Jimmy Fallon. (Remember, they recently released an expanded version of the 1999 album.)…   Read Story »

The Dismemberment Plan reunited in 2007 to perform at a couple of benefits for Jawbox hero/multi-tasking produder J. Robbins and wife Janet Morgan's son Callum Robbins, who was born with Type 1…   Read Story »

Certain point-less reviews far behind and buried (mostly), time to lend a fresh set of ears to D-Plan man TravMo's solo abilities. And thankfully, Travis's done all the heavy lifting; preliminary…   Read Story »

For one happy decade Travis Morrison fronted unpindownable D.C. stage-crashers The Dismemberment Plan. After the quartet bowed out with a finale at the 9:30 Club in 2003, Morrison moved onto a solo…   Read Story »

Travis's solo debut Travistan may be the go-to answer at your indie rock trivia sessions, but that's not keeping the soon-to-reunite Dismemberment Plan singer from soldiering on with another record.…   Read Story »

Late last year, a plea went out to help raise money for alternative medical treatment for J. Robbins and Janet Morgan of son, Callum Robbins, in his fight against Type 1 SMA (or Spinal Muscular…   Read Story »