Mark Jenkins

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Whimsy and efficiency are key to the Bug Club’s alchemy (washingtonpost.com) Whimsy and efficiency are key to the Bug Club’s alchemy By Mark Jenkins 2025061815005300 "Have U Ever Been 2 Wales," the Bug Club's recent single, exemplifies the Welsh pop-punk duo's virtues: The song is cheeky, exuberant and charismatically ramshackle, with shout-along vocals and sudden blasts of raucous guitar. It also proved more successful than the band anticipated.

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Seventh Stanine Festival features big-name musicians in small spaces (washingtonpost.com) Seventh Stanine Festival features big-name musicians in small spaces By Mark Jenkins 2025061115000000 Guitarist-composer Tyondai Braxton used to play large clubs with the art-rock band Battles, and he took his "Telekinesis," an eclectic 2022 work for orchestra and chorus, to London's 900-seat Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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A show on fast fashion’s wastefulness is sharp on function, dull on form (washingtonpost.com) A show on fast fashion’s wastefulness is sharp on function, dull on form By Mark Jenkins 2025061113000000 Chile's Atacama Desert is among the planet's least hospitable regions and even bears some resemblance to the surface of Mars. But one aspect of the area is not at all otherworldly: The desert contains a world-infamous dump of cast-off clothing.

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A shared youth is the tie that binds alt-rockers Dutch Interior (washingtonpost.com) A shared youth is the tie that binds alt-rockers Dutch Interior By Mark Jenkins 2025060414001300 The members of alt-rock band Dutch Interior have made three albums, beginning in 2021, but their acquaintance goes back a lot further. "I met Shane and Hayden when I was 4 months old," says bassist Davis Stewart. "There are pictures of us as babies.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Mark Jenkins

Take an art tour of Foggy Bottom with new sculptures in hidden streets (washingtonpost.com) Take an art tour of Foggy Bottom with new sculptures in hidden streets By Mark Jenkins 2025060412003400 The largest piece in the Arts in Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Biennial combines several elements, including a massive rhinoceros rendered in flat but elaborately engraved steel.