Her Daily Obsession

If you've noticed that Spin has been a little less annoying lately, that's because Sarah Lewitinn has stopped writing her column, Making Out With Ultragrrrl. Never read it? You weren't missing much. (The gist of it, which was pretty accurately captured in the title, was that she got drunk and fawned over an "it" band/performer.) Aggravating or not, she still has name recognition, maintains a popular blog, wrote a book, and now has a record label, Stolen Transmission. All this media attention is good news for D.C. band Her Daily Obsession, because Lewitin is using her label to push the group's first single. HDO's band members are local scene veterans, but their sound is more New York than D.C. -- there are some Bravery-esque dance beats, some Interpol-y atmospherics and lots of Yeah Yeah Yeah's everything else. See if Her Daily Obsession can create the same buzz when opening for a couple of Detroit bands, excellent psych-pop revivalists Outrageous Cherry and over-the-top garage rockers Electric Six at the Black Cat. - The Washington Post