The Capitol Heights

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We are The Capitol Heights - an indie rock duo based in Washington, DC. We are currently writing music and playing shows. Check our site often to get our latest news, releases, and schedule.

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Jun 12
2015

Top 7 Tips to Enhance Your Home Recordings

Note: We only wish our home set-up looked like that 😉 We all wish we had unlimited free access to a studio backed by Sony or Capitol Records and we all fantasize about our tracks being produced and mastered by the best in the industry. The unfortunate fact is we don’t have the dough to more...

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Oct 07
2015

After Action Report – Libertine

The following is scrolled on the top the Libertine’s kitchen entrance: lib-er-tine. 1.) A free thinker, especially in religious matters. 2.) A person who is unrestrained by convention or morality. We’re such libertines…except Kenny. About 2 months ago, we played The Black Squirrel in Adams Morgan thanks to an invite from Len & J (now more...

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Apr 27
2015

After Action Report – We Are The 9 @ Gypsy Sally’s

Warning! This night was preeeeeetty crazy, yo. And because of that, this is a huge post with lots of pictures. Be prepared to deal. So we got invited to play this We Are The 9 event at Gypsy Sally’s from Justin Trawick about 2 weeks before the show. And the subsequent two weeks after were more...

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Open Mic Challenge

We are embarking on a long and treacherous journey we are calling the Open Mic Challenge. We have set our sights on playing every open mic available in the D.C. area and the map below shows our progress. You can learn about the challenge at our Open Mic Challenge page.