Alexia Kauffman

Alexia was born and raised in Arlington, VA. She has been a cellist since age four, and a lover of rock & roll soon after. The first tape she owned was "Make It Big" by Wham, and the first tape she bought was Nirvana's "Nevermind," and she still loves both. She was a member of local synth-rock outfit Soft Complex for several years, and has recorded with bands including Engine Down and Two if By Sea. By day she works for a non-profit distributing royalties to musicians and labels. She currently plays cello, lap-steel guitar and tambourine in the DC post-folk/Americana band The Torches.

Alexia's Top Five Articles

Posts by Alexia:

• The Winning Ticket: Soundbites 2013
• The Winning Ticket: David Wax Museum @ 930 Club, 4/4/2013
• The Winning Ticket: DC Music Download Anniversary show @ Rock & Roll Hotel
• The Winning Ticket: Hot in Herre dance party @ 930 Club, 3/8/2013
• Q&A with GEMS
• Q&A with Megan Jean & the Klay Family Band
• The Winning Ticket: Win before you can buy: Sweetlife Festival 2013!
• The Winning Ticket: Bebel Gilberto @930 Club, 2/28/2013
• DC represents at Coachella 2013! Lineup announced.
• The Winning Ticket: Kishi Bashi @930 Club, 2/3/2013
• Q&A with Ugly Purple Sweater
• The Winning Ticket: Datsik @930 Club, 1/13/2013
• We Love Music: Jane’s Addiction, TAB the Band @ 930 Club
• We Love Music: Our Favorite Shows of 2012
• Q&A with TAB the Band
• We Love Music: Top Tracks of 2012, part 2
• We Love Music: Top Tracks of 2012, part 1
• The Winning Ticket: Drive By Truckers @ 930 Club, 12/30/2012
• Q&A with The Young Rapids
• Q&A with Shana Falana
• Q&A with Jesse Tabish of Other Lives
• Q&A with Silo Halo
• Hot Ticket: Submerge 2012 shows/happenings 11/16-11/17/2012
• The Winning Ticket: Justin Jones @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 11/10/2012
• The Winning Ticket: Little Big Town @930 Club, 2/14/2013: Win before you can buy!
• Q&A with J. Tom Hnatow
• Q&A with Sharon Van Etten
• Hot Tickets: Music worth checking out this weekend!
• Q&A with Dark Dark Dark
• The Winning Ticket: The Temper Trap @ The Fillmore, 10/13/2012
• Hot Ticket: Black Hills & How To Dress Well @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 10/11/2012
• We Love Music: Virgin Free Fest, or The Festival of Lines, 10/6/2012
• We Love Music: Gotye @ Merriweather, 9/30/2012
• Virgin Free Fest line-up announced
• We Love Music: Laetitia Sadier @ DC9, 9/25/2012
• Hot Ticket: Gotye @ Merriweather, 9/30/2012
• We Love Music: New Video from Deleted Scenes
• We Love Music: The Gossip @930 Club, 9/24/2012
• The Winning Ticket: Dance for the Dying, Ugly Purple Sweater @ Red Palace, 9/29
• Q&A with Laetitia Sadier
• The Winning Ticket: Win before you can buy: The Killers w/Tegan & Sara @ Patriot Center, 12/18
• The Winning Ticket: The Spring Standards at Red Palace, 9/20
• The Winning Ticket: Miike Snow @ 930 Club
• The Winning Ticket: Win before you can buy Green Day tix!
• Q&A with Volta Bureau
• The Winning Ticket: Rascal Flatts w/Little Big Town @ Merriweather 9/2/2012
• Hot Ticket: Linkin Park, the Honda Civic Tour @ Jiffy Lube Live, 8/11/2012
• Q&A with Ryan Mitchell of Shark Week
• Hot Ticket: Black Hills at Rock & Roll Hotel, 7/30/2012
• Q&A with Dan Scheuerman of Deleted Scenes
• We Love Music: Listen Up! 2 albums you should hear.
• Q&A with Girl In A Coma
• Q&A with These United States
• Fort Reno schedule update
• Q&A with Jesse Malin
• Q&A with Vince Scheuerman
• The Winning Ticket: Young Magic, Quilt, & The Tender Thrill @ Comet Ping Pong
• The Winning Ticket: Pauly Shore @ 930 Club, 6/30/2012
• Q&A with Blake Mills
• Q&A with Laura Burhenn of The Mynabirds
• Fort Reno Monday lineup announced!
• Fort Reno 2012 free concert series starts tonight!
• Q&A with Eternal Summers
• The Winning Ticket: Eternal Summers @ Comet Ping Pong, 6/16/2012
• Q&A with Sharon Needles
• Q&A with Coup Sauvage & the Snips
• We Love Music: Black Hills @ Black Cat, 5/23/2012
• Q&A with Black Hills
• We Love Music: Penguin Prison @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 5/19/2012
• Q&A with Chris Glover of Penguin Prison
• We Love Music: R. Ring @ DC9, 5/15/2012
• We Love Music: Spiritualized, Nikki Lane @ 930 Club, 5/10/2012
• Q&A with Kelley Deal
• The Winning Ticket: James Morrison @ 930 Club, 5/16/2012
• We Love Music: Patrick Watson @ 930 Club, 5/8/2012
• We Love Music: Marilyn Manson @ The Fillmore, 5/1/2012
• Q&A with Electric Guest
• We Love Music: Field Trip: What I learned at Coachella 2012
• Q&A with Plants and Animals
• Hot Ticket: Bowerbirds @ Black Cat
• We Love Music: Hank 3 @ 930 Club, 3/15/2012
• Q&A with Hank 3
• We Love Music: Korallreven @ Black Cat 3/5/2012
• Q&A with Marcus Joons of Korallreven
• We Love Music Field Trip: Bjork @ New York Hall of Science, 2/18/12
• We Love Music: Zola Jesus @ U Street Music Hall, 2/16/12
• Hot Ticket: Zola Jesus @ U Street Music Hall, 2/16/2012
• Q&A with Justin Trawick
• We Love Music: The Darkness @ 930 Club, 2/8/2012
• We Love Music: Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile @ Black Cat 2/6/2012
• We Love Music: Cass McCombs @ Ottobar, 1/21/2012
• Hot Ticket: Cass McCombs @ Ottobar, 1/21/2012
• Top Tunes of 2011 According to The Torches
• We Love Music: Tori Amos at D.A.R. Constitution Hall, 12/5/2011
• Q&A with The War on Drugs
• We Love Music: Girl In A Coma @ DC9, 11/9/2011
• Hot Ticket: The Sea and Cake @ Black Cat
• Hot Ticket: Girl In A Coma @ DC9
• We Love Music: Hanson @ State Theater, 10/19/2011
• Q&A with Taylor Hanson of Hanson, part 2
• Q&A with Taylor Hanson of Hanson, part 1
• We Love Music: Yuck @ Black Cat 10/12/2011
• Hot Ticket: Yuck @ Black Cat 10/12/2011
• We Love Music: The Lemonheads @ Black Cat, 10/7/2011
• We Love Music: Geoffrey O’Connor, Jens Lekman @ Sixth & I, 10/5/2011
• Hot Ticket: The Lemonheads @ Black Cat
• Hot Ticket: Dark Dark Dark @ Red Palace
• Q&A with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
• Q&A with Volta Bureau
• We Love Music: Girls Rock! DC Camper Showcase @ 930 Club
• We Love Music: Marissa Nadler @ Red Palace, 7/29/2011
• Hot Ticket: Marissa Nadler @ Red Palace, 7/29/2011
• We Love Music: Hayes Carll @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 7/23/11
• We Love Music: Cibo Matto @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 7/19/11
• Hot Ticket: Hayes Carll @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 7/23/2011
• We Love Music: Soundgarden @ Patriot Center, Fairfax 7/12/11 & Festival Pier (Philadelphia) 7/13/11
• Hot Ticket: Cibo Matto @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 7/19/11
• We Love Music: Jeremy Messersmith @ DC9, 6/19/11
• We Love Music: Dawes/M.Ward/Bright Eyes @ Wolf Trap, 6/11/11
• We Love Music: My Chemical Romance @ 9:30 Club, 5/10/11
• We Love Music: Miami Horror @ U Street Music Hall, 3/26/11
• We Love Music: Royksopp @ 9:30 Club, 3/23/11
• Q&A with Benjamin Plant of Miami Horror
• We Love Music: The Ghost Of A Sabertooth Tiger @ Iota Club & Cafe 1/11/11
• Hot Ticket: The Ghost Of A Sabertooth Tiger @ IOTA Cafe 1/11/11