{{Infobox musical artist | name = Justin Moyer | image = Moyerfayetteville.jpg | caption = Moyer performing in 2012 <!-- further details belong on the image description page --> | origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | genre = Post-punk, indie rock, funk rock, soul rock, post-hardcore | occupation = Musician, writer, attorney | years_active = 1996&ndash;present | instrument = Vocals, bass, guitar, drums | birth_date = 1977 | birth_place = | associated_acts = | label = Dischord, DeSoto, Mud Memory, Touch and Go, Resin, Lovitt Records, Sockets Records, Don Giovanni Records | website = {{URL|www.mudmemory.com}} }}

'''Justin Moyer''' (born 1977) is an American musician, journalist, and attorney.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justin Wm. Moyer - The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/justin-moyer/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Justin Wm. Moyer |language=en}}</ref> He has been a member of many Washington, D.C.–based bands on Dischord Records, including El Guapo, Supersystem, Antelope, Edie Sedgwick, and Light Beams. He was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team at ''The Washington Post'' that covered the Capitol insurrection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justin Wm. Moyer - The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/justin-moyer/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Justin Wm. Moyer |language=en}}</ref>

==Bands==

=== El Guapo/Supersystem === {{Main|Supersystem (band)}} Moyer formed El Guapo with Rafael Cohen, now a member of !!!,<ref name="Sacramento Press">{{cite web|last=Chea|first=Steven|title=!!! (Chk Chk Chk) brings dance party to Harlow's|url=http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/36968/Chk_Chk_Chk_brings_dance_party_to_Harlows|publisher=Sacramento Press|access-date=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201202546/http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/36968/Chk_Chk_Chk_brings_dance_party_to_Harlows|archive-date=1 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> at Wesleyan University in 1996, when Moyer and Cohen were juniors.<ref>[http://www.wesleyan.edu/wmj/issue5/4.html Interview with El Guapo (1998)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708214804/http://www.wesleyan.edu/wmj/issue5/4.html |date=2008-07-08 }}, Wesleyan Music Journal. By Kim Wetzel. Issue 5, Article 4. May 1999. Retrieved 11 August 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/for_majors/senior_theses.html Senior Honors Theses in Music, 1952–2012], Wesleyan University Music Department. 1998, Justin Moyer. Retrieved 11 August 2012.</ref><ref name="Washington City Paper">{{cite web|last=Kanin|first=Mike|title=Play It Er, Again|date=8 October 1999 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/18253/play-it-er-again|publisher=Washington City Paper|access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> After recording for Resin, Mud Memory, Dischord, and Touch and Go Records, the band broke up in 2006.<ref name="Brooklyn Vegan">{{cite web|title=Supersystem break up|date=7 December 2006 |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/12/supersystem_bre.html|publisher=Brooklyn Vegan|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref>

=== Antelope === Moyer formed Antelope with Bee Elvy and Mike Andre in 2001.<ref name="Dischord Records">{{cite web|title=Dischord Records Antelope band page|url=http://www.dischord.com/band/antelope|publisher=Dischord Records|access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> After releasing an eponymous EP produced by Trans Am's Phil Manley as well as a single and full-length produced by Ian MacKaye, the band broke up in 2008.

=== SPRCSS === In 2006, Moyer declared the defunct New Jersey group S-Process, also known as SPRCSS, his favorite band in a blog post<ref name=Philebrity>{{cite web|title=Paging the Late, Great Philly Band SPRCSS |url=http://www.philebrity.com/2006/10/02/paging-the-late-great-philly-band-s-prcss/ |publisher=Philebrity |access-date=15 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060811/http://www.philebrity.com/2006/10/02/paging-the-late-great-philly-band-s-prcss/ |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref> and called for the band to reform. Partially in response to this plea, SPRCSS, which had recorded for French Kiss Records,<ref name=Pitchforkmedia.com5>{{cite web|last=Shepherd|first=Julianne|title=SPRCSS: MNML|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7757-mnml/|publisher=Pitchfork|access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> reformed in 2007 with Moyer playing guitar. After founding drummer Daneil Mazone quit the band in 2011, the band, fronted by founding guitarist Bob Doto, played additional shows with TJ Lipple on drums, and a final show at Fort Reno Park with Moyer on drums.<ref name=YouTube3>{{cite web|title=SPRCSS @ Fort Reno 2011 #4|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwaPtLKqwm8|publisher=YouTube|access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> Later that year, the band digitally self-released two EPs produced by Moyer and Ian MacKaye.<ref name="Washington City Paper2">{{cite web|last=Little|first=Ryan|title=SPRCSS Releases Two (Two!) New EPs|date=16 May 2011 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/05/16/sprcss-releases-two-two-new-free-eps/|publisher=Washington City Paper|access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref>

=== E.D. Sedgwick === Moyer formed Edie Sedgwick with Ryan Hicks (formerly of Bloomington, Ind.'s Panoply Academy Glee Club)<ref name=allmusic.com>{{cite web|last=Boldman|first=Gina|title=The Panoply Academy Glee Club|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/panoply-academy-glee-club-p366038|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> in 1999.<ref name="Dischord Records2">{{cite web|title=Edie Sedgwick band page|url=http://www.dischord.com/band/edie-sedgwick|publisher=Dischord Records|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> The duo, who wrote songs about celebrities, took its name from Andy Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick. Moyer played bass; Hicks played drums. After releasing "First Reflections," an LP, on Moyer's Mud Memory Records<ref name="Mud Memory Records">{{cite web|title=Mud Memory Records Edie Sedgwick page|url=http://mudmemory.com/002.html|publisher=Mud Memory|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> and recording another, the band went on hiatus in 2001 when Moyer was diagnosed with epilepsy.<ref name="The Washington Post12">{{cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Why John Bryson and John Roberts should talk about their seizures|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-john-bryson-and-john-roberts-should-talk-about-their-seizures/2012/06/18/gJQAz0cslV_story.html|access-date=19 June 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=19 June 2012}}</ref>

In 2004, Moyer relaunched Edie Sedgwick as a solo act, performing in drag accompanied only by an iPod. He released the LP "Her Love is Real But She Is Not," a well-reviewed<ref name=Pitchforkmedia.com2>{{cite web|last=Raposa|first=David|title=Edie Sedgwick: Her Love is Real...But She is Not|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2922-her-love-is-realbut-she-is-not/|publisher=Pitchforkmedia.com|access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> electroclash effort recorded primarily in his bedroom, on Desoto Records<ref name="Desoto Records">{{cite web|title=Desoto Records Edie Sedgwick page|url=http://www.desotorecords.com/bands/ediesedgwick.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225021532/http://desotorecords.com/bands/ediesedgwick.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 25, 2005|publisher=Desoto Records|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> in 2005. "I always found it strange that every musician I met would spend so much time engrossed by visual media and then write a song about class struggle or Rwandan genocide," Moyer said in 2008. "I'm more interested in making my art about Molly Ringwald or Martin Sheen than exploring these so-called weighty topics which, for better and worse, are alien to me."<ref name=indyweek.com>{{cite web|last=Mackey|first=Robbie|title=Edie Sedgwick is dead, but empty celebrity is alive and well|url=http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/edie-sedgwick-is-dead-but-empty-celebrity-is-alive-and-well/Content?oid=1206425|publisher=indyweek.com|access-date=1 May 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050540/http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/edie-sedgwick-is-dead-but-empty-celebrity-is-alive-and-well/Content?oid=1206425|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After releasing "Things Are Getting Sinister and Sinisterer," an LP, on Dischord in 2008,<ref name=DOA>{{cite web|title=Edie Sedgwick: Things are getting sinister and sinisterer|url=http://www.adequacy.net/2009/02/edie-sedgwick-things-are-getting-sinister-and-sinisterer/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223114337/http://www.adequacy.net/2009/02/edie-sedgwick-things-are-getting-sinister-and-sinisterer/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 23, 2009|publisher=DOA}}</ref> Moyer again reformatted the band—he no longer performs in drag, and performs exclusively with women. Subsequent tours and videos<ref name=Youtube>{{cite web|title=E.D. Sedgwick 'Silver Bullets,'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z__REL2n5Y|publisher=Youtube|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> to support 2011's LP "Love Gets Lovelier Every Day" have showcased this version of the band, now called "E.D. Sedgwick" instead of "Edie Sedgwick."<ref name="Washington City Paper-Sedgwick">{{cite web|last=Warminsky|first=Joe|title=Edie Sedgwick's Love Gets Lovelier Every Day|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/41434/edie-sedgwicks-love-gets-lovelier-every-day-reviewed-spoiler-cannot/|publisher=Washington City Paper|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=19 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219054931/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/41434/edie-sedgwicks-love-gets-lovelier-every-day-reviewed-spoiler-cannot|url-status=dead}}</ref> "We Wear White," Sedgwick's most recent LP, was released in November 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dischord.com/release/175/we-wear-white|title=Edie Sedgwick – We Wear White (175)|website=Dischord.com}}</ref>

=== Puff Pieces === Moyer plays guitar in Puff Pieces, a trio featuring Mike Andre of Antelope and Amanda Huron of Vertebrates. The band released a single on Lovitt Records in 2014, and a full-length in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schweitzer|first=Ally|title=One Track Mind: Puff Pieces, 'New Nazis'|date=16 April 2014 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/04/16/one-track-mind-puff-pieces-new-nazis/|publisher=Washington Citypaper|access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref>

=== Light Beams === Light Beams, a trio featuring Moyer, bassist Arthur Noll and drummer Sam Lavine, released a cassette<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesparkmag.com/artists/light-beams-feeling-good/|title=Light Beams, "Feeling Good"|website=Thesparkmag.com}}</ref> and a split seven-inch with Ian Svenonius's solo project Escapism<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://austintownhall.com/2017/09/15/check-the-video-premiere-of-light-beams-desiring-creatures/|title=Check the Video Premiere of Light Beams Desiring Creatures|website=Ausdtintownhall.com|date=15 September 2017 }}</ref> in 2017. The trio's first full-length, "Self Help" (2020), won a Washington Area Music Association award in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-29 |title=Move over Grammys, Wammies honor outstanding local musicians |url=https://wtop.com/entertainment/2021/03/move-over-grammys-wammies-crown-best-local-musicians/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=WTOP News |language=en}}</ref>

After adding percussionists Leah Gage and Erin McCarley, the quintet released another full-length, "Wild Life," in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark |date=2023-11-14 |title=Hip-hop is a source of inspiration in Light Beams' evolving sound |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/15/light-beams-concert-dc/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

==Discography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Release date ! Album name ! Group name ! Record label |- | 1997 | ''Untitled 7"'' | ''El Guapo'' | Red Skies at Night Records |- | 1998 | ''The Burden of History'' | ''El Guapo'' | Resin Records |- | 1999 | ''The Phenomenon of Renewal'' | ''El Guapo'' | Resin Records |- | 2000 | ''The Geography of Dissolution'' | ''El Guapo'' | Mud Memory Records |- | 2001 | ''super/system'' | ''El Guapo'' | Dischord Records |- | 2001 | ''First Reflections'' | ''Edie Sedgwick'' | Dischord Records/Mud Memory Records |- | 2002 | ''Fake French'' | ''El Guapo'' | Dischord Records |- | 2003 | ''Begin Live Transmission'' | ''El Guapo'' | Dischord Records |- | 2003 | ''s/t'' | ''Antelope'' | Dischord Records/Bug Records |- | 2004 | ''Crowns/The Flock'' | ''Antelope'' | Dischord Records |- | 2005 | ''Always Never Again'' | ''Supersystem'' | Touch and Go Records |- | 2005 | ''Her Love is Real But She is Not'' | ''Edie Sedgwick'' | Desoto Records |- | 2005 | ''Born into the World/Defcon'' | ''Supersystem'' | Touch and Go Records |- | 2005 | ''Miracle'' | ''Supersystem'' | Touch and Go Records |- | 2006 | ''A Million Microphones'' | ''Supersystem'' | Touch and Go Records |- | 2007 | ''Reflector'' | ''Antelope'' | Dischord Records |- | 2008 | ''Things are Getting Sinister and Sinisterer'' | ''Edie Sedgwick'' | Dischord Records |- | 2011 | ''Love Gets Lovelier Every Day'' | ''Edie Sedgwick'' | Dischord Records |- | 2011 | ''Songs for Isadora'' | ''Edie Sedgwick and A.K.'' | Sockets Records |- | 2012 | ''We Wear White'' | ''E.D. Sedgwick'' | Dischord Records |- | 2012 | ''Heat Wave 12"'' | ''E.D. Sedgwick'' | Dischord Records/Mud Memory Records |- | 2014 | ''s/t 7"'' | ''Puff Pieces'' | Lovitt Records |- | 2016 | ''Bland in D.C.'' | ''Puff Pieces'' | Lovitt Records |- |2017 |''Born 2 Die 7"'' |''Puff Pieces'' |Lovitt Records |- |2017 |''Light Beams Cassette'' |''Light Beams'' |Don Giovanni Records |- |2017 |''Escapism/Light Beams Split 7"'' |''Light Beams'' |Lovitt Records |- |2020 |''Self Help'' |''Light Beams'' |Don Giovanni Records |- |2023 |''Wild Life'' |''Light Beams'' |Dischord Records/Mud Memory Records |- |2025 |''Emulate 7"'' |''Light Beams'' |Dischord Records/Mud Memory Records |- |2025 |''Step Back 7"'' |''Light Beams'' |Peterwalkee Records |}

==Writing== Moyer, a former private investigator,<ref name="Washington City Paper3">{{cite web|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Whitey, P.I.|date=October 1999 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/18203/whitey-pi/|publisher=Washington City Paper|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> is a long-time freelancer for ''The Washington City Paper'', where he covered the 2008 election,<ref name="Washington City Paper4">{{cite web|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=The Battle for the Mid-Atlantic|date=31 October 2008 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/36428/the-battle-for-the-mid-atlantic|publisher=Washington City Paper|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> and blogs about books<ref name="Washington City Paper5">{{cite web|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Five Books I'd Read|date=28 March 2012 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2012/03/28/five-books-id-read-96/|publisher=Washington City Paper|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> and life as a touring musician.<ref name="The Washington City Paper6">{{cite web|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Heat Wave: Edie Sedgwick Goes to SXSW|date=23 March 2012 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/03/23/heat-wave-edie-sedgwick-goes-to-sxsw-day-14-i-think/|publisher=The Washington City Paper|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> Since 2008, he has written for ''The Washington Post'', where he reviews books<ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Book Review: Michael Jackson|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080302661.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2 May 2012|date=4 August 2009}}</ref> and writes about poker<ref name="The Washington Post2">{{cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Poker at Charles Town and Greenbrier|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071506012.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2 May 2012|date=18 July 2010}}</ref> and city politics.<ref name="The Washington Post3">{{cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=If fewer kids are in foster care|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/if-fewer-kids-are-in-dc-foster-care-why-isnt-agencys-budget-decreasing/2012/04/24/gIQA5tKIeT_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref>

In 2009, Moyer was criticized by conservative websites for a piece<ref name="The Washington Post4">{{cite news|last=Moyer|first=Justin|title=Names and Faces|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002351.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=1 May 2012|date=31 August 2009}}</ref> on Jenna Bush.<ref name="Washington City Paper9">{{cite web|last=Beaujon|first=Andrew|title=Hatred of Justin Moyer briefly distracts right-wing blogosphere|date=31 August 2009 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/08/31/hatred-of-justin-moyer-briefly-distracts-right-wing-blogosphere/|publisher=Washington City Paper|access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> His pieces about the Beatles,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moyer|first1=Justin|title=The Beatles: Let them be|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-beatles-let-them-be/2013/07/19/467b3c2c-d2c4-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> the Google Doodle<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moyer|first1=Justin|title=From Gandhi to MLK, history's giants have become marketing tools|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/from-gandhi-to-mlk-historys-giants-have-become-marketing-tools/2014/01/17/a7f23a24-77cd-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> and jazz<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moyer|first1=Justin|title=All that jazz isn't all that great|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2014/08/08/all-that-jazz-isnt-all-that-great/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> have also generated controversy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Richards|first1=Chris|title=All what jazz? Or: How to declare something dead without listening to it|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/11/all-what-jazz-or-how-to-declare-something-dead-without-listening-to-it/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

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