This week, I saw two incredible shows: Preservation Hall Jazz Band at The Barns at Wolftrap and Gil Scott-Heron at 930 Club. The weird part of these shows is that I did not see any of you there (Note: HD was at PHJB and out of town for the second show). I think everything is [...]
Tagged 930 Club, baby boomers, Barns at Wolftrap, blues, criticism, Gil Scott-Heron, HD, hip hop, jazz, Music, music snob, Preservaton Hall Jazz Band, WolftrapThis is the craziest route of a tour I’ve ever seen and, ZOMG, it comes through DC.
Be Your Own Pet (courtesy of Pitchfork):
03-27 Bristol, England - Thekla
03-29 Stoke-on-Trent, England - The Sugarmill
03-30 Oxford, England - Zodiac
03-31 Brighton, England - Audio
04-01 London, England - Scala
04-03 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
04-05 Gothenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
04-06 Malmö, Sweden [...]
Thanks to an incredibly generous HD, I was able to see Vampire Weekend when they played Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel in early February. Given all the hype, I expected them to both bore and hurt, but I was surprised (yeah, yeah, the album is on my To Listen list).
I thoroughly enjoyed the show, but quickly [...]
Based on recent and, mostly, future Black Cat Backstage shows, it looks like the Black Cat is trying to up the visibility and profitability of the room. Note the better bands and higher prices. Interesting.
Tagged Black Cat, Music, Washington DCI have made a bit of noise regarding bands skipping DC, often hitting the area via Baltimore, but I am beginning to think I should keep my mouth shut. The main reason is that DC music fans do not bother showing up for incredible shows. For example, how is it possible Thurston Moore’s show at [...]
Tagged culture, Music, Rock n Roll Hotel, Thurston Moore, Washington DCI came for Edie Sedgwick and left for Bonde do Role. I had never heard Edie Sedgwick before, but was lured in by the drummer who is also in S PRCSS and Antelope. Turns out that, this iteration at least, Edie Sedgwick had Jason Hutto of The Aquarium playing keys. They sounded a little rough, [...]
Tagged Antelope, Black Cat, Bonde do Role, Edie Sedgwick, Music, reviews, S-PRCSS, The AquariumI love The Aquarium. They give me hope that maybe the guitar will become extinct in the next few years. Unfortunately, the next band–The Shirks, I believe–curbs you back into reality–a reality where one poorly played guitar is just not enough for most people.
Tagged Black Cat, Music, reviews, The Aquarium, The ShirksFirst, let me take one more opportunity to trash the DC music journalists. Your writing is terrible. Your opinions uninformed. Your tastes reprehensible. Your coverage racist. For good measure, let me throw in a specific critique of your coverage of Sonic Circuits is pathetic, as it consists almost entirely of regurgitating garbage PR releases rather [...]
Tagged El Possible, Frans de Waard, Music, Rape Ape, reviews, Sonic Circuits, TL0741, Tone Ghosting, Washington DCWhen Sentai started, I was worried I was in for a (bad) session of noise drowning out cheeky electro-twinged synth lines. In the end, though, it was quite good–albeit with some rough edges–and could be (underwhelmingly) described as glitzed punk rock (the good kind).
S PRCSS was, as expected, excellent. The two excellent guitars created some [...]
Incredible material from an incredible musician. It is amazing anyone pays attention to European(-derived) rhythms.
Wondering why I have not mentioned the other bands at this year’s Planet Arlington? It is because they lacked a certain thing I like to call quality.