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The Ten Best Concerts In And Around DC For 2011
“The Foo Fighters” by Andrew Markowitz
Time once again to calculate and list the ten best musical performances I saw in the past year in and around Washington DC.* This ‘best of’ article is one of my favorite activities as a music writer because it embodies the very essence of why I take the time out [...]
We Love Music: The Foo Fighters @ Verizon Center, 11/11/11
photos by Andrew Markowitz.
When We Love DC was invited to cover The Foo Fighters on Friday night at the Verizon Center I offered it up to one of our other music writers because, frankly, I just don’t listen to their music too much. I have much respect for Dave Grohl and all of the interesting [...]
Hot Ticket: The Foo Fighters @ Verizon Center, TONIGHT!
courtesy of Nasty Little Man.
Local boy done good, Dave Grohl brings his hugely successful band The Foo Fighters back to the DMV tonight to headline a great triple bill at the Verizon Center.
For years the music industry has been saying that straight-ahead Rock music has no place left in the market place performing poorly [...]
The Winning Ticket: DCWeek Opening Night Party
Today we are giving away a pair of tickets to attend the opening night party for DCWeek at the 9:30 Club on Friday night. Digital Capital Week is a week-long conference focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of all kinds. DCWeek offers an impressive schedule of lectures, discussions, and social mixers [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Brandt Brauer Frick @ Red Palace, TONIGHT!!!
You gotta love that video and that sound!
Brandt Brauer Frick are a trio of German musicians creating a unique sound that is often described as “acoustic techno”. Using primarily non-electronic instruments they craft intricate pieces that somehow find a common ground between classical music and the dance-floor. Their avant-garde concept and non-traditional approach seem intended [...]
We Love Music: Drop The Lime @ U Street Music Hall, 10/20/11
courtesy of Drop The Lime.
On Thursday night, I descended into U Street Music Hall to catch the choice underground double bill of The Japanese Popstars and Drop The Lime. Both were billed as performing live so with The J-Popstars being hailed as the best new live electronica act from Ireland and Drop The Lime finally [...]
Q&A: Dan Haggis of The Wombats
courtesy of The Wombats.
The Wombats are performing at the 9:30 Club tonight, so we enlisted our music correspondent Mickey McCarter to have a chat with their drummer Dan Haggis about the group’s strong sophomore album and their biggest US tour to date.
Post-punk dancesmiths The Wombats, consisting of Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis, and Tord Øverland-Knudsen, have [...]
Hot Ticket: Drop The Lime @ U Street Music Hall – TONIGHT!!!
Well now here is something you just don’t hear everyday. NYC’s Drop The Lime has somehow managed to perfect the unlikely fusion of banging electronic beats and classic Rockabilly to create a sound that feels completely new and 100% from the heart.
During he past decade Drop The Lime has gone from clawing his way [...]
Hot Ticket: Jammin Java 10th Anniversary Bash!
Saturday night marks the 10th Anniversary of the opening of Jammin Java, one of Northern Virginia’s best kept secrets, and to celebrate they are throwing an anniversary bash. Whether you’re a longtime fan of this coffee shop turned initmate concert hall or have never been exposed to their funky blend of caffeine and live tunes, [...]
More »Q&A with Debbi Peterson of The Bangles
courtesy of MSO PR.
The Bangles are performing at the 9:30 Club tonight so we asked our 80’s/New Wave correspondent Mickey McCarter if he’d like to have a little chat with Debbi Peterson about the band’s past, present, and future.
The Bangles, founded by sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson along with Susanna Hoffs, have returned with a [...]
We Love Music: The Horrors @ Black Cat, 9/30
photo courtesy of The Horrors.
Our friend Ali Lieberman covered The Horrors concert at The Black Cat for us on Friday night.
It’s incredible what three years can do. In 2009, the British band The Horrors opened for the Kills at the 9:30 Club with a presence that could barely fill the stage. They had a unique, [...]
We Love Music: Peter Hook presents “Closer” @ 9:30 Club, 9/21/11
Last December, Peter Hook (formerly of Joy Division and New Order) brought his band The Light to the 9:30 Club and performed the Joy Division album “Unknown Pleasures” in its entirety plus a handful of ancillary Joy Division songs. Just about everyone in attendance went in to that show skeptical and curious about Hook’s audacious [...]
More »We Love Music: Clutch @ Red Palace, 9/18/11
all photos by author.
This a concert review that is more about a beer than a band. Rather, this is a beer review that is more about a band than a beer. Or how about, this is a review that is about a beer that is named after a band who played a concert in honor [...]
We Love Music: Atari Teenage Riot @ 9:30 Club, 9/17/11
all photos by author.
Pure energy. What else can I say?
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Clutch the band introduces Clutch the beer
courtesy of NBB.
Clutch just may be the most bad ass band to have ever come out of these parts (hailing from Germantown, MD and making 9:30 Club their home). Now this bad ass band has teamed up with New Belgium Brewing (of Colorado) to design their own bad ass beer: “Clutch Dark Sour Ale”.
To celebrate [...]
Hot Ticket: Atari Teenage Riot @ 9:30 Club, 9/17/11
This Saturday Alec Empire brings his reconfigured and reactivated digital hardcore terror cell, Atari Teenage Riot, back to the 9:30 Club for the first time in over a decade. For old school DC-area fans like myself, this show is Alec bringing ATR back to the place where all the DHR madness began. For a whole [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: Gomez
As a way to say thanks to our loyal readers, We Love DC will be giving away a pair of tickets to a 9:30 Club concert to one lucky reader each week.
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Gomez perform at the 9:30 Club on Monday, July 18th. These guys [...]
The Winning Ticket: Rx Bandits
As a way to say thanks to our loyal readers, We Love DC will be giving away a pair of tickets to a 9:30 Club concert to one lucky reader each week. Check back here every Wednesday morning at 9am to find out what tickets we’re giving away and leave a comment for your chance [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Dinosaur Jr. w/ OFF! @ 9:30 Club, 6/25/11
On Saturday night the 9:30 Club has the fixings for the tastiest show of the week.
Ingredients:
- One legendary noise-rock band (Dinosaur Jr.) performing their most revered album (“Bug”) in its entirety.
- One hardcore icon (Henry Rollins) interviewing the same legendary noise-rock band (Dinosaur Jr.) live on-stage.
- One hardcore super-group lead by Keith Morris setting the [...]
The Winning Ticket: Grupo Fantasma
As a way to say thanks to our loyal readers, We Love DC will be giving away a pair of tickets to a 9:30 Club concert to one lucky reader each week. Check back here every Wednesday morning at 9am to find out what tickets we’re giving away and leave a comment for your chance [...]
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