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The Winning Ticket: Super Diamond
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Super Diamond at the 9:30 Club on November 19th. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office.
If today doesn’t turn out to be your lucky day, check back here each Wednesday for a chance to win [...]
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 [...]
We Love Music: Girl In A Coma @ DC9, 11/9/2011
San Antonio rock trio Girl In A Coma played a power-charged set to a crowded DC9 Wednesday night. They are currently in the middle of their US tour in support of their latest album Exits & All The Rest, released November 1st on Blackheart Records. They were joined by punky openers Brothers of Brazil and The Coathangers.
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9:30 Club wins Billboard “Club of the Year” award
‘Foster The People @ 9:30 Club DC’courtesy of ’specimenlife’
Congratulations to our friends at the 9:30 Club! Last night, the club was selected the most attended club in the nation by Billboard, besting the House of Blues at Disneyworld, and the House of Blues in Chicago. This is the fourth time in five years that the [...]
Hot Ticket: The Sea and Cake @ Black Cat
Catch Chicago’s The Sea and Cake tonight on the mainstage of the Black Cat. The quartet brings soft, jazz-influenced indie rock, blending ambient instrumentals and electronics with understated, dreamy/breathy vocals. The band is currently on tour of the US in support of their ninth studio album, The Moonlight Butterfly, released in May on Thrill Jockey Records. Check out their [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Girl In A Coma @ DC9
Get your mid-week dose of rock tonight with Girl In A Coma at DC9. This female trio of hotties from San Antonio, TX play dramatic, punk/rockabilly-tinged rock & roll. Vocalist Nina Diaz has a strong, captivating voice that has been compared to country icon Patsy Cline. The band formed when drummer Phanie Diaz and bassist Jenn Alva bonded [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: Peter Murphy & She Wants Revenge
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Peter Murphy & She Wants Revenge at the 9:30 Club on November 16th. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office.
If today doesn’t turn out to be your lucky day, check back here each Wednesday for [...]
The Winning Ticket: Scratch Acid
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Scratch Acid at the 9:30 Club on November 4th. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office.
If today doesn’t turn out to be your lucky day, check back here each Wednesday for a chance to win [...]
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 »We Love Music: M83 @ Black Cat, 10/28/11
I remember when M83 released their breakthrough album Dead Cities, Red Seas, & Lost Ghosts back when I was in college. M83 easily fit in my collection with groups like The Postal Service and The Notwist, yet the album had no vocalist to connect it with mankind. The occasional words were only samples; it was [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: MIYAVI
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Japanese pop/rock star MIYAVI at the 9:30 Club on November 2nd. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office.
If today doesn’t turn out to be your lucky day, check back here each Wednesday for a chance [...]
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 [...]
We Love Music: Hanson @ State Theater, 10/19/2011
Hanson were born to perform. Their talent, energy and charisma shone brilliantly onstage at the State Theater Wednesday night, as they played two hours worth of their catalogue, old and new, to a packed house. Over halfway through their US “Musical Ride” tour, Hanson did what they have been doing best for over 14 years now- delivered [...]
More »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 [...]
(Bonus) Winning Ticket: Star Slinger at U Street Music Hall
We Love DC is delighted to give one of our readers a pair of tickets to see Star Slinger at U Street Music Hall on October 25, courtesy of our friends at his label, Green Label Sound.
For anyone who missed seeing Star Slinger open for Baths back in February, the noted UK producer and remixer [...]
Q&A with Taylor Hanson of Hanson, part 2
In the midst of their US “Musical Ride” tour, Hanson’s lead singer/keyboardist Taylor Hanson took some time to talk with WLDC’s Alexia Kauffman. You can read the first half of the interview here. In the second half of the interview Taylor talks about being in Katy Perry’s video for “Last Friday Night,” playing music with Adam Schlesinger [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: Minus the Bear
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Minus the Bear and The Velvet Teen perform at the 9:30 Club tomorrow, October 19th. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office.
If today doesn’t turn out to be your lucky day, check back here each [...]
Q&A with Taylor Hanson of Hanson, part 1
Most of you out there remember the band Hanson (brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac) as the cheerful trio of kid pop stars responsible for the infectiously catchy song ”MmmBop” in the late nineties. What you may not know is that they were more than one-hit wonders. Their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere earned them three [...]
More »We Love Music: Yuck @ Black Cat 10/12/2011
London-based quartet Yuck rocked out at the Black Cat Wednesday night to a sizable crowd. The band is just finishing up their US tour in support of their self-titled debut, released in February on Fat Possum Records. This was their second visit to the Black Cat; the first was in May, opening for Australian psychedelic-rockers [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: Lisa Hannigan
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Lisa Hannigan with Gavin Glass perform at the 9:30 Club on October 13th - yes, THURSDAY this week – at 7pm.
For your chance to win these tickets simply leave a comment on this post using a valid email address before 3pm Thursday the 13th. One [...]
