Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Hot Ticket – For a Cause: A Benefit Show for DC Vote
Interested in hearing some cool music while supporting the work of DC Vote? Head over to DC9 on February 23rd for the next in the on-going Monument Music and Arts series of benefit shows which have previously supported other great local non-profits like 826DC, We Are Family, and Common Good City Farm. The line up [...]
More »We Love Music: Sharon Van Etten at Black Cat
Guest review by Jeffrey Lamoureux All photographs courtesy of Kevin Hill Sharon Van Etten was recently featured in the New York Times Magazine in a piece that took stock of her new neighborhood in Brooklyn and its “oddly charming florist/speakeasy.” The article is accompanied online by a video of her performing in said florist/speakeasy. Ms. [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Zola Jesus @ U Street Music Hall, 2/16/2012
Goth/synthpop princess Zola Jesus will be performing her enchanting, dark tunes Thursday night at U Street Music Hall. She has toured with Fever Ray and The XX, and collaborated with M83, LA Vampires and Burial Hex, among others. Check out her video for “Vessel,” off of her 2011 album Conatus, out on Sacred Bones Records. Zola [...]
More »Q&A with Justin Trawick
Justin Trawick is a local singer-songwriter, band frontman, and musical entrepreneur. In addition to his exhaustive solo performance schedule he has created a series called The 9, that packages nine singer-songwriters into one show, joining their forces to create a theatrical and diverse night of entertainment. We Love DC’s Alexia Kauffman sat down with Justin [...]
More »We Love Music: Sockets Records Showcase at Black Cat
All Photos: Paivi Salonen for We Love DC Local label Sockets Records put on a showcase at the Black Cat back on January 28th. That makes this recap is terribly overdue – and if I did not so like all the bands and people involved so much, I would just let it go at this [...]
More »We Love Music: The Darkness @ 930 Club, 2/8/2012
Tight pants, long hair, moustaches, falsetto and acrobatics abounded onstage Wednesday night at the 930 club. Freddie Mercury would have felt right at home. British glam-rock extravaganza The Darkness blended sex-appeal, silliness and virtuosity into a delicious pop explosion at their sold-out show. They were joined by outrageous openers Foxy Shazam. Cincinnati rockers Foxy Shazam took to the [...]
More »We Love Music: Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile @ Black Cat 2/6/2012
At Monday night’s Black Cat show Thurston Moore dished out jokes about Dischord house, stories about Black Flag, Jello Biafra, conspiracy theories about Jimmy Carter, credited Reagan for the birth of Hardcore, and had a gin & tonic chugging contest with his guitarist. Oh yeah, and played some amazing music too. Moore, frontman of the iconic [...]
More »We Love Music: The Grey Area
Happenstance is what brought The Grey Area together. It was March 2010 when Jason Steinhauer (vocals/guitar) stopped by Zoo Bar for an open blues jam. Drummer Timothy Jones (TJ) was playing with a few other guys on stage at the time, so Steinhauer sat at the bar and waited for his turn to join. It didn’t [...]
More »Listen Local First Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Bring DC Music to SXSW
You may have noticed the signs posted in the front windows of Tryst, Local 16, Solly’s, or maybe even Hello Cupcake. But in case you didn’t , here’s the low down. For the past four months, there’s been a monthly “DC Local Music Day” (FYI: It’s February 8 this month). What is DC Local Music Day? It is the day in which [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: Augustana
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Augustana at the 9:30 Club on February 4. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office. For your chance to win these tickets simply leave a comment on this post using a valid email address by [...]
More »We Love Music: Cass McCombs @ Ottobar, 1/21/2012
Cass McCombs turned Baltimore’s Ottobar into a spacey dreamworld during his set Saturday night. In the midst of his US winter tour, he played with a full backing band, including keys, bass, guitar, pedal-steel guitar and drums. Opening was Frank Fairfield, along for the duration of the tour, and Walker and Jay. First to the stage was the [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Cass McCombs @ Ottobar, 1/21/2012
Cass McCombs brings soulful, mellow, dreamy rock to Baltimore’s Ottobar this Saturday night. He has received high praise from the likes of John Peel and Pitchfork Media, and has performed or toured with Cat Power, Andrew Bird, Blonde Redhead & Modest Mouse among many others. His sixth album (and second in 2011), Humor Risk, was [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: Cowboy Mouth
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Cowboy Mouth at the 9:30 Club on January 26. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office. For your chance to win these tickets simply leave a comment on this post using a valid email address [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: D.R.U.G.S.
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see D.R.U.G.S. at the 9:30 Club on January 24. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office. For your chance to win these tickets simply leave a comment on this post using a valid email address by [...]
More »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 [...]
More »District Karaoke at Policy: An Excuse to Get Social & Sing
03106-17Crop courtesy of furcafe I don’t know about you but I’ve been searching for an excuse to get my karaoke on for quite some time. There’s Japone in Dupont where I went a few times in college and Hill Country Texas BBQ has country karaoke once a week, but now there’s a whole new karaoke [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: JB Smoove
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see JB Smoove at the 9:30 Club on January 14. (Please note: This is a seated comedy performance and does contain material suitable only for mature audiences.) Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office. For your [...]
More »Top Tunes of 2011 According to The Torches
Here at We Love DC we were asked to do a roundup of the year in some way, and so I decided to ask my bandmates in The Torches for some help picking some favorite tunes from 2011. The Torches are Stephen Guidry on vocals/banjo, Joe Barbee on accordion, harmonica and hollering, Jocelyn Frank on [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: The Dance Party
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see The Dance Party at the 9:30 Club on December 23. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office. For your chance to win these tickets simply leave a comment on this post using a valid email [...]
More »The Winning Ticket: The Pietasters & The Slackers
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see The Pie Tasters & The Slackers at the 9:30 Club on December 16th. Tickets for this concert are available on Ticketfly or at the 9:30 Club box office. For your chance to win these tickets simply leave a comment on this post using [...]
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