Posts Tagged ‘Black Cat’
Q&A with Andy Moor of The Ex
courtesy of PMA PR. Andy Moor, guitarist in The Ex since 1990, lives in the Netherlands; his adopted home ever since he accepted the invitiation from The Ex to join their ever-changing ranks. I have been a fan of The Ex since high school, which means I have been a fan of theirs for (ahem) [...]
More »An Evening with Fred Armisen @ The Black Cat
The show was sold out. A packed mainstage concert room full of hipsters, preppies, middle age couples and the like mixed it up, awaiting Fred Armisen of SNL and more recently, Portlandia, fame to take the stage. Taking place at the Black Cat, and heavily promoted by Brightest Young Things, the show was simply described as “An [...]
More »We Love Music: Broken Records @ Black Cat Backstage, 2/20/11
All photos by Erin McCann Broken Records may have been the headliners at Black Cat’s show last Sunday night, but DC locals US Royalty stole the show. Having recently sold out a show at the Rock and Roll Hotel, and launching a national tour in support of their self-released debut album Mirrors, US Royalty had [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Broken Records @ Black Cat, 2/20/11
Who is Arcade Fire? Beats me. What is Scotland’s answer to Arcade Fire? According to NME, that would be Broken Records, a six-piece indie folk group that’s playing Sunday night at the Black Cat Backstage. …Okay, so NME may be guilty of exaggeration. It takes more than just pianos, horns, and strings to be Arcade [...]
More »We Love Music: Little Dragon @ Black Cat, 1/22/11
all photos by author. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Sweden has been producing a ton of great new bands lately. So many, in fact, that I’m inclined to agree with Chris Richards of the Washington Post when he recently declared Sweden as the epicenter of emergent pop music for the new century. Lucky [...]
More »We Love Music: Kylesa @ Black Cat Backstage, 1/20/11
All photos by Michael Darpino Obviously, last week in DC’s music scene was all about Dismemberment Plan. Except for on Thursday night when a hundred or so dedicated metal fans packed the backstage at Black Cat, oblivious to any legendary reunions, for one of metal’s best new bands. Kylesa brought a set full of huge [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Kylesa @ Black Cat Backstage 1/20/11
As a huge metal fan, I’m always looking out for the rare “crossover” show that I know I’ll love, and will appeal to someone who’s not versed in metal will also enjoy. Tomorrow night, Kylesa are bringing their Southern blend of sludge metal to the Black Cat Backstage – a rare chance to see these [...]
More »We Love Music: Jucifer @ Black Cat 1/11/11
all photos by author Something happened at Black Cat on Tuesday night that I was completely unprepared for. I thought I was set. I took one look at Jucifer and their wall of speakers, and I knew it was my kind of music. I’ve seen drone-metal bands like Sunn O))) before. I listened to Jucifer’s [...]
More »We Love Music: Anamanaguchi @ Black Cat 1/9/11
all photos by Michael Darpino Late on a Sunday night, there’s a stark contrast between the cold, deserted DC streets and the cave of 8-bit fantasy I’ve emerged from. Anamanaguchi assaulted the packed Backstage at the Black Cat with strobe lights, pixellated animation, and their unique brand of electronic power-pop. The last time I caught [...]
More »Hot Ticket: Anamanaguchi @ Black Cat 1/9/11
Anamanaguchi are returning to the Black Cat Backstage this Sunday with their signature brand of punk/power-pop. Oh, and they’re bringing their hacked Nintendo. Anamanaguchi are quickly becoming one of the most infamous “chiptunes” bands around. In the past year, they’ve composed the soundtracks to video games including Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game, and [...]
More »We Love Music: Gary Numan @ Black Cat 10/20/10
all photos by Erin McCann. New Wave icon and synthesizer guru Gary Numan performed at the Black Cat on Wednesday night to a packed house of devoted fans. It was a weird but enjoyable performance that felt like two very different concerts in one. For the first hour, a very ill Gary Numan lead his [...]
More »We Love Music: SWANS @ Black Cat 9/29/10
all photos by Erin McCann. Imagine being trapped inside a tiny unit at a self-storage building that is on fire. You are trapped inside this 5×8 corrugated metal coffin and it is filling with smoke. Imagine yourself panicking, pounding on the walls, walls that keep getting hotter and hotter. You are roasting. Your sweat stings [...]
More »We Love Music: Caribou w/ Emeralds @ Black Cat 9/23/10
All photos by author. Last Thursday night Canadian indie-dance troupe Caribou made their second stop in DC in six months when they played to a nearly-full Black Cat. This time around they brought Ohio’s psychedelic/electro princes Emeralds along as openers. Combining Emeralds’ intense sonic textures and Caribou’s intricate dance music provided for an interesting evening [...]
More »We Love Music: No Age w/ Holy Fuck @ Black Cat 9/17/10
courtesy of No Age. While most of DC’s indie-music listeners were reliving past glories watching Superchunk over at 9:30 Club on Friday night, a decent-sized and enthusiastic crowd were dancing the night away to the two of indie-rock’s new breed: junk-techno technicians Holy Fuck and noise-pop purveyors No Age. This show was one of the [...]
More »We Love Music: The Charlatans UK @ Black Cat 9/9/10
all photos by author. It has been too long since The Charlatans UK have played in DC. Too long since I have seen one of my all-time favorite bands. That is what I was thinking as I made my way up the stairs at the Black Cat on Thursday night. When I got upstairs, the [...]
More »Dismemberment Plan Announce Tour Dates, Vinyl Release of “Emergency & I”
“Emergency & I” sounds like home. Released in 1999 on local label DeSoto, it is the essential album of one of the essential bands of Washington, DC, The Dismemberment Plan and, along with other records by the Plan, would go in my desert island jukebox for the music itself, even if it were not the [...]
More »We Love Music: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @ The Black Cat 5/19/10
courtesy of Silver Mt. Zion. The latest name variation and line-up incarnation of Efrim Menuck’s Canadian post-rock outfit, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, played to a sparsely attended show at the Black Cat on Wednesday night in support of their latest album, “Kollaps Tradixionales“. Too easily dismissed by many music fans because of its [...]
More »We Love Music: Buzzcocks @ The Black Cat 5/11/10
courtesy of Buzzcocks. Woo-hoo!!!* Buzzcocks launched the U.S. leg of their “Another…Bites Tour” at the Black Cat on Tuesday night with an exuberant set of their classic, reverb-drenched, pop/punk, sing-a-longs. Since their early-90′s revival, original members Shelley and Diggle have been performing non-stop in the US and UK. Right up there with Stiff Little Fingers, [...]
More »We Love Music: Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine @ Ottobar 3/28 & The Black Cat 3/30
courtesy of martindd23 Jello Biafra will turn 52-years old in June but you wouldn’t know it from listening to his new album “The Audacity of Hype” or by watching his punk-as-f*ck live show. Fueled by a combination of unyielding political outrage and a bottomless reserve of poetic wit, Jello Biafra has been calling it like [...]
More »We Love Music: Tortoise @ The Black Cat 2/16/10
courtesy of Tortoise Indie-rock elder statesmen Tortoise played the Black Cat on Tuesday night and treated the modest-sized crowd to a set that was representative of their career modus operandi. Somehow their set managed to be simultaneously laid-back and intense in a way that was as mind-boggling as it was enjoyable. Covering the lion’s share [...]
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