Posts Tagged ‘U Street Music Hall’
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 [...]
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 [...]
Q&A with Volta Bureau
Volta Bureau is the new electro/house/dance collaboration of DC’s movers & shakers of the electronic music scene Will Eastman, Micah Vellian (Miguel Lacsamana) and Outputmessage (Bernard Farley). I have known Will and Miguel for several years, initially through my old band Soft Complex. Miguel (then under the moniker Person) did a remix for our 2006 EP, [...]
More »We Love Music: Miami Horror @ U Street Music Hall, 3/26/11
courtesy of Miami Horror.
Guest reviewer Alexia Kauffman of The Torches was at the show for We Love DC.
Melbourne’s electro-disco-pop outfit Miami Horror rocked out to a packed U Street Music Hall Saturday night.
I first heard Miami Horror last summer and was fortunate enough to catch their first DC show at U Street Music Hall last [...]
Q&A with Benjamin Plant of Miami Horror
Our guest writer Alexia Kauffman of The Torches enjoyed Miami Horror’s show so much the first time they played DC that we asked her if she’d like to interview the band’s creator for us in advance of their return this weekend.
Miami Horror is the electro/disco-pop creation of Australian DJ/producer/artist/musician, Benjamin Plant. Originally a solo endeavor [...]
U Street Music Hall’s (Twitter) Manifesto
There are many, many reasons that I love and support U Street Music Hall. One of them that I don’t get to write about very often is the dedication of U Hall’s owners to making their club a great experience for music fans and music makers alike.
On Saturday night, in the middle of UK DJ/Producer [...]
We Love Music: The Magician @ U Street Music Hall, 1/19/11
courtesy of The Magician.
On Wednesday night Belgian DJ, Stephen Fasano a/k/a The Magician made a southern swing on his “Magical Winter Tour in America” to spin at U Street Music Hall. What could have been a sleepy, mid-week party on a freezing cold night was instead the hottest place in town as body temperatures warmed [...]
The Magician Shares His Secrets
courtesy of Stephen Fasano.
Last year, Stephen Fasano shocked the world of electronic music with the announcement that he was leaving his Belgian DJ duo Aeroplane to start a solo project. This was particularly surprising because Aeroplane had just completed a successful U.S. tour in support of their latest album “We Can’t Fly”. One of the [...]
We Love Music: Richie Hawtin vs. Paul Oakenfold
all photos by author, except where noted.
Earlier this week DC got a visit from two legendary electronica DJ/producers two nights in a row. On Monday night, perpetual innovator and second-wave Detroit techno demi-god Richie Hawtin set-up shop at U Street Music Hall. On Tuesday night, the world’s most well-known DJ and trance techno titan Paul [...]
Hot Ticket: Richie Hawtin @ U Street Music Hall – TONIGHT
courtesy of MSO.
U Street Music Hall is the place to be tonight as Richie Hawtin takes on their epic soundsystem with one of his innovative and awe-inspiring live DJ sets.
To call Richie Hawtin a legend of underground electronic music would be an understatement. He has been pushing the limits of dance music and the technology [...]
We Love Music: Simian Mobile Disco @ U Street Music Hall 11/17/10
Photo courtesy of Motormouthmedia.
I love U Street Music Hall.
and
I love Simian Mobile Disco.
The two combined for one of the most fun nights of electronic dance music that I have had in Washington DC since the heydey of 90’s techno at Trax or Capital Ballroom/Nation. It was so much fun, I can hardly believe that [...]
Hot Ticket: Simian Mobile Disco @ U Street Music Hall – TONIGHT
Simian Mobile Disco.
You may know the UK remix duo known as Simian Mobile Disco from their reworkings of Muse, Air, and The Klaxons but tonight at U Street Music Hall get ready to see another side of them. Simian Mobile Disco have spent the last year crafting a series of original minimal techno tracks and [...]
New Venue: U Street Music Hall
photo by Sam Vasfi.
Two of the hardest working DJs in DC, Will Eastman and Jesse Tittsworth, are about to drop a bomb on U Street in the form of their new 300-capacity nightclub, U Street Music Hall. Destined to become one of DC’s best dance destinations, U Street Music Hall is located at 1115 U [...]
