Live DC: Röyksopp & Robyn @ Wolf Trap
The audience consisted mostly of young women, gay men, couples on dates, and Wolf Trap’s season pass holders who had no clue what they had gotten themselves into....
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Live DC: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nicole Atkins @ DAR
Andy and NotThatRKelly
Photos By Ryan Kelly, Words By Andy Johnson
Unlike other artists thirty years into their careers, cashing in on their fame and trotting out the same stale se...
Live DC: Hall & Oates @ Wolf Trap
Opinion on Thursday night’s sold-out Hall & Oates performance at Wolf Trap depends on your appreciation for indulgent saxophone solos. ...
Live DC: Cloud Nothings, Ryley Walker @ Black Cat
Andy and farrah skeiky
Those present at Wednesday night’s sold-out show at the Black Cat recognized that Jason Gerycz, the trio’s magnificent drummer, is their MVP....
Live DC: Bun B, Kirko Bangz @ Howard Theatre
What is Trill? Is it a noun? An adjective? A nebulous state of being? ...
Live DC: Kraftwerk @ 9:30 Club
It felt eerie watching visuals of 1920s flappers dancing to the sounds of 1970s synthesizers in the 2010s....
LIVE DC: Pixies, FIDLAR @ Strathmore
Andy and BYT at large
The Pixies were a great band. They wrote awesome songs. Then they broke up. Now they want money....
The Most Overrated/Underrated Pop Songs of 2013
Rohan Mahadevan and Andy
By Andy Johnson and Rohan Mahadevan
Some pop songs are rated accurately. Consider the ubiquitous “Royals”: a minority may clamor it has racist undertones, an...
Live DC: Goblin @ 9:30 Club
BYT at large and Andy
I’m not sure that taking a girl to see aging Italian men make strange, mostly instrumental music at 8 pm on a Friday night is the best example of a first date or the worst example of a first date, but I sure hope they found a love connection....
Live DC: Sky Ferreira, Smith Westerns @ 9:30 Club
BYT at large and Andy
After she finished, she thanked her band, she thanked her crowd, she thanked Smith Westerns, and, once more for good measure, she bumped her damn face on the mic. ...
Live DC: @DadBoner @ Black Cat
The six things Burns can’t live without? “Titties. 6 of 'em.”...
Live DC: Neko Case @ Lincoln Theatre
NotThatRKelly and Andy
Two of the best living vocalists as Adam Ant, 1983 and 2013, respectively ...
Live DC: Toro Y Moi, Classixx @ 9:30 Club
As the group played “New Beat” in the encore, I glanced around and noticed that I’d rarely seen such a multiracial audience at a show....
Live DC: Screaming Females, Waxahatchee, Tenement @ Black Cat
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LiveDC: She & Him @ Wolf Trap – Photos
An abundance of locals braved the humid July weather for Thursday’s concert at Wolf Trap featuring indie pop groups She & Him and Camera Obscura...
LiveDC: Mountain Goats @ 9:30 Club
Andy and farrah skeiky
John Darnielle and Peter Hughes reunite, selling out the same 9:30 Club show TWICE....
