Live DC: Title Tracks/ Foul Swoops (“In Blank” Release Show) @ Black Cat
Songs from In Blank are rough around the edges on the album and feature some of Davis’ darkest moments, but, musically, these are deceivingly cheerful numbers....
Andy Hess
LiveDC: BATHS @ RNR Hotel
While Wiesenfeld is definitely making interesting sounds from his machine, he’s limited by the same device...
Live DC: Franz Nicolay @ The Black Cat
The banter is just as important as the music....
Live DC: Magic Kids/ Bosco Delray @ Rock And Roll Hotel
all words: Andy Hess
all photos: Julian Vu
The music of Magic Kids is grounded in Pet Sounds and Phil Spector. It's pretty obvious when you listen to the ba...
BYT Interview: Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit are playing their inaugural 930 Club show tonight, so we're rerunning this interview we did with them in April....
Live DC: The Thermals/ Cymbals Eat Guitars/ So Cow @ The Black Cat
At this point, you know what you’re going to get at a Thermals show....
Live DC: The xx/ Warpaint/ Zola Jesus @ 9:30 Club
all photos: Shauna Alexander
When London’s The xx graced the 9:30 Club stage Tuesday night, the came out with not a bang, but with a whimper. And a major one...
Live DC: The Hold Steady / Wintersleep @ 9:30 Club
all (wintersleep) photos: Sally Simms
When the eccentric keyboardist Franz Nicolay left The Hold Steady in January lines were drawn in the sand and fans of t...
Live DC: The Tallest Man On Earth/ S. Carey @ 9:30 Club
I wasn’t sure if Kristian Matsson’s intricate guitar gems could be pulled off in that space. I was dead wrong....
LiveDC: Superchunk/ Tommy Keene/ Let’s Wrestle @ 9:30 Club
Known more for turning Merge Records into a indie record powerhouse with releases from Arcade Fire and Spoon than being in a proper touring band this past decade, Superchunk returned home in support of their surprisingly great Majesty Shredding...
Of Montreal / Janelle Monae at 9:30 Club
All (blow your mind!) photos: Jeff Martin
all words: Andy Hess
Night two was better. But not by much. When Of Montreal took the stage for night two of their...
Live DC: Fucked Up / Cloud Nothings @ RnR Hotel
To label Toronto’s Fucked Up as a hardcore act is a misnomer. Sort of....
Dirty Projectors/ Owen Pallett @ 9:30 Club
best show of the year?...
Live DC: Vivian Girls / Brett and the Whispers / Heavy Cream @ Comet
all words: Andy Hess
all photos: Julian Vu
Vivian Girls Setlist:
Tell the World, Vanish (New Song 1), Wild Eyes, Trying (New Song 2), All The Time, Light ...
Live DC: Arcade Fire + Spoon @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
all photos: Brandon Hirsch
*** due to the insane traffic jam we were unable to catch Spoon's 6:30 pm (!!!!) performance. So fill in your Spoon review in the ...
