LiveDC: Mountain Goats @ 930 Club
“This is a song with the same four chords, I use most of the time, when I've got something on my mind.”...
Joel Mittleman
LiveDC: Low Anthem @ Sixth and I Synagogue
Former music majors at Brown, each member played a full array of instruments throughout the night: guitar, drum and bass was joined by a set of crotales, a bowed saw, and a French horn, among others....
LiveDC: Josh Ritter / Scott Hutchison @ 930 Club
Yes— love. The theme of the evening. ...
Rock The Bells Report
Last weekend was weird, man. ...
LiveDC: Matisyahu @ 930 Club
all words and photos: Joel Mittleman
When I saw that Matisyahu was coming to the 9:30 Club, I had a strange reaction. I was eager to attend, definit...
LiveDC: Annuals/ Most Serene Republic @ DC9
all words and photos: Joel Mittleman
In my experience, shows at DC9 are usually crazy packed or fairly empty. Lucky crowds get the benefit of the venue’s un...
Columbia Heights Community Marketplace Opens
The District got its newest farmers market Saturday, with the grand opening of the Columbia Heights Community Marketplace. Located in the civic plaza at 14th &...
LiveDC: Josh Ritter @ 930 Club
all words and photos: Joel Mittleman
Back in December, Josh Ritter and his band played the 9:30 club. It was good. I gratefully sang along to the standards...
PHOTOS: Keightley/ Figg Opening @ Project 4
all photos and brief words: Joel Mittleman
As I squeezed my way through the tightly assembled crowd at Jenn Figg & Tricia Keightley’s opening Saturday at...
RIP: Guru
Two Mega Fans react to the death of the legendary Guru. ...
LiveDC: Serena Maneesh /Depreciation Guild @ DC9
all words and photos: Joel Mittleman
Norwegian face melters, Serena Maneesh, and Brooklyn shoegazers, the Depreciation Guild, filled DC9 with a thick fog of ...
Boy, Was I Excited: Ani DiFranco @ 930 Club
all words: Joel Mittleman
all photos: Internet
Tuesday night brought the great Ani Difranco to the 9:30, a place she described as “one of the classiest club...
Live DC: Screaming Females / JEFF the brotherhood @ The Cat
all words and photos: Joel Mittleman
Regular readers of BYT must have already noticed: we have a total band crush on Screaming Females. Cale first fell for ...
LiveDC: Spelling for Bees @ Velvet Lounge
—this month’s theme, “Fugazi in the key of Minor Threat,†upped the ante...
