Broken Social Scene @ Warner
The man wants you to feel the love. His love. Your love. Doesn’t matter: just love, people....
Phil Runco
LiveDC: Surfer Blood / The Drums @ 9:30 Club
Surfer Blood's JP Pitts and The Drums' Jonny Peirce sure aren't afraid to strut their stuff....
BYT Interview: Surfer Blood
There are a number of signs indicating you should not take Surfer Blood seriously.
You can start with that name, which I suppose is still better than origina...
Live DC: Phosphorescent @ Black Cat
The road can be a tough place for a troubadour. ...
LiveDC: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti @ RNR Hotel
all words: Philip Runco
all photos: Kimberly Cadena
You would be hard pressed to find more of a contrast between the wholesomeness of two parts of the same ...
LiveDC: She & Him (& Me)
all photos: Brandon Hirsch
If I harbored any trepidation going into Wednesday’s She & Him concert at the 9:30 club, I mostly blame Jenny Lewis.
Ms. L...
LiveDC: Islands @ The Black Cat
all photos: A Digital Cure
The first of July marks Canada Day. Formerly Dominion Day – or Le Jour de la Confédération, if you will – and informally “Canada’...
LiveDC: Voxtrot/ Yellow Fever @ Black Cat
all photos: Joel Mittleman
Farewell tours are a strange thing. They’re Irish wakes for the living – mourning and celebrating an impending, voluntary end. T...
Live DC: Blitzen Trapper @ 9:30 Club
All kinds of shirts gathered to see Blitzen Trapper on Monday night. ...
LiveDC: Plants & Animals @ RNR Hotel
Words: Philip Runco
Photos: from the last time
Is Plants and Animals a J-word band?
My colleagues at BYT have gone to great lengths to discourage invocat...
LiveDC: Local Natives / Suckers @ RNR Hotel
Local Natives have gutted avant-garde indie rock. Clearly there's a market for this stuff....
LiveDC: Owen Pallett (ex-Final Fantasy) @ The Black Cat
all words: Phil Runco
all photos: Julian Vu
Approaching the climax of "Peach, Plum, Pear", Owen Pallett paused, impulsively it seemed, to inform the crowd t...
LiveDC: Yeasayer @ 930 Club
When did Yeasayer become a Big, Important Band? More to the point, why did Yeasayer become a Big, Important Band?...
Interview + Review: City Center @ DC9
Fred Thomas is a work-in-progress....
