LiveDC: ALL THINGS GOLD feat. Niki and The Dove / Gordon Voidwell @ U Street Music Hall
Fortunately, Niki and the Dove transcended my hopes and delivered the goods. ...
william alberque
LiveDC: Bombay Bicycle Club @ 930 Club
Clearly, BBC has learned an awful lot from the past year of near constant touring, and each song is tightened and heightened live – some beyond recognition. ...
LiveDC: All Things Gold w/ Summer Camp/ Gigamesh/ Ghost Beach
All Things Gold somehow landed the excellent Summer Camp’s first DC show, with the accomplished Ghost Beach’s electro-popping as the opener, and Gigamesh DJi...
BYT Book Club: “Just Kids” by Patti Smith
EVERY Wednesday-we review books. Old, new, not so old, not so news, but only the ones we think you should read at some point....
Interview: ZOLA JESUS
Nika Danilova is one of the most exciting and talented young musicians working today. As a massive fan, I was just a *bit* excited to interview her ahead o...
LiveDC: Veronica Falls/ Brilliant Colors @ Black Cat
Veronica Falls kicked off their world tour with a welcome return to Washington, front-loading their set with tracks from their formidable run of 7” singles. Over the course of the set, however, the patent lack of energy in the room left me saddened and wondering what was wrong....
LiveDC: Thurston Moore/ Kurt Vile @ Black Cat
Kurt Vile and Thurston Moore played an evening of exquisite and mannered music Monday night at the Black Cat. ...
LiveDC: The Kills / Jeff The Brotherhood @ 9:30 Club
Beefed up to a formidable six-piece, the Kills conquered the 930 Club on Thursday night, playing a memorable set of tribal rock and roll with an elegant insouciance. ...
Movie Review: “The Grey.”
I didn’t expect to be engaged, entertained, and, yes, occasionally thrilled. ...
LiveDC: Cults @ Black Cat
Cults answered critics (me) by playing an astonishingly assured and complete double set with style and aplomb to spare....
Movie Review: “In the Land of Blood and Honey.”
Writer/director/producer Angelina Jolie makes a brave attempt at making the emotional impact of the Bosnian war visceral for viewers, but the poverty of her wri...
PlayDC: You, Nero @ Arena Stage
This could be the right place for a ridiculous evening of effortless laughter....
LiveDC: Oh Land/ Savoir Adore @ Black Cat
amazing to see Fabricius back again, this time playing a seventeen-song set of utter and complete perfection...
Movie Review: The Lotus Eaters @ Capital Irish Film Festival
Alexandra McGuiness has made her debut film with the dazzlingly stylish but emotionally vapid Lotus Eaters. The black and white vérité cinematography is a he...
Movie Review: The Other Side of Sleep @ Capital Irish Film Festival
a remarkable journey, and I was gripped by every second of it. That’s really all I can ask for from a film....
LiveDC: Chameleons Vox @ Black Cat
In which BYT finds themselves abandoning Plan A of writing another biting, hate-filled scree against yet another pointless reunion, and instead spends a fair amount of time wiping tears of joys out of our eyes....
william alberque
Raised by wolves in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, William is not acclimated to modern living. He is readily identifiable by his incredibly bushy beard and his propensity to pick nits out of the body hair of the people around him. Avoid.
