LiveDC: St. Vincent @ 930 Club
I'm not sure what I'd change (well, I know a lot of things she should do differently, but that's not the point)....
william alberque
LiveDC: Austra/ Grimes @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Austra put in another perfect performance of their gorgeous, chilly darkwave, while Grimes proved she is the real deal – having grown immensely in confidence since opening for Lykke Li in May. ...
LiveDC: M83/ Active Child @ Black Cat
M83 played an incredible early and late show at the Black Cat on Friday, rewarding two sold out audiences with an evening of incredible noise....
LiveDC: Zola Jesus @ Black Cat
It’s hard to review a show as good as this......
Live DC: Still Corners @ DC9
Just when I don’t think things could become more jaw-droppingly beautiful, they break into a cover of Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire” that is as beautiful and placid and dreamy as though Hope Sandoval herself had pulled up a stool and decided to sing a song.......
LiveDC: Throwing Muses @ Black Cat
How do I put into words the experience of seeing a band that I’ve followed for more than two decades? ...
Listen & Learn: S.C.U.M “Again Into Eyes”
I downloaded “Amber Hands” by S.C.U.M. back in July and was immediately taken by the atmospheric, driving glam shoegaze on offer. It sounds like a pop versio...
Interview: Vince Clarke, of Erasure
Collaborations, Songwriting, and Why I Never Listen to My Own Music...
Listen & Learn: Apparat’s “The Devil’s Walk”
I first became aware of Berlin’s Apparat (Sascha Ring to his parents) through the excellent 2006 collaboration with fellow Berliner and legendary DJ/musician/l...
Listen & Learn: Kasabian’s “VELOCIRAPTOR!”
sabian are bonkers. There’s no two ways about it – they’re insane. I heard them first when I picked up, on a whim, a promo of “Reason Is Treason” on a whim...
PlayDC: LUNGS @ Studio Theatre
I don’t know who showed more bravery in this production – playwright Duncan Macmillan for writing a piece of such crystalline honesty, artistic director David...
LiveDC: The Horrors/ The Stepkids @ Black Cat
The Horrors played an epic, searing set on Friday to an enthusiastic audience, showcasing the immense strength of their third album, Skying....
Interview: THE HORRORS
How did the Horrors utterly transform from the bad Birthday Party to the jaw-dropping, utterly perfect shoegaze and electronica of the second album? ...
LiveDC: Peter Hook and The Light Play “CLOSER” @ 930 Club
Touching from a distance, further all the time...
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.
