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BYT Interviews: Jamie Lee Henry ahead of the Mautner Project Party

BYGaysSeptember 24, 2015

The Mautner Project celebrates 25 years this Friday. We speak with their honoree, Maj. Jamie Lee Henry, MD, a military doctor and the first openly transgender Army officer....

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Talking Paris is Burning with Rayceen Pendarvis

BYGaysSeptember 22, 2015

Rayceen Pendarvis gets you ready for a special screening of Paris is Burning this Friday....

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Recap: Carpe DC Food Tours

Melissa GrothJuly 27, 2015

Carpe the heck out of DC...

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DC Summer Volunteering Guide

alyssadevlinJune 19, 2015

From summer camp to summer classes, get ready to get out there and give back...

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BYT Interviews: Lizz Winstead

Megan BurnsJune 12, 2015

Grown Ass Carnival is happening at Long Island City's The Creek + The Cave this Sunday, and it sounds like just about the best time EVER; tickets are just five ...

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22feb6:30 pmDillon Francis X Alison WonderlandAEG Presents ... 6:30 pm The Anthem

22feb7:30 pmWu Han and FriendsSchubertiad Chamber Music at The Barns7:30 pm Wolf Trap

22feb10:00 pmCherubw/ Mosie10:00 pm 9:30 Club

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Beyond the fog of burning blunts, the sea of whiskey, and forest of empties, you’ll find two sweethearts in a Nashville garage. Just as they were yesterday, the day before that, and years prior. Searching for the perfect combination of string plucking, button pushing, and knob turning to craft the ideal sound to make you forget your world and step into theirs. The aforementioned sweethearts are Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber; known to most as “Cherub.”

It all began in 2010 at Middle Tennessee State University. The two met as Jason was playing around town with local bands and Jordan was crafting what would become known as their first album, Man of the Hour. A few years later, it was the song “Doses & Mimosas” that caught the attention of the public and gained the interest of Columbia Records, who signed the duo in 2013. Their 4 year major label run brought their fans two LP’s, Year of the Caprese and Bleed Gold Piss Excellence, while also sending them around the world playing festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Outside Lands, Osheaga, Summer Camp, Summer Sonic, and headlining 4 US tours. Now, a gold record and 130 million Spotify streams later, the bond between them remains “unfuckwithable,” as they construct their newest batch of genre-defying anthems.

From the streets of Bangkok, to the dive bars of Nashville, Cherub has been drawing inspiration from everything around them. “Each one of these songs was written and recorded at different times, in different places across the world,” says Jason. “It seems to make sense, releasing each new song individually, giving us a chance to take you to where we were in our heads when it was created and pair each track with a something visual to tie it together.”

Straying from the common record label strategy of releasing a single or two followed by an album, Cherub has decided to give each new song it’s own time in the sun. “We don’t want anything to get lost,” says Jordan. The new collection of work spans multiple genres while still keeping with the same style of addictively playful melodies Cherub fans have grown to love. It’s a “song first, production later” approach at creating music that may bring some ears back to an earlier time in the duo’s existence. “There’s a certain simplicity in these new songs that remind me of the first few Cherub records,” says Jason.

There’s no doubt that the latest Cherub efforts will win over their existing audience and draw new listeners to their established brand of debauchery. From your ears to your heart, like searching for room on their bodies for a new tattoo, they’ll find a way.

Time

(Friday) 10:00 pm

Location

9:30 Club

815 V ST NW, Washington, DC 20001

Cost

$25

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23feb1:00 pmStocking Your Italian Pantry: A Guide to the Best Ingredients1:00 pm S. Dillon Ripley Center

23feb(feb 23)4:30 pmLate Night Glow Snow Tubing TripLate Night Glow Snow Tubing Trip4:30 pm Kelly

23feb6:30 pmBrothers Osbornew/ Ruston Kelly6:30 pm The Anthem

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Years before they climbed the country charts with songs like “Stay a Little Longer” and “Rum,” the Brothers Osborne grew up in Deale, Maryland, a small fishing town on the Atlantic seaboard. It was a cozy place, filled with blue-collar workers who made their living on the water. During the weekends, many of those workers would head over to the Osborne household, where a series of loose, all-night jam sessions filled the Maryland air with the sounds of Bob Seger, Hank Williams, Tom Petty and George Jones. The Osborne siblings strummed their first chords during those jam sessions. From the very start, TJ Osborne was the brother with the voice. He sang in a thick, low baritone, crooning like Johnny Cash long before he was even old enough to drive. Older brother John, on the other hand, was the family’s guitar shredder, his fingers capable of down-home bluegrass licks, arena-worthy rock riffs, country twang, and everything in between. Combined, the two Osbornes could play everything from traditional country music to rock & roll, creating a broad, full-bodied sound that would eventually fill the 11 songs on their major-label debut, Pawn Shop.

Like its title suggests, Pawn Shop offers a little bit of everything. There’s bluesy slide guitar, country duets, southern rock solos, harmonies, and plenty of groove. The hooks are big, the guitars are loud, and the songs — every last one of them co-written by the Osbornes, who reached out to award-winning songwriters like Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman for help — introduce a duo whose music bridges the gap between the mainstream and the alternative world. Some songs were written at home in Nashville, while others came together on the road, where the guys spent several years headlining their own club shows, touring the country with Darius Rucker, and playing some of the biggest arenas in America with fellow rule-breaker Eric Church.

Time

(Saturday) 6:30 pm

Location

The Anthem

901 Wharf St SW Washington, DC, 20024

Cost

$40 – $75

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23feb8:00 pmVince StaplesBuddy8:00 pm 9:30 Club

23feb8:00 pmLara Downes, pianoWashington Performing Arts8:00 pm Sixth & I

24feb10:00 am2:00 pmIntroduction to iPhone Photography10:00 am - 2:00 pm S. Dillon Ripley Center