Matthew Sweet

Play Review: Girlfriend @ Signature Theatre

Diana MetzgerMay 15, 2018

Don't you need to / Be back in the arms of a good friend? ...

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LiveDC: Matthew Sweet @ 930 Club

BYT at largeJune 12, 2012

Matthew Sweet is playing his 1991 album Girlfriend, and he sounds perfect. Pitch-perfect. The crowd, however thin, seems to be loving every moment. ...

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TICKET GIVEAWAY: MATTHEW SWEET @ THE 9:30 CLUB

[email protected]June 6, 2012

Matthew Sweet at the 9:30 Club this Saturday! Be there or be square! Tickets are still on sale! However... you could WIN a pair of tickets very very easily....

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BYT Fav Song of the Day: Matthew Sweet

JrSeptember 7, 2010

This one goes out to Libby....

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06jun8:00 pmStormzy8:00 pm 9:30 Club

07jun1:30 pm3:30 pmBolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Kennedy Center Opera House

07jun6:00 pmBombay Bicycle Clubw/ Liza Anne 6:00 pm 9:30 Club

07jun6:30 pmViolent Femmes and X6:30 pm The Anthem

Event Details

Gordon Gano: lead vocal, guitar Brian Ritchie: acoustic bass guitar, baritone guitar, vocal, percussion John Sparrow: BBQ, snare, tom, percussion, vocal
Blaise Garza: baritone, contrabass and sopranino saxophones, vocal, piano, harmonium, theremin, percussion

Violent Femmes 10th studio album, HOTEL LAST RESORT, resides among the groundbreaking band’s finest work, simultaneously refining and redefining their one-of-a-kind take on American music, mingling front porch folk, post punk, spiritual jazz, country blues, avant garde minimalism and golden age rock ‘n’ roll into something still altogether their own. Founded and fronted of course by singer/guitarist Gordon Gano and acoustic bass guitarist Brian Ritchie, the Milwaukee-born combo remains as warm, wise and weird as ever before, with such new favorites as “Another Chorus” and “Everlasting You” continuing to mine the vast range of ideas, melodic complexity and organic sonic craftsmanship that has characterized the band’s body of work since their landmark self-titled 1983 debut.

Formed in 1977, X quickly established themselves as one of the best bands in the first wave of LA’s flourishing punk scene; becoming legendary leaders of a punk generation. Featuring vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer DJ Bonebrake, their debut 45 was released on the seminal Dangerhouse label in 1978, followed by seven studio albums released from 1980-1993. Over the years, the band has released several critically acclaimed albums, topped the musical charts with regularity and performed their iconic hits on top television shows such as Letterman and American Bandstand. X’s first two studio albums, Los Angeles and Wild Gift are ranked by Rolling Stone among the top 500 greatest albums of all time. The band continues to tour with the original line-up fully intact. In 2017, the band celebrated their 40th year
anniversary in music with a Grammy Museum exhibit opening, a Proclamation from the City of Los Angeles and being honored at a Los Angeles Dodgers game where Exene threw out the first pitch and John Doe sang the National Anthem. In 2020, X celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Los Angeles.