Nightlands is the solo project of The War On Drugs bassist, Dave Hartley and is our latest featured artist on Pick-Up. Continuing on with the
Featured Shows of the Week! May 20 Monday May 20 2013 Lady Lamb the Beekeeper @ Black Cat More than anything, Aly Spaltro has 20,000
Pittsburgh-based singer-songwriter Joy Ike hasn’t always wanted to be a musician but in 2013, she’s already released her third full-length record, All Or Nothing. “The
We reached out to Nashville singer-songwriter Liz Longley prior to her Buncearoo show at Foundation Gallery & Liveroom this Thursday night. With the release of
Chicago’s The Hush Sound are back and reformed from their four-year hiatus, lifting all the spirits of the fans who have waited for this moment.
Nightlands is the solo project of The War On Drugs bassist, Dave Hartley and is our latest featured artist on Pick-Up. Continuing on with the release of his sophomore record Oak Island, the Philadelphia musician is on the brink of [...]
Arts & Crafts are cranking out all this amazing music as a way to celebrate their 10-year anniversary with a collaborations record, Arts & Crafts: X, that features musician pairings within the record label. Broken Social Scene, A&C’s most beloved [...]
May 23, 2013
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Brooklyn’s folk-rock songstress, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper concluded her Ripely Pine tour at DC’s Black Cat with label mates Xenia Rubinos, and Cincinnati-rock band, Healing Power. After seeing Aly Spaltra twice before but as openers for Beirut and Typhoon, she [...]
May 22, 2013
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Fully reformed from their hiatus, The Hush Sound made their way back to DC last Friday night performing for the crowded room at the U Street Music Hall. And the band has not missed a beat! Coming into the night, [...]
May 21, 2013
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Featured Shows of the Week! May 20 Monday May 20 2013 Lady Lamb the Beekeeper @ Black Cat More than anything, Aly Spaltro has 20,000 second-hand DVDs to thank for her first album. Despite being recorded at a proper studio [...]
Pittsburgh-based singer-songwriter Joy Ike hasn’t always wanted to be a musician but in 2013, she’s already released her third full-length record, All Or Nothing. “The depth of subjects she tackles in her poetic lyrics are perfectly complemented by a unique [...]
Music and food fans came together in the rain and mud for Sweetgreen’s 4th annual day long Sweetlife Festival last Saturday at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Major headliners came onto the 2013 lineup like Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kendrick Lamar, Passion [...]
May 15, 2013
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We reached out to Nashville singer-songwriter Liz Longley prior to her Buncearoo show at Foundation Gallery & Liveroom this Thursday night. With the release of her latest single “This Is Not The End”, Longley has continued on a whirlwind of [...]
Chicago’s The Hush Sound are back and reformed from their four-year hiatus, lifting all the spirits of the fans who have waited for this moment. Now they’re set to start their next tour, co-headlining with Hockey and making a stop [...]
Featured Shows of the Week! May 13 Monday May 13 2013 Twin Sister @ Black Cat Twin Sister create the kind of hypnotic pop you’ve been dreaming about since Galaxie 500 fizzled, cut with Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac thump, and a [...]
May 13, 2013
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“Rooftop” by Brooklyn’s Aly Spaltro aka Lady Lamb the Beekeeper is our Track of the Day. The energetic track was the first single off her latest record Ripely Pine off Ba Da Bing Records, showcasing Spaltro’s thoughts through her contemporary [...]
9:30 Club was the first stop on tour for Sweden’s Shout Out Louds, bringing along with them the New York’s new buzzworthy band Haerts. Both bands didn’t disappoint as I’ve been a big fan of the Shout Out Louds’ latest [...]
Featured Shows of the Week! May 6 Monday May 6 2013 Telekinesis @ Black Cat Telekinesis returns April 2 with Dormarion. Telekinesis is both a band and a person. It’s taken Michael Benjamin Lerner, now a wizened, grizzled 26-year-old, four [...]
Our good friend Taylor Carson has a new record out called With Innocence. We got to chat with him earlier this week about the record and his chance to perform in front of President Clinton! Check out the interview below [...]
Featured Shows of the Week! April 29 Monday April 29 2013 Johnny Marr @ 9:30 Club The early 1980s weren’t the best of times to be an aspiring guitar player. Twenty years earlier, the head of Decca records, Dick Rowe, [...]
We’re pumped to have New York-duo, Hockey, as our latest featured artist. The band, after relocating to New York and losing a couple of members, are back with an upcoming full-length called Wyeth IS, due out May 7th (Pre-order here). [...]
Great things happen when The Joy Formidable come to town. And last Sunday night at the 9:30 Club was no different! Our friend, John-Paul Zajackowski (JPZPhoto) provided us with some words and fantastic photos from Sunday’s sold out show. “Arriving [...]
April 25, 2013
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Having done an artist feature on Laura Stevenson prior to her show at the Rock N Roll Hotel, I had asked her to explain her live show in three words. “Sad, happy, sad,” she replied and that was exactly what [...]
April 22, 2013
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