All posts by Merrijoy

Connecticut-native, Corey Durkin is our featured artist of the week. The singer/songwriter released his debut album Go Easy last summer featuring members of Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers and Fountains of Wayne. He even enlisted a fellow Featured Artist, Boots Factor, to play all the drums on the album. Corey has got some creative things in [...]

Last Thursday night, we caught a rather nice lineup of bands at the Velvet Lounge on U Street. Filling the bill were local bands, Western Affairs and The Sea Life, and our latest Featured Artist, Canadian band, Royal Canoe. Here at Pick-Up, we love working with local bands and so Western Affairs and most recently, [...]

Black Taxi was one of our Featured Artists back in February and they finally came to DC last Tuesday to kick off their latest East Coast tour. The New York natives played a 12-song set with tracks from both their first album Things of that Nature and their latest, We Don’t Know Any Better. It was [...]

This week we’re featuring a great band from our neighbors up north, Royal Canoe. The six-piece band from Winnipeg, Manitoba released their EP Extended Play back in late February, ultimately resulting in a solid indie-rock record of catchy harmonies and complex sounds. Royal Canoe is currently in the final stages of releasing their first full-length [...]

“Indie Rock meets Electronica” is how local band Redline Graffiti describes their sound and they couldn’t be more right but with a good old-fashioned hip-hop flair. They’ve released their first EP About & Because late last year, providing fans in the DMV with something they can relate too. The band had worked on a second EP, [...]

Having been named one of Paste Magazine’s “12 Michigan Acts You Should Listen To Now,” The Soil and the Sun have gotten their name out there and by good word too. The Michigan band started off with just two members that would eventually grow into an eight-piece band, making spiritual melodies and infectious harmonies. Taking [...]

Having just been one a Featured Artist on our website, I had the pleasure of checking them out as they headlined Rock N Roll Hotel last Friday. Though there had seemed to be shows going on at just about every venue in DC last Friday, seeing Dance for the Dying didn’t disappoint. Local bands were the flavor [...]

Local cool cats Dance for the Dying have been keeping busy in the DC music scene, making them our featured artist  for the week. The synth-pop, dance-rock band have been doing their thing for a few years now, creating catchy tracks that’ll have you dancing and hand-clapping with the best of the them. You could [...]

Caveman made their way back to DC, this time headlining Red Palace on H Street. The band from the Big Apple played an 11-song set, two of which were new and the rest were all tracks off of their fantastic debut album CoCo Beware, minus Great Life. I had not caught them the first time they’d [...]

We are featuring the fresh New York band Caveman. Having only formed their group in 2010, Caveman has put out a solid sounding debut album called Coco Beware, which we got to speak to them about. They are currently touring the album, visiting venues across the US and TONIGHT they hit up Red Palace again, [...]

I had the pleasure of checking out one of Pick-Up’s featured artists, Aabaraki, who were playing DC for the first time at Bayou last Saturday night.  The self-proclaimed “reduction stutter funkers” brought their best, playing two sets filled with tracks that brought the crowd at Bayou to their feet for a funky-jazzy-dance party. The sets [...]

This week we feature local rockers Black Dog Prowl. The four-piece band has kept it busy with the release of their latest music child, the Vapor EP. Keeping things flowing, BDP has been playing shows all around our area, rocking venues with their bluesy-inspired, grunge rock. We spoke with the band recently about what it’s [...]

This week we feature your favorite stutter funkers, Aabaraki. The band is based out of Brooklyn and are currently on tour, hitting up venues on the East Coast and over to Texas. The guys have released their self-titled album, Aabaraki, over the summer and are currently working hard on their new EP with Grammy-winning engineer [...]

This week our featured artist is rock band, Black Taxi from Brooklyn. With the recent release of their second full-length album We Don’t Know Any Better, the band is keeping busy with their current tour, hitting up venues from the East Coast, to the South, and over to the Midwest. We spoke to Jason Holmes [...]

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of checking out a lineup of fantastic bands at Red Palace on H Street: local band heroes Ra Ra Rasputin, Brooklyn’s Chappo, and more local natives, Dance for the Dying. I hadn’t seen Ra Ra Rasputin live before but I called a giant Red Palace dance party and that’s [...]

It’s no secret that Pick-Up Productions is keen on keeping up with local talent in and around the Washington DC area, so what better way to get a load of them all in one venue? Cue: The Next Big Thing at Rock and Roll Hotel. I’ve finally had the opportunity to check it out this [...]

I spent Valentine’s Day at DC9 with a great line-up of bands: Slow Club from the UK, Air Waves from New York, and one of Pick-Up’s favorite local bands, The Young Rapids. This was Slow Club’s first time visiting DC and we were the first stop on their “Mega World Tour.” Though Rebecca Taylor was [...]

Last Saturday Night, we had the pleasure of checking out Nat Osborn Band, who was opening up for Turkuaz at Bayou. The seven-piece jazz-pop band from New York captured the audience right from the get-go with their commanding horn-section, rhythmic beats, and soulful vocals behind the keys. There was a tremendous amount of funk to [...]