Washington DC

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 headlined the night with a full band, two members consisting of Xenia Rubinos and Marco [...]

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, I had decided that I would be the happiest girl if they played just about [...]

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 in her recently adopted home of Brooklyn, Ripely Pine showcases songs conceived during her tenure [...]

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 blend of neo-soul, with just the right dash of pop,” say NPR about Ike. We [...]

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 Pit, newcomers like MS MR and Haerts and more! Check out photos from the Music [...]

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 musician life, writing and recording her upcoming record, keeping the list of tour dates steady [...]

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 at DC’s U Street Music Hall. The band recently released a two-song EP called Forty [...]

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 shot of Lynchian weirdness for good measure. They’re slack yet focused, a spark in the [...]

“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 songwriting style. She’ll be swinging by DC on 5/20, performing at the Black Cat Backstage. [...]

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 record Optica, which they’ve played many songs off of. I was excited to see and [...]

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 years to come to terms with this and understand what responsibilities it does and does [...]

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 and see him live as he continues on with his CD Release Tour, making a [...]

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, had made the biggest A&R gaff in pop history with the legendary clanger “Guitar groups [...]

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). In addition to their new record, Hockey are prepared to start a co-headlining tour with [...]

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 late I walked into a very packed and sold out 9:30 Club to see bands [...]

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 we got during her live set at the packed H Street venue on Saturday night. [...]

After all the hysterical Coachella trolling, Daft Punk has a new single out featuring Pharrell Williams. “Get Lucky” is off of their upcoming record Random Access Memories, due out May 21st. The band premiered a new trailer for the record before the Yeah Yeah Yeahs set at Coachella and sparked all the rumors of “Will [...]

Featured Shows of the Week! April 22 Monday April 22 2013 Deerhunter @ Sixth & I From Atlanta, Georgia, the origins of Deerhunter can be traced back to when frontman Bradford Cox first met guitarist Lockett Pundt at high school. Years later Bradford and Moses Archuleta began making music together, and the seeds of what [...]