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Local bass player Butch Warren is not just a tenured townie and a pickup musician, he's one of the most celebrated bass players in the history of jazz.
Born in the District, Warren starting gigging around town [...]
Paige Maguire over at NPR put together a 5-song playlist for anyone suffering from economic woes and job insecurity.
"For some, it's years of cubicles and monkey suits and unbearable workloads, while others have lost their marbles and wound up getting walked to their car. Whatever happens, we're guessing it's going to be epic and terrible, [...]
American University's WVAU is hosting its final fall installment of the student-run free concert series Capitol Punishment Saturday night. The show will be in AU's Kay Spiritual Center. Doors at 6:30; show at 7; all ages; free.
The lineup includes:
Imperial China
Caverns
Solar Powered Sun Destroyer
Hammer No More The Fingers
Friday
DJ Steve Love, DJ Jackie O, DJ Philip Goyette, DJ Max Imus, DJ Sean Gone. Red Lounge. Free before 10. $5 after 10. +21.
DJ Chris Burns. Cafe Saint-Ex. Free. +21.
DJ Kostas. 18th Street Lounge. Free. +21.
DJ DK. Blackcat. $5. All Ages
DJ Micah Vellian, DJ Outputmessage. Rock and Roll Hotel. Free. +21.
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The Homosexuals formed in 1977 as a riotous anti-establishment punk band in the U.K.—the trashier, grittier, less punctual version of the Clash and the Sex Pistols. The band was largely scattered, working on several side projects while also playing as the Homosexuals. They never pushed out a studio LP and never went on tour, but [...]
Baltimore cult legend Dan Deacon put on an explosive set Friday night at Hirshhorn After Hours. Aside from the thunderous synth- and midi-based experimental dance music, Deacon's set included a crowd run around the Hirshhorn quarters, a gesture that wasn't well received by many in the Hirshhorn martini-drinking crowd, a dance contest, and lots of [...]
Blog darlings Crystal Antlers and local post-punk band extraordinaire True Womanhood are at the Black Cat tonight; 9 p.m.; $8; all ages.
The UK's legendary blue-collar anti-folk singer/song writer Billy Bragg will be at the 9:30 Club tonight with The Watson Twins; 7 p.m.; $35 all ages.
For an explosive math rock/post-rock/experimental showcase, head to DC9 to [...]
Check out The Rosebuds (pictured here and previewed in City Lights) and The Oranges Band tonight at Black Cat. 8 p.m.; $12; all ages.
Dexter Romweber Duo (former frontman of Flat Duo Jets) with Silver Spring-based One Track Mind subjects 7 Door Sedan at The Red & the Black.; 9:30 p.m.; $10; 21+.
Tonight at DC9: The [...]
Last summer I took a trip to Brooklyn to check out Mother Mother, since the Canadian band only had two U.S. dates on their ’07 tour, both in New York. I stood five feet away from the stage and was instantly captivated. Their debut album, Touch Up, released in 2007 on Last Gang Records, [...]
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Stop Smiling, a bi-monthly arts and culture magazine out of Chicago, themed its most recent issue around the District. [...]
