Author Archive for Jeffrey Parker

Hercules and Love Affair/Gnarls Barkley @ 9:30 Club

First, a complaint. And not even a novel complaint: Can’t people in D.C. just loosen up and dance—a little? Hercules and Love Affair opened for Gnarls Barkley last night, and they put on a set that could have been epic in another context, but fell a little flat through no fault of the band. [...]

Show Alert: Jenny Owen Youngs at Jammin’ Java

For those of you not standing on-line right after work so you can get the best seats for the midnight showing of The Dark Knight: Tonight at Jammin' Java, Jenny Owens Youngs will be playing sweet songs about love and longing. And maybe stripper poles. Seriously, go listen to "Voice on Tape" (featuring [...]

Black & White Jacksons at Fort Reno

God, I miss At the Drive-In. One day in tenth grade, I went to a record store in North Carolina and bought two records: Parachutes by Coldplay and Relationship of Command by At the Drive-In. I thought one of the bands was nice enough, but that the other one was going to be [...]