Posts Tagged ‘Abigail Williams’
Weekend Music Round-Up
Friday
- The Footprint in Hip Hop Tour: Method Man & Red Man, Ghostface Killah, Duo Live. 9:30 club. $35. All ages.
- Sophia Bass, Ruthi & the Tracers. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
- Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers, Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials. Birchmere. $25.
- Head Automatica, Cubic Zirconia. Black Cat. $15. All ages.
- Carol Bui Butterflies, Impossible Hair, US. Comet Ping Pong. All ages.
- The Mass Shivers, The Alphabet, Hello Babies, Greenland, Wild Fictions. D.C. Mini Gallery. $5. All ages.
- Abigail Williams, Goatwhore, Daath, Abysmal Dawn, Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky, Fallen Martyr, Nightmare Ritual. Jaxx. $12/$15. All ages.
- The Winter Sounds, Go Home Robot, Achtung Panda. The Red & The Black. $8. +21.
- Bob Dylan. Ripken Stadium. Call for price.
- Bonjour Ganesh!, Ghost Light, The Mean Ideas. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10. All ages.
- Project Natale (Fri. & Sat. shows). Twins Jazz. $15.
- Sunsets with a Soundtrack: The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band. West Steps U.S. Capitol. Free.
- Girl Loves Distortion, Trophy Wife, Three Lexington Arrows, Fangs Out. Velvet Lounge. $8. +21.
- National Symphony Orchestra: “The Wizard of Oz.” Filene Center at Wolf Trap. $20–$48.
Photos: Abigail Williams @ Jaxx
Abigail Williams—named after one of the first accusers in the Salem Witch Trials made infamous by Arthur Miller’s The Crucible—play a weird kind of black metal with American metalcore tendencies. Their recorded sound is bolstered by epic clean piano lines and majestic orchestrations; unfortunately, both times I have seen them live, their keyboardist was nowhere in sight and they relied on samples for her parts. Nevertheless, this past Wednesday they put on a great show to a thin but enthusiastic crowd at Jaxx. With just one recently released full-length album and an older EP to their name, their headlining set was short, but still satisfying. I’d really like to see them with a live keyboardist though.
