Let us take a moment to discuss a frequently maligned band. After their amelodic left turn of a sophomore album, Vivian Girls returned this year with Share the Joy, which is varied and energetic and most importantly full of earworms. It's also a pretty nice marriage of its member's side-projects, The Babies and La Series [...]
So far, Fare Assessment has chronicled two excursions to New York by Washington Post classical critic Anne Midgette—for a Baltimore Symphony Orchestra program at Carnegie Hall, and for the Metropolitan Opera's Don Carlo. FA ruled that the first trip merited reimbursement to cover the Jersey Turnpike's tolls, and the second earned a trip on the [...]
There are plenty of reasons for an arts critic to leave town—say, vacation. OK, OK, all critics should see what's animating the national conversation from time to time—it can broaden and inform their perspective. But sometimes it feels like The Washington Post's reviewers are spending a bit too much time consuming art in other cities, [...]
Friday
Needtobreathe, Will Hoge, Matt Hires. 9:30 Club. $16.
Gato & the Palenke Music Co. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Wolf Trap. $35.
East Coast Caravan. The Red & The Black. $8. 21+.
Shwa, The Royal We. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10.
Bonjour, Ganesh!, The Jones, Big Chimney, Blankus Larry. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10.
Andy [...]
Friday
State Radio, Big D and the Kids Table. 9:30 Club. $20.
Justin Trawick. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
Christian Tetzlaff Trio. Wolf Trap. $35.
Powder Kegs, The Torches. The Red & The Black. $8.
Juniper Lane, Melodime. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12.
US Royalty, Phil Ade, Poor But Sexy. Rock and Roll Hotel. $12.
Curbfeelers. Bangkok Blues. Call for [...]
Friday
Incwell. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
Hotspur, No Second Troy, Margot MacDonald Band, Boys Will Be Boys. 9:30 Club. $15.
Bo Bice. Wolf Trap. $25.
Yell County, The Courtesans, The Secret Pop Band. The Red & The Black. $8. 21+.
New Rock Church of Fire, Greenland, Drunk Tigers. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10.
Sweet Interference, Tripp, Hot Coffee [...]
Friday
Haiti Benefit Concert for the Red Cross Relief Effort: Brother Shamus, The Walkways, No Second Troy, Boxcar Collision, Bobby Thompson and more. IOTA Club & Cafe. Donations based.
Sockets Records Showcase (with The Cornel West Theory, Hume, Imperial China, Buildings and Big Gold Belt). Black Cat. $12.
Mike Terpak Blues Explosion. Bangkok Blues. Call for [...]
Friday
The Dance Party, Ra Ra Rasputin, Tigercity, Casper Bangs. 9:30 club. $15. All ages.
Deja Blue, Clarence “Bluesman” Turner. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
Handsome Furs, Dri, The Cinnamon Band. Black Cat. $12. All ages.
Lynne Fiddmont. Blues Alley. $25.
Atheist, The Faceless, Psyopus, The Agonist, Gnostic, Condemn the Infected, A Bloodbath in Boston. Jaxx. $20/$23.
Alex Brown Quartet [...]
I wanted to avoid making anyone at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall feel like a spectacle, so I ducked into the gift shop to jot down a few notes. In the lobby, mostly middle-aged Baltimore Symphony Orchestra patrons milled about in tie-dye t-shirts, teashades, and sunflower dresses. At 7:14 p.m. I had detected my first [...]
