The last show the Magnetic Fields played before last night was at Lisner Auditorium at the end of their 2008 tour. Here's their return to GWU's campus, kicking off a two-month-long 2010 tour, in photos. More after the jump.
You've gotta hand it to Those Darlins for driving through terrible weather to make it to D.C. last night, and to their fans as well, who packed the Black Cat backstage despite it being a dreary Sunday night. The Darlins' music is country, but their ethos is distinctively punk, and they led the crowd through [...]
The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet—really a sax quartet plus a drummer—brought its eclectic mix of jazz, world music, and the avant-garde to An Die Musik in Baltimore last night. The all-female group named after Billy Tipton, the biologically female saxophonist who spent his career and adult life identifying as male, played two sets of music far [...]
Dutch band Epica brought its bombastic mix of symphonic, gothic, and death metal to (the newly renovated!) Jaxx on Tuesday night to a nearly sold-out house. More photos of Epica after the jump and at the full gallery. The full gallery also includes shots of the opening bands.
Swedish melodic death-metal stalwarts Arch Enemy kicked off its 2010 U.S. tour at Recher Theatre in Towson last night. While not quite in top form, frontwoman Angela Gossow and company put on a show that was more than intense enough for a Wednesday night out. More photos after the jump and at the full gallery.
Excessive volume was the name of the game at the Black Cat backstage on Monday night, where an impressive crowd gathered for a few hours of eardrum abuse courtesy of Jucifer and Salome. The two bands were wrapping up a minitour together, and they certainly went out with a bang.
More photos after the jump and [...]
Doom metal supergroup Shrinebuilder played their second show ever on at club stage at Sonar in Baltimore last Friday night to a packed house. They didn't disappoint: the songs from the album came off more powerful live, and some bits of new material sounded intriguing as well. As far as supergroups go, this one's for [...]
The 9:30 Club hosted a local-ish metal blowout on Thursday: Lamb of God (Richmond), Darkest Hour (D.C.), Periphery (Bethesda) and This or the Apocalypse (Lancaster, PA). The seriously high-energy performances were matched by one of the most active, enthusiastic crowds I've ever seen at a D.C. show.
More photos after the jump and at the full [...]
The First Lady was at the Verizon Center last night, daughters and Secret Service in tow, to witness Miley Cyrus' first tour under her own name rather than the Hannah Montana brand. Many more photos after the jump (click on any photo for a larger version).
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The fact that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band last played in D.C. just this past May didn't seem to put a damper on the reception that the Boss and friends received when they hit the stage at the Verizon Center. After the jump and at the full gallery, check out some images from [...]
