Posts Tagged ‘Concerts’

The Shirks @ Black Cat

It's not that hard to wrap your head around The Shirks, the band plays a classic strand of super-thrashy garage-punk that doesn't need much explaining. But it sure is hard to find out anything about them; things like when the band is playing, where to get its records, or whether The Shirks have any records [...]

Sean McArdle Record Release @ Black Cat Sunday

Ever see that documentary Heartworn Highways? There's that great scene where Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell are hanging out in Guy Clark's dining room drinking wine and singing songs. If you haven't, it's worth seeing because, first of all, it's three of the biggest country revival personalities from the late '70s sitting in a room [...]

Music 2008: My Year in Concerts

You haven't had enough of the lists yet, have you? Good. Here's one more quick one: my list of favorite shows of the year, mostly in D.C. but also ranging north to Baltimore and south to Charlottesville (links all lead to photos):

St. Vincent at Rock & Roll Hotel, February 26
Nels Cline Singers at the [...]