Big week for news from Camp Dischord. The label has a pair of archival releases from two O.G. D.C. hardcore outfits: a reissue of Faith's 1983 EP Subject to Change that will also include tracks from the group's original 1981 demo; and Void's Sessions 1981-83, a 34-track collection of old demos, live tracks, and outtakes.
Also exciting: Office [...]
Kids, dogs, and many mainstays of the D.C. music scene were on hand last night to see power-pop and post-hardcore at Fort Reno. Leading Title Tracks, John Davis provided power-pop accompaniment for the dreams of those Tenleytown kids with a 9:30 p.m. bedtime. And J. Robbins' current band, Office of Future Plans, tore up [...]
There's no shortage of news from the land of Ian MacKaye today. As if to remind us all that the band members indirectly responsible for Wugazi's recent success still in fact make original music, The Evens were just officially added to the Fort Reno schedule. The acoustic art punks haven't brought their musical partnership into [...]
Full disclosure: A bunch of my former and current colleagues are involved in tonight's TBD-hosted Phillips After 5, but it's still your best bet for early-evening revelry. Set to perform: Warped disco dudes Protect-U (featuring very occasional WCP contributor Aaron Leitko) and DJs Whiskey Sherpa (featuring WCP Beerspotter columnist Orr Shtuhl). THEATER PEOPLE: WCP theater [...]
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At some point between when Fort Reno announced its schedule and when I sat down to write this pick, Valley Tours, which is opening tonight’s season kickoff, established a Google-able online presence. The summer concert series has been a local punk institution for probably as long as [...]
Venerable summer concert series Fort Reno just announced its summer schedule. Shows are Mondays and Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. at Fort Reno Park in Tenleytown. Bring your babies. Don't bring your narcotics.
There are nine shows announced so far, with more lineups to come. Fort Reno scheduled 13 shows in 2010, though rain tripped a couple [...]
Continuing its tradition of announcing its lineup as late as possible, Fort Reno still hasn't released its summer schedule. But the venerable outdoor concert series, whom we can't stay mad at for too long, has shared its first bill. On June 27 at 7 p.m., locals Valley Tours, Railsplitter, and Beasts of No Nation will play [...]
There’s plenty of music you won’t need a guide to this summer: jazz at the National Gallery; blues at Carter Barron; aging punks at Fort Reno; aging R&B giants at Fort Dupont. It doesn’t matter who’s playing there—and invariably, some of those schedules emerge way later than you’d like them to—because you’ll go anyway. Music [...]
For the Thursday editions of Freestylin' D.C., I'll highlight the best low-cost and free events in D.C. from tonight 'til Sunday.
Thursday
Head over to Columbia Heights for final Movie Nights in the Heights event of the season . Catch Shrek at 8:30 p.m. and DJ Gavin Holland at 8 p.m. for free in the [...]
