Baltimore’s zany art-proggers Ponytail enlivened the Kay Spiritual Center Saturday night with their signature primal shrieks and enchanting melodic commotion.

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Saturday

• Deleted Scenes, The Drones, Pretty & Nice (mainstage); 100th BLISS Dance Party w/ DJ Will Eastman (backstage). Black Cat. $12/$7. All ages.
• WVAU presents Capitol Punishment VI w/ Ponytail, Screaming Females, Mittenfields. American University Kay Spiritual Life Center. FREE. All ages.
• Honor By August CD Release w/ The Alternate Routes, The Ruse, Melodime. 9:30 club. $15. All ages.
• Asobi Seksu, Tyvjk, Detox Retox. Rock and Roll Hotel. $12. All ages.
• TK Webb & the Visions, Appomatox, Gods & Queens. DC9. $8. +18.
• The Jaguar Club, Loose Lips, Paperhaus, Mary Bragg. The Red & The Black. $8. +21.
• Garotas Suecas, DJ Neville Chamberlain. Comet Ping Pong. FREE. All ages.
• Middle Distance Runner, Eulogies, Payola Reserve. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12. +21.
• Chanticleer. Strathmore. $28-$68. All ages.
• John Eaton. The Barns at Wolf Trap. $25. All ages.
• Christian Tamburr Quartet. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free. All ages.

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That’s right. Experimental indie poppers Ponytail headline a free show with Screaming Females and locals Mittenfields Saturday night at AU’s Kay Spiritual Life Center as part of WVAU’s Capitol Punishment series.

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It was nice to open up a story on CMJ in the New York Times and see a picture of Ponytail’s singer, Molly Siegel, smiling from up on stage, eyes closed, head tilted into the lights. It just looked cool. And nice to see the band make the Times. They are truly the best live band in the Baltimore or D.C.

You can check the story/photo here complete with condescending headline “This Is The Music Of The Blogs.”

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