The holidays can be unbearable for a whole host of reasons, but the most grating has to be that wintry form of a capella—caroling. This won't be like that.
D.C. music fixture Hugh McElroy—formerly of Black Eyes, Horses, and Hand-Fed Babies, and these days of Cephalopods and Ruffian Records—will perform a special, mostly a capella solo set tonight at [...]
Though The Endtables' self-titled record was recorded over 30 years ago, its post-punk content still feels relevant today. Their musical talents went on to inspire myriad other groups like Squirrel Bait and Babylon Dance Band. Originally released in 1979, the reissue of The Endtables feels urgent, with guitarist Alex Durig's guitar skills wild and ahead [...]
Sunderland-based bandmates Peter and David Brewis' latest release Measure is a 20-song double album rife with rock. Three years after the pair's previous (self-titled) CD failed to make a splash, Field Music is back with a vengeance on its 70-plus-minute return. Measure sees the group breaking away from its standard post-punk minimalism and experimenting with [...]
Baltimore's Double Dagger will be playing an in-store at Crooked Beat today at 7 p.m. The show is free. Expect it to be loud as hell. Double Dagger recently released its stunning third LP, More, on Thrill Jockey. We hope the Adams Morgan record shop has insurance; the band's sound is all sharp elbows, pointed [...]
