Handel’s Messiah is one of those unfortunate holiday traditions you can’t escape, like ugly sweaters and fruitcake. Every year, choruses trot out the Christmas standard (actually, it was first performed in April) as their end-of-the-year moneymaker, which is to choral groups what The Nutcracker is to ballets. Churches, too, love Handel’s oratorio, a sure way [...]
How do you make the perfect pipe bomb?
Cash from strangers, and a little help from your friends. That’s how Phillips Saylor has gone about it, anyway.
When Saylor, frontman of the local alt-country band Stripmall Ballads, decided to mix his music with puppet theater, he tapped acquaintances at the Puppet Underground and friends and volunteers from [...]
It's a great night for Brit-loving baby boomers and rock 'n' roll historians in D.C. Quench your need for cockney over at the Black Cat with a free Anglophile double header. They'll be showing the stoned-off-their-gourds Liverpool Quartet classic Help! along with everyone's favorite Mods v. Rockers face-off, Quadrophenia. 8:30 p.m. Free.
If the films just [...]
Yesterday, Jazz Setlist previewed Vijay Iyer's piano/guitar/tabla trio Tirtha. Here are a few images from the show at the cozy Mansion at Strathmore, where a capacity audience was treated to a unique blend of jazz and Indian classical music.
Friday
Jakob Dylan, Three Legs, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Mimicking Birds. 9:30 Club. $25.
Lucy Kaplansky. Wolf Trap. $20.
Gist, Gary B. & the Notions, The Courtesy Line. The Red & The Black. $8.
Eilen Jewell, Little Pink. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12.
The Blue Line, Poor But Sexy, The Very Small. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10.
Buckshot Blues. Bangkok Blues. [...]
Friday
Martin Sexton, Ryan Montbleau Band. 9:30 Club. $25.
Jamie McLean Band. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
Livingston Taylor. Wolf Trap. $22.
Horsehead, Hiding Places, Deutschmarks. The Red & The Black. $8. 21+.
Laura Tsaggaris, James Maddock. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12.
Pissed Jeans, Cloak/Dagger, The Wayward. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
Rhododendron Road. Bangkok [...]
Friday
Needtobreathe, Will Hoge, Matt Hires. 9:30 Club. $16.
Gato & the Palenke Music Co. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Wolf Trap. $35.
East Coast Caravan. The Red & The Black. $8. 21+.
Shwa, The Royal We. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10.
Bonjour, Ganesh!, The Jones, Big Chimney, Blankus Larry. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10.
Andy [...]
Friday
Nada Surf, Dawn Landes and the Hounds. 9:30 Club. $20.
E.M. Spencer. Strathmore. $10 in advance, $12 at door.
Christine Lavin. Wolf Trap. $20.
The Bang, Chute. The Red & The Black. $8. 21+.
Justin Trawick Group, Jason Masi Band, Rene Moffatt, Jamie Marie. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12.
Midnight Sun, Nunchucks, Downtown Harvest, Blackbells. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10.
Big [...]
In which Steve Kolowich, a Wilco devotee, and Ted Scheinman, a recent convert, discuss last night's show at the Strathmore.
Steve: Ted, you're a concert-going man. NPR has called Wilco "the best live band in America"; I've been talking your ear off about their chops for months; and your girlfriend has been burning CDs like it's [...]
Friday
Kinoeye, Maximillion Dunbar, Protect-U, Steve Summers. The Cherch. $5 donation.
Vladimir Feltsman. Strathmore. $27-$77.
Ravenous, FOX Japan, Caustic Casanova. The Red & The Black. $8.
Justin Jones, Down Dexter, Peter Bradley Adams. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12.
Shearwater, Wye Oak, Hospital Ships. Rock and Roll Hotel. $12.
Next Door Ellen. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
Imperial China, Cephalopods, Lo Moda, Busses. [...]
