D.C. punk band The Points defiled serious punk rock in the nation's capital. Frontman Geo (George White) spat beer on his audience. He wrote hooky songs about girls, and how they suck. Following years of Dischord rock music built on questioning the rules—about society, social strata, and sincere things like that—The Points declared a ban [...]
How anyone keeps a new record label afloat in 2010 is beyond me, but the former drummer of the recently disbanded The Points, Travis Jackson, seems to be doing it right. Windian Records hones in on no-bullshit, party-loving punk and keeps pressing small runs of high-caliber wax for their lo-fi rock and roll. Today, five new [...]
D.C.'s favorite party punkers posted the following on their Facebook page yesterday:
THANKS FOR THE GOOD TIME. OVER AND WAY OUT. THE POINTS.
I e-mailed the groups' drummer, Travis Jackson, for confirmation, and he responded:
YEAH, WE BROKE UP. THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR ANOTHER POINTS ALBUM. WE ARE MOVING ON TO OTHER PROJECTS.
More as I hear it, [...]
You can only take so much. After working 60-hour weeks for the past four years, sacrificing most of your Saturdays to the office, all without any recognition or reward, a new hire gets the promotion you've been gunning for ever since you arrived. That's it. It's over. Perhaps a cooler-minded individual would simply write a [...]
My, how it's grown: The last D.C. Record Fair, in February, drew around 1,500 people to the Black Cat. The next, just announced, is May 23 in the same space.
The DJs confirmed at the moment are a less high-profile bunch than the last (which included Ian MacKaye, Geologist, and Kid Congo Powers), but it's still [...]
Five years after its founding by like-minded D.C. skaters, and almost three years after they shut it down, Fight Club D.C. is closing. This time it's for good.
Located in Blagden Alley, the Shaw warehouse—a home to skateboarding as well as art shows, live music, and parties—will host its final show this Saturday with performances by [...]
Once again last night, the Washington Area Music Association’s 24th Annual Wammies at the State Theatre in Falls Church exhibited the inspiring and troubling aspects of this self-described “umbrella organization of Washington area musicians, concert promoters, lawyers, recording engineers, managers, graphic artists, and related businesses working together to address areas of common concern.” Hosted [...]
No, not together, although that would be kind of funny.
The Points—pictured here, covered in beer and spit—recently posted five new demos on their MySpace page. Three chords used to be all The Points could handle, but these scuzzy, blown out recordings prove that the band's aesthetic has evolved a little bit over the last year. [...]
Perhaps you've heard there's a lot of free shit going down this weekend. If you haven't, well, there's a lot of free shit going down this weekend. Most of it revolves around the Kia Soul Collective tour, which has set up shop in a warehouse at 3330 New York Ave. NE, with free parking [...]
"We're trying to have fun right now and not make it too serious," Travis "Cobruhhh" Jackson, the drummer of D.C.'s noisiest party punkers The Points said yesterday, discussing the pitfalls of long-distance rock 'n' roll — Jackson moved to Blacksburg, Va., not long ago, and his bandmate, guitarist and singer George "Geo" White, now lives [...]
