I guess I am not the only one out of the loop on bass/grime/garage club whatever, if folks can go for free on a Thursday night.
DC isn't into this in general yet, it's still very much stuck in a 90's stick-to-your-homogeneous-edm-genre state of mind
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
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I think so (have always somehow missed them and missed singer Kilgour solo with band tours), and I see that an ilxer who saw them the other night, posted on the Clean thread that he liked them. Like New Zealand's Chills and Verlaines, they have that jangly guitar-pop thing going, but with touches of punk and now apparently, Neu-style motorik krautrock.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
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while it may be due to space reasons, I see that the CP club listings for tonight only list the 7 pm early show at Uhall.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
it's in the online version
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
SO EXCITED for Kingdom/Bok Bok tonight - Kingdom's really one of my favorite DJs. Also $2 natty boh and $5 jameson all night!
― I DIED, Thursday, 7 June 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
How was UHall? I thought the Clean were great at RnR Hotel. Although I had forgotten till I got there how that can be a miserable place to see a band when its packed, as it was last night (unless you manage to get up front). The stage is not that high and the room is narrow, so if you're far back it can impossible to see. The sound was not mized that well either. In the crowd: various Slumberland musicians, a guy who used to book some shows at the old 930 way back when; a Pitchfork writer or 2 or 3...
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, definitely important to get up front at RNR.
― skip, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
I was sorta one of those rude folks. Once opener Times New Viking finished, I quickly followed my gf, who was following another woman in moving towards the front.
My Arlington tax dollars at work:
Live Music Performance byBLUES LEGEND RITA CHIARELLI +Award-Winning Documentary MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSESun June 10 / 2pm / $10 / Dome Theatre
Myabe it will be a good show at Artisphere, but I have never heard of this Canadian singer or the film
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
uhall was great, not a huge crowd but the music was on point. mike q and vijuan allure came down for the show too
― fauxmarc, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
afghan whigs coming to the 930 on september 28th. presale tomorrow, general public on thursday. i am freaking out about this.
― fauxmarc, Monday, 11 June 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Grimes/Elite Gymnastics at U Hall in Sept. has got me jazzed.
Seeing Laura Marling tomorrow night. Looking forward to it.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 11 June 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Grimes/Elite Gymnastics at U Hal
Nice!
― skip, Monday, 11 June 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
Bob Mould at 9:30 on September 8 as well, doing Copper Blue + "an additional set and encores mixing the new Silver Age material with Husker Du, Sugar and Mould solo classics"
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 11 June 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
that Grimes show is an early one and the late show that night is Classixx, looking forward to it. I'll be opening for Classixx and possibly spinning between bands earlier as well.
― I DIED, Monday, 11 June 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
wow that's a night.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 11 June 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
Hey Fauxmarc,
tribal guarachero(Mexican and African sounds mixed with cumbia basslines) crew 3Ball MTY from Mexico will be at the Sunday June 24 El Zol 107.9 fm Fest with Los Tigres de Norte (great norteno), Carlos y Alejandra, Plan B, Eddy Herrera, K-risma Band, Los Adolecentesy mucho mas! At Montgomery Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut Street Gaithersburg, MD 20877$15
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i saw that, i don't really get out into moco though and am trying to be in nyc for pride. 3 ball's also doing a remezcla party up in nyc at some point though if i recall
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
dc's 8th annual capital salsa congress is this weekend, looks like i'll be performing saturday night with the clavekazi student team
new swing sextet will be live during the social dancing
http://www.capitalcongress.com
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
I was trying to bump this thread last night to see if anyone else was at the Grass Widow show, but couldn't find it on Zing. :-/
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
I don't remember being wowed by Grass Widow when I saw 'em open for the Raincoats, but everyone else seems to like them. Are Priests, who were one of the opening acts, as great a DC punk band as folks are saying?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
what's Zing
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
Is it a search engine that is even worse than "Bing"?
City Paper says:
Fort Reno's first night is Monday, June 18, and Teen Mom is headlining, joined by Alarms & Controls and Upforth. Music runs 7 to 9:30 p.m. No glass bottles, y'all.
About the bands: My colleagues and I have praised Teen Mom's pastoral, melanchonly jangle pop. The well-pedigreed Alarms & Controls plays mathy, austere punk, and features members of Crownhate Ruin and Circus Lupus. And Upforth is a teenage progressive metal band featuring one member of recent WCP cover heroes The Black Sparks.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
Are Priests, who were one of the opening acts, as great a DC punk band as folks are saying?
This is all I can find on them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aA7LWWZdDA
― Walter Galt, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Priests had their moments, but they desperately need a bass player. The singer occasionally straps on a bass and plays a bit, but she doesn't have the skillz quite yet, especially when she's singing at the same time. as a result a lot of the songs have no bass, which is fine, except that the guitar player isn't all that great either and can't fill up the space with enough interesting stuff. the drummer actually sang on one song and was pretty great, kind of in a yelpy sing-song way which would've gotten old over a full set, but a nice break nonetheless.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
Zing is the ILX app for iPhone.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Valerie from dcist was tweeting about how great Priests are, and I thought someone at the CP liked 'em too (but I didn't find a link)
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
quite a fall shaping up for U Hall:
8/17 Juan Maclean8/18 Fred Falke9/15 Maximo Park9/21 - Nina Kraviz9/26 - John Talabot9/29 - Grimes & Elite Gymnastics
― skip, Thursday, 14 June 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
Grimes show will probably sell out today
― that's a clown question, bro (I DIED), Thursday, 14 June 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
a friend / fellow radio cpr'r does vocals in a punk band "Mary Christ" i hadn't been paying attention to until i heard this track off of their forthcoming 7", into it
http://marychrist.bandcamp.com/album/mary-christ
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 14 June 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if Deathfix are any good. They're at Comet tonight and I've seen mentioned on facebook and elsewhere. CP says they're the moody pop band led by Rich Morel and Fugazi's Brendan Canty
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 June 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
They're at the Rock n Roll Hotel I mean. They played Comet previously
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 June 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
You weren't kidding
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Friday, 15 June 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
glad I snapped a couple up now.
― skip, Saturday, 16 June 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
i need to get rid of an extra for destroyer tonight, if anybody's planning on going
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 16 June 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
i would love to go, but got no money
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 16 June 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
during that priests set in the video i was about 30 feet away washing dishes and the sound was shit (uh, in the park surrounded by buildings) so i didn't really dig it, but i hear nothing but good things otherwise.
also lol @ pat wandering into the shot near the end
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
Pat showing up in the video is somehow less surprising than Pat not showing up
― I DIED, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 06:29 (twelve years ago) link
i just love the way he wanders in and kinda shuffles his feet
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 06:58 (twelve years ago) link
Amanda Mackaye as of this morning does not have a rest of the summer Fort Reno schedule up on their website. However, Edie Sedgwick will perform along with Art Sorority for Girls and Brenda at Fort Reno tonight Thursday June 21. I'm gonna be home hitting the keys on my laptop for some pieces I'm writing, so I'll miss the show and the Bad Brains movie doc that is at the AFI Silverdocs fest tonight (and tomorrow I think). Marc Anderson of Positive Force has a City Paper cover story on the Bad Brains (and HR's woes).
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
there's smatterings of reno schedule in the fb grouphttp://www.facebook.com/groups/47168432643/
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Bad Brains movie doc is tonight and Saturday
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42901/i-against-i-thirty-years-after-the-golden-age-of/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 June 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Fort Reno schedule finally announced:
Monday, June 18thTeen Mom, Alarms & Controls, Upforth
Thursday, June 21stEdie Sedgwick, Art Sorority for Girls, Brenda
Monday, June 25thThe Torches, Musicband, The NV's
Thursday, June 28thSeamonsters, Treble Lifter, The Admins
Monday, July 2ndGive, Coup Sauvage, Boris Milic
Thursday, July 5thTroll Tax, Big Mouth, Atoms Apart
Monday, July 9thMobius Strip, Hey Arbore, East Paw
Thursday, July 12thNunchucks, RCRDS, Satori Trova
Monday, July 16thCigarbox Planetarium, Alma Tropicalia, Nox
Thursday, July 19thDeathfix, TBD, Hen of the Woods
Monday, July 23rdMax Levine Ensemble, Flex Matthews, TBD
Thursday, July 26thTBD, More Humans, Grammar
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 21 June 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
I know Deathfix, and Cigarbox and Alma , and More Humans and Max Levine, but not most of 'em. Any suggestions?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 June 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
i really like max levine ensemble, but i seem to be in the minority among my friends
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 23 June 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/06/22/your-latin-and-caribbean-music-weekend/
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 June 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
Some bands I'm down with:
http://trolltax.bandcamp.com/
Troll Tax (July 5) are shouty and super fun, kinda Rezillos/B-52's vibe. Recommended.
http://wearenunchucks.bandcamp.com/
Nunchucks (July 12) do better-than-average power pop revisionism somewhere on the Teenage Fanclub/Sloan continuum (when the harmonies come in, anyway).
http://grammarva.bandcamp.com/
Grammar (July 26) maybe lean a little too heavily on the usual early-00's DC dancepunk influences for their own good, but I'm still a total sucker for that kind of stuff.
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 23 June 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
Cool.
Saw the well-made Bad Brains movie doc last night. Wow, very emotional. HR was in the audience wearing a woman's wig both Thursday and last night. Sad.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Marc Anderson asked HR about his health afterwards and he insisted he was fine.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Saw some nice footage of Chuck Brown's band playing at the Barbeque batle on Saturday. What a tight unit. Sadly without the lead vocalist, but doing their best to compensate.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
A busy Tuesday: White Lung and Mary Christ looks good at Joint Custody; Mean Jeans at Comet; Billy Bragg at Birchmere; and Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars at the Hamilton. I'm tired though and may not make any of 'em
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link