Live Review: Destroy Boys w/ Sasami and Chokecherry @ 9:30 Club — 11/17/24
Headliner Destroy Boys recently led a night of empowering punk music with support from Sasami and Chokecherry at 9:30 Club.
Live Review: Dawes w/ Winnetka Bowling League @ Warner Theatre — 11/21/24
Los Angeles’s Dawes, led by lead singer and songwriter Taylor Goldsmith, uniquely combine the lyrical sensibility of vintage Laurel Canyon songwriters with a hard-rocking attack that borrows from both the Grateful Dead and Neil Young. With Winnetka Bowling League opening for them, the band brought the best of contemporary SoCal sounds to the Warner Theatre in their recent performance there on the Oh Brother Tour.
Live Review: Ruf Records 30th Anniversary w/ Samantha Fish, Canned Heat, Ghalia Volt @ Warner Theatre — 11/20/24
Thirty years ago, German blues enthusiast Thomas Ruf founded the label that shares his name. More recently, the label celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Warner Theatre with a lineup of one-woman band Ghalia Volt, classic blues rockers Canned Heat, and Samantha Fish, who launched her career on the label as part of Girls With Guitars.
Live Review: Lucinda Williams @ Lincoln Theatre — 11/19/24
As much as any of her beloved songs, Lucinda Williams’s life is a great American story, from growing up as the child of a poet to becoming a rock ‘n roll survivor. For a couple of hours at the Lincoln Theatre, she recently shared songs, stories, and visuals — photos and videos — of her unique journey, as she brought her Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets Tour to DC.
Live Review: Lupe Fiasco @ Howard Theatre — 11/16/24
The Westside of Chicago’s God-MC Lupe Fiasco graced the stage at Howard Theatre recently on his Samurai Tour, supporting his most recent release of the same name.
Live Review: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway w/ Two Runner @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 11/16/24
Molly Tuttle Goes to The Fillmore
Words by Dan Rozman
Photos by Mark Raker
Grammy Award-winning Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway recently brought an incredible night of music to The Fillmore Silver Spring — and it was her first time ever playing at a Fillmore venue! At just 31 years old, Tuttle is proving herself to be one of the most exciting musicians in any genre.
“I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area going to the Fillmore in San Francisco,” she told the crowd, “so I’ve always dreamed of playing a Fillmore stage.”
Snapshots: Kinda Evil @ Black Cat w/ Cherub Tree and Cal Rifkin — 11/15/24
Kinda Evil recently released their debut album, Hard to Believe, and they performed in an album release show at Black Cat!
James Todd Miller was there to photograph the show.
Snapshots: The Wood Brothers @ Strathmore Music Center — 11/16/24
When they officially joined as a duo 20 years ago, Chris and Oliver Wood were packing small rooms. But most folks who turned out for those early shows had been lured by the music the brothers had made separately: Chris, as the bassist for the successful jazz fusion trio Medeski, Martin & Wood; Oliver, as the lead singer and guitarist of the southern blues rock outfit King Johnson.
Now respected far and wide for what they do together, the talented sibling songwriters have established themselves as one of the nation’s most endearing and delightful roots rock bands, and appearances at a long list of festivals and tours all over the map have made them a household name and a welcome companion for any listener.
Live Review: Tokyo Police Club @ Howard Theatre — 11/14/24
In 2010, Canadian post-punk quartet Tokyo Police Club visited DC for an edition of Red Bull Soundclash, an event that pit two musical acts of different genres against each other in an audience-driven “competition.” TPC “performed against” DC rapper Wale, and won.
But in recent remarks at the Howard Theatre, Tokyo Police Club frontman Dave Monks revealed his band cheated. “Our manager found the microphone they were using to measure audience reaction, brought it over to our side and give it to our fans, and they cheered right into it,” Dave said at the Howard. “We stole that shit, baby!”
Dave’s humorous recollection capped a long string of memorable visits to DC by Tokyo Police Club, who visited our city one last time for The Final Tour to call it a day.
Live Review: Sturgill Simpson @ The Anthem — 11/18/24
You’d never had known from his recent sold-out show at The Anthem that Sturgill Simpson suffered a vocal chord rupture a few years ago. In a three-hour marathon performance, Simpson sounded as good as he ever has, working his way through a fantastic set of originals and covers.
