Preview: Mystery Friends @ The Atlantis, 1/26/24
DC new wave group Mystery Friends release their second full-length album, Utopia, this month — and to celebrate, they are headlining The Atlantis on Friday, Jan. 26.
Preview: TORRES @ The Atlantis, 1/24/24
TORRES — the recording project of New York artist Mackenzie Scott — announces her new album, What an enormous room, out January 26, 2024, on Merge.
Shortly before that release, TORRES performs at The Atlantis in DC for a show on Wednesday, Jan. 24!
Live Review: Fiddlehead @ St. Stephen’s Church — 1/5/24
The best kind of music is transformative, allowing the audience and performer to together create an alternate space where new thinking is possible and new rules apply. On Jan. 5, under three flourescent lightbulbs in the fellowship hall of St. Stephen’s Church, Boston hardcore band Fiddlehead did exactly that, transporting a crowd of DC punks to a world of hard-hitting melodic riffs, emotive lyrics, and stage diving backflips. Headlining a stacked East Coast bill including End It, Dazy, Final Gasp, and local band Flowers for the Dead, Fiddlehead proved the continued relevancy and power of punk music as the DC scene heads into 2024.
Preview: Oliver Tree @ The Anthem, 1/24/24
Now boasting more than 5B global streams, over 1B YouTube views, over 15M TikTok followers, and an cumulative social reach of over 30M, Oliver Tree is an internationally-acclaimed, multi-platinum vocalist, producer, writer, director, and performance artist whose work explores the sonic intersection where pop and alternative meet and where art and entertainment visually collide.
Oliver Tree performs at The Anthem in DC on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
Live Review: Dan Deacon Ensemble @ Ottobar — 12/31/23
New Year’s Eve can most certainly unmask the nuttiness of any given city, but for those with a fruitful and thriving music scene, it’s an occasion to celebrate the rewarding year that’s been with optimism and excitement for what’s ahead.
Throughout 2023, Baltimore continued to shine as an important hub not only for musicians hailing from the Charm City or those who might now call it home, but for the many who visit on an annual basis to play to eager, attentive folks from all walks of life.
Fitting it was to welcome in this New Year at one of the city’s most storied venues with one of its most impressive artists, a human who continues to build an unbelievable resume and push his own boundaries as a brilliant composer and a master of electronic music devices.
Dan Deacon assembled a cast of outstanding musicians and close friends to present the Dan Deacon Ensemble at Ottobar on New Year’s Eve, selling out the joint and serving up a set of his most momentous and moving compositions in their plenitude as part of an unforgettable year-end bash.
Preview: Dylan LeBlanc @ Songbyrd Music House, 1/23/24
Acclaimed singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Dylan LeBlanc performs at Songbyrd Music House on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
LeBlanc is touring in support of Coyote, his new cinematic folk rock concept album that has received praise from American Songwriter, No Depression, Far Out, PopMatters, and more since its Oct. 20 release on ATO Records.
Preview: The Charlatans UK and Ride @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 1/17/24
Ride and The Charlatans UK are two seminal Britpop bands celebrating anniversaries. In the case of Ride, the band’s debut album Nowhere turned 30 in 2020, and the quartet have been celebrating in a series of post-COVID concerts. For The Charlatans, the band’s sophomore record, Between 10th and 11th, turned 30 in 2022.
The bands visited the USA together on their joint Between Nowhere Tour in 2022, but they missed a few cities, including the Washington, DC metro area. The Britpop giants now return, however, with a date at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, Jan. 17.
Live Review: Fruition w/ Sarah Shook & The Disarmers @ Wild Buffalo House of Music (Bellingham, WA) — 12/28/23
As the year 2023 wound down, Bellingham’s Wild Buffalo House of Music was the place to be where Fruition, in its first area show in six years, gave an electrifying, and intimate, performance. From the opening notes of “Labor of Love” to the closing encore, “Boil Over,” the band had the near sold-out crowd dancing and singing along all night.
Snapshots: David Wax Museum @ Songbyrd Music House — 12/27/23
In 2022, David Wax suffered a sudden and inexplicable collapse. Heading for a heart catheterization in his hometown of Columbia, Missouri, he had a revelation. “Lying there on that stretcher the thing that kept running through my mind was: at least we made You Must Change Your Life,” Wax said. “Whatever else happened, I felt at peace because this record exists.”
David Wax Museum has visited DC several times in the past year to spotlight the new record, You Must Change Your Life, released last May via Nine Mile Records. The band most recently appeared at Songbyrd Music House shortly after Christmas, and Parklife DC’s Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show.
Preview: TOOL @ CFG Bank Arena — 1/10/24
TOOL make their return Baltimore with one of the first big concerts of 2024 and a date at CFG Bank Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 10.
