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Live Review: Blackberry Smoke @ Capital One Hall — 9/5/26

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Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr leads the band through its 25-year catalog at Capital One Hall in Tysons, Va., on Sept. 5, 2026. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

A 25th-anniversary tour can easily turn into a museum exhibit. The hits come out in predictable order, the deep cuts disappear, and the whole night becomes a carefully polished reminder of what a band used to be.

Blackberry Smoke took a different approach Saturday night at Capital One Hall in Tysons. Over roughly two decades’ worth of material, the Atlanta band treated its catalog less like a finished history and more like a working repertoire, pulling songs apart, folding other songs into them and moving freely between eras without much concern for which album was supposed to matter most.

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Live Review: Social Distortion and Descendents @ The Anthem — 9/4/26

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Andrew Goodwin
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Social Distortion (Photo by Jonathan Weiner)

There is something deeply reassuring about walking into The Anthem in 2026 and seeing a crowd that looks suspiciously like the audience I remember seeing at punk shows 25 years ago…except now of course many of us have children, lower back problems, and a much more complicated relationship with our metabolisms.

Such was the scene on Sept. 4, when two of Southern California’s foundational punk institutions, Descendents and Social Distortion, descended upon Southwest DC for an evening of loud guitars, youthful (ha!) rebellion, and the collective realization that apparently none of us have actually grown up.

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Live Review: Quicksand @ 9:30 Club — 8/31/26

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Quicksand perform live at 9:30 Club on August 31, 2026. (Photo by Marc Shea)

Quicksand released their debut album, Slip, in 1993. Mid-July 2026, the band released, in my opinion, one of their best albums to date, Bring On The Psychics. They are touring in support of the new album — and this time around, they’re playing as a trio.

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Live Review: In Color w/ Hana Eid @ The Atlantis — 8/25/26

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Carolin Harvey
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In Color perform live at The Atlantis on August 25, 2026. (Photo by Carolin Harvey)

“Friendship is the foundation” of In Color, your newest alt-pop-rock obsession.

Hailing from Nashville, In Color consists of Matthew “Matt” Hastings (vocals), Holden Clontz (bass), Miles Leaderman (drums), and Val Hoyt (guitar). Hoyt and Leaderman met in middle school, and both later attended Belmont University, where they eventually met Hastings and Clontz. All four were already involved in music, but the band ultimately came together during one fateful snowed-in weekend in 2024.

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Live Review: Chance The Rapper @ Nevermore Hall — 8/25/26

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AJ Waugh
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Chance the Rapper performs live at Nevermore Hall in Baltimore on August 25, 2026. (Photo by AJ Waugh)

Chance the Rapper took over Baltimore’s Nevermore Hall last week for a sold-out show on his Coloring Book 10 Year Anniversary Tour, celebrating the release of his 2016 breakout album. Coloring Book launched Chance into a household name, from becoming a judge on The Voice to having his own Kit Kat.

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Preview: The Wooten Brothers @ The Hamilton Live — 9/13/26

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Sean Spannuth
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The Wooten Brothers (Photo montage courtesy the band)

There are few families in live music that carry as much sheer power with combined improvisational instinct as The Wooten Brothers. On Sunday, Sept. 13, five-time Grammy winner Victor Wooten and his brothers bring their full setup to The Hamilton Live for an absolute clinic in funk, jazz, and soul presented by All Good Presents.

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Live Review: James Taylor and His Allstar Band @ Wolf Trap — 8/30/26

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Ari Strauss
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James Taylor opens the first night of a three-show run at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

A line of severe weather pushed James Taylor’s Sunday night return to Wolf Trap back by roughly 20 minutes, a delay made largely out of consideration for the thousands of people sitting exposed on the lawn. By the time Taylor and his All-Star Band finally walked onstage, the rain had not entirely given up, but neither had the crowd of dedicated James Taylor fans. The pavilion was full, the lawn remained populated, and there was remarkably little sense that anyone’s enthusiasm had been washed away.

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Live Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band w/ Lukas Nelson @ Wolf Trap — 8/28/26

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Mark Engleson
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Tedeschi Trucks Band (Photo by David McClister)

The legendary Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt said there’s only two kinds of music: the blues and “Zippity Doo Dah.” My own spin on that is that it all breaks down to good music and bad music. Trying to categorize the Tedeschi Trucks Band or Lukas Nelson is a pointless exercise: They draw from all the rivers of American music, and even beyond. Moreover, they do it with the utmost skill. Friday night’s show at Wolf Trap was full of great songs, soaring vocals, and brilliant playing.

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Preview: Social Distortion w/ Descendents @ The Anthem — 9/4/26

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Social Distortion (Photo by Jonathan Weiner)

Social Distortion released its long-awaited eighth album, Born To Kill, May 8 via Epitaph Records. The new record wastes no time letting the listener know where its heart is: its hard-charging title track — named as one of ROLLING STONE’s Best Songs of 2026 So Far — paying respects to Lou Reed (“Rock ’n’ Roll Animal gonna come your way!”) and Iggy and the Stooges (“The agenda is yeah to Search and Destroy”) and lionizing David Bowie (“It’s a Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide”) on “Partners in Crime.” This is a man, a band, and a record that wear their influences proudly while creating timeless anthems and ballads that chart Social Distortion’s path forward while celebrating its storied past.

Now on tour, Social Distortion perform live at The Anthem in DC on Friday, Sept. 4.

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Live Review: Blacktop Mojo w/ Bitter Luck and Seven Year Witch @ Pearl Street Warehouse — 8/27/26

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Michael Sprouse
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Blacktop Mojo perform live at Pearl Street Warehouse on August 27, 2026. (Photo by Michael Sprouse/ Odd Rocker Photography)

Blacktop Mojo Turns Pearl Street Warehouse Into a Southern Rock Revival

There’s something about a packed club show that an amphitheater simply can’t duplicate. The room is smaller, the lights are lower and, when the guitars kick in, there’s nowhere for anybody to hide.

Pearl Street Warehouse was made for nights like that: dark, intimate and perfectly suited for loud guitars, pounding drums, and screaming vocals.

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