David Wax Museum fuses elements of Americana, rock, and Mexican folk into an uplifting blend of catchy, engaging music. They recently brought their show to Annapolis’s Rams Head On Stage with support from Elizabeth and the Catapult.
The Saturday performance of Steinza at Pearl Street Warehouse on April 11 was a special stop on the tour. It was stripped of heavy production; in fact, it was stripped of Steinza’s whole backing band.
Pink Talking Fish recently brought its genre-blending concept to The Hamilton Live, delivering a two-set performance that seamlessly fused the music of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, and Phish. The quartet — bassist Eric Gould, keyboardist Richard James, guitarist Cal Kehoe, and drummer Zack Burwick — approached the evening less like a traditional tribute show and more like a musical experiment, weaving the catalogs of three legendary bands into a cohesive live narrative.
Following the release of their 2020 album, Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones, The Neighbourhood entered an indefinite hiatus in late 2021. After five years away, the group resurfaced to release their fifth studio album, (((((ultraSOUND))))), in November, shortly announcing a world tour in support of the album. The demand for the return was so strong that the show at The Anthem sold out almost instantly, which led to a second night being added.
I don’t normally go to tribute shows, but the Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co. show at the Black Cat Friday evening was different. This wasn’t a cover band playing Jason Molina’s songs. Will Johnson, who handled lead vocals, made an album with Jason (Johnson & Molina), and he played with Jason’s band, The Magnolia Electric Co. It was an intense marathon of a show, two sets plus encores, that covered the breadth of Molina’s catalog.
From the start, you could tell this wasn’t going to be a casual background-noise kind of show. You could sense it walking along The Wharf to The Anthem in Washington DC.
People were there early, staking out spots along the rail, leaning on merch counters, scanning the stage like they might catch a clue about how the night would unfold. After all, legendary hard rockers Bush were in town to play their biggest solo DC headlining date ever.
The improvisational trio LaMP recently turned Pearl Street Warehouse into something closer to a musical workshop than a conventional concert stage. Over the course of two expansive sets — each stretching roughly 70 to 80 minutes — the band delivered a groove-driven performance built almost entirely on spontaneity, intuition, and the chemistry between three musicians who seemed less interested in presenting finished songs than in exploring ideas together in real time.
Reverend Horton Heat, the rockabilly greats from Dallas, Texas, recently stopped in at Rams Head on Stage for a show during their current US tour. The three-band showcase of music from Texas was outstanding finishing with a fantastic headlining show by Horton Heat.
A Tuesday night show in Harrisburg feels a little more personal, like the crowd had to make a decision to be there. No coasting in on a weekend vibe, no casual “why not” energy. You show up because you want it. That was the mood walking into the Capital City Music Hall for a recent headlining performance by Pop Evil.
There are concerts, and then there are full-blown theatrical experiences — and on a recent night in Washington, DC, The Last Dinner Party delivered something closer to the latter at The Anthem. In fact, at times, the show felt less like a setlist and more like a narrative unfolding in real time.
Hailing from the UK, The Last Dinner Party is a five-person band that played their very first US show at DC’s Atlantis in 2023. The band consists of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass), and Aurora Nishevci (keyboards, vocals).
Due to injury, Georgia Davies was not present. The band dedicated “On Your Side” to Georgia as well as anyone who went to their first US show in 2023.
