Mike Score recently led his new-look 21st century iteration of A Flock of Seagulls into a show inside of Washington, DC — their first solo headlining gig there in a long time — and they turned the sold-out room at The Atlantis in a a bonafide dance party.
Willie Nile soon releases a new album (he has an album release show planned for New York City in June), and he’s been on the road introducing some of his new songs into his set. He recently performed live at The Collective Encore, in Columbia, Maryland, and Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show.
Some years ago, Steve Earle — a man who knows goods songs — said that the best writers and artists in Nashville today are all women. One of the people he had in mind may very well have been Ashley Monroe. She’s an ace songwriter whose found her greatest success in writing for other artists, but she’s also made a series of terrific albums. The quality of her writing and singing was on full display when she recently appeared at The Atlantis in a stripped-down set.
English indie rockers The Kooks perform at The Anthem on Wednesday, June 4, in support of their new album, Never/Know! You can win a pair of tickets to see The Kooks on the All Over the World Tour with Parklife DC.
Gruff Rhys is touring the 10th anniversary of American Interior, and he recently dropped by DC9 for a performance on the tour. Nalinee Darmrong was there to photograph the show.
Each time flipturn’s played somewhere in the DMV, it’s felt like a victory, a milestone celebration for the indie rock band out of Fernandina Beach, Fla.
Fitting it was this past Sunday night for the group to stuff The Anthem to the gills with emotionally charged fans for what the bandmates said was its biggest headlining show yet.
California Guitar Trio performed live at Rams Head on Stage on April 12. Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show.
The War and Treaty released Plus One, their fourth studio album, in February and then hit the road in support of the record! The husband-and-wife duo recently performed live at Howard Theatre in DC, and Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show.
Bright Eyes released Five Dice, All Threes, their 11th studio album, last year, and now hit the road in support of it! The band perform live at The Anthem on Saturday, April 20.
It’s been a few years since the release of Snow Patrol’s last record, Wildness, and their last stop in Washington, DC. But on Friday, the Scots-Irish band brought a career-spanning show to The Anthem on the tail of their new record, The Forest is the Path.
The Forest is the Path, Snow Patrol’s eighth full-length album, not including compilations and singles collections. And the record may be one of their best with anthemic hooks galore, so I was really interested in seeing how these new tunes fit together in the set list.
The show was a seated affair, but as soon as the band took the stage everyone was standing and singing along to every word. Snow Patrol took the stage with the single, “Take Back The City,” from 2008’s A Hundred Million Suns with Lightbody taking the mic and moving back and forth across the stage, while both Nathan Connolly (/guitar) and Johnny McDaid (guitar/keys) rocked opposite sides of the stage, providing washes of distorted guitar.
