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Music Park: Superchunk @ Ottobar — 2/15/17

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Music Park: Superchunk @ Ottobar — 2/15/17

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Superchunk rocks a sold-out Ottobar on Feb. 15, 2018 (Photo by David LaMason)

Hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Superchunk has been blazing punk riffs for just shy of 30 years. Although the band needs no introduction perhaps what is needed is a reintroduction. Superchunk — consisting of Mac McCaughan (vocals/guitar), Laura Balance (bass), Jim Wilbur (guitar), and Jon Wurster (drums) — just released their 11th studio album, What a Time to Be Alive, this past Friday. On the night before, they played to a sold-out crowd at Ottobar in Baltimore.

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Music Park: Melanie Fiona @ Howard Theatre — 2/13/18

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Music Park: Melanie Fiona @ Howard Theatre — 2/13/18

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Melanie Fiona performs on May 2, 2013. (Photo by Avital Zemer)

Dubbed our friendly neighbor to the north, Canada has a history of R&B generosity to the United States. Deborah Cox, Tamia and The Weekend are proof that the nation of maples is a credible musical partner, and 34-year-old Quiet Storm songstress and Toronto-native Melanie Fiona is no exception as we saw at the Howard Theatre recently.

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Snapshots: Palehound @ Union Stage — 2/10/18

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Snapshots: Palehound @ Union Stage — 2/10/18

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Ellen Kempner fronts Palehound at Union Stage on Feb. 10, 2018. (Photo by Isaiah Hattix)

Palehound performed at Union Stage recently in a tour following their release of A Place I’ll Always Go, the band’s sophomore full-length album published last summer via Polyvinyl Records. Isaiah Hattix snapped Palehound in action during their co-headlining show with Weaves

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Snapshots: Sleigh Bells @ 9:30 Club — 2/14/18

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Snapshots: Sleigh Bells @ 9:30 Club — 2/14/18

Sleigh Bells perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Alexis Krauss fronts Sleigh Bells at 9:30 Club on Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson)

There are worse ways to spend Valentine’s Day than getting your face melted off by Sleigh Bells’ monster riffs and senses-assaulting light show in a very crowded 9:30 Club.

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Music Park: Grace VanderWaal @ 9:30 Club — 2/7/18

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Music Park: Grace VanderWaal @ 9:30 Club — 2/7/18

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Grace VanderWaal performs at 9:30 Club on Feb. 7, 2018. (Photo by Theresa C. Sanchez)

Kids say the darnedest things, especially when prompted by a pint-sized pop star.

“Make them say Ring Pops.”

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Snapshots: Trey Anastasio @ Sixth & I — 2/14/18

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Snapshots: Trey Anastasio @ Sixth & I — 2/14/18

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Trey Anastasio performs at Sixth & I on Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

In his solo album Traveler, released in 2012 and co-produced with Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Jónsi), Trey Anastasio imagines a convergence of the many roads he has taken in his remarkable musical career. That convergence was on display Valentine’s Day evening at Sixth & I, where the frontman for Phish took the stage for a solo acoustic performance in a sold-out show.

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Don’t Miss: Palm @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 3/24/18

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Don’t Miss: Palm @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 3/24/18

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Palm (Photo by Dylan Pearce)

Noise rock quartet Palm released Rock Island, their latest full-length album, via Carpark Records on Feb. 9. The Philadelphia-based band are on tour with a stop at Rock and Roll Hotel on Saturday, March 24.

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Music Park: Carla Bruni @ The Birchmere — 2/13/18

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Music Park: Carla Bruni @ The Birchmere — 2/13/18

CarlaBruni07 Carla Bruni performs at The Birchmere on Feb. 13, 2018.

“I was in Washington, DC, not too long ago in a different capacity,” said Carla Bruni, former first lady of France, at The Birchmere on Tuesday night, “but I much prefer to be here at The Birchmere.”

During a sold-out show at The Birchmere, worldly charm and poise were in great supply as the singer and model brought with her sophisticated sensibilities and class not generally found on some farflung US stages.

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Don’t Miss: Xylouris White @ Creative Alliance at The Patterson, 3/1/18

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Don’t Miss: Xylouris White @ Creative Alliance at The Patterson, 3/1/18

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Xylouris White (Photo courtesy Bella Union)

Greek singer and lute player George Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White together are known as Xylouris White, and the duo released their third album, Mother, on Jan. 19 via Bella Union. The duo will soon tour the United States with a date in Baltimore at the Creative Alliance at The Patterson on Thursday, March 1.

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Ticket Giveaway: Lights @ 9:30 Club, 2/27/18

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Ticket Giveaway: Lights @ 9:30 Club, 2/27/18

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Canadian singer-songwriter Lights released Skin & Earth, her fourth studio album, in December. And on Feb. 15, she launches her We Were Here Tour, which stops at 9:30 Club on Tuesday, Feb. 27. You can win tickets to see Lights with Parklife DC!

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