Den-Mate (Photo courtesy Babe City Records)
Jules Hale, better known to us in DC as Den-Mate, published a new EP Entropii earlier this month, and she’s performing at Black Cat on Wednesday, April 19, in a show to celebrate the record release.
Snapshots: Baroness @ 9:30 Club — 4/12/17
Baroness performs at 9:30 Club on April 12, 2017. (Photo by Paivi)
Baroness hit 9:30 Club last week to help DC Brau celebrate its sixth anniversary during the Craft Brewer’s Conference.
Music Park: Damaged City Fest @ St. Stephen’s Church/Black Cat/The Pinch — 4/6-4/9/17
Flasher (Photo by Audrey Melton)
Underneath the million dollar houses, luxury condominiums, and the ever-blowing hot air that is Capitol Hill, there lies a thriving sub (or counter) culture of punks. Home to famous acts like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, and Fugazi (Ian MacKaye is pretty much the DC punk scene of the 80s), DC has produced some kick-ass punk and hardcore bands.
And for the past half-decade, Damaged City Fest has been a showcase of the best local hardcore and punk bands that our city has to offer. This year, for four nights on April 6-9, across 3 venues, 40 bands came together to display what DIY hardcore punk has grown to be.
DJ Park: Deadmau5 @ Merriweather Post Pavilion — 4/8/17
Deadmau5 atop his technologically advanced 2.1 Cube at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on March 29, 2017. (Photo by Charles Kang.)
The spring night began in anticipation as fans awaited from high in the lawn to deep in the pit for Joel Zimmerman’s performance. And Joel, better known as Deadmau5, delivered a performance I’ll always remember at Merriweather Post Pavilion on April 8.
Don’t Miss: Vérité @ 9:30 Club, 4/16/17
Vérité (Photo by Chad Kamenshine)
Kelsey Byrne, aka Vérité, has released a string of EPs since her debut in 2014, and now she’s set to release her debut full-length album, Somewhere in Between, via Kobalt on June 23. On her way to her record release, Vérité stops at 9:30 Club to open for Betty Who on Sunday, April 16. The show is sold out, but get there early for Vérité if you already have tickets!
Stars and Bars: Closing Time @ Craft Brewers Conference — 4/13/17
Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe addresses the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference at the Washington Convention Center. (Photo © Brewers Association)
The Brewers Association today closed a successful Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America (CBC) at the Washington Convention Center, reporting attendance of 13,000 brewing professionals and more than 900 exhibitors to exchange information and expertise around craft brewing.
DJ Park: Bakermät @ Echostage — 4/7/17
Bakermät plays a set in Zurich, Switzerland, on Feb. 15, 2014. (Photo by abstrkt.ch)
Lodewijk Fluttert, better known as Bakermät, came to Echostage on Friday, April 7 with a partner for a live set filled with saxophone solos!
Don’t Miss: Methyl Ethel @ DC9, 4/22/17
Methyl Ethel (Photo by Anna Victoria Best)
Methyl Ethel have been taking Australia by storm with the catchy dreampop on their sophomore album Everything Is Forgotten, released last month via 4AD. The band is charging across the world for a US tour, and they will land at DC9 on Saturday, April 22.
New Release: ‘Best of Crime Rock’ by Chain and the Gang, 6/2/17
Chain and the Gang (Photo by Jamie Goodsell)
As you may have heard, Chain and the Gang, the rock ‘n’ roll outfit fronted by the irrepressible Ian Svenonius, have returned! They hit Australia and New Zealand for a tour last month. But you may not have yet heard that Chain and the Gang today announced a new album, Best of Crime Rock, due out June 2 via In the Red Records.
Snapshots: Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow (@ Retro Futura Tour [Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, Md.], 7/30/17)
![Snapshots: Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow (@ Retro Futura Tour [Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, Md.], 7/30/17)](https://i0.wp.com/parklifedc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bow-wow-wow-81-1350-26a.jpg?fit=640%2C434&ssl=1 "Snapshots: Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow (@ Retro Futura Tour [Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, Md.], 7/30/17)")
Annabella Lwin at Dreamland in San Francisco on Sept. 28, 1981. (Photo by Chester Simpson)
The fascinating thing about hitting pop stardom in 1980 when you’re aged 13 — like Annabella Lwin, former lead singer of Bow Wow Wow — is that some 37 years later you might still have energy and creativity yet to tour anew. In the case of Annabella, Baltimore receives a treat when she appears on the bill of the Retro Futura Tour, replacing Paul Young on one of the dates for the traveling ’80s festival, on Sunday, July 30.