Gary Numan performs at 9:30 Club on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)
Industrial pioneer Gary Numan enthralled a packed 9:30 Club for the second time in a year with a concept album themed around a post-apocalyptic future. Jason Nicholson took some photos!
Lykke Li (Photo courtesy RCA Records)
Lykke Li released So Sad So Sexy, her fourth studio album, via RCA Records on June 8, and now she performs at the Lincoln Theatre on Friday, Oct. 5.
Lenny Kravitz (Photo courtesy Press Here)
Nearly 30 years after he told us all to “Let Love Rule,” Lenny Kravitz recently released Raise Vibration, a record, for better or worse, still covering many of the same topics now three decades later. But cover them he did with vigorous conviction at The Anthem on Monday.
Buddy Guy performs at ACL Live on Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo courtesy Do512)
By turns funky, salty, entertaining, and educational, legendary bluesman Buddy Guy brought the party to The Birchmere on Monday. Showing off an arsenal of guitar tricks, playing blues classics, both his own and other artists’, Buddy brought the house down. This show was dirty blues with the fervor of a religious tent revival.
Future Islands (Photo courtesy 4AD)
Hey, Future Islands are in DC on Friday to play at The Anthem, and Parklife DC has a very quick ticket giveaway for you! You can win a pair of tickets to see Future Islands at The Anthem on Sept. 28.
Troye Sivan (Photo by Danielle DeGrasse)
Australian singer-songwriter Troy Sivan released Bloom, his second studio album, via Capitol Records in August, and he’s headlining The Anthem on Thursday, Oct. 4.
The Charlatans (Photo by Cat Stevens)
The Charlatans UK released Totally Eclipsing, a new EP, on June 8! The four-track album followed their latest full-length, 2017’s Different Days. Vocalist Tim Burgess and company are currently on a North American tour, and they visit U Street Music Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Marcia Ball (Photo by Mary Bruton)
Blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball released Shine Bright, her latest album, via Alligator Records this year, and she’s performing at City Winery DC on Monday, Oct. 1.
Farrington + Mann impressed as a standout act during Lost ’80s Live at Warner Theatre on Sept. 21, 2018. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
If a theater full of people singing their hearts out to “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock of Seagulls doesn’t move you, I don’t know what else to say! If it sounds pretty exciting, read on for a recap of Lost ’80s Live, the hit-a-minute machine that brought Gene Loves Jezebel, Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow, Farrington+Mann of When in Rome, Animotion, Naked Eyes, Wang Chung, and A Flock of Seagulls to the Warner Theatre on Friday.
Lee Ving fronts Fear at Baltimore Soundstage on Sept. 20, 2018. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)
Celebrating 40 years, hardcore punks Fear visited Baltimore Soundstage to rock irreverently in your face. Jason Nicholson got their faces on film.
