Khruangbin performs at The Anthem on Oct. 3, 2018. (Photo by Will Colbert)
Houston, Texas three-piece band Khruangbin was in town recently, supporting fellow Texan Leon Bridges on the Good Thing Tour. Band members Laura Lee on bass, guitarist Mark Speer, and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson, brought their soul-infused psychedelic funk to DC’s The Anthem theater for the sold-out show.
Leon Bridges performs at The Anthem on Oct. 3, 2018. (Photo by Will Colbert)
If you’re not from Texas, you may not know that Fort Worth is also known as Funky Town. This often overlooked city, 32 miles east of Dallas, is also home to soul and R&B singer Leon Bridges. The DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) singer-songwriter made a recent stop in the DMV to perform to a sold-out concert hall audience at The Anthem.
Hozier performs at the Lincoln Theatre on Oct. 2, 2018. (Photo by Mark Caicedo)
The sell-out crowd for Hozier’s Lincoln Theater appearance recently was a standing-room, line-the-walls affair, which had the entire crowd up and dancing from the moment he walked onstage.
Slaves perform at DC9 on Sept. 30, 2018. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
UK duo Slaves released their third album, Acts of Fear and Love, in August through AMF/Virgin EMI. The punk rockers performed at DC9 recently.
88rising (Photo courtesy Biz3)
88rising isn’t a band — it’s a company! But in the 88 Degrees and Rising Tour at MGM National Harbor on Oct. 9, he media, marketing, and record firm heralds its hot mix of artists, including Joji, NIKI, Rich Brian, Higher Brothers, and others.
Lucero (Photo by Dan Ball)
Memphis alt-country quintet Lucero recently released their celebrated new album Among the Ghosts, their first for Nashville indie label Thirty Tigers. The gents roll into 9:30 Club for a show on Sunday, Oct. 14.
The Milk Carton Kids (Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins)
The Milk Carton Kids released All The Things That I Did and All The Things That I Didn’t Do, their second full-length record, in June via Anti- Records. The duo perform at the Lincoln Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 13.
Goo Goo Dolls (Photo by Mark Dellas)
Alt-rockers Goo Goo Dolls hit The Anthem on Saturday, Oct. 13, in celebration of the 20 anniversary of their smash album Dizzy Up the Girl! The band will perform the album in its entirety, including of course hit songs “Dizzy,” “Slide,” and “Iris.”
Murder By Death (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Indie folk rockers Murder by Death released The Other Shore, their eighth studio album, earlier this year, and they are charging toward a show at 9:30 Club on Friday, Oct. 12!
Tim Burgess fronts The Charlatans UK at U Street Music Hall on Oct. 2, 2018. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)
There is nothing quite like seeing the eternally youthful Tim Burgess, frontman of The Charlatans UK, bound about a stage, which he did with exuberance in performance with his band at U Street Music Hall on Oct. 2. Jason Nicholson was there to capture the action!
