Michael Schenker plays guitar with Michael Schenker Fest at The Fillmore Silver Spring on March 6, 2018. (Photo by Chris Smyth)
Kicking off a North American Tour at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Tuesday, Michael Schenker Fest were a force of rock that felt like a throwback to the ’70s and ’80s with their fast-paced songs and frequent guitar solos by lead guitarist and band namesake, Michael Schenker.
Of Montreal (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Kevin Barnes and company release White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood, the 15th studio album for Of Montreal, on Friday, March 9, via Polyvinyl Records. The band perform at 9:30 Club on Sunday, March 25, and you can win tickets to go with Parklife DC.
The Bad Plus (Photo courtesy Blues Alley)
Bassist Reid Anderson and drummer David King formed jazz trio The Bad Plus in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with pianist Ethan Iverson in 2000. Ethan departed the trio after their 12th studio album, leading Reid and Dave to recruit pianist Orrin Evans. The revitalized group published a new album, Never Stop II, on Jan. 18. Now, the trio will perform at Blues Alley over three days — on Friday, March 9, Saturday, March 10, and Sunday, March 11 for two shows each day!
Lil Xan performs at U Street Music Hall on March 4, 2018. (Photo by Chris Castillo)
Rapper Diego Leanos, better known as Lil Xan, entertained during a sold-out show at U Street Music Hall on Sunday. Chris Castillo was there to photograph that show!
Dermot Kennedy (Photo courtesy Tap Management)
Dermot Kennedy stopped in Baltimore for the first time and I had the pleasure of being there to witness a young, international breakout artist in his first local performance.
Mundy Spears performs at DC9 on March 3, 2018. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
Vocalist Mundy Spears is a new wave revelation, packing a petite punch as frontwoman for a band bearing her name and backing the glam punk rocker with euphonious old-school funk.
Mundy was first up on a winning bill at DC9 on Saturday to open surf rockers High Waisted — and wow did she start the evening off right!
Jessica Louise Dye (right) fronts High Waisted at DC9 on Saturday. (Photo by Ben Eisendrath /Instagram+Twitter: Insomnigraphic/GrillworksBen)
New York surf rockers High Waisted visited DC9 on Saturday, surprising concert-goers like me with a new line-up! Apparently, the new band made its first public performances only recently, and Jessica Louise Dye (vocals/guitar), Jono Bernstein (drums), Andrea Scanniello (bass), and Megan Talay (guitar) dropped by DC to rock in one of the reconfigured band’s first performances!
LA Salami (Photo courtesy PIAS)
Lookman Adekunle Salami, better known as LA Salami, will release his full-length sophomore album, The City of Bootmakers, through Sunday Best Recordings on April 13. The week prior, he will perform at DC9 on Tuesday, April 7.
Skinny Lister (Photo by Connor MacRae)
UK folk band Skinny Lister released The Devil, The Heart & The Fight, their third studio album, in 2016, but the sextet is in the United States on a tour right now — tonight in Kansas City, Missouri, arriving locally to perform at the Rock and Roll Hotel in DC on Tuesday, March 13.
Beth Ditto (Photo courtesy Virgin Records)
After 17 years with soulful punk band The Gossip, Beth Ditto went solo last year, releasing her debut album, Fake Sugar, via Virgin Records. Beth toured after the album but she’s coming back to DC for a second round with a show at 9:30 Club on Saturday, March 10.
