Steel Panther perform at The National in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday, April 17, 2017.
To hear the roar of Steel Panther is to flash back to glam metal glory days of the 1980s, emphasis on the flashing.
Music Park: Steel Panther @ The National (Richmond, Va.) — 4/17/17
Don’t Miss: Brian Wilson @ Lincoln Theatre, 5/4/17
Brian Wilson (Photo courtesy the artist)
The legendary Brian Wilson will appear for two nights at the Lincoln Theatre on Wednesday, May 3, and Thursday, May 4, to celebrate the seminal Beach Boys album Pet Sounds in what he’s calling final performances of the album. Wednesday is sold out, but amazingly tickets still remain for the Thursday night show.
Don’t Miss: Beauty Pill @ Black Cat, 4/29/17
Beauty Pill (Photo by Stefano Giovanni)
DC chamber pop collective Beauty Pill released an experimental album, Beauty Pill Describes Things as They Are, in 2015, but they will finally give the album its full measure on a tour with no wave pioneer Arto Lindsay, starting next week, with a stop at Black Cat on Saturday, April 29.
Don’t Miss: Cindy Alexander @ La Mexicana (Gaithersburg, Md.), 5/18/17
Cindy Alexander (Photo courtesy Blue Élan Records)
Singer-songwriter Cindy Alexander is touring the United States this summer with a special stop in DC metro in partnership with the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Cindy will play a special dinnertime show at La Mexicana (16143 Shady Grove Rd., Gaithersburg, Maryland) on Thursday, May 18.
Ticket Giveaway: Rostam @ 9:30 Club, 5/2/17
Rostam Batmanglij, the former member of Vampire Weekend who goes only by his first name, is gearing up to drop his first full-length solo album, and he’s performing at 9:30 Club on Tuesday, May 2. You can win tickets to see him!
Music Park: Vérité @ 9:30 Club — 4/16/17
Vérité sings at 9:30 Club on Sunday, April 16, 2017.
After a few songs at 9:30 Club on Sunday night, Vérité turned to a much anticipated cover.
“I didn’t write this one,” Vérité said with a smile to a pretty full house, gathering to see her and Betty Who in a sold-out show that night. She then launched into her cover of “Somebody Else” by the 1975.
Don’t Miss: Den-Mate @ Black Cat, 4/19/17
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.