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Sports Park: DC United @ CONCACAF Champions League, 3/1/16

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Sports Park: DC United @ CONCACAF Champions League, 3/1/16

CONCACAF Champions League

The U.S. Doesn’t Produce Champions and Other Soccer Statements

Clubs from Mexico have dominated the CONCACAF Champions League. (Note: CONCACAF stands for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.)

In fact, no other country has won this 24 soccer club competition since they changed the format in 2008 (to emulate the far more popular and successful European version known as the UEFA Champions League).

This particular competition suffers from a lack of true interest north of Mexico. Few in the U.S. follow and fewer still can be roused enough to cheer their Major League Soccer (MLS) team on to victory.

Eight teams remain in the 2015-2016 edition. Four U.S. clubs vs. four Mexican clubs. The team with the highest aggregate score over two games (home/away) advances to the next round.

Your DC United just happens to be one of the remaining U.S. clubs!

They play the second leg of the Quarterfinals tonight, March 1st, at RFK Stadium against the Mexican side, Club Queretaro. So rouse yourself and get your tickets now!

DC United lost 2-0 on the road to Queretaro last week, so they have their work cut out for them. But you already knew that. Let’s see if the U.S. has what it takes.

 

CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals: DC United (USA) vs. Club Queretaro (Mexico)
RFK Stadium
Tuesday, March 1
8:00pm
$20-55
All ages

Music Park: Potty Mouth @ DC9 — 2/26/16

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Music Park: Potty Mouth @ DC9 — 2/26/16

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Touring guitarist, bassist Ally Einbinder, and vocalist/guitarist Abby Weems (with a peek of drummer Victoria Mandanas) of Potty Mouth perform at DC9 on Feb. 26, 2016. (Photo by Ben Eisendrath /Instagram+Twitter: GrillworksBen)

Girl band trio Potty Mouth have become more focused and crisp, and their music and performance have benefitted, as evidenced by a very full show at DC9 on Friday.

The Massachusetts-based band released a self-titled EP in August, and the ladies are on tour in support of it. In the two years since I saw them last, they lost a permanent member when they decided to focus on the work of their band and keep it growing despite finishing up at their women’s-only college. Vocalist/guitarist Abby Weems, bassist Ally Einbinder, and drummer Victoria Mandanas now tour with a rotating fourth member, and their continued dedication to their craft has born some fruit as the new songs are among their best live.

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Sports Park: Capitals Fortnightly Report Card — 2/15-2/28/16

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Sports Park: Capitals Fortnightly Report Card — 2/15-2/28/16

Washington Capitals Report Card

Fortnightly Record: 5-2 (10 pts)
Overall: 45-12-4 (94 pts)

Well, in the only game I managed to attend this season (February 24th against the Canadiens), the Capitals decided not to show up until the last ten minutes of the third period. Far too late to overcome a three goal deficit, but at least they kept it entertaining for those that stuck around.

With 21 games remaining, the Caps should have no problem qualifying for the playoffs. The only question is, can they finish the season as division winners, with the #1 seed AND have enough juice to make a run in the playoffs? We hope. We hope.

Alex Ovechkin brings his league leading goal scoring ability (40 goals) to the upcoming three game homestand. He looked flat and uninspired on the 24th, but rebounded for a goal in the game after. With 312 shots on goal so far this season (52 better than the next best), he is definitely getting his chances.

The Caps next play at home on Tuesday, March 1st against Pittsburgh. Then they play Toronto and New York Rangers to close out the homestand.

Get your tickets to the games here.

Results

February 16, 2016: Kings at Capitals – Win (3-1)

February 18, 2016: Capitals at Islanders – Win (3-2 OT)

February 20, 2016: Devils at Capitals – Win (4-3)

February 22, 2016: Coyotes at Capitals – Win (3-2)

February 24, 2016: Canadiens at Capitals – Loss (3-4) (Attended)

February 26, 2016: Wild at Capitals – Win (3-2)

February 28, 2016: Capitals at Blackhawks – Loss (2-3)

 

February 15-February 28 Fortnightly Report Card: B

 

2015-2016 Fortnightly Report Card Archive

Around Town: 88th Academy Awards, 2/28/16

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Around Town: 88th Academy Awards, 2/28/16

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The Martian and star Matt Damon were better than the author anticipated. (Photo courtesy Twentieth Century Fox)

Big movie stars will gather for the 88th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 28, in Los Angeles. In DC, we have a number of Oscar parties to choose from if we want to get in on the glitz.

Last year, I attended the shindig thrown by the Washington Film Institute at Malmaison (3401 Water St. NW, DC) in Georgetown. It’s a fine option if you care more about being seen than seeing what happens at the Oscars. (You cannot. Although the show is running, the room is way too loud and busy for you to actually watch.) This year, I may opt for something far more laidback like the Movie Trivia & Oscars Watch Party at Ventnor Sports Cafe (2411 18th St. NW, DC).

Whatever your speed, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered up eight contenders for Best Picture this year, and I’m here to give you my analysis of how those nominations stack up!

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Don’t Miss: Joe Satriani @ Lincoln Theatre, 4/2/16

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Don’t Miss: Joe Satriani @ Lincoln Theatre, 4/2/16

Joe SatrianiJoe Satriani or Shockwave Supernova? (Photo Credit: MAD Ink PR)

Joe Satriani swoops into Washington, DC on April 2nd, bringing his classic brand of instrumental guitar anthems to the Lincoln Theatre.

Joe’s tour, titled “From Surfing to Shockwave”, is in support of his latest release and 15th full-length album (2015), Shockwave Supernova.

The album and much of his work from 1986 onward, is about listeners being transported to new worlds. Since his songs have no lyrics, those worlds you have to discover for yourself. As the mood strikes you.

The album’s title song, “Shockwave Supernova”, opens the concept album with frenetic urgency, and begins a journey of the titular character (or as Joe describes his alter ego) over 15 bold songs. The video depicts a passage through the cosmos with pulsing sound and light.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dug-YEIvoe8]

“On Peregrine Wings” could be the sweeping score of an epic sword and sorcery film, such as Highlander or Time Bandits. (Or any other strange science fiction movie Sean Connery starred in…)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7ktd7ybyG4]

Although I haven’t kept up with Joe Satriani’s recent releases (he also plays on the band, Chickenfoot), I did play the sheen off of his 1995 self-titled album, Joe Satriani. One of my personal ‘Top 100’ songs of all-time (if such a thing could ever truly exist…), was the 7th song, “Home”. It found its way on many a mixed tape, curated for long road trips.

You don’t want to miss the chance to experience one of the finest guitarists in music (and teacher of many more). Get your tickets here.

Buy and learn more about Shockwave Supernova here.

Joe Satriani
Lincoln Theatre
Saturday, April 2
Doors @ 6:30pm (Show @ 8:00pm)
$55-75
All ages

Don’t Miss: Blanck Mass @ DC9, 3/8/16

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Don’t Miss: Blanck Mass @ DC9, 3/8/16

Blanck Mass photo by Alex De Mora
Benjamin John Power of Blanck Mass (Photo by Alex De Mora)

Benjamin John Power of Blanck Mass had a busy year last year! Blanck Mass released a full-length album, Dumb Flesh, in May and followed that up with an EP, The Great Confuso, in November.

Blanck Mass originally eyed a U.S. tour in the midst of that but now rescheduled with a stop at DC9 on Tuesday, March 8.

The Great Confuso is 33 minutes of non-stop electronic music with the title track running in three parts over 18 minutes. “The Great Confuso” (Pt. I, II & III) features guest vocals from industrial legend Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV. The other three songs on the EP are remixes from Dumb Flesh, including “Dead Format,” “Detritus,” and “No Lite” by Dalhous, Konx-Om-Pax, and Geneses P-Orridge respectively.

Listen to “The Great Confuso (Pt. I)” by Blanck Mass on Soundcloud:

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Resident Advisor hailed Dumb Flesh as “Wagnerian blitzkrieg pop — a flaming meteor, an apocalyptic aftershock, a towering wall of sound.” It sounds to me like something you should hear live!

DC noisepunk trio Br’er open for Blanck Mass. Tickets are available online.

Blanck Mass
w/ Br’er
DC9
Tuesday, March 8
Doors @8:30pm
$15
All ages

Around Town: David Cross @ Warner Theatre — 2/19/16

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Around Town: David Cross @ Warner Theatre — 2/19/16

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David Cross tells some jokes at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City, Iowa, on March 31, 2012. (Photo by wdecora)

Actor and comedian David Cross hails from Atlanta. And he returns home to see his family every year, particularly on Thanksgiving.

Inevitably, returning home yields some family quarrels, he confessed. And sometimes insignificant quarrels will escalate.

And it’s during those arguments that you sometimes learn something about family members that forever changes the way you see them, David told his late show audience at the Warner Theatre last Friday.

In an argument over not just the best way to plug in the Roku streaming player but rather the best way to look up how to plug in the Roku streaming player, for example, David learned something important about his mother.

“I found out she simply cannot take a punch,” he told the audience.

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Don’t Miss: Den-Mate @ Black Cat, 2/25/16 (Album Release Party!)

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Don’t Miss: Den-Mate @ Black Cat, 2/25/16 (Album Release Party!)

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Jules Hale of Den-Mate (Photo courtesy Babe City Records)

Young musicians Mourn from Spain were set to play DC9 last summer but their opening act dropped off the bill.

DC9 put out the call for any band ready to fill the spot that day, and Den-Mate, the local dreampop quartet fronted by Jules Hale, jumped into the mix. The band impressed in their no-notice performance (on July 13, 2015)! Jules sings with a bluesy sometimes otherworldly voice, and she has a ton of energy, which she works off by jumping around during a show. The band bring an occasionally bright/occasionally foreboding vibe to rich lyrics.

Watch Den-Mate perform “DC Junkie” live at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Luce Foundation Center on Nov. 5, 2015:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQGMpsDUfm8]

Den-Mate released a self-titled demo album in 2013, and Babe City Records is publishing a remixed version of that album this week. To mark the occasion, Den-Mate are playing an album release show on Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Black Cat.

You can listen to the demo version of that first album on Soundcloud (below) or better yet purchase the new version of the album from Babe City online.

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DC punk trio Witch Coast and Baltimore experimental pop musician Sitcom (aka Jake Lazovick) open for Den-Mate. Tickets are available online.

Den-Mate
w/ Sitcom and Witch Coast
Black Cat
Thursday, Feb. 25
Doors @7:30pm
$10
All ages

Music Park: VIDEO @ DC9 — 2/17/16

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Music Park: VIDEO @ DC9 — 2/17/16

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TV’s Daniel of VIDEO (Photo by Jon Chamberlain)

“You don’t deserve VIDEO,” spits frontman Daniel Fried as he gazes out over the audience. “We’re too good for you. But we’re going to do you a solid and give you the best damn show of your life.”

Daniel’s band VIDEO threw down some amazingly raucous garage punk rock at DC9 on Wednesday night as part of a traveling showcase from Third Man Records. Detroit rock-n-rollers Timmy’s Organism were the headliners of the Audio Social Dissent Tour but VIDEO, zipping into the middle set of three bands, certainly captured the room to my ears.

The frontman (who goes by “TV’s Daniel” in the band) began the show with his back turned to the audience as he knelt before the drums. His bandmates — Payton Green, Harpal Assi, and Gregory Rutherford — played a pleasing post-punk instrumental while Daniel meditated, perhaps gathering his strength. Then he stands to sing a smoky punk tune, “I Will Wait.”

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Don’t Miss: Deep Sea Diver (opening for Radiation City) @ DC9, 2/29/16

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Don’t Miss: Deep Sea Diver (opening for Radiation City) @ DC9, 2/29/16

Deep Sea DiverDeep Sea Diver (Photo courtesy of Force Field PR)

Deep Sea Diver’s new album, Secrets, hits the streets on Friday, February 19th.

Just in time for you to get a copy and give it a spin (or whatever you say after you download and listen…) before they perform at DC9 on February 29th. They open for Radiation City.

And Secrets is well worth your time. It is heavy on guitar riffs and infused with chorus after melodic chorus. You’ll listen to the album over and over. The live performance should bring new and exciting energy to each song.

Deep Sea Diver has its origins in Seattle. Members are Jessica Dobson on lead vocals (she was the former guitarist of The Shins but left to focus Deep Sea Diver), Peter Mansen on drums, Garrett Gue on bass, and Elliot Jackson on guitar and synth.

The title track and first single, “Secrets”, wants you to show them the way and to remember your first love.
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“Always Waiting” is a slow, powerful song that declares aptly, “I’m always waiting for the right words to explain it.”
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Check out their full performance live on KEXP (an indie radio station in Seattle):

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuR4KKcogiY]

You can order Secrets here.

 

Deep Sea Diver
(Opening for Radiation City)
DC9
Monday, February 29
Doors @ 8:30pm
$12
All ages

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