Big Sam’s Funky Nation (Photo by Willow Haley)
Big Sam’s Funky Nation dropped Songs in the Key of Funk, the band’s latest album, on May. Now, the funky jazz collective from New Orleans performs at The Hamilton Live on Saturday, June 23.
Dessa (Photo by Bill Phelps)
Margret Wander, better known as Dessa, released Chime, her fourth solo studio album, in February via Doomtree Records (the imprint of her Minneapolis-based hip hop collective of the same name). Dessa performs in support of the album at Rock and Roll Hotel on Sunday, June 24.
Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, on May 22, 2013. (Photo by Daran Goodsell)
Cult-icon country and Americana artist Robert Earl Keen came to Alexandria’s Birchmere Thursday night.
Poptone performs live. (Photo courtesy Shameless Promotion PR)
Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins, famous for their stints in Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love in Rockets, came together again to form Poptone in 2017, recruiting Kevin’s daughter Diva Dompé to perform as a trio. With a self-titled debut album released only days ago, Poptone will perform a set drawing largely on the songs of Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Sunday, July 1.
Cold Cave performs at Black Cat on June 16, 2018. (Photo by Paivi)
Wesley Eisold assembled a full band or a live performance as Cold Cave in the wake of releasing a new EP, You & Me & Infinity, via Heartworm Press, and the group performed at Black Cat on Saturday. Paivi was there to shoot the show.
Tony Bennett (Photo courtesy Wolf Trap)
Tony Bennett is performing at Wolf Trap on Saturday, June 23. And limited tickets still remain! Go see this living legend, whose career spans seven decades and 19 Grammy Awards, as he sings fabulous pop standards synonymous with his name.
The Dustbowl Revival (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
The Dustbowl Revival, the eclectic eight-piece Americana band from Venice, California, took a sonic leap with its most recent self-titled album, released last year via Signature Sounds. The band jumps onto stages at The Hamilton in DC on Thursday, June 21, and The Soundry in Columbia, Maryland, on Friday, June 22.
Cold War Kids perform at Rams Head Live in Baltimore on June 17, 2018. (Photo by Shantel Breen)
Formed in 2004, indie rockers, Cold War Kids, from Long Beach California, are still going strong. Following an appearance at the Firefly Festival, Cold War Kids stopped by Rams Head Live in Baltimore on Sunday, and Shantel Breen went to check out the show.
Deafheaven (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Heavy metal band Deafheaven will release Ordinary Corrupt Human Love on July 13. And then they perform at 9:30 Club on Saturday, July 21! You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC.
Jesse Dayton (Photo courtesy Girlie Action)
Many artists don’t truly understand how to open a show. Jesse Dayton gets it. Opening for fellow Austinites Reckless Kelly Friday at the State Theatre in Falls Church, he knew what he had to do.
