Home Blog Page 554

Don’t Miss: 15th Annual Holiday Raffle @ 9:30 Club, Thru 12/31/16

Mickey McCarter
-
0
Don’t Miss: 15th Annual Holiday Raffle @ 9:30 Club, Thru 12/31/16

The Unassuming 9:30 Club
9:30 Club (Photo by Anthony Auston)

Happy holidays! As we spend this last week of 2016 in holiday cheer, let us not forget that it’s not too late to enter the 15th Annual Holiday Raffle at the 9:30 Club!

The prize: Two tickets to every 9:30 Club show in 2017 all year long.

To enter, simply bring new or clean “gently worn” winter clothes, canned food, or a $5 donation to the 9:30 Club. Every item gives you a raffle ticket for a maximum of 10 per person per night. The final day to participate is Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016.

Collections benefit Casa Ruby, Capital Area Food Bank, House of Ruth, Thrive DC, So Others Might Eat, and Sasha Bruce Youthworks.

You don’t have to attend a show to donate. The 9:30 Club Box Office will accept donations starting at noon each day that it’s open. The club will draw a winner during its New Year’s Eve show on Saturday night when Band of Horses perform. That show is sold out, but you do not have to be present to win the raffle.

For more information, visit this 9:30 raffle FAQ page.

Music Park: Parklife DC Top 10 Concerts of 2016 by Mickey

Mickey McCarter
-
1
Music Park: Parklife DC Top 10 Concerts of 2016 by Mickey

CHVRCHES 008 Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches sings at Echostage on Oct. 17, 2016. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

I’ll confess that I’m a man whose taste in music is readily apparent. If you have new wave tunes to play, particularly from 1976-86, I’m going to show up and listen to them. That said, a number of incredible legacy new wave bands happened to travel through the DC metro area over the past year, and I took the opportunity to review them for our humble blog.

That said, a number of younger bands definitely broke through and seized my attention, most notably Canada’s Operators, who were the most exciting new band I’ve seen in some time. As with Operators, many of the best performances I witnessed in 2016 came from bands whose leaders are among the Masters of Synthpop, and so I have dedicated a postscript of really great synthpop shows that may have “missed” the top 10 but otherwise deserve a lot of applause.

Check out my top 10 list of concerts I saw for Parklife DC. (Click on the concert slugline to revisit the full review.)

Continue

Don’t Miss: Peaches O’Dell & Her Orchestra @ Black Cat, 12/31/16

Mickey McCarter
-
0
Don’t Miss: Peaches O’Dell & Her Orchestra @ Black Cat, 12/31/16

Black Cat NYE

For 23 years on New Years Eve at the Black Cat, Ms. Peaches O’Dell leads her big band through classic dance numbers from the ’20s to the ’50s.

And every year, it’s a hit that cultiminates in a famous conga line. Come out to the Black Cat, where Peaches O’Dell & Her Orchestra will do it again this year! Peaches and company roll through Latin dance classics, swing, jazz, and more. You can check out some live recordings on YouTube, which are presented in a quirky retro style that captures her taste and style.

Watch a video for a “retro sci-fi” version of “Mambo No. 5” by Peaches O’Dell & Her Orchestra on YouTube:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijf2hBS1h0]

“My ultimate goal is happines and celebration for one and all through some remarkable music and crowd energy,” Peaches said in an email to Parklife DC.

Lounge act Tony Anthony & His Malvivants will provide entertainment between sets when Peaches and Her Orchestra take a break. Downstairs in the back stage, DJ Dredd provides more contemporary entertainment.

Metrorail will run until 3am on New Year’s Eve, and the Black Cat is conveniently located a few blocks away from the U Street Metro Station. Make plans to dance the night away with Peaches O’Dell & Her Orchestra.

Tickets are available online.

Peaches O’Dell & Her Orchestra
w/ Tony Anthony & His Malvivants, DJ Dredd
Black Cat
Saturday, Dec. 31
Doors @7pm
$30
21+

Snapshots: Rasputina @ Howard Theatre — 12/17/16

paivi
-
0
Snapshots: Rasputina @ Howard Theatre — 12/17/16

Rasputina @ Howard Theatre, Washington DC 12/17/2016 Rasputina performs at the Howard Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. (Photo by Paivi)

Twenty years ago, Melora Creager introduced the world to an unusual genre of music — cello rock — with her band Rasputina.

The band released its debut album Thanks for the Ether via Columbia Records in 1996, and now Melora and company undertook a 20th anniversary tour of the album with a stop at the Howard Theatre in DC on Saturday, Dec. 17.

Continue

Snapshots: Parklife DC 10 Best Pictures of 2016

Mickey McCarter
-
1
Snapshots: Parklife DC 10 Best Pictures of 2016

Peter Hook and The Light @ Howard Theatre, Washington DC, 11/23/2016
Peter Hook performs at the Howard Theatre on Nov. 23, 2016. (Photo by Paivi)

It’s been a good second year for Parklife DC, particularly as we really improved our concert photography game.

Our little blog recruited some excellent photographers, notably Paivi Salonen, who is really quite good and sticking around with us into 2017! We also had the pleasure of working with Kristie Chua, who has moved onto other endeavors.

Continue

Don’t Miss: Austra @ Black Cat — 1/28/17

Mickey McCarter
-
0
Don’t Miss: Austra @ Black Cat — 1/28/17

Austra-Photo-Credit-Renata-Raksha-General-005-300dpi
Katie Stelmanis of Austra (Photo by Renata Raksha)

Canadian vocalist and producer Katie Stelmanis has been receiving praise with the upcoming third album by her band Austra, which is visiting the Black Cat on Saturday, Jan. 28.

“Stelmanis’ personal satisfaction derives from artistic validation… and having a voice… and with ‘Utopia’” she’s found both in the form of a steely cold and cascading swirl of a track. One that’s anthemic, too, in a way that encourages you to find your own resolve, as well,” said Stereogum in praising the song “Utopia” from the upcoming album, Future Politics, due Jan. 20 via Domino.

Watch the official music video for “Utopia” by Austra via YouTube:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rzmhbiKUo0]

In a statement, Katie said the new album has a point: “a commitment to replace the approaching dystopia.”

The goal then is to inspire hope and thus spur individual people to make the right decisions (and while offering good dance music, of course). “Not just hope in the future, but the idea that everyone is required to help write it,” she said.

Tickets are available online.

Austra
w/ Lafawndah
Black Cat
Saturday, Jan. 28
Doors @8pm
$18/$20
All ages

Ticket Giveaway: G. Love & Special Sauce @ 9:30 Club, 1/29/17

Mickey McCarter
-
6
Ticket Giveaway: G. Love & Special Sauce @ 9:30 Club, 1/29/17

GLovePressPhoto Garrett Dutton aka G. Love (Photo courtesy Mason Jar Media)

Christmas is on Sunday! While not a holiday we often associate with the blues, sometimes that’s just how Christmas goes. And sometimes only a good bluesy song can capture our mood.

Garrett Dutton aka G. Love is a blues musician who also happens to love Christmas! He recently contributed a track to Amazon Music’s Acoustic Christmas, released Nov. 22. Give a listen to G. Love’s “Merry Christmas to You” on Soundcloud:

Continue

Music Park: 10 Top Live Bowie Covers of 2016

Mickey McCarter
-
0
Music Park: 10 Top Live Bowie Covers of 2016

DDBowie
Duran Duran perform a medley of “Planet Earth”/”Space Oddity” at the Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park in Miami on April 1, 2016. (Photo courtesy YouTube)

In the past year, I’ve reminisced much on the passing of David Bowie, whose unexpected death in January marked a year of remembrances of the great musician and his legacy.

And many of these remembrances involved a good deal of dancing and absorbing live performances from wonderful artists that took the time to remember Bowie as well. Here then are 10 top Bowie covers that I saw in my time reviewing shows for Parklife DC in 2016.

Continue

Snapshots: The Reminders @ 9:30 Club – 12/16/16

paivi
-
0
Snapshots: The Reminders @ 9:30 Club – 12/16/16

The Reminders @ 9:30 Club, Washington DC, 12/16/2016
The Reminders perform at the 9:30 Club on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (Photo by Paivi)

Big Samir hails from Brussels, Belgium, and Aja Black was born in Queens, New York. Together, they are The Reminders, a hip hop/soul duo who got a lot of attention with their first two albums -– 2008’s Recollect and 2012’s Born Champions.

More immediately, The Reminders joined DC’s Thievery Corporation for a run of dates as an opening act on Thievery’s 20th anniversary tour, which ended with three sold-out shows at the 9:30 Club on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. (Check out Paivi’s pictures of Thievery Corporation from Friday night’s show.)

Continue

Snapshots: Thievery Corporation @ 9:30 Club — 12/16/16

paivi
-
1
Snapshots: Thievery Corporation @ 9:30 Club — 12/16/16

Thievery Corporation @ 9:30 Club, Washington DC, 12/16/2016
Thievery Corporation performs at the 9:30 Club on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 (Photo by Paivi)

Thievery Corporation will release a new studio album, The Temple of I & I, on Feb. 10, 2017, via their own ESL Music. In the run-up to that release, Eric Hilton and Rob Garza recruited collaborators new and old for a 20th anniversary tour, which culminated in three sold-out shows at the 9:30 Club on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last week.

Continue
1...553554555...652Page 554 of 652
© Newspaper WordPress Theme by TagDiv