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Music Park: The Fray @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 11/15/16

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Music Park: The Fray @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 11/15/16

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The Fray perform at Walmart Soundcheck on Feb. 5, 2014. (Photo by Lunchbox LP)

I had the pleasure of going to see The Fray at the Fillmore Silver Spring last week. Many of us probably first came upon them when they just couldn’t get the Grey’s Anatomy theme song out of their head (“How to Save a Life,” see video below). Some probably heard them on the radio.

Regardless of how you found out about this band, it’s pretty clear after going to see them that they have reached a wide variety of people with their music.

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Don’t Miss: Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ 9:30 Club, 11/20/16

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Don’t Miss: Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ 9:30 Club, 11/20/16

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Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Photo by Jay Blakesberg)

Chris Robinson Brotherhood are touring in support of their fourth studio album, Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel, and they stop at the 9:30 Club on Sunday. After releasing the full-length album in July, the band also recently released a companion EP, If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home by Now, on Nov. 4 via Chris Robinson’s Silver Arrow Records.

The blues rock band, headed up by the singer of the Black Crowes, has been around for about five years now, proving quite prolific in that short time! The band released two albums, including their debut Big Moon Ritual in 2012. Since then, the five-man group has continued to explore psychedelic roots music, inspired by the majesty of the California countryside.

Watch Chris Robinson Brotherhood perform “Leave My Guitar Alone,” the first single from Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel, at LOCKN’ on August 28, 2016, via YouTube:

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Uncut Magazine hails the band’s music as “a celebration of how American musical traditions can be at once honored and psychedelically expanded.” All in all, it sounds like something fresh yet familiar is coming to the 9:30 Club on Sunday.

Tickets are available online.

Chris Robinson Brotherhood
9:30 Club
Sunday, Nov. 20
Doors @7pm
$25
All ages

Music Park: The Naked and Famous @ Lincoln Theatre — 11/15/16

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Music Park: The Naked and Famous @ Lincoln Theatre — 11/15/16

The Naked and Famous (3/10/14)The Naked and Famous at the House of Blues in Cleveland, OH on 3/10/14 (Photo Credit: The Zender Agenda)

The Naked and Famous punched in to the Lincoln Theatre on November 15th for one thing. To entertain us with songs from their excellent new album, Simple Forms.

No commentary. Little talking, except briefly at the end. Their focus was music. Pure. Simple. Like the album title. And their energy was palpable.

They gave us a tight 1 hour 20 minutes and a lively 16 songs, amidst a spare stage that pulsated and lit up beautifully in the dim theater. The theater may have been dimly lit, but it sparked with a packed crowd that wouldn’t sit and merged up through the aisles, eagerly exerting themselves towards the stage where Alisa Xayalith (lead vocals and keyboard) and Thom Powers (guitar and vocals) danced and sang.

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Ticket Giveaway: The Sounds @ 9:30 Club, 11/28/16

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Ticket Giveaway: The Sounds @ 9:30 Club, 11/28/16

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The Sounds (Photo courtesy Reybee Inc.)

Hands down, the best album of 2006 came from a new wave quintet out of Sweden. The Sounds burst onto the American indie rock scene with their second album, Dying to Say This to You.

Dying to Say This to You won a wide audience for the band’s lead vocalist Maja Ivarsson and her talented bandmates — Félix Rodríguez (guitar), Jesper Anderberg (keyboards, piano, guitar), Johan Bengtsson (bass), and Fredrik Blond (drums). And The Sounds remember well what a great album it was, so they have embarked on a 10th anniversary Dying to Say This to You tour of the United States. That tour stops at the 9:30 Club on Monday, Nov. 28, and you can win tickets to go see the show!

Watch the official music video for “Song with a Mission” from Dying to Say This to You by The Sounds on YouTube:

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*Your* mission is to win a pair of tickets to see The Sounds! Parklife DC is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Sounds at the 9:30 Club. To win these tickets, leave a comment on this blog. You can leave any comment, but we would like to hear your favorite song by The Sounds.

For the rules of this giveaway–

Comments will be closed at 5pm on Friday, and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours, or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner. We will email you instructions on claiming your ticket. Good luck!

If you don’t win, tickets are available online.

The Sounds
w/ Zipper Club, My Jerusalem
9:30 Club
Monday, Nov. 28
Doors @7pm
$25
All ages

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Music Park: Burn it Up @ Villain & Saint — 11/11/16

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Music Park: Burn it Up @ Villain & Saint — 11/11/16

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Burn It Up (Photo courtesy Earshot Media)

A lot of times when you see bands live, they don’t sound the same as they do on their albums. Either the sound mixing is off, or the singer’s voice isn’t quite what it sounds like on the recordings. Maybe the guitar’s a little out of tune. Burn It Up is not one of those bands.

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Don’t Miss: CRX (Nick Valensi of The Strokes) @ U Street Music Hall, 11/16/16

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Don’t Miss: CRX (Nick Valensi of The Strokes) @ U Street Music Hall, 11/16/16

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CRX (Photo by Amanda de Cadenet)

Nick Valensi of The Strokes has a new band CRX, and they dropped their debut album only a few short weeks ago. New Skin, released by Columbia, was produced by Josh Homme of Queens of The Stone Age (who also did some great work with Iggy Pop recently).

CRX are touring in support of the album, and they visit U Street Music Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 16. (That’s tomorrow!) Their sound definitely has echoes of garage rock of The Strokes, but it takes a life of its own as a sort of hard power pop.

Check it out for yourself, and watch the official music video for “Ways to Fake It” by CRX on YouTube:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Wq2mO5XyM]

With the band based in Los Angeles, Nick on vocals and guitar is joined by Ralph Alexander (drums), Richie Follin (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals), Jon Safley (bass), and Darian Zahedi (guitar, backing vocals). The gents cite The Cars, Cheap Trick, and Elvis Costello as influences, according to Wikipedia. (I think you can certainly hear that!)

Streets of Laredo and The Gloomies open for CRX. Tickets are available online.

CRX
w/ Streets of Laredo and The Gloomies
U Street Music Hall
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Doors @7pm
$15
All ages

Don’t Miss: The Big Moon @ DC9, 11/25/16

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Don’t Miss: The Big Moon @ DC9, 11/25/16

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The Big Moon (Photo by Charlotte Patmore)

London quartet The Big Moon have been playing a raucous cover version of Madonna’s “Beautiful Stranger” in their live shows, which really showcases their style: Big loud guitars paired buzzing around the airy voice of vocalist Juliette Jackson.

It sounds like this:

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The Big Moon is made up of four women who were inspired by bands like the Palma Violets to stand up and start making music. They performed once in the United States at CMJ 2015 after getting started, but now they are coming back for a tour of their own to open for The Japanese House. The tour lands locally at DC9 on Friday, Nov. 25.

The band appear as Barbie dolls in the NSFW video for their latest single “Silent Movie Susie,” which also showcases the band’s sense of humor.

Watch the official music video for “Silent Movie Susie” by The Big Moon on YouTube:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74YEYP7bwUI]

The Big Moon have been tearing up stages with their energetic live show. The band has not yet released a full-length album, although they’ve been dropping singles, including most recently “Silent Movie Susie” and “Cupid” via Fiction Records. So this is a fantastic opportunity to see what the buzz is all about.

If you have tickets for the DC9 show, get there early to see The Big Moon! If you don’t have tickets, alas, the show is sold out.

The Big Moon
Opening for The Japanese House
DC9
Friday, Nov. 25
Doors @6:30pm
Sold out
All ages

Music Park: Pet Shop Boys @ Warner Theatre — 11/11/16

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Music Park: Pet Shop Boys @ Warner Theatre — 11/11/16

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Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys makes his entrance at the Warner Theatre on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

The Pet Shop Boys have a terrific new album, and they toured it in style at the Warner Theatre on Friday.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe brought the songs from SUPER to DC as part of a talented five-piece band that relied heavily on fine musicianship over stage trappings. In previous tours, the Pet Shop Boys presented us with some dazzling stagecraft and dancers. But this time around, their focus was more toward singing some great songs and playing some great synths accompanied by some costume changes and an admittedly spectacular lightshow.

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Snapshots: Sonata Arctica @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 11/7/16

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Snapshots: Sonata Arctica @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 11/7/16

Sonata Arctica @The Fillmore, Silver Spring 11/07/2016Sonata Arctica performs at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Monday, Nov. 7. (Photo by Paivi)

Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica headlined a group of seven metal bands from Europe at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Monday, Nov. 7.

Sonata Arctica are touring in support of their ninth album, The Ninth Hour, released in October by Nuclear Blast.

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Snapshots: Swallow the Sun @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 11/7/16

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Snapshots: Swallow the Sun @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 11/7/16

Swallow The Sun @The Fillmore, Silver Spring 11/07/2016Swallow the Sun performs at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Photo by Paivi)

Swallow the Sun is a Finnish doom metal band currently touring United States with Sonata Arctica, Dark Tranquillity, Leaves’ Eyes, Omnium Gatherum, Enforcer and Starkill. The bands performed at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Monday, Nov. 7.

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