Don’t Miss: Broods @ 9:30 Club, 8/1/16

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July 28, 2016

Broods (Photo courtesy The Windish Agency)

Brother and sister musical duo Broods have come a long way in a short time! Hailing from New Zealand, Georgia and Caleb Nott released their debut album in 2014 and then toured extensively. Now they’ve returned with a second album, Conscious, and they are performing at the 9:30 Club on Monday, August 1.

The sophomore album, released June 24 via Capitol Records, boasts a few key collaborations, including a guest appearance by Tove Lo on “Freak of Nature” and co-writing from fellow New Zealander Lorde on “Heartlines,” the upcoming next single from the record.

The first single, released in April, is “Free,” a pounding R&B-tinged synth track. Watch the official music video for “Free” by Broods on YouTube:

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

Broods recorded the new album in Los Angeles and New Zealand with production assistance from Joel Little (Lorde, Ellie Goulding, Jarryd James) as well as Alex Hope (Troye Sivan) and Captain Cuts (Halsey, Tove Lo).

Speaking of Jarryd James, the Australian alt-R&B singer is opening for Broods on this tour! Last month, he released a new single called “1000x,” which features a guest appearance by Broods! Give it a listen on Soundcloud, and turn up early to see Jarryd:

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Tickets are available online.

Broods
w/ Jarryd James
9:30 Club
Monday, August 1
Doors @7pm
$27.50
All ages

Don’t Miss: Kyau & Albert @ Soundcheck, 7/28/16

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Mickey McCarter

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July 28, 2016

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Kyau & Albert

Ralph Kyau and Steven Moebius Albert are known to the EDM world as Kyau & Albert. The two Germans have produced such massive club hits like “A Night Like This,” “Another Time,” “Velvet Morning,” “Kiksu,” “Megashira,” “Are You Fine?,” and so much more.

In 1997, Kyau & Albert founded their record label Euphonic, which is one of the top brands today. Their successful debut artist album, Here We Are Now, was released on three continents.

To celebrate 20 years of making music together, Kyau & Albert have launched a tour that includes a stop at Soundcheck (1420 K St. NW, DC) tonight, Thursday, July 28! It’s sure to be a night of fantastic dancing.

Listen to the July edition of Euphonic Sessions with Kyau & Albert on Soundcloud:

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Of course, Kyau & Albert have remixed some of the biggest names in clubland like Faithless ft. Dido, Armin van Buuren, Kosheen, and many others! Expect to hear some of their greatest work tonight at Soundcheck.

Tickets are available online and at the door.

Kyau & Albert
Soundcheck
Thursday, July 28
Show @10pm
$20
18+

Don’t Miss: Molly Ringwald @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz, 7/28/16

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Mickey McCarter

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July 27, 2016

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Molly Ringwald (Photo courtesy KMP Artists)

Forever in our hearts as a young lady struggling with high school romance thanks to John Hughes, Ms. Molly Ringwald has turned her attention to singing jazz recently. And she’s coming to DC metro to sing jazz at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club tomorrow night, Thursday July 28.

Molly started singing jazz at a young age, thanks to the influence of her jazz musician father. But she released her debut jazz album, Except Sometimes, in 2013 via Concord Records (which included a tribute to the late Mr. Hughes). Tomorrow, she’s performing a tribute to Nat “King” Cole and his daughter Natalie Cole (particularly timely as Ms. Cole passed away only recently). For her tribute, Molly will join Dave Damiani and the No Vacancy Orchestra, along with two of Natalie Cole’s bandmates, including world-renowned trumpeter Bijon Watson.

As a reader of Parklife DC, you can attend Molly Ringwald’s show tomorrow at half-price! Consult the flyer below and buy your ticket online at this link with the code: BBJMOLLY.

Tickets are available online!

Molly Ringwald
Accompanied by Dave Damiani & No Vacancy Orchestra
Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
Bethesda, Md.
Thursday, July 28
Show @8pm
$35/$40
Half Price w/ Code!
All ages

Music Park: Marissa Nadler @ DC9 — 7/24/16

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Jeremy Bailey

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July 27, 2016

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Marissa Nadler (Photo Credit: Courtney Brooke Hall)

Singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler led the intimate crowd circled expectantly around the DC9 stage through 13 atmospheric songs about dreams and yearning and finding your way out of the woods.

In the small space of DC9, Marissa’s songs resonated with introspective lyrics and haunting vocals that were soulful and moving.

Touring on her newest album, Strangers, Marissa played at least eight of her new songs. She left the single “Janie In Love” off the setlist however, indicating she was still working on how to play the live version. The new album focuses on loneliness, and characters that are fractured, disillusioned, and delicate, hence they are the voice of ‘strangers’.

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Don’t Miss Out: Blog for Parklife DC, Now!

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Mickey McCarter

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July 27, 2016

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Here’s the 9:30 Club. Will you go here and other places and blog about concerts for us? Thanks!

As we posted to Craigslist recently:

Are you a music nerd with a knack for the written word? You should join our team at Parklife DC!

Our well-regarded music blog at Parklife DC is seeking volunteer bloggers to review concerts around town. We get lots and lots of pitches to review shows in the DC metro area. So many pitches that we could never fulfill them all alone, even if we wanted to do so.

However, you can help! As a music blogger for Parklife DC, you would go to shows and review them as our media representative. Your access to said concerts, of course, would be covered. This is a great opportunity for someone who really knows a particular music space well to show off their knowledge and talents.

We have entire genres of music that are underappreciated on Parklife DC, ranging from EDM to jazz to hip hop to country to folk, and there are significant opportunities for you to get your name known as a reviewer in these spaces.

Oh, and photographers: We have many unused photo passes that we would love to share. Please contact us as well if you might like to volunteer?

Interested? Drop us a line at parklifedc@gmail.com! We are happy to tell you more or throw you into the fire if you’re ready to blog.

Sports Park: D.C. United vs. Montreal Impact @ RFK Stadium, 7/31/16

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Jeremy Bailey

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July 26, 2016

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Season Record: 5-8-7 (22 points)

Your D.C. United are in a bit of a funk, going 1-2-2 (5 points) in their last five games, including a 4-1 spanking by Toronto last Saturday, July 23rd.

Starting this Sunday, July 31st, the United play four straight home games (and eight overall remaining) and have a good chance to right the ship for a chance at a playoff spot. They are currently in 8th place in the Eastern Conference, looking to climb the ladder.

First up are the 4th place Montreal Impact (29 points). The United need this game, so I’m confident they will step up and get a result.

Álvaro Saborio continues to lead the United with 4 goals on the season, but they need a lot more goals if they want to make 2016 interesting.

Buy your tickets here.

Audacious Assertion: United 2, Impact 1

(My home picks so far: 2-2)

MLS: Montreal Impact at D.C. United
RFK Stadium
Sunday, July 31, 2016
6:30pm
$20-55
All ages

Don’t Miss: The Bangles @ 9:30 Club, 8/21/16

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Mickey McCarter

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July 26, 2016

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The Bangles at the start of their career (Photo by Karen Filter)

If you were alive and watching television in 1986, and you previously did not know of The Bangles, MTV introduced them to a wider world with the music video for their hit “Walk Like an Egyptian,” which features a famously “sexy stare” from guitarist and co-vocalist Susanna Hoffs. In particular, if you were a young man of a certain age, those eyes were forever seared into your brain (in a good way).

Revisit the moment in the official music video for “Walk Like An Egyptian” (with famed stare around 2:45 mark):

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk]

The Bangles formed as a quartet in Los Angeles and released their debut album in 1984, hooking many of us with their famous cover of “Going Down to Liverpool” by Katrina and the Waves. Embracing the psych-folk of the Paisley Underground, the ladies burned up the radio with other hits like “Manic Monday,” “Eternal Flame” and “A Hazy Shade of Winter,” a terrific cover of the Simon & Garfunkel number recorded for the film Less Than Zero.

Today, sisters Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson, along with Susanna, are revisiting their early days of the band with a collection, titled Ladies and Gentlemen… The Bangles! The album is a 16-track collection of remastered ’80s-era rarities, demos, live recordings, and more, including The Bangles’ debut single and all of the tracks from their self-titled EP (which has been unavailable since its initial release on vinyl in 1982).

Watch a cool trailer for the album!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbYTwylFm3s]

To celebrate the June 24 release of the album on CD via Omnivore Recordings, The Bangles have hit the road once again as a trio, and they will visit the 9:30 Club on Sunday, August 21, to play songs from across their amazing catalog.

Said Susanna of the new compilation: “I feel a very special connection to our early recordings. The garage of my parents’ house was our musical laboratory, and we took all the flavors of our favorite bands and mixed up a concoction of jangly guitars, McCartney-inspired bass parts, grooves powered by punk energy, and harmonies galore! These songs and recordings were our musical manifesto — all that mattered and inspired us, fueled by youthful energy, hope and blind ambition.”

L.A. rock trio Cardiac open for The Bangles. Tickets are available online.

The Bangles
w/ Cardiac
9:30 Club
Sunday, August 21
Doors @7pm
$35
All ages

Music Park: Esme Patterson @ 9:30 Club — 7/21/16

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Mickey McCarter

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July 25, 2016

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Esmé Patterson sings at the 9:30 Club on Thursday, July 21, 2016.

In 1977, Townes Van Zandt sang of “Loretta,” a waitress in a bar that he comes around to romance on occasion.

Learning the sang sparked a fire in Esmé Patterson, who got angry at Townes’ narrator as she picked up the song. So she wrote a response to it on her second solo album, Woman to Woman.

“I’ve been that bartender,” Esmé told an intimate and hushed crowd at the 9:30 Club on Thursday night. “I’ve been that waitress.”

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Don’t Miss: Belly @ 9:30 Club, 8/13/16

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Mickey McCarter

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July 25, 2016

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Belly working on King in Nassau, Bahamas, circa 1994 (Photo by Stephen DiRado, http://stephendirado.com)

There was something in the air in Boston in the early to mid ’90s, when great female artists and woman-fronted bands were popping up all over the scene! Women like Juliana Hatfield, Aimee Mann, Kay Hanley, and of course Tanya Donelly were making their voices heard all over alternative radio and indie rock stages.

Well, one of those bands are roaring back in a big way as Tanya Donelly has reunited with her bandmates in Belly with new music and a first tour since 1995.

In their first run together, Belly released two much-adored albums — Star in 1993 and King in 1995. The first album singles “Gepetto” and “Feed the Tree” were particularly popular and continued to receive airplay after the band disbanded. Tanya’s sweet yet full voice was a hallmark of Belly’s songs.

Watch the official music video for “Feed the Tree” by Belly on YouTube:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQJjUbMrt8w]

Vocalist Tanya is joined by guitarist Tom Gorman, drummer Chris Gorman, and bassist Gail Greenwood. Their reunion tour is underway with a stop scheduled locally at the 9:30 Club on Saturday, August 13. Make plans to catch this exciting band as they return with what is sure to be an engaging show.

Tickets are available online.

Belly
9:30 Club
Saturday, August 13
Doors @8pm
$35
All ages

Around Town: Grand Opening @ BucketFeet — 7/20/16

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Mickey McCarter

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July 22, 2016

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Beer Googles at BucketFeet (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Malileh Salari was born and raised in Iran, where she became an interior designer and graphic designer after graduating from Tehran University.

In 2011, she moved to the United States, settling in Pleasant Hill, California. Now a mixed-media painter, Malileh has designed a shoe called Mystery for BucketFeet (1924 8th St. NW #125, DC), a designer show store that opened its doors in Shaw in recent days.

Each pair of shoes sold by BucketFeet, whether for men, women, or children, bears a unique art pattern created by an individual artist. And as a customer, you can read a bit about the artist on an accompanying placard, such as shown in these pictures taken by us in a grand opening party at BucketFeet on Wednesday: