Earlier this year, Tokyo Police Club lunched a farewell tour. The Canadian post-punk quartet are calling it a day 18 years after bursting into our indie music consciousness with their debut EP, A Lesson in Crime.
Tokyo Police Club bring The Final Tour to the Howard Theatre in DC on Thursday, Nov. 14, for what is sure to be a memorable show with openers and compatriots Born Ruffians.
Very few bands the last 50-60 years can provide such a back-catalog of great hits as well-known and popular all over the world as Chicago. The band was greeted with tremendous enthusiasm by its recent audience at The Lyric Baltimore.
With both amazing vocals and beautiful production, Tinashe recently put on a phenomenal show at The Anthem. The singer of viral songs “Nasty” and “2 On” presented a great show with a wonderful setlist and an opener that warmed the crowd up with her stunning melodies.
In what is sure to be a highlight of the musical calendar, three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams brings her Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets Tour to the Lincoln Theater in DC on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
Borrowing its title from her acclaimed memoir, Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You (which itself is named for a lyric in her song “Metal Firecracker”), this tour features the stories behind the songs that have made her one of the most respected and influential writers in contemporary music.
The Jeffrey Foucault Band, currently on the road in support of his newest album, The Universal Fire, arrives at Bellingham’s New Prospect Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 10.
After not seeing Zara Larsson in DC for a few years (I had actually seen her play 9:30 Club as a rising teen sensation several years ago), Larsson was spectacular on her return to 9:30 Club for a recent sold-out show.
Larsson, known for such timeless songs as “Lush Life,” “Uncover,” and “Symphony” (with Clean Bandit) is currently on a short tour of North America in support of her latest album, Venus.
The music of TR/ST is well-crafted, multifaceted synthpop that draws the ear and engages the brain. But TR/ST melodies weren’t the first thing to immediately provoke a reaction in a recent sold-out stage at The Atlantis in DC.
Rather, the audience may have looked onward in curiosity at the sparse stage setting. It seemed particularly stark with a blank white backdrop that bore nothing other than the word “FAG” (in red letters), place in a high lonely place.
The Dip loves Washington DC, and the nation’s capital most certainly reciprocates the sentiment.
It was clear in February of last year when the Seattle-based group filled the 9:30 Club, and it was even more obvious as The Dip returned recently for another sold-out and sensational night at the popular venue.
With its previous visit bumped back due to the pandemic, the band made it to DC in early 2023 between album releases. But The Dip’s current tour sees it out in promotion of its fourth studio record, Love Direction, unveiled in July.
I can be hot or cold when it comes to bluegrass. A lot of it sounds the same to me, and the bands tend to cover a lot of the same core tunes. But The SteelDrivers are different: They place a lot of emphasis on their songwriting, and, as fiddle player and frontwoman Tammy Rogers said, they don’t play “Rocky Top.” I always enjoy their shows, and their recent appearance at The Birchmere — their last in a run of shows for this year — was a special delight, as the band was loose and having a good time.
MJ Lenderman knows why we get fucked up. The Asheville, NC singer-songwriter has taken the indie world by storm this year with his scuzzy country rock anthems. In a sold-out show at the 9:30 Club on the night before Halloween, he wowed the assembled hipsters and indie boys of the DMV with a set loud and dextrous enough to restore your faith in guitar music.
