Live Review: Jane Remover w/ Dazegxd @ 9:30 Club — 9/23/26
Jane Remover brought a brilliant, high-energy performance to the 9:30 Club on Sept. 23, with Dazegxd opening the sold-out Washington, DC, stop on her Live Exhibit Tour.
Jane Remover brought a brilliant, high-energy performance to the 9:30 Club on Sept. 23, with Dazegxd opening the sold-out Washington, DC, stop on her Live Exhibit Tour.

Mike Campbell has spent the years since the end of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers building something that can stand on its own. At Warner Theatre on Sept. 22, Campbell and The Dirty Knobs showed just how far that project has come.

I recently tried to describe Peaches to someone who had never heard of her before. After my initial thought of, “Where have you been for the last 25 years?” I settled on: raunchy, feminist, queer, political, sex-positive, body-positive, age-positive, and electroclash.
Although the mainstream electroclash movement was short-lived, Peaches herself has endured far beyond any trend or TV appearance.
A Peaches live show is nothing short of spectacular. Countless costume changes, a modular riser system, and lights on wheels made the production look like a massive stadium blowout. But crowd-walking, performing from the back of the room, and connecting directly with fans made it feel like an underground DIY punk show. That dichotomy perfectly encapsulates who Peaches is as an artist.
On Sept. 21, the stage at The Anthem was completely reimagined as a rock-filled forest, a fitting setting for the Washington, DC, stop of Dermot Kennedy’s The Weight of the Woods Tour.

It’s been a whirlwind month for Aaron Rowe.
Just a couple weeks ago, the singer-songwriter from Dublin was out on tour with pop star Ed Sheeran, slated to hit shows in major American cities like Philly, Atlanta, and Charlotte.
Instead, Rowe saw the whole thing blow up, burning into a controversy that’s made news worldwide. Though it’s forced him to change some of his plans, it’s also helped bring attention to the very issue he and his fellow musicians were trying to discuss in the first place.
In 1981, a young Colin Hay fronted Men at Work on their debut album, Business as Usual. It was a smash hit, producing the perennial radio staples “Down Under,” “Who Can It Be Now?,” and “Be Good Johnny,” while climbing to the top of the Billboard album chart.
In 2026, an older and wiser Hay fronted a new-look Men at Work on a North American tour that included a rare and delightful show within Washington, DC, city limits at the Lincoln Theatre. There, the band performed eight songs from Business as Usual, as well as seven from its follow-up album, Cargo.
The concert was a smashing experience, chock-full of exciting music and light on talk, and it underscored why audiences have stayed with Hay for 45 years and counting.
Malcolm Todd drew a sold-out crowd of 6,000 fans to The Anthem on Sunday, Sept. 20, for the DC stop of his Do That Again Tour.
Jenna Raine recently brought one of the most energetic and enthusiastic crowds I have ever seen to The Atlantis. Though it is a small venue, everyone in the room brought enough energy to fill a much larger space, simply because they were so excited to be at the Jeans, Boys, and Jesus Tour.
I love it when El Ten Eleven comes to town. Unfortunately for me and their other fans in the area, it’s been a few years. But they returned on Saturday, Sept. 19 to Pearl Street Warehouse in support of their latest album, Nowhere Faster.

Pity anyone who doesn’t know about Jungle, as the only explanation can be that the unknowing have been living under a rock.
But this group’s music — a refreshing contemporary blend of soul, disco, and funk — is exactly the antidote to bring any listener out of the darkness, lift their spirits and move their body.
Nearly 6,000 listeners experienced the Jungle effect in person at the Wharf in DC last week for what was a two-night, sold-out takeover of The Anthem and a party that anyone in attendance is unlikely to forget.