Preview: YACHT @ Songbyrd Music House, 1/15/20

Posted on 01/07/2020 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged art punk, California, disco, Los Angeles, Songbyrd Music House, synthpop, YACHT.

Yacht (Credit: Neurography by Mario Klingemann, Training photos by Jaclyn Campanaro)

Disco punks YACHT recently released Chain Tripping — the band’s seventh LP and third for DFA — after recording it between Marfa, Texas, and the band’s home in Los Angeles. The 10 songs are unlike anything YACHT has ever made: pop experiments from a sideways dimension coaxed into their studio through a portal opened by machine intelligence.

Chain Tripping received a Grammy nomination for Best Immersive Audio Album in the 2020 Grammy Awards, and YACHT performs the album in full at Songbyrd Music House on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Music Park: Pussy Riot @ Black Cat — 5/23/18

Posted on 05/28/2018 by Will Colbert in Live Review and tagged art punk, Black Cat, electronic, punk, Pussy Riot, rap, Russia.

Pussy Riot performs at the Black Cat on May 23, 2018. (Photo by Will Colbert)

Everyday, the world appears to become more volatile: police violence, racism, sexism, income inequality, political scandals, institutional corruption. It’s enough to make you go berserk. Last week, Russian protest band Pussy Riot gave voice to that angst during their performance at DC’s Black Cat.

Don’t Miss: Suuns @ Union Stage, 5/24/18

Posted on 05/24/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged art punk, krautrock, Montreal, neo-psychedelic, Suuns, Union Stage.

Suuns (Photo by Joseph Yarmush)

Suuns, the innovative Montreal neo-psychedelic quartet, released Felt, their fourth studio album, via Secretly Canadian in March. The band perform tonight, May 24, at Union Stage, and there are tickets still remaining!

Don’t Miss: No Age @ DC9, 5/4/18

Posted on 05/01/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged art punk, DC9, Los Angeles, No Age, noise pop.

No Age (Photo by Danielle Thompson)

Noise rock duo NO Age released Snares Like a Haircut, their fifth studio album, via Drag City in January. Guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Allen Spunt are now on tour from Los Angeles with a stop at DC9 on Friday, May 4.

Music Park: YACHT @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 1/19/18

Posted on 01/24/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged art punk, Claire Evans, Jona Bechtolt, Los Angeles, new wave, Rock and Roll Hotel, synthpop, YACHT.

Claire Evans fronts Yacht at Rock and Roll Hotel on Jan. 19, 2018. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Around nearly midnight, Claire Evans called out from the stage at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Friday: “How much time is left?” she asked.

“Five minutes!” the audience responded, informing Claire that the federal government would shut down any time now.

“It’s like fucked-up New Year’s!” Claire quipped to everyone, turning to her bandmates in Yacht on stage behind her. “Let’s enjoy the last five minutes of social services we have left.”

Music Park: Dresden Dolls @ 9:30 Club — 10/31/17

Posted on 11/03/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Amanda Palmer, art punk, Boston, Brian Viglione, Halloween, punk, punk cabaret, The Dresden Dolls, vaudevillian.

Amanda Palmer performs with The Dresden Dolls at 9:30 Club on Oct. 31, 2017. (Photo by Paivi)

You’ll never meet someone as comfortable in her own skin as Amanda Palmer.

The sassy singer/vaudevillian was perfectly at home at 9:30 Club on Tuesday, and it’s clear to see she would be perfectly at home absolutely anywhere. Her wits and her talents got her by early in life, and those assets continued to do so as she embarked on a brief east coast tour with drummer Brian Viglione as punk cabaret darlings The Dresden Dolls.

Don’t Miss: A. Savage @ DC9, 11/10/17

Posted on 11/01/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged A. Savage, Andrew Savage, art punk, Brooklyn, DC9, garage, Parquet Courts, post-punk.

A. Savage (Photo by Vince McLelland)

Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts released Thawing Dawn, his debut solo album as “A. Savage,” on Oct. 13 via Dull Tools. He’s taken his new songs on the road, and he performs locally at DC9 on Friday, Nov. 10.

Don’t Miss: Ted Leo @ Black Cat, 9/15-9/16/17

Posted on 09/05/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged art punk, Black Cat, power pop, punk, Ted Leo, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

Ted Leo (Photo by Matias Corral)

Ted Leo is well known to us in DC, as he formed Ted Leo and the Pharmacists here in 1999. Wherever Ted goes, he always comes back to DC, and such is the case next week! On Friday, Sept. 8, Ted Leo releases The Hanged Man, his 13th studio album overall but his first under solely his name. Then one week later, he drops by Black Cat to play two headlining shows on Friday, Sept. 15, and Saturday, Sept. 16.

Don’t Miss: LCD Soundsystem @ The Anthem, 10/18/17

Posted on 07/21/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged art punk, Brooklyn, dance punk, electronica, LCD Soundsystem, The Anthem.

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem (Photo by Ruvan Wijesooriya)

LCD Soundsystem will play the first of two nights at The Anthem on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Those tickets sold out quickly when they went on sale, prompting LCD Soundsystem to add a second night on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Those tickets go on sale at 10am today via Ticketfly!

Music Park: Adult. @ DC9 — 5/11/17

Posted on 05/15/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged ADULT., art punk, DC9, Detroit, industrial, Ritual Howls, synthpop, techno.

Adult. perform at DC9 on May 11, 2017. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

One of the quintessential band configurations is the fantastic synthpop duo — usually (but not always) a man on synthesizers and a woman on vocals.

Adult. certainly have realized the power of this duality and distilled it to a primal form. Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus, husband and wife artists from Detroit, opened up their songwriting process to contributing artists who actually lived with them in their house for three weeks at a clip, resulting in their latest album Detroit House Guests, released via Mute Records on March 17. The duo visited DC9 on Thursday to perform some of those songs.