Live Review: Bat Fangs @ Apple Carnegie Library — 6/29/19

Posted on 07/01/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review, Local Spotlight and tagged Apple StoryMakers Festival, Bat Fangs, Carnegie Library, DC, hard rock, music festival, psychedelic.

Bat Fangs perform at the Apple Carnegie Library during an Apple StoryMakers Festival on June 29, 2019. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Last year, Betsy Wright (guitar) of Ex Hex and Laura King (drums) of Flesh Wounds found themselves with some downtime, and they put it to good use, recruiting Aaron Deal (bass) of Darkest Hour and forming side project Bat Fangs.

The tuff and tumble trio have been quiet this year, particularly as Ex Hex released an album and toured the world, but Bat Fangs popped into a recent Apple StoryMakers Festival in DC to play an opening set, and we took some pix.

Preview: The Apple StoryMakers Festival Block Party @ Apple Carnegie Library, 6/29/19

Posted on 06/27/2019 by Parklifer in Local Spotlight, Preview and tagged Apple StoryMakers Festival, Aztec Sun, Back Yard Band, Bat Fangs, Carnegie Library, DC, Iza Flo, music festival, Pinky Killacorn, Yaddiya.

Bat Fangs perform at Rock and Roll Hotel on Aug. 26, 2017. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)

No Kings Collective presents The Apple StoryMakers Festival Block Party — it’s a party full full of free musical performances at the Carnegie Library (801 K St NW, DC) on Saturday, June 29, featuring Bat Fangs, Aztec Sun, Back Yard Band, and more!

Vote: What Is the Best in DC for 2018?

Posted on 11/26/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, All Things Go, All Things Go Fall Classic, awards program, Bacchae, Bat Fangs, best of dc, best of the year, Black Cat, Broke Royals, City Winery, DC Music Rocks, DC Music Rocks Festival, DC9, Funk Parade, Kingman Island, Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival, Loi Loi, Park Snakes, Pearl Street Warehouse, Priests, ShamrockFest, Sol Roots, The Anthem, Thrushie Awards, Tiny Cat Dark Music Festival, Union Stage.

A wood thrush! (Photo by Trish Gussler)

Parklife DC will honor DC bands and venues with our inaugural awards program, named for our new mascot, DC’s own state bird — the Wood Thrush. Our Thrushie Awards are inspired by our mission to review live music concerts.

Poll: Who Is the Best Local Band in DC?

Posted on 11/21/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged awards program, Bacchae, Bat Fangs, best band, best of dc, Broke Royals, local band, Loi Loi, Park Snakes, Priests, Sol Roots, Thrushie Awards.

Welcome to the 2018 Thrushie Awards! Parklife DC will name the best local band of the year with your input. Vote for the best DC band now through Dec. 1.

Now, we fully realize that there will be a lot of strong opinions about our list, and we readily confess that we could review even more local bands next year. But for now, our poll is limited to bands reviewed by Parklife DC in the last year. As this is our inaugural year for the Thrushie Awards, we sought to keep this list short.

Snapshots: Roky Erickson @ Black Cat — 10/28/18

Posted on 11/05/2018 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged Bat Fangs, Black Cat, psychedelic, Roky Erickson, Texas, The 13th Floor Elevators.

Roky Erickson performing at the Black Cat on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018
Roky Erickson performs at Black Cat on Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

Roky Erickson’s Psychedelic Generations Tour, arrived at the Black Cat recently for a crowded house of all ages.

Don’t Miss: Roky Erickson @ Black Cat, 10/28/18

Posted on 10/25/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Austin, Bat Fangs, Black Cat, garage, psychedelic, Roky Erickson, Texas, White Mystery.

Roky Erickson (Photo courtesy Tell All Your Friends PR)

Roger Kynard “Roky” Erickson is coming to Black Cat on Sunday, Oct. 28, in the Psychedelic Generations Tour, which includes opener White Mystery. Local garage duo Bat Fangs round out the bill!

Music Park: Bat Fangs @ Comet Ping Pong — 8/16/18

Posted on 08/20/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Bat Fangs, Betsy Wright, Comet Ping Pong, glam, hard rock, Laura King, psychedelic.

Bat Fangs perform at Comet Ping Pong on Aug. 16, 2018. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

There are few concerts more fun these days than a Bat Fangs show, as Betsy Wright and Laura King reminded us at Comet Ping Pong on Thursday. The ladies blasted into a rollicking set that produced a rather euphoric buoyancy throughout the audience, who packed the room to catch Bat Fangs on tour with The Love Language.

Don’t Miss: Bat Fangs @ Comet Ping Pong, 8/16/18

Posted on 08/13/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Bat Fangs, Betsy Wright, Comet Ping Pong, garage, hard rock, The Love Language.

Bat Fangs (Photo courtesy Don Giovanni Records)

When you look up “women who rock” in the dictionary, you’ll see a picture of Bat Fangs! The dynamic duo of glam garage are blasting their way onto stage at Comet Ping Pong on Thursday, Aug. 16 in a tour with The Love Language. (Note this show was originally scheduled for Rock and Roll Hotel.)

Music Park: Bat Fangs @ Comet Ping Pong — 2/9/18

Posted on 02/12/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Bat Fangs, Betsy Wright, Comet Ping Pong, garage, glam, hard rock.

Bat Fangs perform at Comet Ping Pong on Feb. 9, 2018.

Listening to Bat Fangs, the full-blast duo of Betsy Wright and Laura King, is a delightful exercise in identifying influences. But their electrifying lines of rock ‘n roll truly ignite in live performances, such as with the band’s sold-out show at Comet Ping Pong on Friday.

Snapshots: Bat Fangs @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 8/26/17

Posted on 08/30/2017 by paivi in Live Review and tagged Bat Fangs, Betsy Wright, Ex Hex, psychedelic, Rock and Roll Hotel.

Betsy Wright fronts Bat Fangs at Rock and Roll Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. (Photo by Paivi)

The dynamic Betsy Wright, bassist for Ex Hex, launched another band last year, forming Bat Fangs with drummer Laura King. The band performed as a trio opening for War on Women at Rock and Roll Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 26, and Paivi got some pix. (Check out her pix of War on Women also.)