Best of the Year: Top 10 Concerts of 2021 by Mickey

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Air Supply, Best of 2021, best of the year, Bleachers, CHVRCHES, City Winery, Colin Hay, Jungle, Midge Ure, Nation of Language, Songbyrd Music House, The Anthem, The Birchmere, The Ocean Blue, The Wants, Tokyo Police Club, Union Stage, Wolf Alice.

CHVRCHES delivered a top show of the year at The Anthem. (Photo by Katherine Gaines)

Parklife DC invites our staff to list their Top 10 concerts of every year. Although this was a different kind of year, our love of music remained strong, and we definitely caught our share of shows once pandemic lockdowns eased. Some homegrown shows began popping up indoors around May, and events really made a remarkable return by August. Although we live with additional requirements, such as vaccinations, to attend live shows, we happily rise to the moment to do what we love to do — experience live music.

Here are my Top 10 concerts of 2021.

Live Review: Bleachers @ The Anthem — 9/24/21

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Bleachers, chamber pop, Jack Antoff, New York City, The Anthem.

Bleachers performs at The Anthem on Sept. 24, 2021. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

“There is no cynicism in live music,” declared Jack Antonoff, adding, “We fucking missed you.”

And a sold-out audience at The Anthem clearly missed Jack, embracing the sincere narratives of new songs by Bleachers from album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night in a recent life-affirming performance.

Don’t Miss: All Things Go Fall Classic @ Union Market, 10/6-10/8/17

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged All Things Go, All Things Go Fall Classic, April + Vista, Bearson, Betty Who, Bleachers, Cashmere Cat, Fletcher, Foreign Air, Foster the People, Galantis, Great Good Fine OK, hip hop, Innanet James, jackLNDN, Jay IDK, Kweku Collins, music festival, neo-psychedelia, Now Now, Saba, The Knocks, Union Market, Vince Staples, Win and Woo, Young Futura, Young Thug.

Foster the People will headline All Things Go Fall Classic in DC. (Photo courtesy All Things Go)

The fourth annual All Things Go Fall Classic, DC’s foremost local indie pop music festival, expands to three days this year, Oct. 6-8, 2017, offering one-day lineups on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as well as a three-day pass. With a move to Union Market (1309 5th St. NE, DC), All Things Go Fall Classic features headliners Foster the People, Young Thug, and Galantis.

Highlights: Firefly Music Festival @ The Woodlands (Dover, Del.), 6/15-6/18/17

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Benny Benassi, Bleachers, Capital Cities, Delaware, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Firefly, Firefly 2017, Firefly Music Festival, Franz Ferdinand, Hamilton Leithauser, Kesha, Miike Snow, Muse, music festival, outdoor festival, Phantogram, SHAED, The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway, Twenty One Pilots, Weezer.

Franz Ferdinand (Photo by Andy Knowles)

Parklife DC previously filled you in on the headliners at Firefly Music Festival 2017, scheduled for June 15-18 at The Woodlands in Dover, Delaware. But as festival revelers well know, it’s the acts that lead up to those headliners that make for a complete day at any given music festival. Here then are our picks for acts you shouldn’t miss at Firefly 2017.