With every fans’ dream intimacy, Greer recently took the stage at the District’s DC9 — and took the audience into their music’s dreamy indie-rock world.
Live Review: Greer @ DC9 — 6/24/22
Preview: We Are Scientists @ DC9, 7/8/22
We Are Scientists (Photo by Danny Lee Allen)
Last fall, NYC indie vets We Are Scientists released their new LP HUFFY via Masterswan Records. After a delay due to the pandemic, We Are Scientists are now on tour in support of the album, and the band appears at DC9 for a show on Friday, July 8!
Live Review: One Way Out @ DC9 — 6/4/22
One Way Out performs at DC9 on June 4, 2022. (Photos by Mark Caicedo; Words by Mickey McCarter)
It’s not every day that you encounter a band that’s not old enough to drink but has more love for Led Zeppelin than they do Machine Gun Kelly.
But hearing is believing in this case! The young members of One Way Out rocked hard at DC9 recently for a hometown stop on their Music and Euphoria Summer Tour.
Live Review: Daniel Romano’s Outfit @ DC9 — 6/2/22
Daniel Romano’s Outfit (Photo courtesy the band)
Prolific Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Romano has one of the most interesting, eclectic careers in the music business. Although he’s not yet even 40 years old, he already tackled more styles and genres than most musicians have over the courses of their career. Between his frequent solo releases and his side projects, getting a complete, accurate picture of his extensive discography can prove difficult. (It took no small amount of time to research his setlist after his recent show at DC9.)
Preview: Daniel Romano’s Outfit @ DC9, 6/2/22
Daniel Romano’s Outfit (Photo courtesy the band)
Canadian musician and poet Daniel Romano last year released Cobra Poems, his latest full-length album with Daniel Romano’s Outfit. The band performs at DC9 on Thursday, June 2.
Preview: One Way Out @ DC9, 6/4/22
One Way Out (Photo by Carter Louthian)
Young DC rockers One Way Out recently released their second music video of 2022, “Red”, ahead of their Music and Euphoria Summer Tour. The band performs at DC9 for their local show on Saturday, June 4.
Live Review: Wet Leg @ DC9 — 3/11/22
Wet Leg performs at DC9 on March 11, 2022. (Photos by David LaMason; Words by Mickey McCarter)
Cheeky British post-punk duo Wet Leg boomed quickly on the strength of their single “Chaise Longue” and its followups. Mind you, Vocalist Rhian Teasdale and guitarist Hester Chambers drop their debut Wet Leg album on April 8 via Domino. And yet Wet Leg already became the buzziest band to play DC city, much less DC9, in a recent tour performance.
Wet Leg arrived at DC9 fresh from New York City, where they sold out the 1,800-capacity Brooklyn Steel, to perform for a totally enthralled capacity crowd of about 150 people. That’s what happens when you blow up while on your previously scheduled debut US tour!
Live Review: Luna Honey @ DC9 — 2/26/22
Luna Honey performs at DC9 on Feb. 26, 2022. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
(Editor’s Note: It’s been longer than we would like since this show but Luna Honey are a wildly innovative and important DC band, and so we present this belated review of a recent concert.)
Experimental rock trio Luna Honey opened a recent turn at DC9 with a droning, wheezing, foreboding dirge of a song called “The Sky Is Blue” from their most recent album, and immediately enthralled the growing crowd gathering for a night of post-punk bands.
Live Review: Public Figures @ DC9 — 2/25/22
Public Figures perform at DC9 on Feb. 25, 2022. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
Punk duo Public Figures rock out in the very best way, throwing drum and bass into a classic punk rock mix that inspires the audience to dance your way out the door while flipping the bird to the world.
At DC9 recently, Public Figures opened fellow punks Weird Babies, and the world, or at least the personal hubris of those who live in it, was squarely in their sights as they thumped away to the beat of songs from their debut album, Year of the Garada, released last year during the pandemic lockdown.
Best of the Year: Top 10 Musical Moments of 2021 by David
Bob Mould’s return to 9:30 Club in September ranked among David LaMason’s Best Shows of 2021. (Photo by David LaMason)
If you would have told me around this time last year that I would have had the opportunity to see concerts again, let alone in indoor venues -– some that I hadn’t stepped foot inside in over a year and half –- I would have thought you were crazy. But not only did I have that opportunity –- in large part to vaccines, mask mandates, and the venues and artists who did everything in their power to make sure it was safe to experience live music again –- but I saw some of the best shows I’ve seen in years!