Live Review: Luna Honey @ DC9 — 2/26/22

Posted on 03/09/2022 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review, Local Spotlight and tagged DC, DC9, drone, Luna Honey, post-punk.

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.

Song of the Day: “Psalm” by Luna Honey

Posted on 03/25/2020 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged dark wave, DC, drone, Luna Honey, Song of the Day, trip hop.

Luna Honey (Photo courtesy Blight Records)

A few days ago, DC experimental pop band Luna Honey released a video for a new single, “Psalm,” and it sounds like the droning theme to the ambient post-apocalyptic space Western that we would like to see.

Poll: 2019 Thrushie Awards — Results!

Posted on 12/16/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town and tagged 9:30 Club, Appaloosa Festival, best of the year, Black Cat, Broke Royals, HERAFest, Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival, Lightshow, Luna Honey, Pie Shop, Thrushie Awards.

Luna Honey (Photo courtesy Blight Records)

Parklife DC today announces the best in DC concerts with our annual awards program, named for our mascot, DC’s own state bird — the Wood Thrush. Our Thrushie Awards salute bands and venues in line with our mission to review live music concerts.

Congratulations to the 2019 Thrushie Awards winners, several of whom took their top spots from polling ran by Parklife DC over the first half of December.

Poll: What Is the Best Local Band in DC?

Posted on 12/05/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town and tagged Bencoolen, best of the year, Broke Royals, Dom Flemons, Ex Hex, Lightshow, Luna Honey, Priests, SHAED, Thrushie Awards, Wale.

Welcome to the 2019 Thrushie Awards!

Parklife DC will name the DC best local band — or performer — of the year with your input. Vote for the best music local band in the DC metro area now through Dec. 12.

Live Review: Luna Honey @ Union Stage — 3/10/19

Posted on 03/14/2019 by Mark Caicedo in Live Review, Local Spotlight and tagged dark wave, DC, drone, Luna Honey, trip hop, Union Stage.

Luna Honey performs at Union Stage on March 10, 2019. (Photo by Mark Caicedo)

After weeks (months, really) of promising myself I’d see Luna Honey perform live — and missing several opportunities — the stars aligned and I finally got the chance to see this local DC band at Union Stage recently.

Preview: Luna Honey @ Dew Drop Inn, 2/25/19

Posted on 02/14/2019 by Parklifer in Local Spotlight, Preview and tagged dark wave, DC, Dew Drop Inn, drone, Luna Honey, trip hop.

Luna Honey (Photo courtesy the band)

DC drone quartet Luna Honey released the band’s debut album, Peace Will Grind You Down, last year via Blight Records. They’ve been performing around town quite a bit since then, and their next show is at the Dew Drop Inn on Monday, Feb. 25.