The Regrettes (Photo by Jen Rosenstein)
Fresh from SXSW, Los Angeles punk quartet The Regrettes are hitting Black Cat on Wednesday, March 22.
Don’t Miss: The Menzingers @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 3/29/17
The Menzingers (Photo courtesy Epitaph Records)
The Menzingers released their fifth full-length album After the Party on Feb. 3 via Epitaph Records, and they are visiting Rock and Roll Hotel on Wednesday, March 29 on tour. The show is sold out!
Music Park: Priests @ Black Cat — 3/11/17
Katie Alice Greer fronts Priests at Black Cat on Saturday, March 11, 2017.
Hometown heroes Priests wrapped a US tour with a smashing, sold-out show at Black Cat Saturday. Billed a record release party, Priests actually released their full-length debut, Nothing Feels Natural, at the end of January via their own Sister Polygon Records.
Music Park: Slaves @ DC9 — 3/8/17
Isaac Holman of Slaves performs at DC9 on March 8, 2017.
Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman started out their band Slaves playing small pubs in their hometown in Kent, England. The UK punk rockers were trying to work out their act, and they would often play to one lone pub patron on a slow night, Isaac recalled at DC9 on Wednesday.
Don’t Miss: Slaves @ DC9, 3/8/17
Slaves (Photo courtesy Universal Music Group)
UK garage punk rockers Slaves released their second album Take Control last fall via Virgin EMI, and they are hitting the United States for a tour that includes DC9 on Wednesday, March 8.
Music Park: Parquet Courts @ 9:30 Club — 2/13/17
Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts sings at 9:30 Club on Feb. 13, 2017. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
Andrew Savage zipped into DC from Los Angeles, fresh from the Grammy Awards, where he was nominated for Best Recording Package for his band Parquet Courts’ fifth album, Human Performance.
The artist for David Bowie’s Blackstar album took that award, but Andrew was upbeat about it. “I won,” he quipped to a large crowd at 9:30 Club on Monday. “The director of The Recording Academy told us we were all winners. That sounds pretty official to me.”
Ticket Giveaway: Modern Baseball @ 9:30 Club, 3/21/17
Modern Baseball (Photo courtesy Brixton Agency)
Feb. 21 Update: Unfortunately, Modern Baseball have canceled their upcoming tour.
From Jake Ewald on Facebook:
Hey everybody, Jake here. As much as it pains me to say this, we have decided to cancel our upcoming U.S. tour dates and festival appearances to take a break from Modern Baseball for a little while. If you already bought tickets for the tour, refunds will be available at point of purchase.
Over the past few months the band has become an immense source of anxiety for me, and it wasn’t until I opened up to Sean, Ian, and Brendan about it that we realized we were all feeling the same way. The project we started as a source of joy and positive expression had become something that was slowly eating away at our mental health and our friendships. We have been championing the importance of mental health for a while now, and we recently realized that it would be wrong for us to ignore our own health any longer. Please know that we don’t take a tour cancellation lightly, and under any other circumstances we would not even consider it an option, but in this instance we have to put our health and friendships first. You’ve supported us unconditionally throughout this crazy ride and we could never thank you enough. We never really learned how to do this whole “rock band” thing the right way, but you kept coming to the shows and talking to us and assuring us that we’d figure it out sooner or later. We could not have done any of this without you. Be honest with those you love and don’t be afraid to lean on them when you need to. Odds are they’ll need to lean on you pretty soon too.
With all the love in the world,
MOBO
Philadelphia emo quartet Modern Baseball released their third album last year, and they have been touring quite a lot. In March, they launch a new US tour that includes a stop at 9:30 Club on March 21.
Music Park: AFI @ 9:30 Club — 2/7/17
Davey Havok of AFI sings at Lollapallooza 2014 in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2014. (Photo by Daniel Patlan)
With a crowd thrusting their fists in the air, Davey Havok led a chant every young AFI fan of the past 20 years wanted to hear: “Through our bleeding, we are one.”
Don’t Miss: No Thanks: A Night of Anti-Fascist Sound Resistance @ Black Cat, 1/20/17
Priests (Photo courtesy Pitch Perfect PR)
The inauguration of President Donald Trump begins today and concludes tomorrow. Not everyone is happy about that of course, and some of that unhappiness channels itself through protest concerts taking place over the next few days.
Ticket Giveaway: The English Beat @ 9:30 Club, 3/1/17
Dave Wakeling and The English Beat have been no strangers to DC, last performing at the 9:30 Club to open for Squeeze last fall. The band next return to the 9:30 Club on Wednesday, March 1, to provide a proper headlining set.