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SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience is unlike any craft beer event. It’s a sensory adventure that answers the tantalizing question: what if we paired some of the best craft brewers with some of the finest chefs for a single night of culinary bliss?
After a two-year hiatus, the Brewers Association’s SAVOR event returns to Washington, DC, on Friday, June 24, at The Anthem.
Lawrence (Photo by Deanie Chen)
Lawrence and MisterWives have teamed for a double bill called the Sounds of Summer Tour, and the bands play at The Anthem in DC on Friday, June 17.
You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC!
Interpol performs at The Anthem on May 10, 2022. (Photos by Casey Vock; Words by Mickey McCarter)
Interpol came to The Anthem in DC recently to turn on the bright lights!
The trio have a new album, The Other Side of Make-Believe, due in July, but you wouldn’t have known it for all of the love lavished on the band’s 2002 debut record. But that made sense when you consider it’s given us 20 years of frontman Paul Banks and company!
What do you get when you mix one part brilliant songwriter, one part jaw-dropping voice, and two generous portions of unmatched stage presence? You get the indomitable LP, whose new album, Churches, brings personal and universally relatable songs front and center.
And I have to say, as a fan who has seen this artist perform over the years, their live shows are to die for, so it was tough to see tours get pushed back or canceled during the pandemic. But on Friday, LP was back in DC, and at The Anthem, no less, to bring it all back.
Adrianne Lenker leads Big Thief in a performance at The Anthem on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Casey Vock)
How do the very best musicians keep their creative focus amid skyrocketing popularity and success? Aiming to reduce external noise and interruption might very well help a band or a group preserve and even hone its identity in the same direction and with a similar rationale that inspired the endeavor to begin with.
Big Thief, the beloved and inexplicably bewitching indie rock group out of Brooklyn, has somehow adhered to what appears to be a fundamental set of guiding principles while managing meteoric growth since its inception less than seven years ago.
At a highly anticipated appearance at The Anthem in DC recently, Big Thief was able to shrink the ultramodern venue, effectively diffusing any potential distraction presented by its large size and cutting through its deep space to reach the audience clear and to emotional effect.
Interpol (Photo by Atiba Jefferson)
New York post-punks Interpol release The Other Side of Make Believe, the band’s seventh studio album, in June via Matador Records! On the way to release day, Interpol perform at The Anthem in DC on Tuesday, May 10.
You can win tickets to see Interpol with Parklife DC!
LP (Photo courtesy Tell All Your Friends PR)
There are people who just seem born with innate talents. Some have a way with public speaking or knowing how to fix things, and others, like Laura Pergolizzi — known professionally as LP — feel destined to create music and, as we discussed in an interview, perform.
Parklife’s David LaMason has tracked LP through their career. He’s watched LP visit DC to perform at small clubs like U Street Music Hall and now to command the stage at The Anthem on Friday, May 6.
In this interview, LP chats with David about the challenges of performing in the advent of a pandemic, their new record, Churches, and their writing process.
Bright Eyes performs at The Anthem on April 9, 2022. (Photo by David LaMason)
Introducing “Mariana Trench,” Conor Oberst, the lyricist/vocalist for Omaha-bred indie folk band Bright Eyes said, “There’s been a lot more ups than downs these last few years.” “Mariana Trench” is the fourth track on the band’s newest album, Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, and it was also the fourth song played by the band in their recent set at The Anthem.
Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was was released after a long hiatus — it had been nine years since the release of their previous album, 2011’s The People’s Key — in 2020. As Conor drolly pointed out, it did not go particularly well. They were only now getting to tour behind that album.
Big Thief (Photo by Alexa Viscius)
Big Thief’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, out now on 4AD, is already one of the most raved about albums of 2022. The band tour in support of the album with a date at The Anthem in DC on Thursday, April 21.
Kaleo (Photo by Dan Winters)
Last year, Kaleo unveiled their highly anticipated album Surface Sounds, available everywhere via Elektra/Atlantic. The band now are on the road in a highly anticipated tour (which was previously delayed by pandemic lockdowns), and Kaleo performs at The Anthem in DC on Wednesday, April 13.
Parklife DC is giving away two pairs of tickets for you to see the show!