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Metric (Photo by Justin Broadbent)
Canadian quartet Metric released Art of Doubt, a wonderfully brilliant new wave album, last year, and soon they will tour it in the United States. Locally, Metric will perform at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Friday, Feb. 15 in a double bill with Latin rock band Zoe.
Born Ruffians (Photo courtesy Paper Bag Records)
Post-punk rockers Born Ruffians put on a great live show, and they will put on such a show at DC9 on Saturday, Dec. 15. The post-punks attempted to stop by DC9 in March, soon after the release of Uncle, Duke & The Chief, their fifth studio album, but they postponed due to snow.
Tory Lanez surfs the crowd at The Fillmore Silver Spring on July 20, 2018. (Photo by Chris Castillo)
Canadian rapper Tory Lanez dropped by The Fillmore Silver Spring on Friday for a sold-out show. Chris Castillo was along for the ride!
Jessie Reyez (Phot courtesy Tickets.com)
Jessie Reyez released Kiddo, her debut EP, via FMLY in 2017, and she followed it up with a new single “Body Count” in 2018. She’s coming around to sing all of her songs while opening Halsey at Wolf Trap on Sunday, July 15.
Sloan plays a packed Rock & Roll Hotel on May 11, 2018. (Photo by David LaMason)
For nearly 30 years, the Toronto-based band Sloan has shown how a band can be consistently great while being completely democratic. Each member — Jay Ferguson (guitar/vocals/bass), Chris Murphy (bass/vocals/drums), Patrick Pentland (guitar/vocals/bass), and Andrew Scott (drums/vocals/guitar) — takes on songwriting duties and each song is perfectly crafted and laden with hooks that keep fans coming back from the band’s debut Smeared to the recently released 12th album (appropriately titled) 12. Fans came back again for their latest show at Rock and Roll Hotel on Friday.
Molly Rankin fronts Alvvays at 9:30 Club on May 8, 2018.
The alluring voice of Molly Rankin mesmerized the audience during a sold-out show at 9:30 Club last week.
Lindi Ortega performs at Union Stage on April 24, 2018. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
When you hear an artist live for the first time, there’s always a question of how they will sound compared to a studio recording. Some artists can only hit high or low notes in the controlled atmosphere of the studio. With some performers, the experience and spectacle of their live act is the point, and whether they are as “good” as they are in the studio is simply not the point. Some musicians seem to sound even better live than they do recorded.
Despite suffering from sleep-deprivation, Lindi Ortega sang, to use a cliché, with the voice of angel at her show Tuesday at DC’s Union Stage.
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