Weekly Music Agenda on January 9, 2012
“Trying to Make a Song Happen”: Chad Clark on His “Immersive Ideal” on January 6, 2012
Weekly Music Agenda on January 3, 2012
DCist’s Favorite Concerts of 2011 on December 30, 2011
The Best Albums of 2011 on December 29, 2011
What We Missed: The Year in Local Record Releases on December 28, 2011
The Year in Three Stars on December 27, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on December 27, 2011
Three Stars: Raw Feels on December 23, 2011
Three Stars: Cigarette on December 16, 2011
Positive Force Announces Two Shows for January on December 16, 2011
Three Stars: Dance for the Dying on December 9, 2011
Los Campesinos! @ Black Cat on November 22, 2011
Three Stars: Bake Sale on November 18, 2011
Foo Fighters @ Verizon Center on November 15, 2011
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists @ Sacred Heart Church on November 14, 2011
Three Stars: Ugly Purple Sweater on November 11, 2011
DCist Interview: The Coathangers on November 9, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on November 7, 2011
Three Stars: Sansyou on November 4, 2011
Three Stars: Lenorable on October 28, 2011
Three Stars: Yoko K. on October 21, 2011
DCist Interview: Double Dagger on October 19, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on October 11, 2011
Jens Lekman @ Sixth & I Synagogue on October 6, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on October 3, 2011
Three Stars: Mobius Strip on September 30, 2011
The Rapture @ U Street Music Hall on September 27, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on September 26, 2011
Click Click: Sonic Circuits Festival 2011 on September 20, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on September 20, 2011
The Raincoats @ Comet Ping Pong on September 19, 2011
Sonic Circuits Interview: Layne Garrett on September 18, 2011
Sonic Circuits Interview: Barn Owl on September 17, 2011
Three Stars: Tone on September 16, 2011
Preview: Sonic Circuits Festival 2011 on September 15, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on September 12, 2011
Remember Dear: These United States’ Farewell Interview on September 9, 2011
The War on Drugs @ Red Palace on September 7, 2011
The Hold Steady @ 9:30 Club on September 6, 2011
Three Stars: Regents on September 2, 2011
DCist Interview: The War on Drugs on September 1, 2011
Three Stars: The Dustys on August 26, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on August 22, 2011
Three Stars: Hugh McElroy (of Cephalopods/Ruffian Records) on August 19, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on August 15, 2011
DCist Preview: The Junior League Band @ 9:30 Club on August 12, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on August 8, 2011
Bon Iver @ 9:30 Club on August 3, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on July 25, 2011
Album Review: Title Tracks - In Blank on July 25, 2011
Capital Fringe Review: The Audio Files on July 21, 2011
Three Stars: The Gift on July 15, 2011
Three Stars: The Blackberry Belles on July 8, 2011
Liturgy @ DC9 on July 6, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on July 5, 2011
Dinosaur Jr. @ 9:30 Club on June 28, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on June 27, 2011
Three Stars: Beasts of No Nation on June 24, 2011
White Denim @ Rock and Roll Hotel on June 23, 2011
Three Stars: The Nunchucks on June 17, 2011
Five Questions For: Allo Darlin’ and America Hearts on June 16, 2011
The Dodos @ 9:30 Club on June 13, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on June 6, 2011
Times New Viking @ Black Cat on June 1, 2011
Bluebrain To Release Location-Aware Album Tonight on May 27, 2011
Three Stars: The Sweater Set on May 26, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on May 24, 2011
tUnE-yArDs @ Red Palace on May 22, 2011
Three Stars: Protect-U on May 20, 2011
Odd Future @ Rock and Roll Hotel on May 19, 2011
Ted Leo @ Black Cat Backstage on May 16, 2011
Dirty Beaches @ Black Cat on May 11, 2011
Les Savy Fav @ Black Cat on May 9, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on May 9, 2011
Three Stars: More Humans on May 6, 2011
YACHT @ Black Cat on April 28, 2011
The Fresh & Onlys @ Red Palace on April 27, 2011
Three Stars: Lovitt Records on April 25, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on April 18, 2011
Three Stars: Fan Death Records (Part 2) on April 18, 2011
Three Stars: Fan Death Records (Part 1) on April 15, 2011
Destroyer @ The Black Cat on April 7, 2011
DCist Interview: Bare Wires on April 6, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on April 5, 2011
DCist’s SXSWrap-Up on March 22, 2011
Three Stars: Black Telephone on March 18, 2011
Three Stars: Thee Lolitas on March 12, 2011
The Pogues @ 9:30 Club on March 11, 2011
Three Stars: Maybe, Baby on March 4, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on February 28, 2011
Three Stars: Painted Face on February 25, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on February 14, 2011
Three Stars: Daddy Lion on February 11, 2011
Gang of Four @ 9:30 Club on February 11, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on February 8, 2011
Monotonix @ Comet Ping Pong on February 7, 2011
The Radio Dept. @ Rock and Roll Hotel on February 3, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on January 25, 2011
A People’s History of the Dismemberment Plan Reunion on January 24, 2011
Respect Is Due: “The Ice of Boston” on January 19, 2011
Das Racist @ Rock and Roll Hotel on January 17, 2011
Album Review: Laughing Man - The Lovings (63-69) on January 14, 2011
Weekly Music Agenda on January 11, 2011
DCist’s Favorite Concerts of 2010 on December 31, 2010
The Roots @ 9:30 Club on December 30, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on December 27, 2010
Andrew Bird’s Gezelligheid @ Sixth & I on December 9, 2010
Three Stars: Shat Shorts on December 3, 2010
Three Stars: Aaron Thompson on December 2, 2010
D.C. Musicians Snag Grammy Award Nominations on December 2, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on November 22, 2010
The Joy Formidable @ Black Cat Backstage on November 16, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on November 15, 2010
DCist Interview: Fulton Lights on November 12, 2010
Album Review: Hume - Penumbra on November 5, 2010
Album Reviews: America Hearts - Be My Jones 7” / Foul Swoops - S/T 7” on October 29, 2010
Album Review: Impossible Hair - Toast a Dozen on the Outside on October 29, 2010
Marnie Stern @ Rock and Roll Hotel on October 28, 2010
Matt & Kim @ 9:30 Club on October 25, 2010
The Thermals @ Black Cat on October 19, 2010
Deerhunter @ 9:30 Club on October 15, 2010
Gorillaz @ The Patriot Center on October 14, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on October 12, 2010
Menomena @ 9:30 Club on October 8, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on October 5, 2010
DCist Interview: Kingsley Flood on October 1, 2010
Album Review: District of Noise: Vol. 3 on October 1, 2010
DCist Interview: Titus Andronicus’ Amy Klein on September 24, 2010
Sonic Circuits Interview: Richard Pinhas on September 24, 2010
Click Click: District of Noise Vol. 3 — 100 Lock Grooves Release Party @ Pyramid Atlantic on September 24, 2010
Andrea Centazzo @ Kennedy Center on September 23, 2010
Sonic Circuits Interview: U.S. Girls on September 23, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on September 21, 2010
Superchunk @ 9:30 Club on September 20, 2010
Click Click: Sonic Circuits Opening Weekend on September 20, 2010
Preview: Sonic Circuits Festival 2010 on September 17, 2010
Broken Social Scene @ Warner Theatre on September 14, 2010
Double Dagger @ Comet Ping Pong on September 13, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on September 13, 2010
Best Coast @ Rock and Roll Hotel on September 9, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on September 7, 2010
Three Stars: Connect the Dots (La La Lala) on September 2, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on August 31, 2010
The Vivian Girls @ Comet Ping Pong on August 24, 2010
DCist Interview: Wye Oak on August 18, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on August 16, 2010
Five Questions for: America Hearts on August 12, 2010
Arcade Fire @ Merriweather Post Pavilion on August 9, 2010
Deadmau5 @ 9:30 Club on August 2, 2010
Three Stars: The Cornel West Theory on July 30, 2010
Three Stars: The Shirks on July 29, 2010
Three Stars: Office of Future Plans on July 28, 2010
Sleigh Bells @ Rock and Roll Hotel on July 6, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on July 5, 2010
Lightning Bolt @ DC9 on July 3, 2010
Three Stars: Noon:30 on July 2, 2010
Three Stars: Buildings on June 30, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on May 31, 2010
Land of Talk @ Black Cat on May 28, 2010
DCist Interview: Etxe Records on May 26, 2010
Caribou @ Rock and Roll Hotel on May 12, 2010
Three Stars: Sockets Records on April 30, 2010
Three Stars: Underwater Peoples on April 29, 2010
Los Campesinos! @ 9:30 Club on April 29, 2010
(Visual) Album Review: Animal Collective - Oddsac on April 23, 2010
The Cool Kids @ Santa Fe Cafe on April 21, 2010
Album Review: Blue Sausage Infant - Flight of the Solstice Queens on April 17, 2010
Liars @ Rock and Roll Hotel on April 16, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on April 12, 2010
Sonic Circuits Off the Grid @ Pyramid Atlantic on April 7, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on April 5, 2010
Wilco @ Strathmore on April 1, 2010
The Soft Pack @ Black Cat on March 30, 2010
Shearwater/Wye Oak @ Rock and Roll Hotel on March 30, 2010
DCist’s Post-SXSW Scouting Report on March 24, 2010
Album Review: Imperial China - Phosphenes on March 16, 2010
Album Review: Title Tracks — It Was Easy on March 10, 2010
Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bear in Heaven @ Rock and Roll Hotel on March 8, 2010
Three Stars: Typefighter on February 26, 2010
Click Click: Mission of Burma @ Black Cat on February 24, 2010
Three Stars: Matthew Hemerlein on February 24, 2010
Five Questions For…Caverns on February 19, 2010
Weekly Music Agenda on February 8, 2010
The Magnetic Fields @ Lisner Auditorium on February 5, 2010
Three Stars: Foul Swoops on January 27, 2010
Click Click: Sockets Fifth Anniversary Show @ Black Cat on January 25, 2010
Best of ‘09: Three Stars on December 31, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on December 22, 2009
Five Questions For: Outpost on December 5, 2009
Three Stars: Blue Sausage Infant on December 4, 2009
Three Stars: Birdlips on December 2, 2009
Three Stars: Title Tracks on December 1, 2009
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down @ Black Cat on November 9, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on November 2, 2009
Three Stars: Pilesar on October 30, 2009
Three Stars: Gestures on October 28, 2009
Click Click: Bentzen Ball Brings the Bellyaches on October 26, 2009
Dirty Projectors @ Black Cat on October 26, 2009
Three Stars: Last Tide on October 26, 2009
Click Click: Art Brut @ Black Cat on October 20, 2009
The Dodos & Ruby Suns @ Rock and Roll Hotel on October 12, 2009
Album Review: The Moderate - The Rest is Up to You on October 9, 2009
Three Stars: Frau Eva on October 2, 2009
Sonic Circuits Festival: Late Wrap-Up on September 30, 2009
Three Stars: Laughing Man on September 29, 2009
Sonic Circuits Interview: HEALTH on September 25, 2009
Sonic Circuits Interview: Jeff Surak on September 25, 2009
Preview: Sonic Circuits Festival ‘09 (Part Two) on September 24, 2009
Sonic Circuits Interview: 21st Century Ensemble on September 23, 2009
Preview: Sonic Circuits Festival ‘09 (Part One) on September 22, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on September 21, 2009
Free MGMT, Wale & Dan Deacon Shows in D.C. This Weekend on September 17, 2009
Three Stars: Hume on August 28, 2009
Three Stars: The Tennis System on August 28, 2009
Free Energy @ Black Cat on August 27, 2009
The Breeders @ Black Cat on August 24, 2009
A Few Questions for The Points on August 21, 2009
Bat For Lashes @ 9:30 Club on August 17, 2009
Akron/Family @ Rock and Roll Hotel on August 14, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on August 3, 2009
Three Stars: The Fordists on July 28, 2009
Japandroids @ DC9 on July 10, 2009
Three Stars: Cannot Be Stopped on July 2, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on June 29, 2009
Camera Obscura @ 9:30 Club on June 24, 2009
A Few Questions for: A Place to Bury Strangers on June 5, 2009
Grizzly Bear @ 9:30 Club on June 3, 2009
Five Questions For: Here We Go Magic on June 1, 2009
Three Stars: Impossible Hair on May 29, 2009
Three Stars: Loose Lips on May 27, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on May 25, 2009
The Thermals @ Black Cat on May 15, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on May 4, 2009
Three Stars: Lode Runner on May 1, 2009
Three Stars: Solar Powered Sun Destroyer on April 29, 2009
Ponytail @ DC9 on April 27, 2009
DCist Does SXSW on March 25, 2009
Modest Mouse @ 9:30 Club on March 17, 2009
These Arms Are Snakes/The Coathangers @ Rock and Roll Hotel on March 14, 2009
The Black Lips @ Black Cat on March 9, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on March 9, 2009
Three Stars: Pree on February 25, 2009
Fujiya & Miyagi @ 9:30 Club on February 23, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart @ Black Cat on February 11, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda on February 10, 2009
Three Stars: True Womanhood on January 28, 2009
Album Review: Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion on January 26, 2009
The Art of Change Artists’ Ball @ The Warehouse on January 21, 2009
Songs for Presidents @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on January 19, 2009
DCist Interview: The Points on December 5, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on November 18, 2008
DCist Interview: Mark Hosler of Negativland on November 10, 2008
Deerhunter @ Black Cat on November 7, 2008
Three Stars: Caverns on October 29, 2008
Of Montreal @ 9:30 Club on October 10, 2008
Glasvegas @ Rock and Roll Hotel on October 7, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on October 6, 2008
Black Kids @ Black Cat on September 30, 2008
Oxford Collapse/Takka Takka @ Black Cat on September 29, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on September 23, 2008
Three Stars: Imperial China on August 26, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on August 25, 2008
A Few Questions for The Faint on August 15, 2008
Three Stars: Fever on August 1, 2008
Three Stars: Cobra Collective on July 30, 2008
The Mae Shi @ Velvet Lounge on July 24, 2008
Fleet Foxes @ Black Cat on July 9, 2008
Delta Spirit @ DC9 on July 1, 2008
Three Stars: The Moderate on June 25, 2008
White Rabbits @ Black Cat on June 6, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on June 2, 2008
Sea Wolf @ Rock and Roll Hotel on May 28, 2008
Three Stars: U.S. Royalty on May 27, 2008
Pela @ Rock and Roll Hotel on May 21, 2008
Five Questions for Pattern Is Movement on May 21, 2008
The Black Keys @ 9:30 Club on May 14, 2008
Three Stars: Wild Fictions on May 1, 2008
Preview: Mt. Pleasant Fire Benefit on April 30, 2008
Three Stars: Bellflur on April 30, 2008
Three Stars: Tereu Tereu on April 29, 2008
Yeasayer @ Black Cat on April 11, 2008
Les Savy Fav @ Black Cat on April 8, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on April 7, 2008
Ghostland Observatory @ 9:30 Club on March 31, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on March 10, 2008
Weekly Music Agenda on February 18, 2008
Album Review: Shwa Losben’s Chop Chop on February 15, 2008
Liars @ 9:30 Club on February 14, 2008
The Dance Party Prep EP for Spring Release on February 8, 2008
Vampire Weekend @ Rock and Roll Hotel on February 7, 2008
Nina Nastasia @ The Black Cat on February 1, 2008
Jukebox the Ghost @ Black Cat, 1/26 on January 29, 2008
Velvet Lounge Finds New Owners on January 22, 2008
Music Video Premiere: Carol Bui’s “Modern Dance” on January 10, 2008
Three Stars: Carol Bui on December 28, 2007
Three Stars: Pash on December 27, 2007
Three Stars: The Fake Accents on November 28, 2007
Club Tiger Kicks Off All-Ages Shows at The Lab on November 16, 2007
Three Stars: Gist on October 31, 2007
Annuals/Manchester Orchestra @ Rock and Roll Hotel on October 29, 2007
Jens Lekman @ Black Cat on October 26, 2007
Weekly Music Agenda on October 22, 2007
DAM! Revisited: Exit Clov, Pela and Stellastarr* on October 15, 2007
Sunset Rubdown @ Black Cat on October 12, 2007
The Twilight Sad @ Rock and Roll Hotel on October 3, 2007
CYHSY @ Rock and Roll Hotel Oversold on October 1, 2007
Preview: The Black Lips @ The Black Cat on September 14, 2007
Aesop Rock @ 9:30 Club on September 12, 2007
Concert Preview: Ra Ra Riot @ 9:30 on September 4, 2007
Deerhunter @ Black Cat on September 4, 2007
Northern State @ Rock & Roll Hotel on August 27, 2007
Concert Preview: 1990s @ Rock and Roll Hotel on August 3, 2007
Get Him Eat Him @ Rock & Roll Hotel on July 27, 2007