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The Baseball ProjectEven a completist could be forgiven for not keeping up with all of Scott McCaughey's projects. The main force behind quirky, power pop veterans the Minus 5 and the Young Fresh Fellows is also a member of Robyn Hitchcock's band, the Venus 3, and tours with R.E.M. Oh,... continue reading on DCist

J Tillman plays the Black Cat on Monday night with Phosphorescent. Photo courtesy of Western Vinyl artist website. MONDAY Fleet Foxes' singer drummer J. Tillman's most recent release didn't quite match the thrilling peaks of his band's first full-length, but it was a typically solid "solo" album, filled with... continue reading on DCist

Tinariwen played Friday night at the 9:30 Club. Photo from artist website. The Tinariwen backstory is the stuff of legends. Tuareg refugees from Mali living across the border in the desert of Libya, they were recruited to serve in Muammar Ghaddafi's army of the Sahara. They met during military... continue reading on DCist

Singer-songwriter Dan Bern. (Photo by Todd Adamson.) As Dan Bern explains it, when someone has a story to tell in Nashville, they write a nice little song that manages to tie everything together in two and a half minutes with a melody to boot. But in L.A., where Bern... continue reading on DCist

The New Pornographers Even with a good range of music venues of all sizes, including a few decent outdoor sheds and a world-class rock club in the 9:30, D.C. typically plays second fiddle to places like Chicago, Seattle, Boston, even Minneapolis on the list of top rock cities. But... continue reading on DCist