Jon Langford is responsible for way too much great art for you not to know who he is. To begin at the beginning, he’s one of two remaining original members of the Mekons, singing and playing guitar in the increasingly difficult-to-categorize onetime punk band he founded while studying art at the University of Leeds, England, in 1977. Their albums Fear and Whiskey and Edge of the World, from 1985 and 1986, respectively, were among…
When we arrived at Adams Morgan bar Felix last Tuesday to catch a Justin Jones show, we found Jones himself standing in the doorway as Felix’s de facto bouncer. “Can I see some I.D.?” asked the stubbled 27-year-old. Then, with a wry grin and a “Nah, I’m just messing with you,” Jones waved us inside. Offstage, it’s tough to tell when Jones is just messing with you. Which is ironic, because as soon as he…
We’re torn here at Overheard over how to feel about St. Patrick’s Day. On the one hand, it’s a pretty transparent excuse to get blind drunk, usually for people who’d be doing that on any given weekend anyway. It’s just that on March 17th, they get to do it while wearing green and engaging in mildly to egregiously offensive stereotypes of an entire nation. I’ve always thought that, just to be fair, the Irish…
Three Stars February is rounding the finish line, just in time for you to take all that local music yearning to Unbuckled tonight. On Tuesday we visited with The Hint, yesterday The Apparitions, and today we finish with Shortstack. See you all tonight at DC9! Shortstack play music they love. They are not a political band. They do not play art rock, or at least what you would expect to hear if provided the term….
MONDAY: >> Watch a cartoon (and, according to reader comments, hipsters) come to life. Adding further cred to the notion that pop music is respectable as long as it’s from another country, the wildly popular duo Puffy AmiYumi bring their unforgettable show to the 9:30 Club tonight, with opener Adam Richman. 6 p.m., $20 TUESDAY: >> Because we love A Smokey Mountain Christmas, because the original version is always better, and because there’s nothing cooler…
For those out there who hate Thievery Corporation and Ted Leo but love freedom, the Pentagon is offering an alternative to Operation Ceasefire. None other than country music legend Clint Black will headline a concert in support of the military and Sept. 11 victims on the four-year anniversary of the attacks. The concert, named “America Supports You,” will follow up the Department of Defense’s two-mile Freedom Walk from the Pentagon to Arlington National Cemetery to…
Today will be mostly sunny earlier becoming partly cloudy, with highs around 80. Yes, folks – you read right – 80! The photo to the right was submitted to DCist Photos by Jim Tucker via Flickr. Spring is Here: For the Post’s Fritz Hahn, this can only mean one thing: “Temperatures are climbing into the 70s. The sun sets after 7:30. It’s time to move happy hour outside.” With the city’s plant life coming alive,…