Apr 20, 2007
Six Points at DC9
If we were in the business of judging books by their covers, here’s what we would assume about the line-up at last night’s installment of the Six Points Music Festival: The Glory and the Majesty are emo, The Jaguar Club are a bunch of car enthusiasts, Life in a Hospital are bleak and brooding and Lejeune are French. Ultimately, only one of these assumptions proved correct; read on to satisfy your curiosity. First up, Arlington’s…
Dec 04, 2006
Weekly Music Agenda
Monday >> Milwaukee-based indie pop quartet Maritime will be bringing their brand of sweet melodies to the Rock and Roll Hotel accompanied by the Swervedriver-inspired rock of Kansas City’s The Life and Times. We rarely get to make a Swervedriver reference, so enjoy it while you can. 8 p.m. >> Drive-By Truckers’ frontman Patterson Hood drops by the area for a show at the Birchmere in Alexandria. If you’re not familiar with the live stylings…
Sep 28, 2005
DCist Interview: Robbers on High Street
Chances are you’ve already seen or heard the Robbers on High Street but just don’t know it. The band has been through D.C. a handful of times in the last two years, supporting artists like Fountains of Wayne, The Sleepy Jackson, Ambulance LTD and VHS or Beta. They’ve been the house band on Last Call With Carson Daly and also had songs featured on The Wedding Crashers Soundtrack as well as Six Feet Under…
Jul 29, 2004
Live on Penn Goes Silent
Live on Penn is live no more. Citing sluggish ticket sales and amid rumblings of poor mismanagement, the outdoor concert series that took place on a stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue near the National Gallery of Art has shut down after only three of the ten scheduled concerts took place. Today’s live online chat with the Post’s “Going Out Gurus” speculates on the reasons for Live on Penn’s demise: Alexandria, VA: Just heard Live on Penn…