Featuring a monstrously awesome lineup packed with District pride.
Check out the music video for Ex Hex’s first single, “Hot and Cold.”
The do-it-yourself ethos of D.C.’s music scene doesn’t always lend itself to big weekends like Coachella, but this year’s edition of the Southern California music festival proved otherwise.
What happens when you take a cult classic TV show and adapt it for a national tour of music halls? You get Portlandia, which arrived at the 9:30 Club last night. Was watching it live any better than on TV? Not really.
One of our favorite questions to ask local musicians is what they think of the local music scene — is there a community here? On Friday night, as we spotted Hamilton Leithauser and Ian Svenonius in the crowd, it was refreshingly clear that no matter where your music career takes you, D.C. bands come back to support one another. Two bands with deep local roots were taking the stage. The Childballads, led by the…
FRIDAY: >> It may be that we’ve simply gotten so, so, so many press releases about The Horrors show tonight at the Rock and Roll Hotel, and we’ve been beaten into submission to mention it. Give the punky-garage rock revivalists a chance for $12 at 8:30 p.m., and let us know if they’re worth all the fuss. Seattle’s Schoolyard Heroes open, plus locals Scanner Freaks. >> One of the most anticipated new hip hop albums…
FRIDAY: >> What, you mean you don’t already see enough of Ian Svenonius around town? The DJ, Internet talk show host and former head of Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up is giving you another chance to eyeball his annoying multitalentedness with a slide show presentation in conjunction with the release of “The Psychic Soviet”, a collection of essays he’s recently published. 7 p.m. tonight at Crooked Beat Records. SATURDAY: >> There is an open…
FRIDAY: >> DCist Exposed opening reception, OBVS. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., at Warehouse. >> If you’re looking for more hip art happenings afterward, head over to the Hirshhorn After Hours party, which goes until midnight. It’s a celebration of the opening of Virgil Marti and Pae White’s new site-specific installation in the Hirshhorn lobby, which is the latest in the museum’s Directions series. Ian Svenonius is spinning and it looks like there’ll be a number…
From DCist contributor Ryan Avent MONDAY: >> Monday is an excellent time to visit Fort Reno as Garland of Hours (featuring noted DC cellist Amy Domingues and a Fugazi rhythm section) take the stage. They’re joined by DCist favorite The Aquarium and by local songwriter-slash-St. Ex bartender Paul Michel. The show is free as always and begins about 7:15. Click here to read last week’s interview with Paul Michel. >> If tranquil melodies are your…
