Fresh off of deflating the latest round of Pavement reunion rumors, Stephen Malkmus, aka “the slacker prince of 1990s indie rock”, hit the road touring behind his latest release Real Emotional Trash. The tour pulled into D.C Friday night with opener and all-around good guy John Vanderslice serving as the opener. This was the first time I’d seen Mr. Malkmus since the tour behind Pavement’s last album, Terror Twilight, which was, admittedly, many moons ago….
The man with the coolest name in contemporary rock music drew the largest crowd we’ve ever seen at the Rock and Roll Hotel last night. Keep in mind that it was a Wednesday. John Vanderslice also completely demolished the “fourth wall” between the audience and the stage, handing out Mrs. Field’s cookies, inviting a gaggle of fans to the stage for a sing-along of “me and my 424,” and descending from the stage to play…
Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don’t even front like they don’t. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don’t have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. Bostonist sees Boston and Somerville each whip out their art and face off. A plagiarized novel is the…
Today’s photo from the National Gallery of Art was taken by Flickr user photogene. And get this, it was taken on something called “film” via a Nikon F80. John Vanderslice spoke about “film” when I talked to him last week, I’ll have to look it up on Wikipedia or something. Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone….
Not only is John Vanderslice a locally raised jack-of-all-trades, he’s an all around nice guy to boot. It was evident to me on Friday, when we spoke and did the following interview, but JV proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt on Saturday night right before his set at Iota. I arrived a bit after 10 p.m. and the doorman told me the show was sold out. “No problem, ” I said. “I’m on…
Monday: >> Over at Black Cat there’s a Pitchfork friendly line up of mid-tempo, indie folk, with John Vanderslice, Portastatic, and Brandon Butler. There’s sure to be some quality balladeering, but you’ll probably want to hit the 14th Street Caribou for some caffeine beforehand. $10. >> As for us, DCist is going to see The Sentiment at DC9. They’re loud, they’re fun, and they let you jump on stage. On a Monday, this is what…
Because we like to keep you in the know, here’s an updated list of upcoming shows, through middle of October or so (if we’ve missed anything, please let us know!). A couple of DCist-ers will be in attendance at the Thrills show tomorrow night at the Black Cat, so come on out! 9/17: Lungfish, Black Cat 9/18: The Thrills, Black Cat 9/23: The Walkmen, 9:30 Club 9/24: Fiery Furnaces, Black Cat 9/25: Travis Morrison, Galaxy…
