Ragged Glory plays tonight at the Velvet Lounge. Can’t afford to pay $100 for a cheap seat at Neil Young’s upcoming DAR stop in November? You’re in luck. During our last chat with Ryan Walker from The Beanstalk Library, we found out he also put together a Neil Young cover band a few years back. They call themselves Ragged Glory, and the lineup plays something like a who’s who of up-and-coming local bands: Brian Kent…

Exit Clov’s Respond Respond pulls off a difficult feat in music: creating an entertaining mixture of art, politics and rock and then wrapping it up in a neat little six-song package. Considering how popular the band has become since they formed in 2003, however, this review only re-enforces what everybody has been saying all along. Yes, they are really that good. With the latest EP, sisters Emily and Susan Hsu, who provide vocals along with…

Written by DCist contributor Jacques Ntonme. Read DCist’s last take on live Exit Clov. What strikes most about Exit Clov, other than their layered rhythms and twin sister charm, is their propensity for and ease of shifting between genres. Their EPs shine with pop composition but notably avoid falling into a predictable or repetitive structure. And most importantly, they came to the Velvet Lounge dressed for Halloween. Donned in white makeup, as well as hockey-helmets,…

Respected local band Exit Clov rightly bills itself as a band much greater than the sum of its parts. Born from “three worlds collided” — a musical marriage between talented twins Susan and Emily Hsu, the rhythm section of the Sneeks (bassist Brett Niederman and drummer John Thayer), and former Adoption Agency guitarist Aaron Leeder, Exit Clov stoke sturm und drang from lilting melodies and an oceanic jam. They are, typically, a fine band, with…