America Hearts and Olivia Mancini & the Mates combined into one superband for a West Coast tour, playing sets of songs from both bands. We asked them to send us some thoughts and photos from the road. This week, Jess Matthews sends us the final installment of Running Red Lights.
Part Two in the tour diaries from America Hearts/Olivia Mancini & The Mates’ West Coast Tour takes us from Oregon into California.
Tour Diaries are back! We asked more local musicians with a penchant for good storytelling to send us their own tales from the road. Here’s the first installment from America Hearts‘ Jess Matthews.
Photo by christaki So Sommer Mathis is handing off the torch. For the next two weeks, I’ll be running the interim relay. Tell me, what’s the tip line password, again? >> Totally confused about how to get to the Wendy’s at New York and Florida Avenue NW now that the traffic pattern’s changed? Don’t sweat it — DDOT’s got your back. Mmm . . . spicy chicken sandwich. >> The top story in the local…
Poster by El Jefe Design The Vinyl District and Fort Reno are joining forces for a benefit show at St. Stephen’s Church a week from Saturday. Olivia Mancini, Paul Michel, Tone, and New Rock Church of Fire will play on April 17 for Record Store Day — a holiday that sees all record worshipers make a pilgrimage to their local houses of vinyl. Tickets for the all-ages, booze-free show go for $10 and all…
She socialized with the Washington Social club, pulled together The Housemates for several years of DCist’s entertainment — including an Unbuckled performance and a recent interview — and now Olivia Mancini is realigning her musical efforts yet again. She and her new lineup, Olivia and the Terrible Two, are playing a show at the Black Cat this weekend with Tereu Tereu and Revival ($10, 9 p.m.). Here’s what she told us earlier this week about…
FRIDAY: >> Bay Area songstress Goapele’s (pictured) musical background is almost as diverse as her ethnic background. Born to a South African political exile father and a mother whose parents survived the Holocaust, she studied at the Berklee College of Music and later would form musical partnerships with the likes of hip-hop acts like the Hieroglyphics crew and E-40. However her 2005 release, Change It All, established her as especially talented when it comes to…
FRIDAY: >> Though perhaps not quite as high profile anymore as some other D.C. bands from the mid-1980s, the cryptically-named 9353 always had, and still maintains, a dedicated group of fans. You may never have heard of them, but in addition to playing with some of the biggest local names like Scream, G.I. and Iron Cross, they also shared bills with Public Image Ltd, Sisters of Mercy and the Butthole Surfers back in the day,…
As a rather fervent concert goer, I’ve been watching my October Outlook calendar with alternating excitement and dread as my concert calendar gets more and more crowded. This all came to a head yesterday as I started putting in the DAMfest schedule and noticed a whole bunch of scheduling conflicts in the making. Area indie rock fans are going to have some tough choices to make the last full week of October. Thursday, Oct….
The music department took a bit of a siesta to watch fireworks, eat hot dogs, and catch Panacea — the excellent hip hop outfit that rose from the ashes of RPM. As always, if you’ve got any other suggestions for this week, let us know in the comments. WEDNESDAY >> Hardcore DIY outfits Badeatinghabits and Jinxed at Twelve infuse scremo in the former and melodic DC punk in the latter. Enjoy them both at the…