The upstairs space will still be open.
Cloud Nothings ripped through a blistering set of songs from their critically acclaimed album HERE AND NOWHERE ELSE last night at The Black Cat.
Toronto’s Austra made the jump from smaller rooms across town to the mainstage at The Black Cat last night as the sextet stuck to material from their recently released Olympia.
Check out a brief interview with the newest addition to the booking staff at the Black Cat Candice Jones.
Thursday night offered a reprieve from the sweltering heat — a blessing for anyone at the Black Cat with functioning olfactory bulbs — as two similar but distinct factions of punk fans converged: the young and crusty (literal) and the old and crusty (attitudinal).
Portland punk band The Thermals makes progression look easy. Beginning with its 2003 lo-fi debut More Parts Per Million, the band has gradually expanded its sonic palate with each subsequent album, be it 2006’s epic The Body, the Blood, the Machine or 2009’s death-centric Now We Can See while retaining its core identity: explosive energy, loud guitars, sing-a-long choruses, all delivered in three minutes or less.
In a year that saw its fair share of Springsteen-inspired punk, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists might be one of the few bands that can hold their own in such weighty lineage. If Springsteen mesmerizes tens of thousands as a workhorse of the arena, Leo’s gregarious charisma and sweat-drenched performances are entrenched in the glory of packed, low-lit clubs. Over the course of a marathon 20+ songs at the Black Cat on Thursday, Leo even…
>> The Black Cat’s backstage is going to be pumping out the punk noise tonight as Antelope stops by, with Thank You and The Andalusians. $8, 9 p.m. >> DC Scores, a local nonprofit that provides innovative after-school programming to Washington kids, is hosting its 10th Annual Poetry Slam tonight. The event will feature 300 of the District’s public elementary and middle school students competing for the coveted Golden Mic trophy — obviously it…
It’s hard to identify Jim Fairchild without first acknowledging that he was formerly the guitarist in the Modesto, Ca. group Grandaddy. Fairchild, however, has kept himself busy since the group’s demise in 2006, touring with numerous other bands and also finding the time to record and release his first solo record under the moniker All Smiles. The resulting Ten Readings Of A Warning, a collection of charming, laid back lo-fi pop that belies his…
>> The Black Cat’s backstage will be a bit twangy tonight, as The Starlingtons stop by to play some of their alt-bluegrass with Portland Oregon’s folksy Casey Neill. 9 p.m., $7. >> One of the weeks few interesting author appearances is tonight at Olsson’s in Dupont Circle, when Pushcart Prize-winning writer Katherine Taylor stops by to read from and sign copies of her debut novel, Rules for Saying Goodbye. 7 p.m. >> It’s possible…
