The New Pornographers gifted the 9:30 Club with a rare full lineup on Saturday night.
On the heels of Destroyer’s return to D.C. this weekend as part of a tour behind the fantastic 2011 album Kaputt, we spoke to Daniel Bejar about his music, his favorite D.C. club and his future plans.
The New Pornographers Even with a good range of music venues of all sizes, including a few decent outdoor sheds and a world-class rock club in the 9:30, D.C. typically plays second fiddle to places like Chicago, Seattle, Boston, even Minneapolis on the list of top rock cities. But no more! Ace power pop tunesmith and leader of indie supergroup The New Pornographers, A.C. “Carl” Newman has declared our beloved Washington, D.C. as his…
We don’t understand why Benjy Ferree is not a big star. The Three Stars alum plays roosty indie gems and has great stage presence — he’s a funny and engaging and a strong performer. He’s toured with Spoon and The New Pornographers and is signed to Domino Records (Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, etc). And his band is basically a D.C. supergroup, with Laura Harris of The Aquarium, Amy Domingues and Jonah Takagi from Garland…
Today we bring you the second half of our coverage of The New Pornographers and Belle and Sebastian at the 9:30 Club. Yesterday Jason reviewed Carl Newman and his half-staffed band; today Hemal shares her take on the surprisingly energetic Scottish crowd-pleasers Belle and Sebastian. Stuart Murdoch didn’t waste any time charming the proverbial pants off the crowd Monday night at the 9:30 club. The lead singer of the Glaswegian Belle and Sebastian bounded on…
For the past two days, Washington DC’s 9:30 club has played host to two of indie rock’s most well regarded bands—The New Pornographers and Belle and Sebastian. While you’d never mistake one band for the other, the common traits of both acts on this nominally co-headliner tour are their highly inventive songwriting and dextrous musical arrangements. Over the past two days, fans of both bands came out in force, but it was clear after two…
While most of the DC indieverse was at the 9:30 Club last night seeing johnny-come-lately’s The New Pornographers and Belle & Sebastian, us grizzled music veterans took our ears and admiration over to the Black Cat to catch the “semi-legendary” Wedding Present play their second D.C. gig in les than a year. While their setlist at this gig was less hit heavy than the last go ’round, David Gedge and company didn’t dissapoint. The…
This week’s agenda was written in part by DCist contributor Matt Sedlar. MONDAY >> Sure, we mentioned it in last week’s agenda. And in the weekend picks. But a co-headlining tour of Belle & Sebastian and The New Pornographers is a pretty big deal. The DCist contingent will be there tonight, and hopefully we’ll find out the answers to those burning questions — whose fans will make for a better crowd? Which band has a…
On Saturday DCist headed to the 9:30 club to catch the New Pornographers, who are touring in support of their excellent third album, Twin Cinema. The sold-out club seemed even more tightly packed with bodies than usual, all of them anxious to hear the band’s tightly constructed pop. The 9:30 club’s recent price “adjustment” led us to spend more time than normal at our favorite pre-show watering hole. So by the time we made…
FRIDAY: >> A little over a week ago, a couple of us DCists were sitting around drinking beer and contemplating strange movies in the wake of having caught Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory on Direct TV. A friend who has spent some time living in England (and who we suppose must therefore be infinitely cooler than us) suggested the The Wicker Man was probably the best weird movie he’d ever seen. We’ve never seen…
