Tomorrow, Travis returns to the District, but this time as the second headliner to play The Lincoln Theatre since I.M.P. Productions was given the reins to the historic venue.
The first slate of performers were released today, and they feature four performers of the folky guitar variety and one post-Britpop band.
More than ever on the concert circuit, nostalgia is the move. With everyone from Liz Phair to Public Enemy to The Pixies (and those are just the P’s) devoting gigs and sometimes entire tours to reviving their seminal albums in sequence, lots of long-lived performers — particularly those strugging to get even their cult to embrace their new music — have glommed to the trend. Travis are in a reflective mood, too, but they’re…
If I were a scientist – which I’m not, for the record – my life’s work would be spent studying the direct correlation between energy and happiness radiating from any particular stage, and the audience’s perception of the show taking place. I’d cite specific examples from venues both large and small, but one case in particular would surely land me a Nobel nomination (for which category, I’m not sure). April 23, 2009: Travis, the Scottish…
So now you know who we loved locally this year. Here’s our list of the live shows that came through town and left a lasting impression in ’07. Dismemberment Plan Reunion Shows @ Black Cat DCist Ian says: The Plan’s much anticipated reunion to benefit Cal Robbins, the son of Jawbox/Burning Airlines frontman and recording engineer J. Robbins, sold out in under five minutes. So Travis Morrison & co. added a second show. In all…
Over in academia, it’s finals time, but the receSs improv team over at George Washington University isn’t compromising their weekend, which will mark the group’s final show of 2007, over it. On their unofficial blog, The Colonialist, they’re offering up reasons why their peers shouldn’t either. In the past, receSs alums have gone on to pursue real-life comic gigs, including TJ Miller (now on the ABC show “Carpoolers”), Herschel Bleefeld (who landed a role in…
WJLA brings word that Victor Kolako, the former Metrobus driver who was convicted of striking and killing two pedestrians on February 14, has been sentenced to one year in jail. Kolako was found guilty on two felony counts of negligent homicide in the Pennsylvania Ave. accident. The widower of one of the victims, Greg Schoenborn, has also filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Metro in U.S. District Court. The sentencing decision is potentially…
A sharpshooting GW student earned a free round-trip flight at the Colonials’ hoops game last Wednesday by swishing a half court shot on his first try. The turquoise shorts-wearing, foam tricorner-hatted student, named Charles, had two chances to complete the feat during GW’s win over Boston University at the Smith Center, but only needed the first. While a few students complained that the shooter had stepped over the line (audible in the video), we…
When the Dismemberment Plan decided to call it quits in 2003, D.C. lost the one hometown act that just about everyone could agree on. The years since have been filled with high expectations for all of the band’s former members, though none of the post-breakup projects have managed to incite the level of excitement that always seemed to surround the Plan. As you’ll probably recall, the first out of the gate was Travis Morrison with…
Although Gist has been around with varying lineups for almost twenty years, the current lineup of singer/guitarist Nayan Bhula, bassist Finley Martin and drummer Fred Burton have only been together for the past five. In that short time they’ve released two albums, Art is Now Human and Diesel City, the latter of which established them as an act whose sound could be simultaneously tied to the district and reflect their diverse backgrounds and influences,…
