For more than 10 years, the David Wax Museum, fronted by David Wax and Suz Slezak, have been dishing generous servings of Americana, Southwestern and Mexican folk music, and even some electronic gadgetry for good measure. And their instrumentation is as varied as their influences, as Suz plays violin, accordion, […]
Shakey Graves and Dr. Dog have joined forces for an 18-show co-headlining tour. What better combination could you ask for? Both bands performed this past weekend at The Anthem and the entire show rocked from start to finish. Dr. Dog opened for the D.C. show (you can read their show […]
Dr Dog always put on a great show, and at The Anthem Friday night the Philadelphia-based band rocked DC on their tour with Texas songsmith Shakey Graves. The band, which is co-led by Toby Leaman (bass/vocals) and Scott McMicken (guitar/vocals) who share songwriting duties, has been putting out one brilliant […]
Rain threatened the evening. Storms were scattered throughout the area but WTMD’s First Thursday pushed through. Despite a few temporary downpours and shortened sets due to storms, the night carried on, the rain stopped, and the show went on! Enjoy a photo-recap of the amazing artists that performed at July’s […]
Believe the hype. That’s what I’ve been saying to friends after witnessing the Bristol, UK band, IDLES, at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore Tuesday night where they performed to a sold out crowd. The band – which includes singer Joe Talbot; Adam Devonshire on bass; Mark Bowen (“Bobo”) on guitar/vocals […]
WTMD’s First Thursday Festival kicked off the season on May 2 at Canton Waterfront Park. The rain held off and it turned out to be a wonderful pre-summer evening on the waterfront! Both stages provided music throughout the night and there was plenty of food! There was quite a turnout […]
I first remember seeing Mark Eitzel way back in 1994 at the Black Cat headlining a solo tour with Mac MacCaughan from Superchunk. We had arrived late, missing nearly all of Mac’s set, but we caught the then front man of American Music Club himself, Mark Eitzel. I remember that […]
Who doesn’t love Billy Idol? It is clear that he is well-loved in D.C. because the Lincoln Theatre was packed on a Tuesday night, full of eager fans waiting to see this iconic rock and roll musician! The audience was up on their feet for the entire show! The evening […]
Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo has certainly expanded his live show over the years from a three-piece playing smaller venues to selling out the 9:30 Club and now at Baltimore’s Rams Head Live. Toledo’s band now includes Ethan Ives on guitar (and lead vocals on a couple of songs), Andrew […]
To experience a John Maus performance is to witness a man fully engulfed in exercising some seriously persistent demons. On record, Maus is musically compared to bands like Joy Division and Ultravox, but live his performance transcends description. John Maus has in the past performed solo to previously recorded electronic […]
