On Friday and Saturday nights, the Black Cat nightclub in Washington, DC, celebrated its 30th Anniversary with two nights of special shows featuring bands with strong ties to the community. The sold-out shows included the debut of Birthday Girl as well as a reunion of the late eighties and early-to-mid […]
The much beloved indie-mod-pop band Chisel disbanded in 1997. I saw the band perform only twice before they split (both shows within months of each other in 1996.) On Saturday night, Chisel returned to The Black Cat in Washington, DC with support from DC’s Bed Maker and noise rock-ish New […]
On a rainy Tuesday evening, fans of all ages packed the historic, 1,262 seat Strand Theatre in York, PA, for a 20-song set by Santa Barbara, California band Toad The Wet Sprocket. The Strand Theatre is one of two historic theatre’s in York which comprise the Appell Center for the Performing […]
Chicago Industrial music pioneers Pigface have reformed and are currently halfway through a 16 date North American tour, their first in 14 years. On Wednesday night, they stopped at Baltimore Soundstage with support from local Baltimore band Red This Ever and Chicago Industrial music artist I Ya Toyah. Red This […]
Over the course of two nights toward the end of November, during what is cheekily known as “Pranksgiving Weekend” (November 29th-30th), revered local artist Mary Prankster will return to the stage in Baltimore and Alexandria, Virginia to play her first shows in nearly 14 years. Between 1994 and 2005, Prankster […]
Born in Washington, DC in the mid 1970’s. Raised in the burbs. Lived everywhere locally. I started going to shows in the mid 1990’s. Way too many shows to count in the last 30 years. I’m not a musician. I don’t know music theory. However, I know what I like […]
Against Me! wrapped up a short, 5-city North American tour in Baltimore this past Thursday and Friday evenings, with support from Toronto, Ontario’s Dilly Dally and Omaha, Nebraska’s Cursive. The band, now in its 22nd year of existence chose 5 North American cities and played 4 records (2005’s Searching for […]
Friday night was a garage rock and punk extravaganza at Baltimore Soundstage, with a solid line-up of support acts for the return of Seattle’s Mudhoney. Baltimore’s own Murder opened the show, with a loud and sludgy Detroit-esque punk sound that had people dancing right away. Murder was followed by California’s […]
On Friday night, Built to Spill performed their 1999 record Keep it Like a Secret in its entirety at the 9:30 Club. The following night, Luna performed their 1995 record “Penthouse” in full at the same venue. Each night was a completely different yet thoroughly enjoyable experience in its own […]
Built to Spill’s second major label release Keep it Like a Secret turned 20 years old in February. ‪Doug Martsch is currently touring the U.S. playing the record in its entirety, but with a twist. ‪While the entire record is being performed, the songs are played in a different order […]
Rancid returned to Baltimore last Saturday for one of the final shows of the season at MECU Pavilion. This leg of the summer tour finds the Bay Area’s Rancid, paired with two legendary Southern California punk bands and the mischievous ska-punkers, The Aquabats. After opening sets on the “Hellcat Acoustic […]
In March, Bloc Party announced that they would be doing a short US tour playing their debut album, Silent Alarm, in its entirety. The first official show of the tour was set to take place in Washington, DC at The Anthem. The band also added a stop at Riot Fest […]
Music is the best gift, in my opinion. I’ve made several birthday playlists for Shantel, but I got a little creative with this one. The songs are organized chronologically through time and have a connection, in some way, to her September 17th birthday. Some songs are connected pretty straight forwardly, […]
Los Angeles ska-punk band The Interrupters opened up Saturday’s Merriweather Post Pavilion date, stop number 14 of a 29 date summer package tour which includes co-headliners 311 and Dirty Heads, as well as two more opening acts, Bikini Trill and Dreamers. The Interrupters took the stage while a portion of […]
80’s/90’s EBM mainstays Nitzer Ebb are currently in the middle of the first leg of a North American tour which runs through May 26th. The second leg starts on September 19th in Austin, Texas. The North American tour will wrap up on October 5th at the Regent Theater in Los […]
On Monday night, Portland’s The Dandy Warhols stopped by the 9:30 Club for the second night of a small, 12 date, 25th Anniversary Tour of the US. The tour features support from New York’s The Vacant Lots, who play a good mix of the best and darkest parts of Suicide […]
8,387 days. That’s how much time had passed since the last Jawbreaker show I saw in DC. It was April 10, 1996, when Jawbreaker shared a stage with Fluf and Garden Variety at the Black Cat. To say I was psyched for this show would be a total understatement. When […]
David Correa of Photo Pit Media, also hosts a podcast that features local musicians, photographers, and show promoters. He is a musician and photographer in the Baltimore area with great deal of talent of his own. Last week, Shantel Mitchell Breen stopped by his studio where they discussed concert photography […]
Eugene Hutz, and his 7 piece gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello return to Baltimore’s Ram’s Head Live about midway through their 15 date, 20th Anniversary tour before heading to Europe. Their recent set-lists have drawn heavily from 2005’s Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike and 2010’s Trans-Continental Hustle as well as […]
On Saturday night at the 9:30 Club, beloved 90’s power popsters Teenage Fanclub wowed fans with a career spanning set which included a few unexpected surprises. LA’s The Love Language, fronted by North Carolina native Stuart McLamb, opened the show with an 11-song set drawing from their three Merge Records […]
You’re running out of time to pick up tickets to see Scottish rockers Teenage Fanclub. The band’s 1991 album Bandwagonesque was famously rated “album of the year” by SPIN magazine, besting Nirvana. Their music provided the soundtrack to the lives of many fans who grew up in the 90’s. The […]
The Brooklyn based party band, Wheatus, best known for their 2000 hit “Teenage Dirtbag”, played a fun 9 song opening set in support of Mike Doughty’s 25th Anniversary tour of Soul Coughing’s debut record “Ruby Vroom” last Wednesday at the U Street Music Hall. The setlist was totally impromptu, and […]
It was a wet and cold Saturday night in Washington, DC, but even the miserable weather couldn’t dampen dueling sets at the 9:30 Club from two of David Lowery, PhD fronted bands; 80’s indie icons Camper Van Beethoven and 90’s alternative rockers Cracker. Both bands have toured together multiple times […]
Legendary New Jersey band The Feelies packed the Ottobar Saturday night, playing a mix of new, old and assorted covers for an appreciative crowd. In October, the band devoted the entire first set of a New Jersey show to Velvet Underground covers, and while Baltimore wasn’t lucky enough to […]
