2024 comes to a sweet end. Some years you eagerly await the change of that last number, but I feel a bit bittersweet leaving that 4 behind. There has been such amazing music poured out all year, I suppose I can only let it inspire me and bring hope for the next one....
The distance from home plate to first base is ninety feet. I spent the better part of two hours on Sunday July 20 at Wolf Trap in Vienna standing that far from one Hugh Anthony Cregg III, aka Huey Lewis. Close enough that I could actually hear the man clap his hands on stage during an admittedly pretty thin sounding version of "The Heart of Rock...
On Friday, July 18, Strange Matter was packed with fans and band members for the fourth annual WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents music festival. On Friday, July 18, Strange Matter was packed with fans and band members for the fourth annual WRIR and Commonwealth of Notions Presents music festival. As this was the second night of the...
Boris are coming to DC's 9:30 Club this weekend--and you could see them for free! This prolific Japanese metal/noise/prog/etc trio have been confounding expectations and experimenting with all sorts of different styles of music ever since they first showed up on the scene back in 1996. Boris are coming to DC's 9:30 Club this weekend--and you...
Kleph Dollaz - Any Given Sunday EP (iTunes) Kleph Dollaz is a legend to anyone in the know about Richmond's hip hop history, and it's a shame he passed away so early in life. However, that has not stopped his legacy, his music, or his message. Kleph Dollaz - Any Given Sunday EP (iTunes) Kleph Dollaz is a legend to anyone in the know about...
King Buzzo Friday, July 18 at The Southern Cafe and Music Hall, Charlottesville, VA "Please shut the fuck up." The girl next to me looked over. No one else heard me, but she did. Who talks in an outside voice at an acoustic show? The drunk dude, up front, throwing out lines like he's deep sea fishing. King Buzzo Friday, July 18 at The Southern...
FEATURE SHOW Monday, July 28, 9 PM Supersuckers, Mudd Helmut (Photo by Cindy Hicks), The Blackout Shift @ Bandito's - Free! It's never a bad idea to show up for a show at Bandito's. FEATURE SHOW Monday, July 28, 9 PM Supersuckers, Mudd Helmut (Photo by Cindy Hicks), The Blackout Shift @ Bandito's - Free! It's never a bad idea to show up for a...
Longrunning Florida punk band Against Me! made the news a couple of years ago for non-musical reasons, when singer/guitarist Laura Jane Grace went public with her transgender identity and first began living as a woman. These experiences also seemed to rejuvenate the band creatively, and 2014's Transgender Dysphoria Blues is not only an...
Greys - If Anything (Carpark Records) Greys began their recording career in the same way that many of the more savvy bands in recent underground rock, such as Code Orange Kids (now Code Orange) have: by releasing several EPs and short splits, and whittling away at a specific sound, before coming out with a polished debut album on a label with...
After twenty years and ten records, Old 97's are not just still chugging around - they're getting better. It's not so crazy for a band at the stage in their career Old 97's have reached to start trying new things, but that typically means grabbing a mandolin for some songs or doing a covers album of troubadours the band adores. After twenty years...
