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Thao and the Get Down Stay Down @ Black Cat

This isn’t the first time that Thao Nguyen has sold out the Black Cat. It’s actually become an expectation, like death and taxes, that the young guitarist from Falls Church, VA and her awkwardly named band will bring the crowds and start a party. Party ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thao Nguyen,  Pantera (musician),  Britney Spears

Weekly Music Agenda

>> Or if you'd rather see another big name at even higher prices (and with even bigger hair) Lyle Lovett and his Large Band are at the Strathmore. 8 p.m., $59.50-$125. >> When King Khan comes to town with his band The Shrines, it's a show that pays ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lyle Lovett,  Sunny Day Real Estate (musician),  The Get Up Kids (musician),  Soul Asylum (musician),  Miley Cyrus

Three Stars: Pilesar

Where have you been recording those self-released albums and tracks beforehand? I usually do most of my recording at home. I have a few CDs that I did parts of them in a studio but that’s really just another guy’s house that I went to that has a studio ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Bonham,  Neil Peart,  Stewart Copeland,  John Zorn

Three Stars: Gestures

You do a lot of the promotional work as well? Rebecca: No, she's been doing it well. Jess: So, our EP is coming out in the beginning of November and we have a show here on the 9th and then we go out for a couple of days. Like Philly, New York, Amherst, ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: So Percussion,  Myspace,  Becca (musician),  Edie Sedgwick

Click Click: Bentzen Ball Brings the Bellyaches

"Crackheads are always holding two things that don't make sense. I call it the crackhead combo. Like a microwave and a basketball." - Seaton Smith at the Black Cat Mainstage (Valerie Paschall) In between her mix of song, snark and scatological jokes, ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Silverman

Dirty Projectors @ Black Cat

Up until recently, Longstreth & co. have never made accessibility their first consideration. The melodies were meandering and peppered with melisma and the harmonies that Longstreth and the three women of the Dirty Projectors constructed weren't always ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Doves (musician)

Three Stars: Last Tide

Is he second guitar? Misha: Yeah. We went awhile without one. Nate: We had one initially... The one that made the whale orgasm noises? Nate: That was when we had three. We had three very briefly. That didn't last very long. Rob: That was before I was ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Craigslist.org,  Red House Painters (musician),  Pixies,  The Sounds (musician),  Dinosaur Jr (musician)

Click Click: Art Brut @ Black Cat

When someone is so excited about forming a band that they write a song about the exuberance of that experience, it’s easy to see them putting on a great live show. Because let’s face it, anyone who proclaims, “Look at us! We formed a band!” is clearly ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Art Brut (musician),  Judd Apatow,  Iggy Pop,  Ben Stein

Album Review: The Moderate - The Rest is Up to You

On their first full length album, local troubadours and former Three Stars subjects, The Moderate do exactly what a band should when expanding their recorded catalog: add other dimensions to their sound. All of the songs from their AM/FM EP appear on ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: The Grateful Dead (musician),  Lynyrd Skynyrd (musician),  The Hold Steady (musician),  Modest Mouse (musician)

Three Stars: Frau Eva

Ben: They changed the name to The Ash Lovelies. Vanessa: They’re kind of a collective so a lot of musicians come and play. It’s a good atmosphere. Do you ever still come and play with them? Ben: No. We go to their shows sometimes. Sometimes Lou asks ...

From VALERIE PASCHALL, DCist,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Eudora Welty,  Kitty Hawk, Inc.,  Federal Reserve

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