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June Music Highlights around Washington, DC
The DC Traveler | June 2nd 2008
June offers all kinds of great live music in Washington, DC. Here’s some of the highlights (and perhaps a lowlight at Club 9:30). At The Birchmere, check out: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy plays 100 years of Cab Calloway. Monday, June 16, 2008 at 7:30 read more
Ben’s Chili Bowl to Celebrate Anniversary and Second U Street L…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 23rd 2008 by Mighty Me
U Street’s Ben’s Chili Bowl will celebrate its 50th anniversary on August 22. It will also expand into the Shanghai building next door with a 2,700 square foot restaurant that will seat 70 patrons and serve beer and other newer fare, suc read more
U Street Weekend Concerts: The Sketches, KRS-One, Urban Verbs, Ku…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 23rd 2008 by Mighty Me
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video 5/23 The Sketches, a local pop-rock band, will perform at the 9:30 Club with Honey Chuck and the Dreamscape Project. Cost is $12. Recognize our city in the above video? 5/ read more
David Ford Interview Pt. 3, CD Giveaway! Ford Performs at 9:30 C…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 20th 2008 by Mighty Me
This is the final installment of the Why Gentrify?! interview with musician David Ford, who will appear at the 9:30 Club tomorrow, 5/22, with Augustana and the Wild Sweet Orange. This is the last opportunity to post a comment on David Ford to be en read more
David Ford Interview Pt. 2, Free CD Giveaway! Performing at 9:30…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 19th 2008 by Mighty Me
Why Gentrify?! continues with the David Ford interview. Remember, Ford will be appearing at the 9:30 Club on Thursday, May 22 with Augustana and Wild Sweet Orange. Remember to post a comment on any David Ford post to qualify to win his album “S read more
David Ford Interview Pt. 1, Free CD Giveaway! Performing at 9:30…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 18th 2008 by Mighty Me
I was able to do a brief telephone interview with British artist David Ford while he was traveling through Idaho on his way to Salt Lake City. Ford will be performing on Thursday, May 22, at the 9:30 Club with Augustana at 7:30 pm. Please post a co read more
Why Gentrify?! CD Giveaway! David Ford’s “Songs For the Road…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 16th 2008 by Mighty Me
Dear appreciated readers, Why Gentrify?! will give one lucky random reader David Ford’s “Songs for the Road” album. Between now and next Wednesday (5/21), all readers who post a comment about David Ford on Why Gentrify?! will be e read more
Weekend U Street Concerts: DeVotchka, Los Campesinos!, Junior Lea…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 15th 2008 by Mighty Me
There’re a whole lot of concerts going on! 5/16 (tonight) DeVotchka, the four-piece multi-instrumental that blends Eastern European sounds with rock, will perform at the 9:30 Club with Basia Bulat at 9 pm. Cost is $15. You need to a flashplayer read more
U Street Concerts: System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, Cut Copy,…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 14th 2008 by Mighty Me
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Serj Tankian, the Armenian-American frontman from metal band System of a Down, will rock out and thrash at the 9:30 Club tonight at 7:30 pm. Cost is $25. He’s doing his sol read more
The Black Keys @ The 9:30 Club, DC
.Evolving Music. | May 14th 2008 by sandra possing
Last night I attended The Black Keys concert at the world famous 9:30 Club in DC. The Keys are on a small US tour promoting their new album. It was the second of two sold out shows in a row. Freakin’ packed on a Tuesday night, unreal. So yes read more
U Street Concerts: Wild Fictions and The Black Keys
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 11th 2008 by Mighty Me
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video The Black Keys, the Ohio-based blues rock duo, will be performing at the 9:30 Club at 7:30 pm tonight and tomorrow, 5/13, with the Buffalo Killers. Cost is $25 (shows are sold out) read more
U Street Weekend Concerts: Polvo, Dorothy Norwood, Drive-By Truck…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 8th 2008 by Mighty Me
Well, U Street is always full of action, and more importantly, always full of music. Here’s the weekend roundup of where you can catch a show: Polvo, the influential indie rock band from Chapel Hill, NC is reunited for their first show in almo read more
U Street Concerts: Lady Pcoq an the Plumes, El-P, and British Sea…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 7th 2008 by Mighty Me
There are a few recommended acts performing in the U Street Corridor tonight: Lady Pcoq and the Plumes, a popular spoken word acoustic band will be at Duke’s City at 6 pm. The are a fusion of jazz, fun, Latin, soul and jazz. The performance is read more
More driving adventures | Lost in the city at midnight
Umbra by Kishore Murthy | May 6th 2008 by Kishore Murthy
My wife Jessica has a wide spectrum of taste when it comes to music and is really into it. I also listen to music but its minuscule when compared to her and I don’t really understand it. Crowded House is one of that bands that she loves and was read more
U Street Corridor Weekend Events: Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Bang f…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | May 1st 2008 by Mighty Me
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video May 3: Punk/emo band Scary Kids Scaring Kids will be performing at the 9:30 Club on Saturday at 5 pm. With Ivoryline and the Photo Atlas. Cost is $15. May 4: Bang fo read more
May Music Highlights
The DC Traveler | May 1st 2008
In May, there’s lots of great music in and around Washington, DC, including the first shows at Wolftrap and lots of classic bands. So lets take the highlight tour. At the Birchmere this month, a couple great guitarists, a killer mandolin read more
U Street Concert: RJD2 Performs at 9:30 Club tonight at 9 pm, wit…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | April 30th 2008 by Mighty Me
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Ramble Jon “RJ” Krohn, better known as hip hop producer/artist RJD2, will bring his interesting blend of instrumentals, drum beats, rock, soul, hip hop, and voice sampli read more
The B-52’s
Defying Despondency | April 27th 2008 by Steve Rebooted
It was 1983, and one of my brothers drove 5 hours to visit me in New York. After bedtime, I snuck out of the prep school to (once again) meet up with him; as he waited for me. We drove the 5 hours to his college, in order to see The B-52’ read more
U Street Concert: Tapes ‘n Tapes Performs at 9:30 Club at 7:30…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | April 23rd 2008 by Mighty Me
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Indie rock group, with three albums under their belt, from Minnesota performs tonight at the 9:30 Club with garage-rock Austin band, White Denim. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 9:30 read more
U Street Concert: Eisley Performs at 9:30 Club at 7 pm, with the…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | April 21st 2008 by Mighty Me
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Keeping it all in the family, three DuPree sisters, one brother, and one male cousin make up the Texas indie rock group, Eisley, which will be performing at the 9:30 Club at 7 pm t read more
Plenty of U Street Corridor Winners for City Paper’s Best of DC…
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | April 18th 2008 by Mighty Me
The U Street Corridor came up big, of course, in the Washington City Paper’s Best of DC 2008. U Street’s winners, some of them multiple category winners, include big name restaurants, Ninja Turtle murals, a collection of galleries, dance clubs, read more
Comedian Aaron Karo Tells Jokes at 9:30 Club at 9 pm
Why Gentrify?! U Street Needs Me...What's Your Answer? | April 18th 2008 by Mighty Me
Aaron Karo refers to himself as a “recovering frat boy.” From the page to the stage, his insights into the mind of the twentysomething male have secured his place as the irreverent voice of a generation. In 1997, Karo, then a freshman at read more
April Music Round up
The DC Traveler | April 1st 2008
There’s some great live music this month happening in Washington, DC’s. Here’s some of the more interesting performances: At the Birchmere, in suburban Arlington, VA, there’s jazz, country, a 1960s folk icon read more
Tix to the Jicks...
Wrench In The Gears | March 28th 2008 by Icon O'Classt
...in an effort to answer the eternal question, Who the fuck is Stephen Malkmus?Featuring former Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss. Sold out. read more
March Music Highlights
The DC Traveler | March 1st 2008
Here’s a round-up of some of the area’s best, most interesting or most unique music coming to the Washington, DC music scene in March. And it seems to be a month featuring great guitarists. At the State Theatre in suburban Fall Chu read more
Line Up Your Suicide Girls, Clean Up Your Hipster Kicks, Get Read…
shab00ty's madness | February 15th 2008
Pictured: Suicide Girls, Hipster Kicks, Rally em up, El-P & Dizzee Rascal Remember when Thursday was reserved for Survivor!! Well, fukk Survivor, that show is played out, but come Thursday, May 8th, in Washington D.C., El-P is gonna rip the 9:30 read more
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