DC ROCK LIVE - REVIEWS

Elikeh - I have seen this local collective enough times to be impressed that they are a significant player in the local scene. They are als...

Blue Sausage Infant - It has been a while since I have seen this one man electronica set. He has a few pieces of equipment and creates some...

Midnight Hike - This still relatively new area band landed a nice gig opening up for one of my favorite legendary bands. Not only does it g...

The Underground Railroad to Candyland - One of the more intriguing named bands that I have seen this year lines up with a couple of guitars...

Pillars & Tongues - One of my former home towns, Chicago, sends us this intriguing trio. With a line-up of Harmonium/vocals, Violin/voc...

Phenomenal Handclap Band - It's always a worry that an little known or unknown opening band for a major act at a large venue will get l...

Phantom Family Halo - Oh, I just knew it! Pardon my excitement for connecting the distant dots as well as I did tonight. This group is comp...

The Stepkids - This Connecticut trio is presented in Cinerama or rather the three guys play in front of a wide curved screen with lots of g...

The Parson Redheads - From the vibrant Portland, Oregon scene comes this four-piece featuring a couple of guitars with all four on vocals i...

A Modest Obituary for (Gyn) Cameron Stover I learned yesterday that my friend of over thirty years passed on this past Saturday, September...

X - Prior to the band's set, we were privileged to see "X: The Unheard Music", a documentary about the band from 1986. I had s...

Cav Scout - This trio features Nathan and Chris from the Archivists on guitar/vocals with a drummer. Due to some new born children entering...

Monstro - My immediate comment as this 2-guitar four-man lineup started playing was "damn, forgot my earplugs". Unfortunately thi...

Renaissance - Renaissance return to the Birchmere for the fist time in a couple of years, although they also played the State Theater once ...

Peter Hook and the Light - I was a bit uncertain a year ago when Peter Hook came to town with this band who promised the first Joy Division...

Acoustic Strawbs - This is my third time seeing this three-piece line-up after seeing the whole band one time. I would like to see Oliver W...

Thomas Wyre - This duo starts off at drums and keyboard and begins with an electronic throb that somehow bores right in to the annoying lobe...

Caspian - From Boston comes this vibrant instrumental five-piece. It's all guitars with a rhythm section, aside from a brief glockenspi...