DC ROCK LIVE - REVIEWS

Dark Sea Dream - Lush, loud droning with bits of melody sneaking through. Two guitars, one doing vocals and drums. Thick, solid opener. Ave...

Bellflur - Beat happy pop rock with too many instruments for synth pop and they seem too nice and poppy for shoegaze. Nice Banshees guitar ...

Gondola - A nice late start on a Tuesday evening as Gondola hits the stage at 10:15 or thereabouts. I'm still tired from the Pogues, bu...

Marseille Figs - A three piece with singer/guitarist and two guys that switched around from various keyed instruments or brass. A twisted f...

Shrubs started it off with pretty light power pop. More jangly pop, I suppose. They did a Feelies song which they intro'ed by saying t...

Henry Clay People - This young band hit the stage and earnestly layed out its Americana flavored SoCal rock. Perfectly nice, but not overly...

Caverns - Another fine show and the last one for a while. I have written about them twice before and everything is still good. The Coathang...

Mother were a six piece band that pretty much created the sound of a trio. Take a tip from a friend of mine if you ever tour... Less membe...

Sons of Guns - Normally I get annoyed when I walk in late and miss part of the opening set. Not this time as just a short amount of noise f...

Trances Arc - The first of a trio of Georgia bands spanning Atlanta to Athens kicked off with a medium paced earnest rock sound. Forgettabl...

Alela Diane started things out with a song that was a bit too country for my tastes. The second song made me sit up and take notice as it w...

Midnight Masses started things out by singing in a circle with backs to microphones and ended the set the same way with a build to and fade...

Tom Jones makes another appearance at the 9:30 club and I just had to revisit my youth and take this one in. None of my music friends made...

School of Seven Bells came out as two women on guitar and keyboards surround a male guitarist. Drum machines in use with both of the women ...

Kevin Seconds is the "big name" here from the Reno based hardcore band, 7 Seconds. The supporting players are also from bands, S...

Big Gold Belt - Two piece opener with a guitarist working in front of a Mac and a female singer/monotone delivery system (about half and ha...

Another night at the Rock'n'Roll Hotel, a lovely club unfortunately with a concrete floor colder than my condo's floor. Numbness...

Another interesting show at the synagogue. I think I went to the first as they moved beyond lectures into music and other entertainments by ...

This was the second of five sold out shows. I find that amazing based on what I've heard from this duo. Still I wanted to check it out a...

Back to the Black Cat, small stage tonight, although it should be packed. It was although it thinned out considerable as the night wore on. ...