DC ROCK LIVE - REVIEWS

Drink up Buttercup - The fourpiece (GBD [guitar/bass/drums]with keys) started up the set in front of four people. I felt bad, but the crowd...

Black Whales - Seattle offers us another indie rock band with a couple guitars, bass, drums and a percussionist/hammond organist. I heard d...

Yell County - A good tight, hard power pop/punk trio sort of in the Zeros/Ch 3 mode perhaps. Solid songs, strong playing throughout and eve...

Sara Lov - Quiet folkish singer songwriter with nice voice, acoustic guitar and recorded backup tracks played on vinyl on a portable record...

Princeton - This Los Angeles quartet plays pop music with a little jangle now and then. Full time keyboards augment the guitar bass drums ...

Black Angels - They have a drummer and guitarist and have three others that switch between bass, a couple of guitars, electronics, keyboard...

Lichens - This was one man looping his chants, some through distortion boxes and creating a meditative droning ambiance, complete with bird ...

Jann Klose - We have a German born, but living in New York, singer/songwriter/guitarist playing acoustic. The highlight was a very good, st...

Lou Barlow and the Missing Men - Lou Barlow does double duty tonight which has happened many times during recent Dinosaur Jr. tours. This i...

DeLeon - A three-piece from Brooklyn which is actually a five-piece, but the drummer and trumpeter had to stay home for "logistical re...

All the Saints - Power trio starting off in a sludgier Dead Meadow style. Nice roaring sound from this Atlanta band, not unlike citymates D...

Tennis System - I liked them the first time I saw them and like them even more this time. I still heard the Ride sound this time around but...

Sleeper Agent! - Better than average sound quickly comes out of this four-piece with drums, bass, guitar and a vocalist. Strong punk sound ...

Marianne Faithfull - I really did not have much expectations for this show. Marianne Faithfull gets pretty good critical acclaim as wise su...

This is the closing night of the Sonic Circuits Festival (and my second night of coverage) Alexei Bokisov with Anton Nikkila - We have one n...

Maserati - A good 4-piece shoegaze outfit with zero vocals and the briefest of vocal chatter. Good driving bass and a strong drum sound see...

This show is part of the Sonic Circuits Festival which has events in many clubs, embassies and even the Kennedy Center. The American Compo...

Steeleye Span - I have to admit that although it certainly has its good points, the Birchmere is the Branson of rock clubs. Wow are these c...

Robin Trower - The old, old Birchmere crowd files in quickly and fills the place much more thoroughly than I would have guessed. Guitar nut...

Garland of Hours - This is the type of band I will place in my extensive psyche-folk collection even though it is not a clean fit other tha...