DC ROCK LIVE - REVIEWS

Rom - I have very much enjoyed this local trio under their former name, Dead Women. But with their new (and very welcome) moniker Rom, they...

Tanya Donelly - An original Throwing Muse member is here to open tonight's show with some of her own outstanding material. Donnelly han...

The Sun Parade - This quartet does a fine job with breezy indie rock with some folk rock moves her and some pop moves there. It is all bris...

Lightwaves - This is only the second show ever for this DC band? Perhaps so, but they have hit the ground running with this sharp little tw...

Pleasure Curses - It often happens that I recognize the name of a band I had seen before, but can't place the specific sound (or do wor...

Clones of Clones - This local quartet features a twin guitar line-up with a couple of keyboards for occasional use. The rhythm section was ...

I'm out of town for a few days, but want to come back in time to see... The Trews , who come in from Canada to play the DC9 this Sun...

Motion Lines - I saw this band eighteen months back and made my frequent complaint of seeing a couple of decent musicians playing to sub-me...

Dan Saks, Sephardic Songs + Stories - It is good to hear that Dan Saks is still doing well in Mexico City, where he moved just before the p...

Derek Evry - Although he is playing bass with the headliners tonight, Evry is up for double duty with a solo acoustic guitar and vocal set....

Stagnant Pools - It's another guitar and drums duo which, along with vocals, makes for the usual breakdown of three distinct sounds. An...

Matisyahu - Tonight kicks off the 15th Washington Jewish Music Festival , and it starts with a bang in a nearly filled Lisner Auditorium. T...

Avers - This trippy Richmond collective blows through my expected guitar ratio with four guitars starting out with the rock rhythm section....

RODRIGO AMARANTE "CAVALO" There is something wonderfully old fashioned about this music, even as it bounces around between di...

One of my favorite festivals of the year is the Washington Jewish Festival , now in its 15th year. It is not a marathon of bands and stages ...

Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band - KD is on vocals and guitar and his goddamn band has drums, lead guitar, and the bassist from the head...

The Control - All four guys in this twin-guitar rock quartet have microphones, although the guitarist takes the lead slot singing along wit...