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(04/14/08 4:00am)
Throughout their eight-year career, Murder by Death have always presented an interesting combination of southern rock and emo - all the while really being neither. The easiest way to describe their sound, especially their newer material, is a highly emotive Johnny Cash playing with a very dark indie rockbacking band. Their show Wednesday night at the Black Cat showcased their unique style, something that can only really be understood through the glory of a live show.
(10/11/07 4:00am)
Although the District was renowned for its tight-knit hardcore punk scene during the 1980s, the rock scene has been less unified since despite obvious talent. D.C. area fans of independent music will flock to various clubs around the city this weekend to take part in the second annual District's Awake! Music Festival. One of the fest's main goals is to bring the different branches of the D.C. scene closer together and to re-establish the District's musical reputation.
(10/11/07 4:00am)
The ideology that less is more in the sphere of music is a dying belief. Not to knock artists who favor recording albums that rival feature film time lengths, but there is something truly commendable about albums that accomplish what others do in less than 40 minutes. This week, in the tradition of in "High Fidelity," we decided to reward the select artists who have mastered the fine art of minimalism in the 2000s.
(09/24/07 4:00am)
The drone of Boredoms, the soul of James Brown and the erratic bass of OutKast mingled with Jeff Mangum's count-offs and the strings of The Verve last Wednesday at the Black Cat. The venue wasn't host to some bizarre new version of "We Are the World," but packed to capacity for a single performer's set.
(09/20/07 4:00am)
Genres tend to exist only as a method of grouping similar musicians, which ends up limiting them. However, there is a point in the musical spectrum where genres simply don't function. What does one call a group of musicians that, while normally associated with indie rock, plays music that is as calculated as any classical composition but bears the liveliness and syncopation of improvisational jazz? You could call Do Make Say Think any genre, but it doesn't stop the band from living at the stylistic Four Corners of music. The band showed its genre-bending abilities during a show at the Black Cat on Monday.
(09/13/07 4:00am)
Not to suggest that The National's music is overbearing in the slightest, but it's just that when it gets into your head, it never quite leaves. The band is the kind of band that doesn't go away, as hard as you might try to keep it out of your speakers. You can try and wean yourself off of it, but as soon as you hear a couple seconds of one of its late-night television performances, you'll be addicted all over again.
(04/30/07 4:00am)
A number of factors made the April 28 Dismemberment Plan concert at the Black Cat mindbogglingly significant to D.C. independent music. One factor is that the Dismemberment Plan is the best musical secret D.C. has ever kept. Although flirtations with major label Interscope Records occurred while recording its third album, the Dismemberment Plan remained with D.C.-based independent record label DeSoto Records for all four of its albums through the band's 10-year career. That's right, the Dismemberment Plan broke up in late 2003, with its "last" show at the 9:30 club.
(04/19/07 4:00am)
Junior Boys' recent stint in D.C. appeared to be more of a three-band concert rather than a headliner with two openers, as many of the attendees had refreshingly come for the first two bands.
(04/12/07 4:00am)
The Blood Brothers ravaged the Black Cat last Wednesday night, proving that good music doesn't go out of style. Openers Chinese Stars and Celebration were interesting and frustrating, respectfully.
(04/05/07 4:00am)
Do Make Say Think needs no opener, as Sunday's concert proved, opening with only a few songs by the band's own producer. Brood, previously scheduled to play had canceled, but the Canadian band which killed his time slot prevailed.
(04/02/07 4:00am)
Last Friday, the 9:30 club was transformed from everyone's most beloved concert venue to a dance floor paradise as the club owners turned down the distortion and turned up the bass. Canada natives MSTRKRFT and the British DJ John Digweed were the main focus of the evening and provided a backbone upon which the audience could dance to its heart's content.
(03/29/07 4:00am)
Spring has finally sprung. While students pack away their pea coats and scarves, why not also replace wintry soundtracks with more seasonal, jovial albums? Here are a few frosty favorites that can be retired from the everyday rotation, and some fresh new releases to begin rocking out to this spring.
(03/08/07 5:00am)
Conor Oberst, the mastermind behind the indie sensation Bright Eyes, has always been a prominent do-it-yourself figure after founding Saddle Creek records as a teenager. Oberst and Saddle Creek have come a long way since recording in his basement with his father's four-track, and the jam-packed 9:30 club Monday night represented that perfectly.