Review: Chromeo (literally) lights up the 9:30 Club stage
(10/02/14 6:37pm)
A disco ball dropped down from the ceiling and the light show went into full force as Chromeo’s 9:30 Club set began on Sept. 29.
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A disco ball dropped down from the ceiling and the light show went into full force as Chromeo’s 9:30 Club set began on Sept. 29.
Tennis gave a strong show Sept. 25 at the Black Cat, with an equally groovy and tight opening performance from Pure Bathing Culture.
Snarky Puppy continued its 2014 world tour with a stop at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Sept. 26, treating over 1,000 fans to a nearly two-hour set and three special guests.
Although BANKS’ new album “Goddess” has only been out for a month, nothing stopped loyal D.C. fans from snatching tickets to her sold-out show at 9:30 Club on Sept. 26.
It’s difficult to categorize Canadian duo Chromeo’s musical genre. Do they make electronic music? Pop? Funk? The truth is, they’re all of those and more. That’s what makes the prospect of a Chromeo show so intriguing.
Even though 2014 is more than halfway finished, this might be the year that female alt-pop singers dominate the music industry. The live roster for 9:30 Club includes sold-out shows from artists like Charli XCX, FKA twigs, Banks and Lykke Li. MØ and HOLYCHILD validated the legitimacy of the alt-pop trend on Sept. 22 for the first stop of their fall North American tour.
It doesn’t take a country music fan to fall in love with Shovels & Rope, a band formed in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina. With a unique blend of country rock, folk and rock ‘n’ roll, Shovels & Rope began its 90-minute 9:30 Club set at exactly 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 21.
Just like with fairy tales, pop songs typically follow few plot lines – jilted love, happy in love and breaking up. Of course, love is the common theme — it’s a universal feeling, but everyone feels and expresses love differently. On Sept. 18, the members of U.K. ensemble Clean Bandit brought their perspective on love to 9:30 Club to promote their latest album “New Eyes.”
Paolo Nutini’s infectious pop, rock and soul grooves got a sold-out crowd at the Lincoln Theater on their feet for his entire set on Sept. 17.
OK Go kicked off its 2014 fall tour on the East Coast at 9:30 Club on Sept. 16. Before the band members even took to the stage to set up, audiences gathered over two hours early in order to get a good spot at the sold-out show. Surprisingly, OK Go didn’t have an opening act—yet they still managed to perform one of the coolest shows around DC.
The atmosphere at 9:30 Club was filled with exhilaration and raw power on Sept. 16, as fuzz rock guru Ty Segall put on an act of 21st century indie garage rock.
The D.C.-based record label All Things Go hosted its inaugural Fall Classic music festival on Sept. 13, packing hundreds of people into Union Market’s Dock 5 despite questionable weather for an energetic and crowd-pleasing event.
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist made Afrika Bambaataa’s importance in hip-hop apparent during their Sept. 22 set at the Fillmore Theater in Silver Spring, as they played Bambaataa’s personal record collection.
While Los Angeles rocker Ty Segall’s music is diverse in genre, its influences can be broadly characterized by three bands: pre-punk band The Stooges, glam rock group T.Rex and hard rock band Led Zeppelin.
Transcendent, dreamy, harmonic, wistful and heavenly are just a few of the words that come to mind when you first listen to Mutual Benefit, set to perform at Rock & Roll Hotel Sept. 11.
AU’s four a cappella groups kicked off the fall season in Kay Spiritual Life Center last night, drawing a huge crowd with their melodic performances.
Local performance band M.H. and His Orchestra took a modest but dedicated crowd on a musical journey at D.C.’s 9:30 club on Aug. 30, rewarding its loyal fans (so-called “honeymooners”) with a performance they’d surely never forget.
Silver Spring natives The Walking Sticks are one of D.C.’s fastest growing local acts. After collaborating for many years, brothers Max and Spencer Ernst were joined by vocalist and longtime friend Chelsea Lee following her departure from Atlantic Records. The band’s music combines mellow soundscapes that complement Lee’s striking voice with a clear respect for vintage synth-pop, and the results are unlike anything else on the D.C. scene.
Every year, the Student Union Board hosts popular music artists for exclusive concerts in Bender Arena and the Tavern. This year’s lineup kicked off in style last night with Karmin and JoJo. Here’s a fantasy list of the artists we’d be thrilled to see onstage later this year.
A long centipede-shaped line waited outside of Bender Arena on Aug. 23 as AU students of all ages waited in anticipation for the Student Union Board’s first concert of the school year. At the end of the night, it seemed that few in the audience were dissatisfied with the performances of SUB’s three Welcome Week acts: disc jockeys Mekanikal and R&D; opener JoJo; and main attraction Karmin.
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