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(01/24/05 5:00am)
Colin Meloy opened with "Shiny" at his solo show Friday night. Arlington, Va.'s Iota Club was filled to the brim with concert-goers eager to see the lead singer and whimsical songwriter for Portland-based band the Decemberists play a show on his own.
(01/24/05 5:00am)
Ben Allison and Medicine Wheel
(01/13/05 5:00am)
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - "Worlds Apart"
Austin, Texas' apocalyptic rockers haven't gone soft in their major label endeavors. "Source Tags & Codes" saw the band step up from Merge to Interscope, but they didn't relent. Instead they maximized their budget, paid for some serious studio time (including a string section) and made an epic album. The beast has been hibernating in the studio for some time, ready to emerge with "Worlds Apart," with a title track that calls on the rappers on MTV, but sounds so poppy it might as well make it to the TRL Countdown.
(01/13/05 5:00am)
Restaurant Week has returned to Washington for another year. Going on now and lasting until Jan. 16., Restaurant Week's special features are the three-course lunch and dinner specials offered by more than 90 local establishments. Ranging from rib houses that spell "grill" with an "e" at the end to swanky sushi bars, $20.05 will buy you a prix fixe three-course lunch at one of these places, and only $10 more gets you dinner. Please note that "prix fixe" means that there is only the slight possibility that there will be a choice in what is served, so go in with an open mind!
Pretty much all of these restaurants are outside of the average college student's budget range, so leap on this opportunity to get a fantastic meal for the same amount as entrance to Lulu's and a 3-ounce watery cocktail. Reservations can be made at www.opentable.com, and a full list of participating restaurants can be found at www.washington.org/restaurantwk/. In the meantime, here are a few choice establishments that we recommend:
(01/13/05 5:00am)
"This is one Hilton that should be closed for renovation."
(10/28/04 4:00am)
ORLANDO, Fla. - The October sun set over Washington last Thursday as 275 D.C.-area college students were loaded onto five massive motor coaches. After taking part in a brief rally led by the League of Conservation Voters, we were all fired up for the supposed 13-hour bus ride from the George Washington University campus to our weekend villas in Orlando. The next two days were promised to be a whirlwind frenzy of canvassing as part of a massive grassroots campaign for Sen. John Kerry.
(10/14/04 4:00am)
"I own a timber company? That's news to me ...
Need some wood?"
(09/30/04 4:00am)
RALEIGH, N.C. - There we were. Sixth row back, right hand side. The screen suddenly went blue, flickered and then the credits began to roll: A&E Biography, The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt.
(09/16/04 4:00am)
Guided by Voices
A-
"Half Smiles of the Decomposed"
(Matador)
(04/26/04 4:00am)
As we approach the beginning of May, wild rumors about the "summer blockbusters" start to get everyone's hopes up. Rather than pretending to be excited about some Creed album slated for release in August (merely an example, so cool your jets before you bombard the nearest Tower Records), here is a list of some of the potentially great album releases for this summer. Don't be fooled, though - this list is hardly definitive. Wilco, Sleater-Kinney, the Thermals, Boards of Canada, Spoon, the Polyphonic Spree, Elvis Costello, the Helio Sequence, Interpol and more all have albums due out this summer and fall. Check out these quality upcoming releases.
(04/08/04 4:00am)
Thursday, April 8
(04/02/04 5:00am)
The stage at the Black Cat was put under a little more pressure than usual last Thursday night, as an emerging collective of Canadian music graced the stage. In a sort of communal homage to Toronto, openers the Dears and Stars and main act Broken Social Scene came to the Black Cat to give D.C. a night of powerful, dreamy pop.
(04/02/04 5:00am)
Thursday, April 1
Two If By Sea, The Dresden Dolls
Black Cat Backstage, $7
1811 14th St. NW
9:00 p.m.
(02/23/04 5:00am)
The night of Tuesday Feb. 17 was one of off-the-beaten-path indie rock, bluesy foot-stomping bursts of sound and amazing vocal talent all around. The Gossip took the Black Cat stage by storm, igniting the eager crowd with its unique brand of raw, dirty rock 'n' roll.
(02/16/04 5:00am)
Shins have two-night stand
(02/05/04 5:00am)
The Unicorns
(11/20/03 5:00am)
Listening to a "best of" compilation is akin to reading the CliffsNotes for Dickens or drinking caffeine-free Coca Cola - to do so is to overlook elements of creation that make it whole. Likewise, no abridged version can do justice to a music career, so the road to summarizing a band's greatness must be treaded upon lightly. On Oct. 28, Warner Bros. released "In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003," a two-CD conglomeration of choice album tracks and a slew of B-sides and rarities.
With a staying power spanning decades, R.E.M. has put itself into a near-deity role with fiercely loyal listeners - the coveted position in which the band becomes an entity, and its sour recordings are far more excusable than those of its expendable, dependable contemporaries. R.E.M. has endured rock 'n' roll hardships, such as illness and the loss of a drummer, that provide not only ample storytelling fodder for VH1 specials, but also a sense of closeness with listeners.
"In Time" strives to recollect the 15-plus years of influence and history this band out of Athens, Ga., has conjured. But staying true to the nature of a "best of" compilation, "In Time" very nearly scratches the surface of R.E.M.'s catalog, piling together ubiquitously familiar tracks and secondary favorites.
Beyond the obvious selections of "Man On The Moon," "Everybody Hurts" and "Losing My Religion," the compilation points out R.E.M.'s lesser-known beauty. "Electrolite," from the highly relevant early '90s release "New Adventures in Hi-Fi," is a charming, banjo-backed ditty that seems to be a foundation for the later-day sweetness of "At My Most Beautiful" from the late '90s commercially unappreciated gem "Up." "At My Most Beautiful," "Electrolite" and the stunningly orchestral "Nightswimming" cement R.E.M.'s capacity to write beautiful songs not fit for consumption by the feeble-hearted. Singer Michael Stipe's vocal facility hangs delicately over these three tracks, conveying a beautiful emotion without being overly pretty.
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth," from the brilliant, yet panned, album "Monster," and "Daysleeper," from "Up," demonstrate the band's knack for pop sensibility, strength in composition and, Stipe's handiest trick, tossing in a little harmonic kick.
The remaining heap on "In Time" generally falls into the take it or leave it category.
For a band of this integrity and magnitude of worship, it would be nearly impossible for a "greatest hits" album to serve everyone. "In Time" deals out its share of upsets - the appeal of "Stand" or the widespread hatred for "Monster," for instance. And rather than finding its place on the CD of B-sides, "Bad Day," which was the unfinished counterpart to "It's The End Of The World As We Know It," surfaces on CD 1 as if to spark listeners' interests as one of the token "new songs." Additionally, the absence of certain moments of brilliance such as "Strange Currencies" or "Drive" prevents the compilation from doing anything besides tying itself to the commercial successes of the catalog.
However, whether you grew up listening to "Out of Time" in your parents' station wagon and watching Michael Stipe's random guest spot on "The Adventures of Pete and Pete," or just really dug "Man On The Moon" and once slow-danced to "Nightswimming" at the prom, "In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003" appropriately treads the waters of the band's greatness, without making light of the integrity of R.E.M.'s steadfast history.
(11/03/03 5:00am)
The College Music Journal's Music Marathon took place Oct. 22-25 and never to miss an indie-rock event, The Eagle undertook the Arts & Crafts and Sub Pop Record's showcases.