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Concert review: Warpaint at the 9:30 Club
By Suah Cheong | 10/10/2016The LA-based all-female band played a hypnotic, energetic set
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The LA-based all-female band played a hypnotic, energetic set
Detroit’s Danny Brown changes the game again
The Oxford-based band delivered a vibrant performance on Sept. 25
Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum brought 80s music to the 9:30 Club on Sept. 25
The LA-based band will play tunes from its highly-anticipated album, “Heads Up”
The band inspired fans, along with openers Boo Seeka and Frenship, on Sept. 23
The Prince cover band Princess will perform a tribute concert to the late singer in D.C. on Sept.
Indie pop band Glass Animals will perform at Echostage on Sept. 25. The Oxford-based band is touring in support of its new album “How To Be A Human Being,” which was released on August 26 to critical acclaim. Following the success of Glass Animals’ lush debut “Zaba” in 2014, expectations were high for the band’s second album.
Empire of the Sun, Passion Pit, Sylvan Esso headline the third annual DC music festival
Did Travis Scott return from the “Rodeo” too soon? Just a year after putting out his last full length album, “Rodeo,” G.O.O.D.
Songwriter Dev Hynes will showcase his latest album at The Lincoln Theater on Sept. 13
“Retrograde” by Dallas native Crown the Empire does well with fans but still doesn’t have what it takes to grow and expand
The singer headlined SUB’s annual Welcome Week concert
Six venues and shows to check out in the coming weeks
Welcome freshmen, to your very own week!
Closing out Welcome Week 2016, Pop musician Charli XCX will play at the Student Union Board’s first concert of the academic year on Aug.
Joining a yacht club has never been easier (if by yacht club it’s actually the group of fans of an 18-year-old rapper from Atlanta and by join it’s actually learning to embrace his idiosyncrasies). Lil Yachty, aka Darnell Boat, aka red braided Yeezy Season 3 model, aka King of the Teens, continued his rise by dropping his second mixtape of 2016, aptly named “Summer Songs 2.” For those new to the Lil Yachty movement, he is a teenage rapper who doesn’t actually consider himself one, who has developed a significant following over the past year.
Die hard Red Hot Chili Peppers fans have been unsure of the band’s future since “I’m with You” released in 2011.
In an age when artists notoriously push back album release dates (looking at you, Frank Ocean), Dev Hynes, formerly known as Lightspeed Champion and currently as Blood Orange, has broken away from the mold.
Chance The Rapper begins his third official mixtape, “Coloring Book,” right where he left listeners with his 2013 breakthrough release, “Acid Rap.” As soulful horns fill the first track on Chance’s highly-anticipated 2016 entry, the MC out of Chicago’s South Side proudly sings, “and we back, and we back,” the same words he used to kick off his “Good Ass Intro” on “Acid Rap.” Chance certainly follows through with that statement, delivering a creative, eclectic and optimistic effort that marks his first solo-billed mixtape in three years. Each and every Chance release is a collaborative, collective effort, and “Coloring Book” is no less.
