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November Concert Preview
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Kind of a light month music-wise in November, possibly due to the holiday. Also could be due to the fact that way more people are willing to venture out for...
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December Concert Preview
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Some people may be inclined to warm up by a fire during the cold months, but if you’re like me, you prefer to get the feeling back in your hands and toes by...
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We Love Music: Red Sparowes (+) @ Rock and Roll Hotel 4/11/10
courtesy of Red Sparowes. It is always difficult deciding how to start a post-rock concert review. This massive, instrumental genre has no convenient entry-point for the uninitiated and for those who...
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We Love Music: Das Racist @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 1/14/11
Photo courtesy of Das Racist Das Racist went viral last year with their track “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell“. It would be easy to write them off as a novelty act, but anyone who dug a little...
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We Love Music: Appleseed Cast @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 4/30/11
All photos courtesy of The Appleseed Cast Over their 15-year career, The Appleseed Cast have slowly morphed from their emo roots into a dynamic and powerful post-rock group. I must say, I haven’t paid...
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We Love Music: James Blake @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 5/8/11
Courtesy of James Blake If you want some idea of what James Blake’s show sounded like on Sunday night at the Rock and Roll Hotel, do yourself a favor and listen to this broadcast of his SXSW set while...
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We Love Music: This Will Destroy You @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 6/5/11
All photos courtesy of This Will Destroy You This Will Destroy You is one of my favorite groups in the post-rock scene right now. I feel like they’re creating music specifically for me. It has the...
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We Love Music: Fucked Up @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 6/27/11
All photos by Rachel Rasby The smell of Cocoa Puffs crushed underfoot. Silhouettes of back-hair illuminated by a spotlight. Clouds of sweat puffing around the stage. Most of my memories of Fucked Up’s...
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We Love Music: The Cool Kids @ Rock & Roll Hotel, 8/9/2011
‘The Cool Kids | All Points West 2009′courtesy of ‘Matt Kleinschmidt’ None of the problems at last night’s show were actually The Cool Kids’ fault. Which is not to say there were none, of course, but...
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We Love Music: Party Like It’s 1989
80s Kid courtesy of Daniel Bevis The upcoming Poseurs club reunion set for Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Rock and Roll Hotel got me thinking that it’s a pretty good time around DC for dance parties...
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Hot Ticket: The Hundred in the Hands @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 6/19/12
The Hundred In The Hands – 25.05.2012 #11 courtesy of rockzoom_de Brooklyn-based dream-poppers The Hundred in the Hands have a second album, Red Night, and they are touring on it at the Rock and Roll...
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We Love Music: The Hundred in the Hands @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 6/19/12
courtesy of CHRISTOPHER MACSURAK Sometimes, it’s easy to look at the lineup of a band, listen to a few tunes, and figure out pretty much everything about them — what sort of music they play, who their...
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We Love Music: Chromatics @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 7/19/12
Ruth Radelet and Johnny Jewel of the Chromatics As synthesizers became more widely available in the 1970s, more and more European musicians adopted their use to various effects, sometimes leaving an...
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We Love Music: Ladyhawke @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 9/10/12
Ladyhawke @ Club Capitol (14/11/2009) courtesy of stusev The most incongruous thing about Pip Brown, better known as Ladyhawke, is her look — the grunge aesthetics of flannel and t-shirts all the way...
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Hot Ticket: Kizzlepaloosa: A Tribute to KT Robeson @ Rock and Roll Hotel,...
Setting up at Rock and Roll Hotel courtesy of dcjasmine A bunch of local bands and DJs come together Sunday night to celebrate the life of KT Robeson, a wonderful lady who sadly passed away far too...
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Q&A with Jeremy Dawson of Shiny Toy Guns
Photo courtesy of Shiny Toy Guns Shiny Toy Guns have embarked on a tour in support of their new album III, out today (Oct. 23) in the United States. Not only does the album mark the group’s first new...
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Hot Ticket: Hurricane Sandy Nixes Shows, 10/29/12
Sandy’s on the way courtesy of TalAtlas As the National Weather Service warned Sunday that Hurricane Sandy would likely bring powerful winds and strong rains to DC, major concert venues postponed...
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Hot Ticket: Shiny Toy Guns @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 11/4/12
Shiny Toy Guns courtesy of manu_el_o_matic! Shiny Toy Guns, the hard-charging new wave quartet from Los Angeles, return in fine form to DC with a performance at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Sunday, Nov....
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We Love Music: Shiny Toy Guns @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 11/4/12
Carah Faye and Jeremy Dawson. Copyright and Courtesy, CJ Lucero. The Shiny Toy Guns rode into DC Sunday night on soaring symphonic sounds and pulsating waves of light that dazzled a sold-out crowd of...
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2013 Air Sex World Championship - Washington, DC 24401966@N02 “It can be absolutely hilarious, painful, provocative, just plain bad, surprisingly good… I guess, rather like sex itself,” is what Jenn...
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