Upcoming shows this weekend!

Posted by DCMusicLive on April 25, 2013
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By Mike Shomaker, DC Music Live

What’s up everybody? Here’s a short and incomplete listing of upcoming shows in the area! Go check out live music.

IOTA CLUB—2832 WILSON BLVD. ARLINGTON 
WE 24  OPEN MIC W/ SPECIAL GUESTS HOSTS TODD AND JAMES 8:00PM TO 12:30AM – T AND J PLAY @ 9:30PM
TWO SIGN-UP TIMES: 7:30PM AND 10:00PM
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The Milagro Saints 10pm		 8:00 PM $free
TH 25  Dead Professional  (John Harouff of Cinnamon Band)w/ Drunk Tigers 8:30 PM $10.00
FR 26  Lindsey Buckingham Palacew/ Howlin Bends 9:00PM $10.00
SA 27  The Ruinsw/ Kid Goat

w/ The NRIs

 9:00PM $12.00
Clarendon Grill —1101 N. Highland Ave. Arlington
FR 26 Gonzo’s Nose – 80’s cover band
Rock N Roll Hotel—1353 H st ne
FR 26 FootwerkLyricks w/band 9:00pm $10
The Hamilton—600 14th st nw
FR 26 Sierra Hull & Mountain Heart 8:30pm $35
SA 27 Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang 8:30pm $43.50
930 Club—815 V. St NW
SA 27 Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 8:00pm $25
MO 29 Johnny Marr 7:00pm $20
DC9—1940 9th ST nw
TH 25 Real Diamonds 8:00pm $10
MO 29 Rescuer 8:00pm $10

Review: Mission South Record Release Party at Bayou

Posted by DCMusicLive on April 20, 2013
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By Rachael Bohlander, Contributor, DC Music Live
Mission South's record release show at The Bayou. Photo Courtesy of Rachael Bohlander, SunnyRyder Photography

Mission South’s record release show at The Bayou.
Photo Courtesy of Rachael Bohlander, SunnyRyder Photography

Mission South is young.  Really young.  A year out of college young.

The audience is young.  Really young.  Barely legal to drink those eight cans of PBR stacked up before you young.
And they are really excited to be here because they are taking photos, posting ‘em up on Facebook, tossing back those PBRs, and chanting “Mish-On South!  Mish-On South” as loud as their young lungs can manage.

Review: Wovenhand At DC9

Posted by DCMusicLive on April 18, 2013
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By Rachael Bohlander, Contributor, DC Music Live

Wovenhand took the stage at DC9 on April 14. Photo Courtesy of Rachael Bohlander, SunnyRyder Photography

Wovenhand took the stage at DC9 on April 14.
Photo Courtesy of Rachael Bohlander, SunnyRyder Photography

Wovenhand and its front man and driving force, David Eugene Edwards, are legendary for powerful, and disturbing, live performances.  Edwards does not so much perform as deliver an apocalyptic tour de force.  A man possessed.

David Eugene Edwards and Wovenhand did not disappoint.

If the expectant, excited chatter around me was any indication, unlike most of the black-clad attendees last Sunday at DC9, I was one of only a few Wovenhand newbies.  I had never experienced Wovenhand live.  Wasn’t sure what to expect.

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Five Years In A Submarine: Vietnam Returns to the Road

Posted by DCMusicLive on April 16, 2013
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By Rachael Bohlander, Contributor, DC Music Live

Vietnam will be at the Rock N Roll Hotel April 19. Photo by David Black

Vietnam will be at the Rock N Roll Hotel April 19.
Photo by David Black

Five years.

That’s how long it’s been since Michael Gerner, the force behind gritty, urban blues and rock band, Vietnam, disappeared out to the West Coast, taking the band with him.  And he’s been in a submarine.

Well, maybe not technically.  But it has been five years since Gerner embarked on his hiatus, and he and the band do refer to their live-in practice space as The Submarine.

So what , you ,might ask yourself, does an accomplished musician/vocalist/songwriter, who reached critical acclaim and success, do during for five years while disappeared?

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Come Check Out One Of Our Founder’s New Cover Bands LIVE!

Posted by DCMusicLive on April 15, 2013
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By Brian Ossip, DC Music Live

Mr Blonde will make their debut this Wednesday, April 17 at the Velvet Lounge!

Mr Blonde will make their debut this Wednesday, April 17 at the Velvet Lounge!

Shameless post time, folks.  So in case you don’t know, I’m a drummer in a cover band, Mr. Blonde.  We’ll be playing our first show this Wednesday, April 17 at the Velvet Lounge on U Street.

It would be amazing if some of our loyal DCML followers and readers could come check it out!  We are going to be playing some of your favorite ’90s and early 2000s covers, ranging from Weezer, Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, and a few other surprises that you’re gonna go crazy for.

The show starts at 8:30, and we go on first at 9pm.  Cover is $8, not too bad to see three amazing bands.

So, if you’re free and looking for something fun to do Wednesday night, come check us out!  If you’re there, look for me, and if you tell me you’re there because of this post and because you’re a DCML reader, you’ll be rewarded with a free lifetime subscription to the site!

Shameless self plug over now, hope to see everyone Wednesday

 

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Night Verses @ DC9

Posted by DCMusicLive on April 12, 2013
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By Mike Shomaker, DC Music Live

Some might call the musical collaboration between members of Night Verses sheer luck. According to lead singer Douglas Robinson, their eventual alliance was fate.

“I heard them perform out in California,” Robinson said of his future band members, Nick DePirro, guitar, Reilly Herrera, bass and drummer, Aric Improta. “From the first moment, I knew I had to sing with them. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out at first…we were just in different places.”

Robinson’s former band, The Sleeping, which had seen a decade of success, was “slowing down,” slated to release one more record in the fall of 2010. Following the release and unofficial farewell tour,

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Night Verses, courtesy rocksound.tv

each member broke off and went their separate ways, professionally and geographically. According to Robinson, it was mutual—they’re still good friends. But he wasn’t ready to walk offstage and hang it up just yet.

He persisted and set out for the west coast. It was there that Night Verses was born.

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Not-So-Silent Auction. Watermelon, LIVE!!! with Spades. Featuring Jeff Myers Photography.

Posted by DCMusicLive on April 11, 2013
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By Rachael Bohlander, Contributor, DC Music Live
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You hear a lot about DIY these days in the music and art worlds.  Its about helping each other, putting together great shows, getting the word out, and bringing together musicians, artists, and fans when they otherwise might have missed each other.
Taking on the DIY spirit and running with it, local photographer, Jeff Myers, and D.C. bands, Watermelon and Spades, are working with Lost Generation Productions, and are putting on a fundraising event for anyone and everyone who loves awesome music and just might want to bring a photograph of one of their favorite bands, national and local, home with them.