Onetime affiliates of Park the Van Records during the label's mid-aughts stint in Philadelphia, The National Eye has been plugging away at its latest full-length, Ramparts, since 2008 or so. With live appearances scant and music kept secretive, it grew less and less clear whether the psychedelic rock five-piece would ever finish the album - ... Continue reading

Tonight in DC there's a load of solid shows for you to check out. Darker My Love is at the Rock and Roll Hotel with Strange Boys and Love Is All while Loretta Lynn and Justin Jones play a recently announced show at the 9:30 Club. Across the way in Arlington, VA Iota has a super one with The Modern Skirts and The Old Ceremony. Up north in Philadelphia there's also a plethora of great shows to see. The Fire has National Eye, The Armchairs, Toy Soldiers, and Tavo Carbone while the Trocadero has Mercury Rev and Dean & Britta. [...]

Tonight here in Baltimore The Talking Head has a great one with Deleted Scenes, Rahim, and Snowmen, If you're heading down to DC the Black Cat has Takka Takka and Oxford Collapse while DC9 has Band Of Annuals and Hymns. Also in Dc are the Bloodsugars who play The Velvet Lounge with Bridges & Powerlines and Koko. Up north in Philly Johnny Brenda's has Throw Me The Statue, National Eye, and Drink Up Buttercup while The Trocadero has Cut Copy and The Presets. photo by: will reicheit [...]

Summer is winding down, kids are going back to school and bands are finishing their summer tours or starting fall ones. This weekend is very front heavy with a lot of action on Friday then tapering down to a single show on Sunday. Most are one city shows so be sure to check out who is where. The 80's are making a huge comeback. So many artists and groups that thrived in the early MTV era are going out on reunion tours after years of not performing. [...]

Tonight in Baltimore don't miss the famous Billy Idol performing at Pier Six. If you're looking for a more intimate local show then The Talking Head might suit you with Love As Laughter, Impossible Hair, and Oxford Collapse performing. In DC, the Black Cat has Kitty Hawk, The Beanstalk Library, and Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears while the 9:30 Club has No Second Troy, Telograph, Exit Clov, and The Reserves. Over in Fredericksburg, VA the 3rd Floor has a great all ages show with The Winter Sounds, The Dance Party, and the Red [...]

This weekend is shaping up to be a good one. The heat won't be too bad and plenty of shows are coming through the area. Friday To begin the weekend, there are some huge shows Friday night. Of course, the so called biggest band in the world, Coldplay is in Philly at the Wachovia Center. Opening is Santogold . MGMT is playing yet another sold out show at the Starlight Ballroom with Violens and [...]

DC and Philly are where it's at tonight. The Black Cat has Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Via Audio. The Rock and Roll Hotel has the French Kicks and Ravens and Chimes. The North Star has Destroyer and Andre Ethier. The Khyber has National Eye, Cheers Elephant, East Hundred, Street Girls, and Cary Ann Hurst & The Gun. Finally the First Unitarian Church has I'm From Barcelona and Pepi Ginsberg. mp3: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - I Am Warm and Powerful --> website --> [...]

Another Friday is here and it's a winner. Pasta Primavera will be in full swing up at Terminal 5 in NYC for Superdrag and Nada Surf, but there are some great shows around town also. In Baltimore Sonar has Spoon, The White Rabbits, and The Walkmen, while the Ottobar has Slick Rick with a full backing band! In DC the 9:30 club has Hot Chip and Free Blood, and The Rock and Roll Hotel has VHS or BETA and Tigercity. In Philly Johnny Brenda's has BC Camplight, The Swimmers, and The Capitol Years, The Fire [...]

It's the first of the month...wake up...get up...go see some shows. The question is...which one? Well here are your options. In Philly there are two super sweet concerts. The first being National Eye, The Sw!ms and Pepi Ginsberg at Johnny Brenda's . The second is Sarsaparilla, Famous Lovers, Nicole Reynolds, and Alex Rodes at the Fire . In DC there are also two super sweet shows. The first is Exit Clov, Army of Me, Good Night States, and The Dance Party at the Rock and Roll Hotel . The [...]

Guster / Ganging Up On The Sun ( Reprise ) Massachusettsians (is that a word?) Guster have built up a tidy national fanbase over the course of over ten years and five albums, but before this record I'd never heard them. Heard of, yes, heard, no. But now that I have, the fact that they've managed to achieve the success that they have is somewhat perplexing to me - they play catchy, shimmering, harmony-laden and acoustically-rooted pop music that's not vacuous or [...]

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