NoBunny - "Live It Up" Air Waves - "Radio" Nallo - "Submarines" Crystal Stilts - "Through The Floor" The Equals - "Police On My Back" La Sera - "Please Be My Third Eye" Lower Dens - "Brains" Cass McCombs - "Prima Donna" Tiki Men - "First Love, First Tears" (Duane Eddy) The Lovely Bad Things - "I Just Want You To Go Away" The Soft Pack - "Grinding Halt" (The Cure) Neo Boys - "Time Keeps Time" Grass Widow - "Lulu's Lips" [...]
I'm on vacation somewhere in florida. Regular posting will resume tuesday (ish). Listen to some tunes while I'm gone. Stone Rollin' The Romany Rye - I Hate Myself Filligar - Guilty Good Intentions Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On Middle Brother - Middle Brother Bright Eyes - Shell Games Spoon - The Way We Get By Hockey - Song Away Josh Ritter [...]
What lured me into D.C.? Live music. But to be more specific? Sockets Records . Ever since I dated a ticket-scalper's son in high school, I fell in love with live music. For years, I found myself front-row at all sorts of shows, making weekly trips to the Black Cat or the 9:30 Club. But when I discovered Sockets Records, I stumbled into a whole new dimension of experiencing live music. Local music to be exact. Going to shows started meaning more than just driving in and out of the District to catch a [...]
Mood & Dress Laughing Man is a Washington DC based trio comprised of Michael Andrew Harris (drums), Luke Stewart (bass, saxophone) and Brandon Moses (vocals, guitar). Over the last year or so, they've been getting attention for their artsy folk-soul-blues-jazz sound intermixed with indie rock. The band recenty released a debut album entitle The Lovings ('63-'69). Laughing Man's closer on the album (above) "Mood and Dress," is an acoustic track that is intimate and warm and a great example of wonderful harmonies. It's careful plucking and warm harmonies will warm you up in these colder months. [...]
The debut from the equal parts soulful and crazed Washington, DC rock outfit Laughing Man has finally arrived digitally. The Lovings (63-69) is just a quick seven song jaunt, but these jagged, rough, and carefully deconstructed bits of potent rock and roll take several listens to digest. That's part of the beauty of the album, as the music actually matches with the character of the often lovesick and delirious narrator. There is one soft spot on the record though, the closer "Mood and Dress." A quietly plucked acoustic guitar and background vocal flourishes lend lead singer Brandon [...]
I once wrote for the Washingtonian , "The Laughing Man's song 'The Sweet Tooth' sounds as if Tom Waits asked a group of jazz musicians to transmit rock-and-roll from the moon." I revert back to that statement because the Washington, DC trio create an incredibly eclectic collage of sound derived from elements of jazz, garage rock and soul music—one that's not all together easy to put into words. I've been waiting for years to buy a release from these intelligent eccentrics and it seems like that day is finally approaching with a full-length titled [...]
Laughing Man is band that exists somewhere between the eery yet comforting crooning of Devendra Banhart and the rock n' roll sensibilities of someone like The Brian Jonestown Massacre. This song "Mood and Dress" has been on repeat at my office for the past few days and the more you listen to it the more [...]
On Monday, January 18th, the boys of Tennis System close their brief tour of the East Coast with a show celebrating the release of their new record, The Future of Our History at Asylum. If you haven't had the opportunity to see them live yet, then this is a great opportunity for you to experience their massive sound. With a moody blend of shoegaze, psych rock, and even a smattering of early & mid 90s British rock, this show will be well worth your time. We've got a song off of the new album to whet [...]
This Saturday, The Laughing Man return to play their doo-wopy, catastrophic blues for all of you at Comet Ping Pong. They have been pretty active over the last few months, but soak it up while you can. The boys have also been hard at work committing their efforts to tape, both actual and virtual, so this might [...]
I got the rare pleasure of seeing some great talent in a small venue Saturday night at Comet Ping Pong in DC. Perhaps it was the two cans of Sea Hag I'd had that led me to describe the show in a text message that night as "truly grand," as well as... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
As you already know, starting tonight, D.C. is going to be open for business for 24 hours a day straight through to Wednesday. Many bars are serving booze until 4am, and if you don't want to go home, you won't ever have to. Having said that, navigating the city is probably going to border on nightmarish, since the [...]
Many DC musicians and artists have looked to Philadelphia as a potential spot for relocation. With spaces in this city amenable to creatives becoming scarcer every day, Philadelphia seems to have more options for affordable space to spread out and make some noise. You don't often hear of migration in the opposite direction, but The [...]
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