MORE SWEETLIFE NEWS! Our friends at All Things Go are throwing a party tomorrow at U Street Music Hall on 5/9 to celebrate the upcoming Sweetlife Festival (more HERE) on May 11. Set includes our favorites MS MR, with Sir Sly and newcomers Magic Man backing 'em up. Get tickets to UHALL show HERE.
The Sweetlife Festival will cement itself as a District music tradition this Saturday as it returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion for its third annual run. To get you excited we've teamed up with the fine folks at Sweetlife to bring you the official kick-off party this Thursday, May 10th at U Street Music Hall. Headlining the night will be MS MR - who will also be playing on Saturday - along with support from Sir Sly and Magic Man . Three of our favorite artists together in one place - it doesn't get [...]
Bandmates Ben Grubin and Jerm Reynolds have come a long way since producing punk influenced dance tunes in their Redlands, California basement. Four years after their successful debut record, Mind Chaos, Hockey returns center-stage in support of their sophomore album, Wyeth IS. Although previously compared to the likes of The Strokes and MGMT, Hockey believes [...]
Bandmates Ben Grubin and Jerm Reynolds have come a long way since producing punk influenced dance tunes in their Redlands, California basement. Four years after their successful debut record, Mind Chaos, Hockey returns center-stage in support of their sophomore album, Wyeth IS. Although previously compared to the likes of The Strokes and MGMT, Hockey believes [...]
Bandmates Ben Grubin and Jerm Reynolds have come a long way since producing punk influenced dance tunes in their Redlands, California basement. Four years after their successful debut record, Mind Chaos, Hockey returns center-stage in support of their sophomore album, Wyeth IS. Although previously compared to the likes of The Strokes and MGMT, Hockey believes [...]
Oberhofer 's got a gift for melody. On Friday, May 3rd, Washington, DC will get the chance to see Brad and co.'s raw pop rock in action at U Street Music Hall . We've got a pair of tickets to give away for the show. What do you have to do to win? Oberhofer has decided to go with the deliberately misspelled NOTALGIA as the title of their upcoming LP. We want to know what your favorite instance of ignored grammar in music is. Whether it be the vowel-less band du jour [...]
We're breaking in spring with an extra breezy edition of All Things Gold on Thursday, April 11th. We're proud to bringing Goldroom to the U Hall stage for his first DC play with a full, live band. If you like his work behind the decks, just imagine it all on stage. Opening the night we're bringing Michigan synth savants Stepdad and NY electro-pop upstarts Little Daylight into the mix. This is looking to be a good one folks. Get involved. This all goes down Thursday, April 11th at U Street Music [...]
Youngblood Hawke are making their way to DC. The LA five-piece wowed us at our SXSW Showcase this year, so you can sure as hell count us in for round number two when they visit U Street Music Hall on Wednesday, May 15th. We have a pair of tickets to giveaway for this must-see show. What do you have to do to win? Youngblood Hawke take their name from the title of a Herman Wouk novel. We want to know what literary reference is ripe for the band name taking? Already-used ones don't count. Leave [...]
Dillon Francis charges on to DC's famous 9:30 Club to delight the masses through the beginning leg of his Wurld Turr - with what we're hoping is a wild party for a Monday night. Come on out with us tonight to catch Dillon along with another favorite duo of ours, Oliver . Tickets and entertainment come courtesy of our friends at U Street Music Hall . Tap the picture to your left to secure some entry passes before they run out! Set times - DILLON FRANCIS 11:10p | Oliver [...]
Tickets are going real fast for tonight's All Things Gold with Breakbot and HAERTS. Chances are if you wait to get them at the door, you might be too late. So we highly suggest you grab your tickets HERE . Or, if you're willing to take your chances, you can try your luck at this ticket giveaway. One of you will be the proud owner of a pair of tickets to tonight's show. What do you have to do to win? We love Breakbot's latest album By Your Side , if not [...]
One of our favorite UK songstresses, Charli XCX , is visiting U Street Music Hall on Monday, June 3rd. Although tickets aren't available to the public yet, we've got a pair to give away to a lucky winner before they go on sale. What do you have to do to win? Charli XCX's upcoming major label debut True Romance is, in her words, an album that explores "every corner of [her] own romantic history." We want to know what an LP inspired by your lovelife would be called. We'll [...]
Although I eagerly purchased a ticket the night it went on sale, I have to admit I had some slight reservations heading into Tyler, The Creator’s Monday night performance at the U Street Music Hall. I had seen him perform with the rest of the Odd Future crew less then a year earlier and had the nagging fear that his shows might be a sort of one trick pony that lose excitement after the first time. Instead, his performance reconfirmed what I already believed: that Tyler, The Creator can put on a frenetic live [...]
Those in the Austin, TX area this week likely are taking part in the " innovation-packed " festival known as SXSW . Well, wouldn't ya have it - Washington, DC's ambassadors for the week are none other than the fantastic Volta Bureau production trio. To get the word out about their SXSW set this coming Friday, March 15 , the fellas put together a fancy set of dancey bliss. Heavily recommend any Austonians check out Volta while they're still in Texas - [...]
Ambassadors have ridden the buzz train straight into 2013. With a recent string of live and radio success - including a #1 Alternative radio hit in Virginia - the world best prepare itself for this Brooklyn four-piece's inevitable rise to the top. The band will be rolling through DC this Thursday as support for the Postelles at U Street Music Hall. Before they hit the stage, we got them to share a five-track playlist with us featuring their favorite songs as of late. Check it out after the jump and then grab tickets for the show here . [...]
Somewhere down the line, elements of math, indie, and pop rock all got jumbled together in a "Will it blend?" cultural experiment. The results spawned forth a long list of talented groups who embody the very best of technical know-how and careful composing. This includes cultural forerunners The Postelles , Arkells , and Ambassadors , and we've got a pair of tickets to give away to see them all at the U Street Music Hall on March 7, presented by 9:30 Club . Getting a hold of them is easier than you may [...]
It’s always a good sign when I go to a gig for an unfamiliar band and then spend the next day singing their songs over and over in my head. Thus it was with the Dunwells , a quintet from Leeds currently making their second sweep through America. Their album ‘Blind Sighted Faith’ was released a year ago, now on Concord Music Group, and they are making the rounds at loads of radio stations and small venues, truly the only way to get a foothold on the American music market. I walked [...]
All Things Gold will be returning to U Street Music Hall next month on Thursday, March 21st with yet another line-up to reckon with. This time around we're proud to be welcoming Breakbot to the U Hall stage. One of Ed Banger's finest, the artist né Thibaut Berland released his phenomenal debut album, By Your Side , late last year and will be returning to the District for the first time since then for an incredible live set. Kicking off the night will be HAERTS , who absolutely stunned us with their [...]
The Postelles | Pretend It's Love (feat. Alex Winston) Charming duet from The Postelles and Alex Winston. And if you are in DC be sure to check out The Postelles live at U Street Music Hall on March 7.
Tyler, the Creator , otherwise known as the Pied Piper of the Odd Future crew, has a new video out for his song "Domo 23." The song is off Tyler's second LP, Wolf , and the video features him as a wrestling villain, wearing gold tights, an enlarged bulge and a bandana. Then he gets his ass kicked for four and a half minutes. Tyler, the Creator's Wolf will be released April 2nd via Odd Future Records . We've got a ticket giveaway going on too, [...]
"Keep things short and sweet" is exactly what New Zealand-born, England-raised, Willy Moon does. His first album, Here's Willy Mo on , contains less than half an hour's worth of music. Unlike the length of his songs, however, Moon appears to be headed for an extensive career in the music industry. At the age of 16, Moon found himself on a plane to London, discovering a passion for music and creating his own unique homage to [...]
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