the Firefly Music Festival/Jack White live!!

A week ago this time we had just finished getting our minds blown by Fitz & the Tantrums at the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, DE. Easily the best live show I’ve ever… Continue reading

Surfer Blood live! (with Grand Rapids!)

Recently, I’ve been living in a world of live music. I couldn’t be happier. While there is more to come on the Firefly Festival I was at in Delaware this past weekend (Cake,… Continue reading

The Men live

It was a great first show at DC9 for me. Having been there before only as a patron, it was nice to use it in a different capacity. One of the smaller venues… Continue reading

sweatin’ in the summertime: live music, mixtapes and anticipation

There’s no reason not to break my own fourth wall here. My absence has been due to many reasons – traveling and work. Since I haven’t been to a show since last month’s… Continue reading

tUnE-yArDs live!

Last night was a sold out tUnE-yArDs show at DC’s 930 club. While Radiohead played a sold out show at the Verizon Center in Chinatown, it didn’t even matter. The crowd was so… Continue reading

Best Coast/The Only Place

If you’ve been following along with news on Best Coast, you know about the latest single, The Only Place. As an album opener (and title track) it sets the mood as the most… Continue reading

my ode to Oldie

Oldie is the closing track of the new Odd Future record, The OF Tape Vol. 2. Clocking in at 10:32 it features the same repetitive beat, only occasionally losing its’ basses and trebles, and features everyone… Continue reading

WU LYF live

Having been the second time I saw WU LYF at DC’s Rock and Roll Hotel on H Street, it lived up to my expectations of awesome. This band plays incredibly well together. While… Continue reading

Jack White/Blunderbuss

And on the eighth day, God created Jack White. As we recently learned from the (finally!) long and detailed profile of White in the Easter edition of the New York Times Magazine, Jack White doesn’t… Continue reading

back to back sold out: Megafaun and Dr. Dog

This Thursday and Friday I had the pleasure of back to back sold out shows: Megafaun at the Backstage at DC’s Black Cat and Dr. Dog at the 930 Club. Megafaun was more… Continue reading