Ex Hex Triumphant in Hometown Date
Mixed amid the sheer exhilaration of an Ex Hex gig at the 930 Club is the added pride of a hometown date. The D.C. rockers led by Mary Timony, once…
Maren Morris Goes Pop at The Anthem
Maren Morris paused a couple times in her splashy headlining show at The Anthem in D.C. to take it all in. It was her largest sellout to date, with 6,000…
Returning to 1960s Laurel Canyon
Jakob Dylan grew up amid his own small-town musical crossroads — Woodstock — but the subject of his new documentary is the one that flourished on the other side of…
Robyn Hitchcock: Sublimely Weird
Age is only helping Robyn Hitchcock settle into his role as wizened surrealist singer and mystic storyteller. More than 45 years after starting his first band, the founder of the…
The Unexpected Return of Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople always seemed the kind of band that would implode at any moment, and such was the case when they pulled into New York in the middle of…
Nick Lowe, Straightjackets Begin to Mesh
Nick Lowe is calling his tour with Los Straightjackets the Quality Rock & Roll Revue and it’s no idle boast. The cool, memorable songs of Lowe with his smooth, elder…
Mark Eitzel Makes Himself at Home
It was billed as a living room concert, and the entire Mark Eitzel tour dubbed “Living room Tsunami” so it was a little bit surprising when the secret D.C. area…
New York City Ballet Forges Ahead
The new artistic director and co-director of the New York City Ballet looked a little nervous Tuesday as they awkwardly welcomed the Kennedy Center audience to their annual week-long residency.…
Todd Snider at the Birchmere
Todd Snider walks on stage in goofy hat, trusty guitar, barefoot but also with his equally raggedy dog, Cowboy Jim, who promptly lies down and listens to these songs and…
Flesh Eaters’ Ace Lineup at Union Stage
The poet and writer Chris Desjardins created the Flesh Eaters in the heyday of L.A. punk scene of the late 1970s, enlisting many of his friends to be among the…