Washington City Paper: Music - D.C. Shows and Reviews

Club the Right Way

Reviewed: Tittsworth's Twelve Steps

Music Review By Sarah Godfrey

One Track Mind
This Week: Rambling Shadows' "TNTH"
Music By Aaron Leitko

A Bold Vein
Reviewed: Vordul Mega's Megagraphitti
Music Review By Ben Westhoff

One Track Mind
This Week: Earthride's "Valiume 10"
Music By Justin Moyer

Spent Force
Reviewed: DragonForce's Ultra Beatdown
Music Review By Arthur Delaney

Dance Fever Cooldown
Reviewed: Lindstrom's Where
You Go I Go Too
Music Review By Shannon Zimmerman

One Track Mind
This Week: Mancuso-Suzda Project's "To D.H."
Music By Michael J. West

A Touch of Glass
Reviewed: Nico Muhly's Mothertongue
Music Review By Brent Burton

One Track Mind
This Week: U.S. Royalty's "Every Summer"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Hot Tropics
Reviewed: Telepathique's
Last Time on Earth
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.

One Track Mind
This Week: Stella Schindler's "Hiram's Lament"
Music By Sadie Dingfelder

Axe in the Foundation
Faraquet had novel ideas about what guitars can do. But don’t call it math rock.
Music Review By Brent Burton

Sex and the Singles Band
Reviewed: Black Kids'
Partie Traumatic
Music Review By Ben Westhoff

One Track Mind
This Week: Twin Earth's "Ultra Vires"
Music By Casey Rae-Hunter

Synth-punk's Not Dead
Reviewed: Digital Leather's
Sorcerer
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.

One Track Mind
This Week: True Womanhood's "Hit and Run"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Class Action
Reviewed: The Hold Steady's Stay Positive
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.

The Old Klezmer Blues
An entertaining mash-up of prewar jazz and Jewish music.
Music Review By Michael J. West

One Track Mind
This Week: Milk Machine's "Whiskey Flows Downhill"
Music By Justin Moyer

House Rebuilding
A new take on '70s house and garage.
Music Review By Aaron Leitko

One Track Mind
This Week: Stymphalian Birds' "With Beaks and Feathers We Saw Bodies Floating Upstream"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Genre Hoping
Reviewed: Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III and Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog's Party Intellectuals
Music Review By Ben Westhoff and Michael J. West

Metal Defectors
The surprising death metal of Nachtmystium
Music Review By Brent Burton

Oneiromantical War
Wrnlrd's "War"
Music By David Dunlap Jr.

One Track Mind
This Week: Caverns' "This Are Syntax"
Music By Justin Moyer

Packing Her Brags
Reviewed: Julieta Venegas' MTV Unplugged
Music Review By Alfredo Flores

Roots Maneuver
Reviewed: Sergio Mendes'
Encanto
Music Review By Alfredo Flores

One Track Mind
This Week: Yell County's "Led Zeppelin Says"
Music By Sadie Dingfelder

Rhythm and Jews
How a cache of classic soul got made in the promised land.
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.

One Track Mind
This Week: Mikal Evans' "Drunkest Hour"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Bass Forward
Bassist Cohen takes a lead role on his new trio album.
Music Review By Michael J. West

Unrest-ed Development
Unrest's Bridget Cross recalls her old bandmates for her new project.
Music Review By Casey Rae-Hunter

One Track Mind
This Week: The Foreign Press' "Tuscaloosa"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Riff-rock Redux
Reviewed: Boris' Smile
Music Review By Aaron Leitko

A Timeless Sound
Reviewed: No Age's Nouns
Music Review By Jason Cherkis

One Track Mind
This Week: The Jet Age's "False Idols"
Music By Aaron Leitko

One Track Mind
This Week: Imperial China's "There Is No Translation"
Music By Justin Moyer

Grime Doesn't Pay
Dizzee Rascal hopes you like his new direction.
Music Review By Brent Burton

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Aug. 26, 2008, at 10:58 am

CP Music Picks

Relay
Friday, August 29, at Velvet Lounge
Over the last decade or so, My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields has needed merely to mention the idea of a new album in order to provoke a revived interest in shimmery, fuzzy, blaring...
Raphael Saadiq
Monday, September 1, at the Black Cat
Raphael Saadiq, for all of his talents and contributions to R&B and soul music, has recently become best known for taking a bunch of butt-naked body-paint pictures with Joss Stone. One ill-conceived,...
Chuck Brown
Saturday, August 30, at the 9:30 Club
Is there anybody in the District who’s aged better than Chuck Brown? He got his start 40-some years ago, at a time when the local music scene wasn’t the easiest place to break out of. There were...
Mose Allison
Sunday, August 31, at Blues Alley
If age seems to be one of Mose Allison’s lyrical preoccupations, it’s also one of his distinctions. The 80-year-old singer/pianist was born in Mississippi at a time when jazz and blues were more or...

Music Calendar: This Week in Rock

Fri. Aug. 22, 2008 - Thu. Aug. 28, 2008

Concerts

EDDIE FROM OHIO, GREAT BIG SEA.
Wolf Trap, Filene Center,, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. at 7:30 p.m., Fri., 8/22, $22–$32. (877) 965-3872
CHRIS ISAAK, JAMES HUNTER.
Wolf Trap, Filene Center,, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. at 8 p.m., Thu., 8/21, $25–$40. (877) 965-3872
JOURNEY, HEART, CHEAP TRICK.
Nissan Pavilion,, 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow. at 7 p.m., Wed., 8/27, $25–$125. (703) 754-6400
REGENERATION TOUR 2008.
The Human League, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, A Flock of Seagulls, Naked Eyes.
Wolf Trap, Filene Center,, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. at 7 p.m., Tue., 8/26, $25–$42. (877) 965-3872
TODD RUNDGREN, LOU GRAMM, BO BICE, CHRISTOPHER CROSS, DANNY LAINE.
A tribute to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Wolf Trap, Filene Center,, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. at 8 p.m., Sat., 8/23, $25–$40. (877) 965-3872
ROD STEWART, JOSH KELLEY.
Nissan Pavilion,, 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow. 7:30 p.m., Sun., 8/24, $35–$175. (703) 754-6400

Clubs

BLACK CAT
Fri., 8/22, Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears. Sun., 8/24, Red Room, Food For Thought. Thu., 8/28, Bellafea, The Shondes, Trophy Wife.
1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490.
BLACK CAT BACKSTAGE
Thu., 8/21, Nebula, Totimoshi, the Coke Dares. Sat., 8/23, Oneida (see page xx), Apes, Dirty Faces Tue., 8/26, The Silent Years, Don't Be Glib. Wed., 8/27, Imperial China, Caverns (see page xx), True Womanhood.
1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-7960.
CALABASH
Fri., 8/22, Smokin' Mirrors. Sat., 8/23, Dibs on Shotgun.
7305 Richmond Highway, Alexandria. (703) 765-0222.
DAHLAK
Tuesdays, Kalem & Friends with Kalem Jones.
1771 U St. NW. (202) 332-2110.
DC9
Sat., 8/23, Theresa Andersson, The Spring Standards. Sun., 8/24, People In Planes, Skybombers.
1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000.
DOGWOOD TAVERN
Thu., 8/21, Freddie Long. Fri., 8/22, Steve Hagedorn & Claire Gilbride. Sat., 8/23, Mr. Awesome. Thu., 8/28, Matt Waller.
132 W. Broad St., Falls Church. (703) 237-8333.
GALAXY HUT
Mon., 8/25, Plastic Sky, the Grownup Noise.
2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 525-8646.
GROG AND TANKARD
Thu., 8/21, Ornamusement. Fri., 8/22, Caustic Casanova, Mr. Popular, The Armchairs. Sat., 8/23, Jar Babies, Styrofoam Junkies. Thu., 8/28, DC Flow, Greg Connors.
2408 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 333-3114.
IOTA CLUB & CAFE
Thu., 8/21, Sythian, Six Day Bender. Fri, 8/22, Evan Bliss & the Welchers, Syd, Zac Clark. Sat., 8/23, Chaise Lounge. Sun., 8/24, Michelle Burleson. Mon., 8/25, Peter Bradley Adams. Tue., 8/26, Knee Deep. Thu., 8/28, The Slow Burn.
2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340.
JAMES HOBAN'S IRISH RESTAURANT AND BAR
Thu., 8/21, Mike Bowers.
1 Dupont Circle NW, (202) 223-8440.
JAMMIN' JAVA
Thu., 8/21, The Alternate Routes, David McMillin, Tim Blane. Fri., 8/22, The Midnight Appointment (EP release show), David Homyk (7 p.m.); See-I, Mojai (10 p.m.) Sat., 8/23, Sparky's Flaw, The Midnight Appointment (EP release show). Sat., 8/23, Kelley McRae, David Morreale, Ben Arthur, Brianna Lane, Sparky's Flaw, Square Trio, Politicks. Sun., 8/24, Keaton Simons, Todd Carey, Curtis Peoples. Wed., 8/27, Tommy Alverson, Brian Burns, Bob Livingston. Thu., 8/28, Passafire, Lionize, Three Legged Fox.
227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 255-1566.
KILROY'S
Sat., 8/23, Gantzer & Groover.
5250 Port Royal Road, Springfield. (703) 321-7733.
9:30 CLUB
Thu., 8/21, Squeeze, The Spring Standards. Fri., 8/22, No Second Troy, Telograph, Exit Clov, The Reserves.
815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930.
O'MALLEYS
Thu., 8/21, Mercy Creek.
45425 Holiday Drive, Dulles. (703) 471-7411.
RED & THE BLACK
Thu., 8/21, Bette Noir, June Star, The Emeralds, Moldig. Fri., 8/22, Foreveralways, Howlies (see page xx), The Barbarries, Daisy Cutters. Sat., 8/23, Puddin' Tang, Sorceress, Koshari, Sikamor Rooney. Sun., 08/24, The Pet Parade. Mon., 08/25, Raise up Roof Beams. Tue., 08/26, Bombadil. Wed., 08/27, The Blue Line. Thu., 08/28, Borracho.
1212 H St. NE. (202) 399-3201.
RHODESIDE GRILL
Thu., 8/21, Clay Crotts.
1836 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 243-0145.
ROCK & ROLL HOTEL
Fri., 8/22, Once Okay Twice, Must Love Trash, Ra Ra Rasputin, The Frustrations. Sat., 8/23, Tiger and the Snow, Greenland, Mother, Carlos, I'm Pregnant. Tue., 8/26, Carolina Liar, The Sketches. Wed., 8/27, the Chariots, Omega Band, the Bourbon Dynasty, Free Lobster Buffet.
1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
ST. ELMO'S COFFEE PUB
Sat., 8/23, Ghost of Tom.
2300 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 739-9268.
SALOUN
Thursdays, The Unforgiven Band.
3239 M St. NW. (202) 965-4900.
SHOOTER MCGEE'S
Thu., 8/21, Wallace & Vega. Fri., 8/22, Jon Fritz.
5239 Duke St., Alexandria. (703) 751-9266.
STATE THEATRE
Thu., 8/21, Shooter Jennings, Sons of Bill. Fri., 8/22, Eve 6, the Energy. Sat., 823, Steve Lukather. Wed., 8/27, Indigenous.
220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. (703) 237-0300.
VELVET LOUNGE
Thu., 8/21, Screen Vinyl Image, Realicide, Abiku. Fri., 8/22, Earthride, King Giant, Black Tusk, Stifling. Sat., 8/23, Low End String Quartet. Sun., 8/24, Space Whales. Mon., 8/25, Teething Veils. Thu., 8/28, Adventure.
915 U St. NW. (202) 462-7625.