Washington City Paper: Music

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

Elementary Cool
Santogold's debut sticks to pop basics.
Music Review By Aaron Leitko

One Track Mind
This Week: Mambo Sauce's "Welcome to DC"
Music By Justin Moyer

Dub Scout
How an indie rocker became a hard-core reggae booster.
Arts By Aaron Leitko

One Track Mind
This Week: Chessie's "Intercity"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Body Language EP
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.

Pulp Fiction
MC Slug drops the introspection on Atmosphere's latest.
Music Review By Ben Westhoff

Gone to Seediness
Reviewed: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Music Review By Casey Rae-Hunter

One Track Mind
This Week: The Wayward's "Live in a Vacuum"
Music By Casey Rae-Hunter

Will Indie Record Shops Survive?
Two owners disagree on what the future holds.
Feature By Angela Valdez

Fighting Words
Silver Mt. Zion takes aim at war.
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.

One Track Mind
This Week: Julie Ocean's "#1 Song"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Second-Hand New
Howlin Rain finds the link between punk and blues.
Music Review By Brent Burton

One Track Mind
This Week: The Hall Monitors' "Give It Up"
Music By Justin Moyer

Strum of the Earth
Reviewed: Lionel Loueke's Karibu
Music Review By Michael J. West

One Track Mind
This Week: DC Improvisers Collective's "Mourning in America"
Music By Michael J. West

Continental Drifter
Reviewed: Señor Flavio's Supersaund 2012
Music Review By Alfredo Flores

One Track Mind
This Week: Sweet Teeth's "Shivers Vs. Giggles"
Music By Sadie Dingfelder

Big Business
Reviewed: Fat Joe's The Elephant in the Room
Music Review By Ben Westhoff

One Track Mind
This Week: The Moderate's "Lost, Boy"
Music By Casey Rae-Hunter

Drone of Art
Earth’s new album is an inspired merger of repetition and twang.
Music Review By Brent Burton

What More Could You Haunt?
Reviewed: Apes' Ghost Games
Music Review By Casey Rae-Hunter

One Track Mind
This Week: These United States' "Only the Lonely Devil Knows"
Music By Aaron Leitko

Deeper Into Fret
The guitarists on Wayfaring Strangers reveal the extent of John Fahey’s influence.
Music Review By David Dunlap Jr.

One Track Mind
This Week: Tut Tut's "Umbrella"
Music By Kim Gooden

One Track Mind
Black & White Jacksons' "There Are No Foxholes in an Atheist"
Music By Justin Moyer

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The Happy Time
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Sunday, May 18, at the Black Cat
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Snack Truck
Tuesday, May 20, at the Red and the Black
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Music Calendar: This Week in Rock

Fri. May. 16, 2008 - Thu. May. 22, 2008

Concerts

ART-O-MATIC 2008.
Bands performing nightly. See www.Artomatic.org for schedule.
ART-O-MATIC., 1200 First Street, NE. Fri., 5/16,–Sun., 6/15. Free.

Clubs

BIRCHMERE
Thu., 5/15, Joan Osbourne. Fri., 5/16, Steeldrivers & Cornmeal. Sat., 5/17, Hal Ketchum. Sun., 5/18, Bobby "Blue" Bland. Mon., 5/19, Steve Tyrell. Mon., 5/20, & Tue., 5/21, Mint Condition. Fri., 5/23, Punch Brothers. Sat., 5/24, Alex Bugnon.
3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 549-7500.
BLACK CAT
Thu., 5/15, Cut Copy, Black Kids, Mobius Band. Fri., 5/16, Los Campesinos. Sat., 5/17, Junior League, John Bustine. Sun., 5/18, Bishop Allen, The War on Drugs, Deleted Scenes (see page XX). Thu., 5/22, Islands, Magic, Street Carnage. Fri., 5/23, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memoral Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band, Vic Chesnutt.
1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-7960.
BLACK CAT BACKSTAGE
Mon., 5/19, Wye Oak, The Dead Science, Yukon. Tue., 5/20, The Helio Sequence, Pattern Is Movement. Wed., 5/21, Suns of Guns, Pontiak.
1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-7960.
BUNGALOW BILLIARDS
Tuesdays, Ted Garber.
13891 Metrotech Drive, Chantilly. (703) 502-0804.
BUNGALOW BILLIARDS
Tuesdays, Oren Polak Duo.
7003-C Manchester Blvd., Alexandria. (703) 924-8730.
BUNGALOW BILLIARDS
Tuesdays, Jenny Boyle Duo.
2766 Arlington Mill Drive, Arlington. (703) 578-0020.
CALABASH
Fri., 5/16, Smoke ’n' Mirrors. Sat., 5/17, Soul Tones of Swing. Fri., 5/23, DC4. Sat., 5/24, 100th Monkey.
7305 Richmond Highway, Alexandria. (703) 765-0222.
CHICK HALL'S SURF CLUB
Fri., 5/16, Tommy Lepson Band, Bad Influence Band. Sat., 5/17, Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners. Fri., 5/23, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble.
4711 Kenilworth Ave., Bladensburg. (301) 927-6310.
DC9
Tue., 5/20, Call Me Lightning, Carol Bui, The Coats. Wed., 5/21, The Mary Onettes, The Blackout District, U.S. Royalty. Thu., 5/22, O'Tasty. Fri., 5/23, Republic Tigers. Sat., 5/24, Kristen Price, Pete & J., Javelins.
1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000.
FLANAGAN'S HARP & FIDDLE
Fri., 5/16, Johnny & the Headhunters.
4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda.
GROG AND TANKARD
Thu., 5/15, Private Nation, TwentySomthin. Sat., 5/16, Fiver 4, Cherry Darling, Side F.X.
2408 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 333-3114.
IOTA CLUB & CAFE
Thu., 5/15, Paul Sanchez, Bain Mattox. Sat., 5/17, Alphabetical Order, Zelos, Koshari. Sun., 5/18, "6th Hospice Fundraiser": Jumpin' Jupiter, Hey Norton, Airport Blvd., Brother Shamus, Karl Straub Combo, and others. Mon., 5/19, The Cotton Jones Basket Ride, Victoria Fox. Thu., 5/22, Jesse Ruben. Fri., 5/23, Fools & Horses, The Sometime Favorites, Secret Pop Band.
2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340.
JAMMIN' JAVA
Thu., 5/15–Sat., 5/17, "Emergenza Music Festival." Sun., 5/18, Radney Foster, One Horse Town. Mon., 5/19, Marty Willson-Piper & the Electric Mood Maidens. Tue., 5/20, Laura Veirs, Liam Finn. Thu., 5/22, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Patty Reese, Billy Coulter. Fri., 5/23, Hot Club of Cowtown. Sat., 5/24, The Dance Party, The Friday Night Boys, Dangerous Summer.
227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 255-1566.
9:30 CLUB
Thu., 5/15, Serj Tankian. Fri., 5/16, DeVotchKa (see page XX), Basia Bulat. Sat., 5/17, Speaks, Monako, Dreaming of Eden. Sun., 5/18, Alice Smith, Res. Wed., 5/21, X, Detroit Cobras. Thu., 5/22, Augustana, Wild Sweet Orange, David Ford.
815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930.
O'MALLEYS
Thu., 5/15, Patty Reese Duo. Thu., 5/22, Mercy Creek.
45425 Holiday Drive, Dulles. (703) 471-7411.
QUARRY HOUSE TAVERN
Sat., 5/17, Rocky Velvet. Sat., 5/24, J.P. McDermott & Western Bop.
8401 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. (301) 587-8350.
RED & THE BLACK
Thu., 5/15, Sister Ex, 7 Door Sedan. Fri., 5/16, Tut Tut. Sat., 5/17, Gaslight Society, Maple, Fight the Bear, Yell Country. Tue., 5/20, Sawhorse, We Versus the Shark, Tunturia, Snack Truck (see page XX). Wed., 5/21, Century, Time of Cholera, Pack of Wolves, An Aria. Thu., 5/22, Twin Earth, Scribes of Fire, The Prisoner's Dilemma. Sat., 5/24, Backwords, North of Canada, Deadbeat Darling.
1212 H St. NE. (202) 399-3201.
RHODESIDE GRILL
Thu., 5/15, Billy Triplett.
1836 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 243-0145.
ROCK & ROLL HOTEL
Fri., 5/16, Local H, Lions, CTC. Sat., 5/17, The Long Blondes, Drug Rug. Mon., 5/19, Pela. Fri., 5/23, The Known Unknowns. Sat., 5/24, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Subtle, Efterklang, Slaraffenland.
1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
SOUTHSIDE 815
Tue., 5/20, Freddie Long.
815 S. Washington St., Alexandria. (703) 836-6222.
STATE THEATRE
Sun., 5/18, Beto Cuevas. Thu., 5/22, Gin Blossoms, Crash Boom Bang. Fri., 5/23, Tab Benoit. Sat., 5/24, Politicks, Midnight Spaghetti & the Chocolate G-Strings, Square Trio.
220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. (703) 237-0300.
SULLY'S
Fri., 5/16, Shirkaday. Sat., 5/17, The Fabulous Dialtones. Fri., 5/23, The Nighthawks. Sat., 5/24, Bad Habits.
14513 Lee Jackson Highway, Chantilly. (703) 818-9292.
SUNSET GRILLE
Fri., 5/16, Laughing Man. Sat., 5/17, Tim Principato Band. Wed., 5/21, Killer B's. Thu., 5/22, Johnny Castle's Thrillbillys. Fri., 5/23, Jimbo Manion Group. Sat., 5/24, Kicking Norma.
7250 Columbia Pike, Annandale. (703) 658-0928.
THIRSTY TURTLE
Sat., 5/17, Nameless Few.
7416 Baltimore Blvd., College Park. (301) 277-3003.
VELVET LOUNGE
Thu., 5/15, Pygmy Lush, Convocation, Mouthbreather, Tideland. Fri., 5/16, Deceased, Sacrificial Blood, Vermefug. Sat., 5/17, Justin Jones & the Driving Rain, Great White Jenkins, Peppi Ginsberg. Sun., 5/18, Flex Matthews Good Will Inc. Mon., 5/19, Seventh Gate, Keitzer, Blue Collar War. Tue., 5/20, Mutators, Modern Creatures, Waveformasfuck. Wed., 5/21, Dr Beckett, Peace Justice Universal, DJ Prevoke. Thu., 5/22, Adam Caine/Nick Lyons Duo, Circus of Saints. Fri., 5/23, The Maderia, Atomic Mosquitos, The Tritons. Sat., 5/24, Mikroknytes, Talk Normal, Symbol.
915 U St. NW. (202) 462-7625.
VILLAGE WHARF
Fri., 5/16, The Sparkplugs. Sat., 5/17, Zipper. Fri., 5/23, Dibs on Shotgun. Sat., 5/24, New World Band.
7966 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria. (703) 765-0661.