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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: HoyaSaxa03 on March 31, 2005, 10:13:00 am
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FRIDAY
Onetime Dre protege Xzibit takes the stage at Dream and delivers his trademark blistering flow laced with lyrics that range from pensive to violent at the drop of a hat.
Local noise rock favorites Metropolitan take over the Black Cat mainstage with a release party for their sophomore effort The Lines They Get Broken. Backstage is Dollhouse, an old-school industrial / new wave / goth dance night.
With trad rockers Cowboy Mouth, at 930 Club, well past their commercial peak of the late 90s, they can get back to their meat and potatoes: smoking live shows for their devoted fan base.
NoVa natives Pharmacy Prophets bring their straightforward rock and roll tunes to Velvet Lounge with affected Atlanta garage rockers Sovus Radio.
Flash-in-the-pan hair metal dinosaurs L.A. Guns headline at Jaxx, where all great flash-in-the-pan hair metal dinosaurs go out to pasture.
SATURDAY
Progressive trance jet-setter Armin van Buuren blows through town to spin at the long-running Glow party, now held at Fur.
The Blind Boys of Alabama, at GWâ??s Lisner Auditorium with harmonica blues legend Charlie Musselwhite, perform stirring renditions of traditional gospel spirituals.
Alt-country darlings Last Train Home return to their home base of Iota for a three night weekend stand.
MN8 presents a big night of neo-soul and hip-hop on Black Catâ??s mainstage with Philly scenester Bahamadia, up-and-coming University of Maryland grads Critically Acclaimed, Head-Roc and DJ Stylus. Backstage is Wag, a 60s garage and soul DJ night.
Get to DC9 to check out the monstrous riffs of DC stoner-metal veterans Wooly Mammoth, playing with fellow hard rockers King Valley from Burkitsville, MD.
Good luck getting tickets to see acoustic guitar genius Leo Kottke at the Birchmere this weekend. Both tonightâ??s and Fridayâ??s show are sold-out.
SUNDAY
DJ Steve Hoffman of WPFW continues the monthly Bob Dylan night at St-Exâ??s Gate 54 lounge. Expect to hear a sampling of Dylanâ??s hits and more obscure tracks from the last five decades.
So-Cal punk forerunners T.S.O.L., at Black Cat with the AKAâ??s, have returned to their hardcore roots after regaining their original members and saving the band from pop metal purgatory.
Jason Ringenberg is past his 80s heyday as a cowpunk trailblazer with Jason & the Scorchers. Check out his more mature, sensitive side at the intimate Jamminâ?? Java.
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Local noise rock favorites Metropolitan
Metropolitan are considered "noise rock"?
take over the Black Cat mainstage with a release party for their sophomore effort The Lines They Get Broken.
Isn't this their 3rd CD?
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Former Superdrag frontman John Davis led the decadent rock'n roll lifestyle before finding Jesus on the shoulder of a Tennessee highway. Check out his "Higher-Power-Pop" at iota on Sunday.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Former Superdrag frontman John Davis led the decadent rock'n roll lifestyle before finding Jesus on the shoulder of a Tennessee highway. Check out his "Higher-Power-Pop" at iota on Sunday.
hilarious...
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Isn't this their 3rd CD?
yep
Side Effects
Down For You is Up
the new one
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
hilarious...
And it's all true.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Local noise rock favorites Metropolitan
Metropolitan are considered "noise rock"?
take over the Black Cat mainstage with a release party for their sophomore effort The Lines They Get Broken.
Isn't this their 3rd CD? [/b]
i'd consider them noise-rock, might not be like lightning bolt or whatever that DMBQ snailhook was talking about, maybe a more restrained early jesus & mary chain ... you're right, it is their third, i'll make the change, thanks ...
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Thanks for the plug, much appreciated.
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
NoVa
That abbreviation drives me bonkers especially spelled like that...
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Progressive trance jet-setter Armin van Buuren blows through town to spin at the long-running Glow party, now held at Fur.
that sounds almost as gay as Fur itself!
what exactly IS a jet-setter anyway? and what make Van Buuren one?
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
what exactly IS a jet-setter anyway?
the jet set
noun {S}
rich fashionable people who travel around the world enjoying themselves
jet-set
verb {I}
- She spends the summer jet-setting around the fashionable European resorts.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
and what make Van Buuren one?
his upcoming tour dates (just for the month of April, mind you):
Boston
Washington
Athens
Thessaloniki
Antwerp
London
Birmingham
Sharm El Sheik
Leiden
Los Angeles
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he's quite fashionable
<img src="http://www.geocities.jp/agnelli2k/html/trance/avb003.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
he's quite fashionable
i personally can't stand cheesy-ass trance, but he's a real big name in that scene ...
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
he's quite fashionable
i personally can't stand cheesy-ass trance, but he's a real big name in that scene ... [/b]
so you think.
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hm? quite cryptic today, eh?
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
hm? quite cryptic today, eh?
just being facetious. :)
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no warehouse? we got some real noise rock on friday with USAISAMONSTER (load records) and local DC noise merchants Facemat and Northern Machine. and saturday we have instrumental math-rock/prog band Aleuchatistas, who'd appeal to fans of Don Caballero, Ruins, and '70s King Crimson.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
no warehouse? we got some real noise rock on friday with USAISAMONSTER (load records) and local DC noise merchants Facemat and Northern Machine. and saturday we have instrumental math-rock/prog band Aleuchatistas, who'd appeal to fans of Don Caballero, Ruins, and '70s King Crimson.
sorry snail ... this was kind of thrown together this week ... i'll get you guys next time ...
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that's cool...i'm just shamelessly spamming. though we do have some killer shows coming up on the weekends:
4/16: the hidden hand/weedeater/rwake
4/22: hand fed babies (ex-black eyes)/gang wizard/r_garcia
4/23: distant sun/wretched/black manta
4/30: the apes/dawn of man (ex-bluetip)