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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kdbp13 on December 28, 2005, 03:12:00 pm
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My friend's band is from Athens, GA and are tenatively scheduled to play at DC9 in February. They are The Whigs - indie power-popish - www.thewhigs.com. (http://www.thewhigs.com.) I am relatively new to the area and don't know the local scene. Are there any good local bands that play at DC9 or in the area?
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Originally posted by kdbp13:
My friend's band is from Athens, GA and are tenatively scheduled to play at DC9 in February. They are The Whigs - indie power-popish - www.thewhigs.com. (http://www.thewhigs.com.) I am relatively new to the area and don't know the local scene. Are there any good local bands that play at DC9 or in the area?
yes, lots of good local bands play DC9 - not sure what your question is - are you just trying to check out if the place is kosher or are you looking for an opening act, or something?
aside from the HORRIBLE, UNORIGINAL name (um, had they ever heard of a band called The Afghan Whigs??), your friends band sounds kind of interesting....I must listen to some songs on the website
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I always though Afghan Whigs was a horrible name for a band.
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One of the more notable locable bands that is no more:
http://www.carlsonics.com/ (http://www.carlsonics.com/)
The first Whigs track I listened to, technology, was pretty great. Second track, violent furs, not bad.
I second that The Whigs is an awful name.
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Originally posted by brennser:
aside from the HORRIBLE, UNORIGINAL name (um, had they ever heard of a band called The Afghan Whigs??), your friends band sounds kind of interesting....I must listen to some songs on the website [/b]
A few months ago on the Afghan Whigs mailing list (yes, it's still active), there was a discussion about this band because of their name. We AW fans may be few, but we're hardcore. Someone on the list went to one of their shows and said they were OK.
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We AW fans may be few, but we're hardcore.
Amen.
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Yeah, they have been dogged by the name since inception. My friend called me asking if I knew a band that would be a good band to play with at DC9 - since they have no following up here.
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There is always Exit Clov....
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
There is always Exit Clov....
...or The Cedars.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
The first Whigs track I listened to, technology, was pretty great. Second track, violent furs, not bad.
yeah, its good stuff
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
One of the more notable locable bands that is no more:
http://www.carlsonics.com/ (http://www.carlsonics.com/)
The first Whigs track I listened to, technology, was pretty great. Second track, violent furs, not bad.
I second that The Whigs is an awful name.
the remains of the Carlsonics are The Nethers (http://www.netherscomputer.com/), and all the good indie power pop bands hail from Baltimore...
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Have the Whigs opened for Drive By Truckers? Name sounds familiar.
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Yeah they played with the Drive By Truckers in Jacksonville, FL Halloween weekend of this year.
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And it seems they have opened for a number of others:
"Give 'em All a Big Fat Lip" marks the first release of any music material for the trio after spending their first two years as a band opening shows for the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Drive By Truckers, Maroon 5, the Killers, Jessica Simpson, Barenaked Ladies, Elf Power, Futureheads, North Mississippi Allstars, Fuel, and Jason Lowenstein.
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The Jessica Simpson, Barenaked Ladies, Sarah McCloughlin, Maroon 5 show was their "prize" for winning an Atlanta music contest. I brought my mother - she thought Jessica was fantastic.
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not as up on local bands i as i could be, but
The Bonapartes (http://www.thebonapartes.com) are causing a bit of a stir in town these days.
A couple Baltimore bands I've been blathering about recently are possible choices, Gavin Elder (http://www.gavinelder.com/) and The Pale Stars (http://www.thepalestars.com/) .
And if there where the musician wanted ad that read "Guitarist raised on a steady diet of Dinosaur Jr, seeks liked minded drum basher and bass thumper to rock out" then it would be for Baltimore's Muscle Twin (http://www.muscletwin.com/)
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The Afghan Whigs are one of the greatest bands... The Twilight Singers are great too... For the love of god, change the band name! If not, I'll have to come to the show and scream Afghan Whigs requests or make a 1965 sign.
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Meredith Bragg would be good but I think he may still be on the road now. Well worth looking into. Might be a tad low key though. Depends on the mood you are going for.
Maybe even Fatales. They are local and musically would be a good fit.
Or even The Antiques. They would work with your sound.
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yes, do check out The Bonapartes. they are quite catchy.
also, a couple of my other favorites...
Exit Clov
Army Of Me
Soft Complex
Hello Tokyo
Adopt A Highway
...and I know I'm forgetting plenty. it'll come to me later.
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My local favorite: 33 West
Playing next week @ the 9:30 Club w/ the Pietasters.