OK, so DC has its share of dance-flavored Brit Pop/alterna/80s retro and electronic thump-thump friendly dance nights. Some might say more than its fair share...
For those interested in attending a non-dance oriented dj night (i.e. a relaxed bar setting) where the focus is alternative/indie but *less commercial* and a bit...left of center for lack of a better phrase, for those that prefer say a Terry Gilliam film to a Hollywood blockbuster...may I humbly suggest "We Fought the Big One" at the Marx Cafe in Mt. Pleasant?
It happens once a month, every first Friday, and it's happening this Friday Sept. 5. It's an evening that celebrates the quirky, the idiosyncratic and more adventurous side of the independent music scene. My dj partner/record collecting whore Brandon and I love a lot of the underground independent music that came out during the '78-'84 heydey of DIY post-punk, and we play a lot of that stuff but we also play a lot of other great, non-conventional music from different eras, including some krautrock, some shoegazey wall of sound stuff and other off-kilter odds and ends.
Oh yeah. And there's Belgian beer. Lots of Belgian beer. Always a winning combination in our view.
Hope to see some of you there. Please come by the dj booth and say hello!
More info:
Friday Sept. 5
"We Fought the Big One"
MARX CAFE
3203 Mt. Pleasant St. NW
Washington DC
10pm - 3am
NO COVER 21+
www.myspace.com/wefoughtthebigone