Great Local Bands

[ggw]

There's been a lot of banter recently about all the great local talent -- but only in the most general sense.
 
 Get specific kids.  Name 'em.

[xneverwherex]

i've always liked the bicycle thieves, cheery pop-music, from the moment i heard them - plus a nice group of guys.
 
 and i think schwa has a great voice - but hes a singer-songwriter, so not sure he really counts. but i would still pay to hear him  

[eltee]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Get specific kids.  Name 'em.

Dunno, never heard of that band.    
 
 (I thought people were pretty specific...)

[kosmo vinyl]

Off the top of my head
 
 Middle Distance Runner
 The Hard Tomorrows
 The Dance Party
 e. joseph
 The Whips
 The Pale Stars
 Gavin Elder

[snailhook]

dead meadow (yes, they still count as a dc band)
 the hidden hand
 (the sounds of) kaleidoscope
 owls & crows
 wooly mammoth
 shortstack
 facemat
 ostinato

[you be betty]

Soft Complex
 Washington Social Club
 Exit Clov
 Partyline
 Paul Michel
 Georgie James
 Monopoli
 Army Of Me
 Let's French
 Andy Zipf
 Alcian Blue
 Mass Movement Of The Moth
 Antelope
 Nethers
 Death By Sexy
 Greenland
 City Goats......................
 
 
 Those are just a few off the top of my head.  I could really go on for a while right now but I'm not going to.  There are plenty here.  We do quite well for a city of our size, I'd say.

[Sir HC]

Baltimore band but I am more that way so...The Oranges Band.  Great CD.  Good live show too.

[Bartelby]

The Brindley Brothers
 Anthony Fiacco and the Echoes
 The Hint
 Crash, Boom, Bang
 Honeychuck
 The Pharmacy Prophets
 The Sketches
 Rome in a Day
 Shane Hines and the Burden
 Kenin
 Cedars
 Payola Reserve (Balt.)
 The Device
 Sarah Croaker
 Justin Jones and the Driving Rain
 Run Silent Run Deep
 Telograph
 Welbilt
 Face to Glass
 Motherlode
 TimeLord
 Wooly Mammoth
 Brainfang
 Wes Tucker and the Skillets
 The Canvas

[BookerT]

Originally posted by Bartelby:
 
 Justin Jones and the Driving Rain
 

i heard that some members of the driving rain were at rock and roll hotel the other night.

[brennser]

I've been streaming the songs on the Gist myspace page the last few weeks and like em......very Bloc Party'ish

[you be betty]

yeah Gist is awesome

[SalParadise]

poem-cees

[Arthwys]

The Mishaps

[sweetcell]

do i lose cred if i go as far above-ground as thievery corporation?  been a fan for almost a decade now...

[Bartelby]

...no, you gain street cred for supporting a local band.  Thievery Corp. is one of the only local bands playing Virgin Fest.  I suspect they have a few fans outside DC too...