January 20, 2004
Is rock dead, or just hibernating?
I haven't seen a touring band since the Buzzcocks came to the 9:30 Club in early December, which is a pretty long time to go without rock. It seems like most of the bands I want to see are either out of the country or patching up their wounds at home.
The next show worth watching? $15 will let you in for My Morning Jacket on Jan. 31. Fellow DCSOB blogger C.S. may want to see moe. on one of two dates in February. The Walkmen are swinging by on Feb. 26, and thank god it's not at the Black Cat -- that's where they were last time, and the sound was awful.
Maybe it's just my personal taste, but there isn't anything I'd pay for at the aformentioned Black Cat until British Sea Power chugs into port on March 15 (don't give me any lip about not liking the Shins -- you know where you can shove that 'pop sensibility').
So, did the DC scene go on recess for two months, or am I just too much of a snob?
Posted by rj3 at January 20, 2004 11:43 AM
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CS is going to see moe. No doubt about it. Let the jam rock shake the walls of the 930 club. I'll be there and I hope to see legions of dirty DC hippies in attendance.
Hippies, not hipsters. Trucker hats and ironic mullets will be shot on sight. Actually, that's a lie, hippies don't shoot people. Hipsters will be met with a slightly less than amicable vibe. OK that's probably not true either. Hipsters will probably not be offered a hit off the spliff.
Posted by: chris at January 20, 2004 1:08 PM
It'd better not still reek of patchoulli and B.O. when I go to see the Walkmen later that month.
Posted by: Randolph at January 20, 2004 3:20 PM
didn't you and i see a show at the black cat post-buzzcocks?
in any case, i hope rock wakes up soon. i'm seriously considering taking off jan. 29 so that i can see the stills on jan. 28 in baltimore and not have to drag myself to work the next morning.
Posted by: nm at January 20, 2004 4:03 PM
Superfurry Animals at 9:30 in Feb.
Posted by: Michael at January 21, 2004 12:08 PM
I've heard about them, but I don't know anything about them. Are they actually furries - like the creepy kind?
Posted by: Randolph at January 21, 2004 12:25 PM
Not that I know of.
Posted by: Michael at January 21, 2004 1:44 PM