“Grandma, I've Been Unruly” is just one unique lyric from Purity Ring's collection of tracks. Purity Ring's songs are as naÌøve as they are passionate, and their performance is no different. Purity Ring is an electronic Canadian duo that favors abstract lyrics and...
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From the Outside: No New York
The year was 1978. Brian Eno, famed English musician/producer, was in New York assisting The Talking Heads produce and master their sophomore effort, More Songs About Buildings and Food. While there, Eno attended a four day long underground rock festival held at...
A Young Gypsy: Janis Joplin and Bobby McGee
This could be the hysteria of post-midterms, a 40% on a psychology exam and a C on a paper speaking, but sometimes I feel like I'm not supposed to be in college. More times than not, I am plagued with some sort of crisis where the only obvious answer to cure it is...
Midwest Musings: Other Lives
When you think Oklahoma, you think Pistol Pete, bombings, tumbleweeds and maybe even Hanson. You don't think of rich, moody, harmonic folk pop, but that is exactly what Other Lives is. From Stillwater, Oklahoma, this five person group has everything you want in an...
Label Fables: Fat Possum
A “fat possum” calls to mind an image of a rural southern town. It instills thoughts of 1960s jazz coffee houses, back porches, smoky bars, etc. The record corporation known as Fat Possum used to stand for these Mississippi attributes – until the...
Explorations in Time and Tone: The Aural Intergalactic – Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats
It begins like a Beethoven piece would if he had been born on a distant moon in a far-off nebula. The orchestral flushes mix with the extraterrestrial tambour of the instruments, lifting us into another world. A journey is about to begin. Frank Zappa's Hot Rats takes...
One Night Only: Mustard Pimp
Twirkin’ french electronic production duo Mustard Pimps will be spinning on the turntables of U Street Music Hall this Thursday night. For a show that is free with RSVP (for 21 ), you can’t find any better value of Thursday night entertainment in DC....
A Young Gypsy: Patti Smith
I used be uncool. A few years ago I had tendencies to wear peach colored track suits with the bedazzled word JUICY sprawled across the ass. I used to dream of being a Lakers cheerleader. I had nights filled with turmoil of who deserved my love more, Justin or JC. It...
From the Outside: The Shaggs
They’re either the best, or they’re the worst. Either the greatest, or the most god-awful, horrid, pain-inducing noise ever put on record. Art-rock god Frank Zappa is on record as proclaiming that they’re “better than The BeatlesÛ, while Kurt...
Sounds From the District: October DC Shows
It's finally October ÛÒ my favorite month. Time for crisp autumn mornings, pumpkins, and perfect temperatures for wearing my pea coat, but no list of awesome month-related things is complete without the month's upcoming shows. So here's a look at some bands making...