District Lies

A showblog/journal/diary, mainly taking place in Washington, DC

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“I just didn’t expect an acoustic version of ‘Rock ’n’ Roll All Nite.’”
— Ace Frehley

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Archive for September, 2009

S PRCSS @ Black Cat, 9/12/09

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

So I think S PRCSS are pretty great. Last time I saw them I compared them to Lungfish. This time they also reminded me a little of Fugazi, what with the two guitarist/singer line-up. It is fun to see bald dudes playing jagged post-hardcore again. I have been waiting forever for a renaissance of this [...]

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So this is turning into quite the summer for legendary British metal. Two Judas Priest shows and then Motörhead! Motörhead! I’ve been grumbling for years about how metal bands hardly ever play in town, thanks to JAXX out in Springfield (and also lots of Baltimore clubs). Motörhead at the 930 Club makes sense, though, if [...]

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In between days

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Bit of a downtime for rock shows here… I have made an effort but to little avail. I went to the Black Cat last week to see Zomes but stupidly got there too late. I went to Lamont Park a couple weeks ago to see Hume and Janel and Anthony but the show was cancelled. [...]

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