Gary Horn – Since its reopening less than a year ago, Capitol Hill club Chop Suey has done an amazing job redefining itself both internally (new owners, décor that both matches and doesn’t match) and externally (a swell mix of offerings, from dance to punk, including both local and national acts).
Stephanie Oster – Tad Doyle’s latest project, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, gleefully cast us into a dark, and brooding apocalyptic mindset earlier this month at the Tractor Tavern with tons of power, a wall of sound, and layers of fascinating tones that transported the audience into a different plane of reality.
In a denim jacket and cowboy boots, with an upright bass to his right and a saxophone to his left, JD McPherson rocked the Showbox last Tuesday.
“Earplugs,” I say to the dad next to me asking if his kid can get right in the front, as said kid nervously jams his tiny fingers into his tiny ears in fear that it might be too loud. But this kid is going for it, wanting to be right next to the stage where all the action is.
One of the problems of editing a music website but only staying current on music but always being behind on TV but behind by a couple years is that I have to trust in the other smart/weird people who sent in their votes. As history would have it, it’s a trustworthy bunch of pop culture fanatics.
