What seems to be the designated "big" show this month, is going down tonight at Sonar. Spoon (pictured left) supported by the Walkmen and the stellar, super-friendly White Rabbits (who we recently did an interview with).
I am actually on the BYT clock to cover the event, which got a strong endorsement from an envious Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak) who is out of town touring this weekend and missing a chance to see her BFFs/label-mates Spoon in something smaller than a stadium-sized venue. So I will make the most of it, as should you. See if you can score something reasonable off Craig and get there, it'll probably even be worth the $50 price-gouge. Do yourselves a favor and get to this however you can, whatever it takes.
If you don't happen to be into Spooning...I may have your prescription. I have it on good information that Ted Leo (pictured right) is playing a free show at Goucher College during its G.I.G. festival today, Friday April 11.
Continuing the free show concept is Double Dagger with Thank You at UMBC, also on this jam-packed Friday.
And on Saturday, a day of rest. But Sunday, one of my all-time favorites, Colin Meloy is playing his solo gig at 9:30 Club in DC.
Get hyped. Here's some morsels to get you started:
Spoon - Cherry Bomb Country (demo)
White Rabbits - March of the Camels
Ted Leo - Biomusicology
Colin Meloy - Barbara Allen (Shirley Collins cover)
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Friday, April 11, 2008
This weekend-Spoon, White Rabbits, Colin Meloy, Ted Leo and more...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Fort Reno preps 2008 season
DC's favorite little outdoor-venue-that-could, Fort Reno, is a lovely spot for an afternoon/evening show in the summertime. Every year, a free concert series runs through the summer, typically every Monday and Thursday in the Tenleytown park of the same name.
With the backdrop being an old, castle-like fort and the dim, amber glow of neighborhood streetlights, the whole setup makes for some picturesque moments in the early hours of dusk.
Past year's have seen names like Ted Leo, Benjy Ferree, the Evens, Mary Timony, Max Levine Ensemble, Fugazi, Q and Not U, and Georgie James. A lot of the draw is thanks to the prominent involvement of Ian Mackaye's (Fugazi, the Evens, Dischord Records owner) kid sister Amanda as musical curator for the series.
I'd definitely like to see more Baltimore representation down there...Avec, Thrushes, Wzt Hearts, Death Set, I am looking in all your general directions...submissions of demos are being accepted until March 17.
Couple epic live vids after the jump...
Photo by Flickr user BillAdler
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Ted Leo Live @ Fort Reno 2004/5?
Fugazi - Song #1 Live @ Fort Reno, 2002 *last show
