This weekend is going to be NUT-SO for shows!?!?!?!

Yes, that's right, folks, this weekend is certainly panning out to be a good one for music lovers and night crawlers. Check it out:

Thursday, at the Black Cat, be sure to catch the highly polished, yet highly vintage sounds of L.A. four-piece, Bodies of Water. Think 5th Dimension's “Age of Aquarius” here, people. If you want to enjoy a night of harmonious vocal layering, an organ and a big, very well orchestrated production, perhaps even a little Hair-esque, check Bodies of Water out Thursday @ D.C.’s Black Cat. Doors @ 9, $10 at
the door.

Last weekend, as we all know (and might even still be a little blurry from) was huge due to all of the St. Patty’s day soirées. Needless to say, you might want to keep a low profile this weekend. However, if you find yourself getting a little cabin fever come Sunday night, go move your body to the heady, bass-y thumping background beats of San Fran’s Katastrophe’s rhyming. Conscience lyrics here and party pledging there, you are sure to have a body slammingly good time, even if you tend to hang out in the corner. Black Cat will host this gentleman, with doors opening @9pm to the backstage, and a small fee of $8- if you are a mover, shaker or even head bobber, you probably shouldn’t miss this…..


Velvet Lounge is known for hosting some pretty obscure, usually punk and/or indie and/or hardcore stuff. In fact, sometimes I like to think of them as The Sidebar Tavern of Washington, D.C. If you are looking for a little cock rock meets nasty old punk, then you should DEFINITELY check out The Lookies on Friday night at Velvet Lounge. Hailing from Harrisonburg, P.A. you’d think that they were either slick L.A. rock band hanging out in the gutters of NYC for the last five years, or vice versa. From what I have heard, The Lookies put on a REALLY exciting show. So, if you want a cheap, relatively safe adrenaline rush this weekend, start off with a healthy injection of The Lookies at D.C.’s Velvet Lounge. Doors open at 9:30pm and it’s 21+ (sorry kiddies) with only 8 bones (that’s dollars, folks) to get into the party!

I kind of predicted, I would say, midway through 2007 that late ninties rock MIGHT make a comeback. I mean, hell, my generation teeeends to lean a little on the side of genre recycling. Now, that’s not to say there is not a lot of REALLY great, progressively thinking music making going on these days, but I do think my prediction is coming true. In fact, this weekend, I think D.C.’s The Rock and Roll Hotel are trying to prove me right. On Friday, we will see the likes of a late nineties nu-metal flirtation with drum and base revival take place when NYC Echoes and Shadows take the stage. As dark as their instrumental-only music tends to lean, it’s a bit down tempo, and at times can even be a bit serene. However, you can definitely tell through some of the guitar riffs and distortion, and perhaps even the mic on the base drum, these guys may have taken a lesson or two from late nineties greats, The Deftones. If anything, I would say check Echoes and Shadows out to rehash some high school or college memories and see a really great live show. Doors 8:30pm tickets are $15 and you can purchase them ahead of time (or at the door) via R’N’R hotel’s web site.


So, go out, have fun, DON'T drink and drive- better yet, drink and metro! And if you want to check out any other shows that I didn't write about, look towards the bottom of the the side bar on the right- Upcoming D.C. shows will be posted there, per venue every week!!!! GO LISTEN TO AND SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC! FEED A MUSICIAN- BUY THEIR CD AND/OR MERCH!!!!