An evening of talk-singing @ 9:30 club
When I moved to DC at the beginning of last year I was pretty immediately shocked at the frequency with which live music I wanted to see came through town. One of the things that really impressed me was that I was going to see the Hold Steady like one month after I moved there - at the time, they weren’t really coming through the midwest (or not within like 800 miles of me, anyway.) I loved the first two albums and had scarcely ever been more excited for a show. So of course imagine my disappointment when the dude at the front door informed me that they had played the night before.
Actually, I’m amazed that’s the only time that’s happened to me. Regardless, that anticipation has basically maintained itself since then, even though I don’t really listen to them much anymore and, more threateningly, I didn’t *love* the album they released in the meantime. When I saw that they were going to be playing with Art Brut, I made the (unusual for me) move unilaterally and bought tix for MS, TM and myself (No CV to lean on for this review.) Before the review proper though, in honor of CV, the d-bag of the concert: (more…)
