Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "9:30 club"

  • Underworld at the 9:30 Club

    Vocalist Karl Hyde talks, moans, whispers — and oh yeah, sings — in an always-captivating way, and his wordplay adds still more to the charm....

  • The 9:30 Club launches its own label starting with Justin Jones

    The storied 9:30 Club is launching its own label with a release from Virginia native Justin Jones, who makes dark, country-tinged rock. On Tuesday, 9:30...

  • Of Montreal, tonight at the 9:30 Club

    The Athens, Ga., band Of Montreal has ties to the French Canadian city in name only — but critics love their indie-rock just the same....

  • Out of Hibernation

    ''I'm not just exclusively living a bear life,'' laughs Bob Mould. But gay bear life has certainly been good to Mould, who moved from D.C....

  • Marina and the Diamonds at the 9:30 Club

    Born 24 years ago in Wales to Welsh and Greek parents, Marina Diamandis comes across like a smarter, more musically adept Ke$ha or Katy Perry...

  • Hotspur at the 9:30 Club

    Hotspur returns for another energetic headlining gig at the venerated hometown 9:30 Club. The band's brand of Coldplay-eseque pop-rock is so catchy, the melodies and...

  • Knockout Punch

    Kele Okereke, the 28-year-old lead singer of the popular British indie-rock group Bloc Party, came out publicly as gay earlier this year. He's already tired...

  • Drive-By Truckers at the 9:30 Club

    Patterson Hood creates rock albums with friends under the band name Drive-By Truckers. The albums are fashioned like low-budget films, filled with carefully told, fiercely...

  • Sia Change

    Sia Furler is honored to be Christina Aguilera's ''bitch.'' Furler, who records under her first name, just wrapped up work co-writing for Aguilera, as well...

  • The Mind of Morel

    Never mind the down economy. In a different kind of bear market - and in pop music in general - Richard Morel is having a...

  • Mann Power

    Aimee Mann writes wistfully about faded glory on her latest album. ''It must be hard seeing the same old crowd just pass you by on...

  • Dancing on the Fringe

    Choreographer Daniel Phoenix Singh wanted to pay respect to what he's seen at Chaos, Zanzibar and Town. ''Just take some ideas you see in a...

  • Blowoff at Five

    According to indie rock musician Bob Mould, this Saturday's Blowoff will ''probably just be the usual really good fun, the really sexy party, the great...

  • Bob Mould: Independent Spirit

    When Bob Mould moved to Washington three years ago in June of 2002, he was at a crossroads in his life. Recently fully out, the...

  • Bob Mould

    Bob Mould has never been easy to categorize. When he fronted the trailblazing alternative band Hüsker Dü from 1979 to 1987, it wasn't exactly punk...