Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "summer music issue 2012"

  • Shears Force

    {Scissor Sisters (Photo by Neil Krug)} Do you know what a ''kiki'' is? If not, it's just a matter of time. ''I really had no...

  • Robyn's Musical Nest

    Why do gays around the world love Robyn? ''I think it would be ignorant of me to assume all gay people are the same, and...

  • Cinematic Details

    Patrick Watson creates what you could call ''chamber-rock music'' – something like a more expansive and happier Antony & The Johnsons, or a dreamier, more...

  • Anything but Comatose

      {Girlina Coma (Photo by JoshHuskin)} ''It was very surreal at times, being in France or in Scotland, and opening for one of our icons,''...

  • Fred Schneider Confidential

    ''It's the travel aspect that gets me,'' says Fred Schneider, of the grinds of summer touring. ''It's overnighters on a bus, the waiting, flying. Flying's...

  • The Top 5 Songs of Summer 2012

    DJ Steve Henderson Ziegfeld's/Secrets Florence and the Machine - Spectrum (Calvin Harris Mix) Maroon 5 - Payphone (Cosmic Funk Mix) Karmin - Brokenhearted (Razor and...

  • Summer Concert Highlights

    JUNE Brandi Carlile (6/28, Wolf Trap)Ledisi – Soul singer describes new fiery, expressive album Pieces of Me as ''my Shug Avery-like project'' (6/29, Pier Six...

  • Musical Venues

    9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW202-265-0930930.com THE BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.Alexandria703-549-7500birchmere.com BLACK CAT 1811 14th St. NW202-667-4490blackcatdc.com BLACK FOX LOUNGE 1723 Connecticut Ave. NW202-483-1723blackfoxlounge.com...