Author Archives: Evan Kronenberg

There are different types of bands in this broad and musical world. There are bands that play stadiums. There are bands that play festivals. And then there are bands that play intimate shows. They play because they want to make eye contact and emotionally connect with you. The Dig is one of the latter bands. Their sophomore release Midnight Flowers (from Buffalo Jump Records) wants to get to know you, and Washington, DC’s Red Palace is just the place to hear them out.

Midnight Flowers shows that The Dig’s singers, Emile Mosseri and David Baldwin, have the brought their harmonizing skills to the next level, layering light vocals and melancholy guitar riffs over strong bass lines and entrancing drums by Erick Eiser and Mark Demiglio.

Their sound could be described as the backing tracks to daydreams. The perfect example of that auditory sensation is their first single, “I Already Forgot Everything You Said.”

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Mark Lanegan. You know this voice whether or not you know his name (which you should). His velvety baritone vocals are the signature and his resume is impeccable. Witness for yourself as we’ve got tickets for his DC appearance.

Friday night is something you should have on your calendar. Two acts that have separately contributed a good deal to the foundation of a scene you love oh-so dearly play the 9:30 Club to kickstart your weekend. The bluegrass, folk, pop hybrid duo of Sean Wheeler (Throw Rag) and Zander Schloss (Joe Strummer, Circle Jerks) opens the night in gritty style.

Mark Lanegan’s contribution as one of Screaming Trees to an emerging grunge scene in Seattle during the early 1990s is legendary. Aside from the occasional collaboration with Belle & Sebastian’s Isobel Campbell, Lanegan’s solo career has been in stealth mode since the 2004 release of Bubblegum. But, his newest album Blues Funeral should draw some major attention for the caliber of musicality he’s bringing back to the table this year.

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It’s Monday again. You’re probably just waking up from your Cinco De Mayo parties, throwing on your darkest pair of sunglasses, clinging to your coffee cups, and wondering when the birds outside your window suddenly turned into a symphony of shuttle engines blasting off. Well, we have the ultimate hangover cure which has nothing to do with hair of the dog and everything to do with free tickets to hear some Alien-made music.

This Thursday, May 10th, your pals at 9:30 Club are bringing you music from other planets, featuring Spiritualized, a Space-Rock group from across the pond, supported by the soulful southern belle, Nikki Lane and we have a pair of tickets to give away.

Spiritualized, led by Jason Pierce, are touring the planet to support their seventh and newest album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, which was just released in April. Spiritualized will be supported on the North American leg of their tour by Nikki Lane, who has a Nancy Sinatra demeanor and a warm, smooth sound to her music.

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