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| Concerts on my Horizon
Pretty self-explanatory, but yeah, I've got a pretty full docket coming up here. | | 1 |  | Coheed and Cambria
The Color Before The Sun
Playing Echostage in D.C. in March. Never been to the venue, so not sure what to expect there, but Coheed always puts on a hell of a show. The new album fell a little flat for me, but they usually work in enough from their whole discography that I'm not too concerned about that wrinkle. | | 2 |  | Glassjaw
Coloring Book
Opening for Coheed, which is definitely an interesting mash-up. Still, another very solid live act, even if this time around it doesn't sound like they'll be giving away an exclusive (also, fantastic) EP for free at the doors. Alas... | | 3 |  | Silver Snakes
Year Of The Snake
Also opening. Haven't heard their latest album yet, but this one grew on me big time, so I'm pretty excited to see them play. | | 4 |  | CHON
Grow
Playing Metro Gallery in late March. Just started getting into these guys recently, and the show's pretty dang cheap, so that worked out quite well. | | 5 |  | Strawberry Girls
American Graffiti
Opening for CHON; if they bring even half of the energy to the stage that they have on tape, they'll almost definitely raise the question of who should really be headlining the show. | | 6 |  | Polyphia
Muse
Opening for CHON. Haven't given this band a listen yet, so I'll have to get on that, but I *do* know they keep good company, at least. | | 7 |  | Right Away, Great Captain!
The Church of the Good Thief
Playing the Ottobar in early April. Not technically RA,GC! but an Andy Hull solo acoustic set, so, y'know, six of one, half a dozen of the other. This one is a bit iffy, actually, since it's the same night as my special lady's birthday, and while she appreciates a good set of moody songs about seafarers, infidelity, and murder as much as the next (extremely tolerant) gal, other plans may well win out. | | 8 |  | The Dear Hunter
Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
Opening/coheadlining(?) for/with Andy Hull. Also not technically the band, but Casey Crescenzo solo acoustic, which makes for a much more...let's call it nonlinear set of adaptations than the more one-to-one translation of Hull's music. Fun(?) fact: I actually saw this same pairing, with the same stripped down approach, play Ottobar a few years back; while they've both released a lot of great music since then, that does at least take some of the sting out of potentially missing this go-round. | | 9 |  | All Get Out
Movement
Opening for Hull and Crescenzo. Again, just the one artist (Nathan Hussey) and his guitar. Apparently, he does have a full-length solo album, which was news to me, so I'll have to give that a listen. | | 10 |  | San Fermin
Jackrabbit
Also playing Ottobar, middle of April. I saw this group live at Firefly a couple of years back, and was surprised by how well the fairly ornate compositions translated to the setting. They've sort of streamlined a bit since that point, but that's probably all the better for the venue. | | 12 |  | Underoath
Define the Great Line
Playing the Fillmore in Silver Spring in late April. Like Echostage, have yet to see the venue, but the fact that the band's playing the two albums that really served as my first true introduction to them has me very excited--Define the Great Line in particular. | | 13 |  | Caspian
Hymn For The Greatest Generation
Opening for Underoath. Seem like strange bedfellows at first glance, but I think Caspian's gonna tear it up. They meld beauty and aggression better than about 95% of their post-rock cohorts these days. | | 14 |  | Murder by Death
Big Dark Love
Playing the 9:30 Club in D.C. in late April. They, like Coheed, never fail to turn in a fun and energetic live performance, so much so that the fact that they announced this will be their last tour for some time outweighed the fact that I actually just saw them last Fall. Dat cello, tho... | | 15 |  | Kevin Devine
Bubblegum
Opening for Murder by Death. I've been a casual fan of Devine's music for quite a while now, but always felt like I should like him more than I actually do. As in, I don't *dislike* him, and enjoy a few of his songs quite a bit--he just never clicked with me that way he's seemed to for quite a few others. Maybe this'll be the performance to finally win me over. | |
thecheatisnotdead
02.18.16 | San Fermin, for their part, have an opener named Esme Patterson. I have no idea who that is, but based on her tour-mate, I assume she's a delightful indie-pop artist gussied up as an artsy-fartsy avant-garde neoclassical act. Not that there's anything wrong with that. | Beardog
02.18.16 | I'd love to see Chon live once, gonna see Leprous and Earthside (+ Voyager and a local band, which I both don't know shit about) and I'm really excited! Isn't it really expensive to go to so many concerts? | thecheatisnotdead
02.18.16 | That sounds like a sweet show. And yeah, it can definitely get pricey, but fortunately most of the ones here ended up in the $20 range, which I wouldn't consider too terrible (plus, Coheed was actually a gift, so that always helps). | dbizzles
02.19.16 | Hey, listen to Brother's Blood by Kevin Devine some more. One of my favorite albums ever. Puts on a hell of a live show too.
I'm flying to Seattle for that tour on St. Patrick's Day, but Builders and the Butchers are opening and I am so damn excited. No other tours on the horizon unless I go see Coheed and Glassjaw. Very jealous that you'll be seeing Andy Hull live. | thecheatisnotdead
02.19.16 | Thanks for the rec! Glad to hear it, live show-wise, as well.
And yeah, Andy Hull puts on a great show. Some might even say, when he flies solo, he flies so high. | MO
02.19.16 | I'm opening for Taake on Monday, gonna be dope | dbizzles
02.19.16 | 'Some might even say, when he flies solo, he flies so high.'
Haha you bastard, get out of here! |
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