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Review: My Morning Jackets rips through DC’s The Anthem: Photos
MMJ’s new live album is out on ATO Records For over 20 years, My Morning Jacket has been one of the most relentless rock bands touring the country, and even for those just jumping on board now, it’s not hard to see why. Their blend of Americana, rock, and jam came at the perfect time…
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Review: Sylvan Esso @ The Anthem – 8/11/2023: Photos
Wild analog electronic wizards, Sylvan Esso are at it again. Thanks to last year’s No Rules Sandy, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn’s third show at The Anthem was their most fun yet. Their fourth album is the duo at their most improvisational and musically liberated, splicing chopped-up vocals and synths alongside acoustic guitars and field…
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Review: Caroline Polachek @ The Anthem – 5/19/2023 [Photos]
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You is out now on Perpetual Novice. Nobody in pop has both the weirdo credentials and voice that Caroline Polachek has. She’s intrigued listeners over the years as one-half of Chairlift, as the electronic/ambient Ramona Lisa (her post-Chairlift solo project), and as a person yelling at a flock of geese.…
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Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ The Anthem – 05/02/23 [Photos]
Cool It Down is out via Secretly Canadian On May 2nd, for the first time in thirteen years, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the stage in Washington, DC, to launch their highly-anticipated tour with a sold-out show at The Anthem. Their set hit the ground running – literally – from the moment it started, with…
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Review: 100 gecs & Fever Ray @ The Anthem – 05/01/23 [Photos]
Washington, DC, was host to a rare co-headlining tour stop for Sweden’s Fever Ray and LA’s 100 gecs. In fact, it’s the only night that both acts were playing under one roof on their respective tours, bringing wild-dressed fans of all ages to a special night at The Anthem that opened with New York duo…
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D.C. comes “Rushing Back” for Flume @ The Anthem [Photos]
Flume’s new album Palaces is out now via Future Classic On June 9, 2022, Washington D.C.’s The Anthem welcomed Harley Streten, the Australian producer known globally as Flume, who achieved his first major breaks in 2012 with his self-titled debut album and his 2016 follow-up, Skin, which earned the DJ his first Grammy win for…
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REVIEW: Gesaffelstein @ The Anthem – 11/23/19 [PHOTOS]
Novo Sonic System is out on Columbia Records In April, I watched in awe as Gesaffelstein unveiled the iconic new live show behind his latest album, Hyperion. Two stunning vantablack monoliths parted as beaming white lights peered dramatically over a sea of eager Coachella fans. The artist born Mike Lévy then stepped out in one…
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REVIEW: Lauv @ The Anthem – 10/05/19 [PHOTOS]
Rising megastar LAUV kicked off his global ~how i’m feeling~ tour in front of 6,000 screaming fans @ The Anthem in D.C. and it was an absolute madhouse. For most of the year, Ari Leff aka LAUV, the artist with an irrefutable knack for producing catchy pop tracks, has been excitingly teasing his debut album,…
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REVIEW: Catfish and the Bottlemen @ The Anthem – 09/29/19 [PHOTOS]
The Balance is out on Island Records It may be impossible to attend a Catfish and the Bottlemen show and not leave a massive fan. Last week, the British rockers brought The Balance Tour to The Anthem in DC and the show was a shot of pure adrenaline. Led by Van McCann on vocals/guitar, Robert ‘Bob’…
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David Lynch Foundation To Host “Silence the Violence” Benefit Concert at The Anthem in D.C.
Proceeds to benefit 10K at-risk youth in D.C.: TICKETS Headlined by Katy Perry, Norah Jones, and Mavis Staples, The David Lynch Foundation will be hosting its highly-anticipated “Silence the Violence” benefit concert on October 11 at The Anthem in D.C. The event will benefit 10,000 at-risk youth in the region in partnership with D.C.’s THEARC (Town Hall…
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