Tag: The Anthem

  • Review: My Morning Jackets rips through DC’s The Anthem: Photos

    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

    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]

    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: 100 gecs & Fever Ray @ The Anthem – 05/01/23 [Photos]

    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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  • Porter Robinson ‘Nurture’ Tour: A Stunning Spectacle – Review/Photos

    Porter Robinson ‘Nurture’ Tour: A Stunning Spectacle – Review/Photos

    Nurture is out via Mom+Pop Few things are as special as watching an artist truly shine in a creative splendor they’ve built for themselves. For some musicians, that moment will come once in a lifetime, but now and then, we get a powerhouse that does not miss – ever. Porter Robinson is one such force,…

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  • REVIEW: Gesaffelstein @ The Anthem – 11/23/19 [PHOTOS]

    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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  • Maren Morris Adds New Dates to World Tour

    GIRL is out now via Columbia Records Superstar country artist and “The Middle” collaborator Maren Morris has confirmed new dates on her GIRL: The World Tour. The news arrives weeks after the release of Morris’ Game of Thrones collaboration and the annoucement The Texan will support Miranda Lambert on her Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars tour this fall. The…

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  • Bloc Party Announce ‘Silent Alarm’ Anniversary Tour

    The tour kicks off this fall at The Anthem in D.C. English rockers, Bloc Party has announced they will be performing their milestone debut album, Silent Alarm, from start to finish at select dates across the U.S. The announcement arrives almost fifteen years after the group released their groundbreaking, dance-punk single “Banquet,” and subsequent multi-platinum…

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  • REVIEW: CHVRCHES @ The Anthem – 10/18/18 [PHOTOS]

    REVIEW: CHVRCHES @ The Anthem – 10/18/18 [PHOTOS]

    Love Is Dead is out now on Glassnote Records It’s so hard having to wait until the end of a five-month tour leg to catch a phenomenal band like CHVRCHES playing their new album live. Of course, we watched, and re-watched, their main stage sets at Governors Ball and Lollapalooza this year, but it’s simply not the same.…

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  • REVIEW: Father John Misty at The Anthem [PHOTOS]

    REVIEW: Father John Misty at The Anthem [PHOTOS]

    God’s Favorite Customer is out now on Sub Pop / Bella Union In June, Josh Tillman released God’s Favorite Customer — his fourth studio album under the name Father John Misty. Amidst the distinctive folk melodies and witty lyrical quips, the new album finds Tillman contemplating his bleak state of affairs and seeking personal redemption for irreparable damages, his strained…

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