melvins tickets on sale today! 08.24.07

Yes, I've waited all year... Melvins and Big Business are back at the Cat and tickets go on sale today.

OCTOBER 6, 2007
ticketmaster

EVIL DISCO. TONIGHT! 08.17.07

that's right. Evil Disco is back again!!! After the DD, Team Xterra is going to hit the BC for a little ED! Join DJ Hey Sailor! & DJ JOSHUA for another night of metalicious fun.

let's shred this.

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greenland/mikal evans! Black Cat 07.25.07

BLACK CAT BACKSTAGE has been tearing it up as of late. Wednesday, July 25th marks night numero tres of shows that you don't want to miss this week.

GREENLAND
MIKAL EVANS BAND
A NORTHERN CHORUS

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$8 Backstage
9:00

statehood & problems. black cat b/s 07.24.07

shit. I don't know how a girl can keep up.

Statehood and PROBLEMS will also be playing tomorrow night. (btw, expect a yellow fever post in the next 24 too...)

Black Cat Backstage
$8
9p

the ponys. tonight! 07.23.07

I had the opportunity to see these guys a few months ago when they played with Blood Brothers. If you're on your way back from Reno (and are somehow surfing the web) and haven't had enough, stop off at the Cat and check em out.

Black Cat
$10
backstage

the ponys

EVIL DISCO AT THE CAT!!! 07.20.07

EVIL DISCO BACK FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE!!!

that's right, EVIL DISCO is back and there will be hell to pay. New venue, new nite, same ol shit (and by ol shit, I mean good shit). Join DJ's Hey Sailor! & DJ Joshua at the Black Cat for a night of the best metal, punk and glam jams we all know and love.

friday
07.20.07
black cat
backstage
respect.

AERIALIST. Sunday at the Cat! 07.08.07

low key. low fi. a lil' low to blow your mind.
Black Cat/backstage
9P/$7
w/the Hold Up
Sunday/Funday.


listen!
aerialist

Black Cat tonight! DC gets SORTED!!! 07.06.07

Have you recovered from the 4th yet? Wanna burn off those beers and burgers you sucked down this week? Philly brings it (LARGE) to the Cat tonight, with SORTED (a Philadelphia DJ Nite fave for my dancemakers up I-95).

TONITE/9P-Lights on!

STEREO FAITH
Strobelights and Seizures (This is Computer Music) tracklist

SHAWN RYAN
Hurrah June Mix (06.19.07) tracklist
Disco, house, and other tweaked-out, ass-shakin Hurrah delights.

Ritalin Felony Charges (12.06.06) tracklist
An improvised dance mix to make Laura Miller "work it" in the rain.

SpazzPowerOldies (01.14.07) tracklist
Old post-punk type goodies prepared for the January Hurrah.

RUN FOR COVER VI PICTURES are posted!

We sang along to our favorite songs, we raised our fists with smiles on our faces... The air in the Black Cat was thick with nostalgia last night.... and love.


thanks to all of the bands that played this year, you guys ruled!

I've uploaded all of the pictures that I took last night to my flickr account. They are in order and completely unedited. enjoy.

RUN FOR COVER VI PIX!

RUN FOR COVER!!! tonight @ the black cat! 06.23.07

let's not recreate the wheel here. The little blurb on the Black Cat website says it best:


“Run For Cover 6
For the sixth year in a row, a handful of DC's rock & rollers unite for a night of tribute and parody. As usual, makeshift bands take the stage to play other people's tunes. But by "makeshift" we don't mean "half-ass."

If past years' sold-out Mainstage shows have been any indication, these bands are good. They've spent months preparing for what has become the Event of the Summer. And - oh yeah - this is gonna be your only chance to catch these single-performance groups.

This year's lineup includes performances by Abbatite for Destruction, Revelation 88, Serious Moonlight, American Psychos, Don't Fear the Reefer, and much more.

Last but not least...the best part of the whole thing? In true DC spirit, the event is always a benefit; this year's proceeds go to Fort Reno.”

run for cover

this wednesday! BIG BUSINESS! 06.20.07

OK KIDS, I'LL ONLY SAY THIS ONCE.
BIG BUSINESS. BLACK CAT. BACKSTAGE.


Now that these boys are being courted by the likes of arena bands (TOOL), the chances that you'll see them (without the Melvins) on a stage this size is highly unlikley...

don't sleep!!!

Black Cat
06.20.07
$10
Jared and Cody will make temperatures rise inside your sugar walls.

big business

tonight! Neville C takes you "Round the World in 80 Beats!" 06.16.07

Do you like Brazilian samba? Jamaican dub? Colombian salsa? British big beat? New Orleans funk? Bollywood psych? DC go-go? Greek belly dance music? Nigerian afrobeat? Puerto Rican reggaeton? Detroit rocknroll?

If you said yes to at least two of the above you owe it to yourself to check out DJ Neville Chamberlain's "Around the World in 80 Beats" set at the Black Cat
TONIGHT! Neville will be holding it down on the backstage (NO COVER) starting at 9:30 while Mousetrap roars (and squeaks) upstairs for $10.

do it!

battle of the bands

and in this corner, wearing the red trunks:

who: voxtrot with favorite son and au revoir simone
where: black cat, black cat
when: tonight! doors open at 8 pm
cost: $12
tour guide: van nasty

and in this corner, wearing blue trunks:

who: heartless bastards with earl greyhound, engine room, boxroom collision
where: rock and roll hotel
when: tonight! doors open at 8 pm, show starts at 8:30
cost: $12

tour guide: unknown

and we didnt even MENTION the feist/grizzly bear show at 9:30 club. its like a love triangle and any side you choose is gonna be awesome.

TOMORROW! MELT BANANA @ the Cat! 06.12.07

It was 1994. I rememeber the first time I heard Melt Banana. A good friend of mine gave me a tape ( yeah, a cassette) that he thought would rip my skull. The album was called Speak, Squeak, Creak, released on K.K. Null's N.O. label (Tokyo) and on Skin Graft in the US. This was Japanese noisecore before noisecore existed, fronted by an unassuming, petite Japanese girl. She had the stage presence of Godzilla in New York and the atomic, high pitched vocal range of Mothra. This would be Yasuko O. Knowing that I was a diehard Albini disciple, he also threw in that Steve had recorded them. It's a fair bet that my skull was ripped before ever listening to that tape. Needless to say, they blew my mind, both recorded and live. Thirteen years and several albums later, they've never failed to impress. I saw them a couple years ago with Dave Witte (sigh) on drums and it was one of the loudest, most energetic MB shows I can recall.
don't sleep.

MELT BANANA
BLACK CAT
06.12.07
$13
w/ HEXMACHINE


melt banana

tonight! JESUS LIZARD LIVE! (a film screening) 06.11.07

oh man.
I've been sick guys.
I didn't notice this in the paper until about 5 minutes ago.

David
David
Duane
Mac.
boys on film.
BLACK CAT
FREE...FILM.... SCREENING.

The good news: I've experienced the JL live more than I can remember and if you live anywhere near 14th street, I highly recommend that you check this out. A Jesus Lizard show was arguably one of the greatest live performance experiences that you could have hoped to attend in the 90's. The bad news: per doctors orders, I can't eat, I can't drink, and I can't swim ...

you don't have to suffer. This shit is free and it's on NOW.

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TONIGHT!!! Stinking Lizaveta & SGM @ the Cat 06.05.07

A Sleepytime compilation.... for your enjoyment.

A true welcome home reception befitting my recent torturous 24 hour travelling nightmare... I am pleased to be attending, this very evening, a musical performance starring Philadelphia's infernal children of rock, Stinking Lizaveta and the equally calamitous and curious sounds of Sleepytime Gorilla Musuem. SGM is celebrating the release of their latest album, In Glorious Times and your most pleasurable enjoyment is assured.

Black Cat
8P
$12

stinking lizaveta

SGM

tomorrow night! Mikal Evans at the Black Cat! 05.30.07

Mikal Evans has been singin her sweet heart out and recording tracks for her upcoming album on Gypsy Eyes Records (to be released this fall). Check her out tomorrow night at the Black Cat Backstage with Stamen and Pistil (cd release)and Carol Bui.
$8


mikal evans on gypsy eyes

black cat

dc shows this weekend! it's all about Black Cat, Black Cat!

this weekend, just camp out behind the cat.

Saturday. 9P. 05.19.07
Death By Sexy
Let's French (cd release)
These United States
$10
mainstage

backstage, same night. check out the Right Round dj set. $6



Sunday. 8P. 05.02.07
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Moonrats
Call Me Lightning
$13
mainstage

black cat

tomorrow! The Onion kick off party! 05.03.07

I'm so glad I have friends who remind me about things!

TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE BLACK CAT!!!
The Onion DC Kick-Off Party featuring:
GEORGIE JAMES
NEIL HAMBURGER
AZIZ ANSARI
(THE SOUNDS OF) KALEIDOSCOPE
$6 mainstage cheap!
8:00 P

theonion

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(if I can race home after dinner, change and not pass out on my lovely bed, I'll see ya!)

D MAC opening for Konono No1! 05.04.07

DJ D Mac will be layin down some serious beats, mainstage at the Cat on Friday night, opening up for Konono No.1. check it.
This Friday, May 4th at 9:00 pm
The Black Cat
1811 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20009

dmac