Just Announced

June 21-23
Firefly Music Festival
Dover, DE

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Vampire Weekend, and Foster the People top this year?s bill, appearing alongside Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, Passion Pit, Kendrick Lamar, Grizzly Bear, Alabama Shakes, The Avett Brothers, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Japandroids, Public Enemy, The Walkmen, Dan Deacon, Toro y Moi, Action Bronson, Azealia Banks, Foxygen, HAIM, Wild Belle, and CHVRCHES.

Also playing are The Lumineers, Amanda Palmer, Dispatch, Matt and Kim, Ellie Goulding, Calvin Harris, Dr. Dog, The Joy Formidable, Atlas Genius, Big Gigantic, Django Django, Kishi Bashi, Hey Marseilles, LP, St. Lucia, Kopecky Family Band, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, The Neighbourhood, Robert DeLong, and Imagine Dragons.



Pretty Awesome line-up.

"Big Gigantic" sounds like something some insecure bro would name his penis.

atomicfront wrote:
Red Hot Chili Peppers

OMG.  Soooooooooooo excited!

you hate the chili peppers . . . sooooo who cares.  or wait, was that a sincere OMG.  sometimes, OMGs throw me.

THis makes zero incentive to see that yeah yeah yeahs sweetlife thing at MPP as they are playing firefly along with passion pit. 

azaghal1981 wrote:
Acid Mothers Temple/Tjutjuna 4/21 DC9

Also with Time Columns. 

6/18/13 @ MPP
the Postal Service

Postal Service and BS/Yo La Tengo are the "big announcements" that MPP was tweeting about yesterday?

Lolz

I think B&S/YLT is pretty big but anybody who frequents this board knew it was coming.


Postal Service is cool but I was never a superfan. Would be more likely to do that one if it were in DC itself.

The Hamilton:

Ben Ottewell of Gomez April 19
Les Claypool's Duo de Twang April 27

Postal Service is popular enough to headline MPP? Really? How many top selling albums or singles have they had recently? Or ever had?

I realize the answer to the same question for Belle and Sebastian is 0, but they are sort or revered indie icons. Does Postal Service have the same status?

James wrote:
Postal Service is popular enough to headline MPP? Really? How many top selling albums or singles have they had recently? Or ever had?

I realize the answer to the same question for Belle and Sebastian is 0, but they are sort or revered indie icons. Does Postal Service have the same status?

I'm guessing about 5k tops in ticket sales for those shows. IMP is making some interesting choices in summer bookings.

31 May
Black Pus (Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt)
Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)

DC9 - April 24th
EmptyMansions (Sam from Interpol side project)
with Scott Lucas and the Married Men

killsaly wrote:
31 May
Black Pus (Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt)
Golden West Cafe (Baltimore)

I got a press release that said this was at Golden West, but it's on the Metro Gallery's schedule….so I would tend to believe that.

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
Postal Service is popular enough to headline MPP? Really? How many top selling albums or singles have they had recently? Or ever had?

I realize the answer to the same question for Belle and Sebastian is 0, but they are sort or revered indie icons. Does Postal Service have the same status?

I'm guessing about 5k tops in ticket sales for those shows. IMP is making some interesting choices in summer bookings.

Well, the Postal Svc has already sold out one show at the Barclay's Center in New York, so they apparently do draw– at least in NYC.

Postal Service sold a million records and only did one proper tour. I think the demand is there for them to pack Merriweather….not sure if a sell-out matters though, I'm sure IMP will make dough even if it is at 75 percent capacity.

Anyone remember that Washington Post chat Dante did when they moved the Black Cat to its current spot? Someone asked if they would keep prices similar to that of the old location and ended his/her comment with "I don't want to pay $20 to see Belle and Sebastian." Dante replied "yes" but that has also changed.

Edit: Found it.

I also misremembered the quote.

I appreciate that you try to keep it (relatively) cheap, but I'm not looking forward to playing $25 + service charges the next time Belle and Sebastian
come to town and play at the 9:30.

Peals
(Members of Future Islands & Double Dagger)

3/8 : Baltimore, MD : The Windup Space : NOVO Festival
3/9 : Washington, DC : The Pinch : w/ Bamboo, The Plums
3/14 : Brooklyn, NY : Silent Barn : w/ Romantic States, The Flag
3/15 : Northampton, MA : TBA : w/ Romantic States
3/16 : New Haven, CT : Merle's Record Rack : w/ Romantic States : Early Show! 3pm
3/16 : Pawtucket, RI : Machines With Magnets : w/ Romantic States, Vio/Mire
3/17 : Philadelphia, PA : Random Tea Room : w/ Romantic States
3/28 : Baltimore, MD : Current Gallery : w/ Brokeback, Nest, Bamboo, Napalm Def

PS - just confirmed that Black Pus is at Metro Gallery, not at Golden West.

Love,
your favorite concert calendar (I hope).

The Philly date of this tour got cancelled so they moved it to DC.

Saturday, March 9th @ RNR Hotel - Today Is The Day w/ Black Tusk, KEN Mode & Fight Amp

I hate that place but still might go to this to finally see KEN Mode.

Also Clutch at Ram's head sold out. Anyone got an extra ticket or two?  :-\