Jenny Lewis's WATSON TWINS & TIM FITE roll call

WEDNESDAY JULY 9

THE WATSON TWINS (vanguard records)
http://www.myspace.com/thewatsontwins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSU1FZiZ6n8
"With echoing acoustic guitars and gorgeous harmonies, it's understandable that Los Angeles, CA's the Watson Twins are occasionally tagged as a country act. However, identical twin sisters Chandra and Leigh Watson prove that genres are only skin deep on their debut LP, Fire Songs, out this week on Vanguard. The vocal melody on "How Am I to Be" sways and swaggers like a Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac gem, while "Sky Open Up" recalls Neil Young's stark heartbreak as much as it does the Carter Family's strumming meat and potatoes country."- Spin.com


TIM FITE (anti records)
http://www.myspace.com/timfite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIiM0Xg5_Ys&feature=related
"Fite's imagination as a songwriter is substantial and staggering. Deep thoughts and huge punch lines are layered so thick that every new spin is a revelation."
-ESQUIRE MAGAZINE

"A lo-fi lone wolf from Brooklyn, Tim Fite is somewhere between folk and hip-hop, and with his latest album â?? a harsh indictment of consumerism and the American dream of selling out â?? he has made himself into a cultural gadfly."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Fite has produced the kind of brazen, self-aware political critique that harkens back to early Public Enemy and has become a rarity in contemporary hip-hop."
-THE BOSTON GLOBE

"Over The Counter Culture is one of the best albums of the new year. . .packed with crackling beats, wicked humor and 'did he just say that?' audacity. It's the best kind of protest album: one that has the ability to laugh at itself."
-CHICAGO TRIBUNE

ALL AGES WELCOME - 8PM

rock and roll hotel
1353 H ST NE
Washington, DC 20002
http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com
http://www.myspace.com/rockandrollhotel
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rock-and-Roll-DC9-Red-and-Black/8602406342

they aren't jenny lewis' .. she doesn't own them. christ. they are their own group and were before jenny lewis took them on.

That's what I thought.

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
they aren't jenny lewis' .. she doesn't own them. christ. they are their own group and were before jenny lewis took them on.

Ill be there. Tim and the Twins new cds are great. And I was thinking the same thing about the jenny title.

Wow, what a show. Good thing Tim was running a few late, because I would have missed the start. He reminded me of a southern Baptist preacher during revival on a lot of the songs. Good energy, and he tried to get the crowd into it, but the dc crowd resisted and begrudgingly accompanied him along with head, shoulders, knees and toes, and other song alongs. His set up was a laptop hooked to a projecter, that his brother ran, and then he sang, and had pedals for vocal effects. the projecter would have stories, or songs. The screen would have a "back up group" playing along, though that group was Tim, times 3. The songs themselves were good, and most seemed to be off his latest. It was fun, fun, fun, and i would go see him again in a heartbeat. The Watson Twins looked and sounded great. What a talent they are. They played their brand of subdued country for a solid 45 minutes, and then did one encore. No cool screens or sing alongs, just good old music. Both groups also ran their own merch, so I was able to geta tour poster signed by the twins, and buy an original Tim Fite piece of artwork. Rock and Roll Hotel has slowly risen to my favorite DC venue, with how intimate and fun the shows there usually are.

oops double post

roll-calls: the new street-teaming?

Does anyone have photos from the show? Watson Twins look preeeety sexy!!

Originally posted by RustyOrgan:
Does anyone have photos from the show? Watson Twins look preeeety sexy!!

byt put up a video here.

feel the need to rub off a little rust?