More New Shows

I'll mention again how annoying it is that the DC venues seem to release dates in dribs and drabs throughout the week. It wasn't a perfect system, but in the Bowery Presents' Ticketweb days in New York (i.e., up until about 3 weeks ago), it was a pretty good bet that the majority of the new shows around town would pop up on Ticketweb's listings either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. No idea how Ticketmaster's handling things for Bowery these days...

Anyway, the point of this post is...

Sat., 10/22: Longwave, Robbers On High Street @ Black Cat (on sale Friday)
Wed., 11/14: The Gossip, The Long Blondes and Panther @ Black Cat (on sale Friday)

Speaking of the Robbers on High Street, I had a chance a couple of weeks ago to listen to their new album, Grand Animals. I've always kind of thought of the band as a low-rent Spoon - the singer's voice can at times sound exactly like Britt, and their music was extremely stylistically similar as well. One listen through to the new album, however, and it's pretty clear that they've dropped the Spoon-isms. Now they're going for more of a Beatles-y sound. Unfortunately, the new sound is even less convincing than the old one. Oh well.