BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Rock & Roll Hotel DC - ECPv4.6.23//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Rock & Roll Hotel DC X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Rock & Roll Hotel DC BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191001T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191001T200000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190529T142557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T221522Z UID:45647-1569960000-1569960000@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Psychedelic Porn Crumpets DESCRIPTION:Psychedelic Porn Crumpets (9:15pm)\nMeatbodies (8:00pm) \nALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. \nTICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR CASH OR CREDIT PURCHASE. \nBAR OPENS AT 6PM. HAPPY HOUR UNTIL 8PM. \nPsychedelic Porn Crumpets – a four piece psychedelic rock band from Perth who’ve been quoted as “Resembling Jimi Hendrix fresh off the end of a light globe.” – The Music. Highlights so far include supporting King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard\, Dune Rats\, Black Mountain\, Goons of Doom\, Skegss\, Black Mountain\, releasing their debut album “High Visceral Part1” and completing a national tour around Australia. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/psychedelic-porn-crumpets/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ppcshoot-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T200000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190529T140505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T155335Z UID:45644-1570046400-1570046400@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:KOKOKO! DESCRIPTION:KOKOKO! (9:15PM)\nDogo du Togo (8:00PM) \nALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. \nTICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR CASH OR CREDIT PURCHASE. \nBAR OPENS AT 6PM. HAPPY HOUR UNTIL 8PM. \nKOKOKO! is a collaboration between a Congolese collective of street musicians who have created instruments out of found objects & French producer Débruit. \nKokoko is the musical core — electronics\, singers\, dancers\, percussion\, a homemade electric guitar — of an arts collective from Kinshasa\, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo\, collaborating with the French electronic musician Debruit. “Buka Dansa” can be translated as “dance till it breaks” or “break the dance\,” and this track lives up to both choices. The guitar twangs little riffs\, voices whoop and sing and shout\, a smooth synthesizer bass line comes and goes; the perky central beat is disrupted from left and right\, and sudden key changes add a few more swerves. It’s hyperactive and unstoppable. A full album\, “Fongola\,” is due in July. PARELES – NEW YORK TIMES \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/kokoko/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KOKOKO-dc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T180000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190617T131956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T125545Z UID:45816-1570125600-1570125600@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Bar Opens at 6pm DESCRIPTION:Rooftop Deck & Bar opens at 6pm\nHappy Hour until 8pm\n$4 Bud/Bud Light\n$4 Rails\n$1 off everything else\nPLUS\n$3 mystery shots ALL NIGHT LONG\n$5 sucker punches ALL NIGHT LONG \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/bar-opens-at-6pm-2/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/happy-hour-6pm-8pm.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T200000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190619T134606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T210129Z UID:45844-1570132800-1570132800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Aldous Harding DESCRIPTION:ALDOUS HARDING: 9:15pm\nTINY RUINS: 8:00pm \nALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. \nTICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR CASH OR CREDIT PURCHASE. \nBAR OPENS AT 6PM. HAPPY HOUR UNTIL 8PM. \nAn artist of rare calibre\, Aldous Harding does more than sing; she conjures a singular intensity.\nHer body and face a weapon of theatre\, Harding dances with steeled fervor\, baring her teeth like a Bunraku puppet’s gnashing grin. \nHer debut release with 4AD\, Party (produced with the award-winning John Parish; PJ Harvey\, Sparklehorse) introduces\na new pulse to the stark and unpopulated dramatic realm where the likes of Kate Bush and Scott Walker reside. \nIgniting interest with her eponymous debut album released just two years ago\, Aldous Harding quickly became known for her\ncharismatic combination of talent\, tenacity and shrewd wit. The album drew attention and accolades from some of the most illustrious corners of\nthe music industry\, receiving 4 stars in MOJO and Uncut\, while UK blog The 405 hailed her a “toweringly talented song writer”. \nComprising a formidable clutch of songs\, 2017’s Party sees Harding shape-shift through a variety of roles: chanteuse\, folk singer and balladeer – all executed with her twisted touch of humour\, hubris and quiet horror. In other words\, she’s having a good time. Stretching her limbs with playful cunning; every note\, word and arrangement posed with intellect and inventiveness. \nCreated in Parish’s hometown of Bristol\, Party saw Harding depart her New Zealand base in the antipodes for an intensive two-week immersion in the studio. Articulating her ambitions for Party to Parish was a galvanizing process for Harding\, met with stunning results. The pair developed a near non-verbal shorthand\, audibly evident in a raft of musical contributions from Parish. Alongside such special guests as Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas (having worked with Parish and toured with Aldous\, it only took asking once)\, there is an exhilarating sense of risk throughout the record as Harding’s muscular wingspan extends. Teased out with inflections of experimental instrumentation and arrangements; Party is always anchored by Aldous’s intimidating command of her own songs. \nFirst single ‘Horizon’ is a lover’s call to arms\, powerful for its brutal simplicity and rawness of feeling\, love and loathing colliding to devastating effect. “Aldous Harding repeats the line as a mantra\, as a truth\, as a reality. It’s as if the gift of life is right here\, with all its beauty and its limitations”\, said NPR. \n‘Imagining My Man’ commands an air of delicacy as Aldous explores the curiosity of a lover’s idiosyncrasies; steering listeners into a state of intense intimacy laced with hyperactive shots\, dirgey saxophone and Harding’s aching voice. The track is one of two that Mike Hadreas lends his inimitably sultry vocals to\, the other being the intimate Party closer ‘Swell Does The Skull’. \n‘Blend’ sensitively ushers the mood of Harding’s flourishment throughout Party. Its opening lines a nod to the mood of Harding’s last record; sameness is quickly quashed with an electronic drumbeat and the announcement of AldousvHarding as an artist of stirring ambition and trajectory. \nThe album’s eponymous single ‘Party’ harks to Aldous’ earlier work; delicately pulling at the threads of a seemingly late-night love affair. Again\, it’s not long until the rug is pulled out\, with a searing chorus – Harding’s electrifying vocal accompanied by a choir of women and waves of percussive bass clarinet – piercing the balloon of expectations around Harding’s new record with effortless vigour. \nRenowned for the captivating state of possession she occupies in live performance\, Aldous Harding has won crowds the world over playing alongside Deerhunter\, Frankie Cosmos and Perfume Genius\, as well as to hoards of eager crowds at SXSW\, Festival Les Indisciplinées\, Rolling Stone Weekender\, Visions Festival\, The Great Escape\, Golden Plains and more. Aldous’ 2017 touring schedule spans Europe\, the US and the United Kingdom for much of the year\, with Green Man\, End of the Road Festival\, Latitude Festival\, Nelsonville Music Festival and more on the horizon. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/aldous-harding/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/aldous-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191004T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191004T180000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190604T142227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T181749Z UID:45702-1570212000-1570212000@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Bear Happy Hour DESCRIPTION:Bear Happy Hour for DC’s traditional Bear community \nBear Happy Hour for DC’s traditional Bear community for 8 years\n* EVERY FRIDAY!\n*Exclusive Bear Drink & (FREE)Food Specials for all our cuddly friends\n* Rooftop Deck & Bar 6pm – 10pm \n21 and over welcome \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/pride-2019-bear-happy-hour/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BEARHAPPYHOUR-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191004T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191004T210000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190912T142336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191004T140857Z UID:46460-1570222800-1570222800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Rone & Train DESCRIPTION:11:15pm-Rone & Train\n10:35pm- Allison Balanc\n10pm-1800 Racheta\n9:25pm-NuChoyce\n9pm-Tokyo Crow \nALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. \nTICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR CASH OR CREDIT PURCHASE. \nBAR OPENS AT 6PM. HAPPY HOUR UNTIL 8PM. \n \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/rone-train/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RT19009_RR2_2250x1958.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191004T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191004T220000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20191002T125828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T130303Z UID:46526-1570226400-1570226400@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Bast & Friends with Djs Bast\, Fillet Mignon & Naive Nebula DESCRIPTION:FREE | 2ND FLOOR | 10PM – 3AM | 21+ | #BESTPLACETODANCE \n“a bronx native now located in the dmv area\, Bast is a dj who grew up with a love for music. growing up in a family that was based in the music industry allowed her to cultivate her passion and begin to explore creative outlets. from hip-hop to pop\, rock\, her sounds are guaranteed to fit whatever energy the crowd has. when Bast isn’t busy traveling to perform\, she’s occupied with her residencies and her friends’ brand\, the Gnarwhalz.” \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/bast-friends-with-djs-bast-fillet-mignon-naive-nebula/ CATEGORIES:Live,Second Floor/DJs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191005T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191005T180000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190520T162135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191005T113522Z UID:45551-1570298400-1570298400@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Rooftop Bar Opens at 6pm DESCRIPTION:Rooftop Deck & Bar opens at 6pm\nHappy Hour until 8pm\n$4 Bud/Bud Light\n$4 Rails\n$1 off everything else\nPLUS\n$3 mystery shots ALL NIGHT LONG\n$5 sucker punches ALL NIGHT LONG \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/bar-opens-at-6pm/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/happy-hour-6pm-8pm.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191005T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191005T220000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190906T154733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T161947Z UID:46408-1570312800-1570312800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Mass Appeal with Dj AutoRock DESCRIPTION:AutoRock has played to packed crowds at the Rock & Roll Hotel for 10 years. At his long-running party MASS APPEAL\, AutoRock plays a funky mix of the best hip-hop\, house\, party jams\, and pop. Come to prepared to sweat. \nFREE | 21+ | 10PM – 3AM | 2ND FLOOR \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/mass-appeal-with-dj-autorock/ CATEGORIES:Live,Second Floor/DJs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MassAppealFlyer-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191005T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191005T220000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190924T133945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191005T113605Z UID:46501-1570312800-1570312800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Bangerrang Dance Party (FREE) DESCRIPTION:What would happen if the greatest 90s grunge classics met the dopest hip hop anthems?? Bangarang!! \nWe’ve mixed an all star dj line up\, classic rock bangers and legendary rap joints and made an incredible dance party. Rock And Roll Hotel’s 1st floor will be on fire with the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the Notorious B.I.G. From Green Day to Jay Z to Jane’s Addiction and everything in-between! It’s gonna be a good time! Saturday October 5th. Doors open at 10! \nFeaturing Djs:\nDj Cory T\n@djcorytdc \nDj Bo\n@boknowsdjing \nDeejay Life\n@iamdjlife \nFREE \n21 AND OVER \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/bangerrang-dance-party/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bangarangoct5.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191011T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191011T210000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190925T153438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190925T153438Z UID:46508-1570827600-1570827600@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Back To The 90s DESCRIPTION:DC’s hottest 90s/2000s band returns to Rock and Roll Hotel playing all the rock hits from Green Day\, Weezer\, Sublime\, Fall Out Boy\, Jimmy Eat World + more!\nTake the Delorean with us and let’s get party like it’s 1999!\nwith special guest DJ Doc Marten spinning 90s/2000s hits\n \nDavid Thong Band @ Rock and Roll Hotel from David Thong on Vimeo. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/back-to-the-90s/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/backtothe90s_1024_728_webphoto.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191012T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191012T140000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20191002T131547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T131631Z UID:46529-1570888800-1570888800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Hearts Collective Rooftop Series DESCRIPTION:Hearts Collective continues its 2019 rooftop series with a collective get together showcasing amazing djs from some of DC’s hottest groups. We are excited for DMV DEEP\, Groove Syndicate\, Deep Tech and Decibel Collective to join us on the decks at the wonderful Rock and Roll Hotel Roof. The party can’t and won’t stop on H-Street! \nArtists Lineup \nRnR Hotel Oct 12th\n2-3 Browz & Schwander | Groove Syndicate | DC\n3-4 SPCLK |Deep Tech | DC\n4-530 DMV DEEP\n530-7 Fort Fairmont | Hearts Collective | DC\n7-8 Henry Galindo | Decibel Collective | DC \nArtist Info: \nFort Fairmont\nFort Fairmont is a DJ-duo made up of James Dank (house music) and R-808 (bass music). They have been playing and hosting gigs in the DC music scene since 2014\, debuting at local music venues on the U-Street corridor such as Flash\, Tropicalia\, U St Music Hall\, and DC’s Funk Parade. Fort Fairmont’s driving tenant: all music has a time and a place. As such\, they rarely stick to any one genre and have curated events from nu-disco to trap to electronic hip-hop to house and techno. They’ve opened for major acts such as Life on Planets\, The Funk Hunters\, Claptone\, Subset\, etc. For the past two years they’ve also played for Burning Man’s Catharsis on the Mall event and partnered with other local collectives such as Deep Tech\, Mischief\, Sunset and Chill\, and DDI. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/fortfairmont/\n \nBrowz & Schwander\nBolivian and English born DJ / Producer Duo. With the rhythms of South America and the tech sound of Europe\, Browz & Schwander arrange their DJ sets to keep the crowds grooving\, the atmosphere vibing and the music playing. Live remixing and multiple track mixing allow for an energetic show and mesmerizing musical experience. \nSince 2013 this drum juggling duo has been working on their back to back mixing styles in order to amplify their performances. After taking a few years hiatus from the dj/music scene they decided to step back into the night life. At that time Browz & Schwander created Red Sauce Radio as a way to express their musical taste and mixing skills with the community at large. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/BrowzSchwander/\n \nSPCLK \nhttps://www.facebook.com/SPCLKMUSIC/\nhttps://soundcloud.com/spclkmus \nHenry Galindo\nBorn in Los Angeles and raised close to the Washington D.C. Area\, Henry’s first introduction to Dance Music was Disco Music from his family at an early age\, later on he would discover House\, Trance and Techno Music. In the late 00s when the term E.D.M. was beginning and growing also music was changing\, Henry ventured more underground to get away from that scene. One DJ that Henry looks up to showed him the way through his music and that was Dubfire\, being a huge Deep Dish fan he followed Dubfire after his temporary break from Deep Dish. Finding out about the underground scene\, he would come to find out about DJs like Richie Hawtin \, Carl Cox\, Nina Kraviz\, Solomun\, Ricardo Villalobos\, Sven Väth\, Joris Voorn\, Joseph Capriati\, Nicole Moudaber\, Len Faki\,Seth Troxler\, Chris Liebing\, Jamie Jones\, Loco Dice\, Hot Since 82\, Maya Jane Coles\, and The Martinez Brothers. Henry is a big supporter of the Underground Movement in the D.C. area attending and promoting events for House\, Deep House\, Tech House\, and Techno events in the D.M.V. area.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/djhenrygalindo/\n \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/hearts-collective-rooftop-series/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/HEARTS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T210000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190812T150842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190812T150842Z UID:46283-1571432400-1571432400@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Futurebirds DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale Friday August 14 at 12pm \nThe music is a patchwork amalgam of influences\, including: twangy Southern rock (they’ve opened for the Drive-By Truckers)\, reverb-soaked psychedelia reminiscent of early My Morning Jacket or fellow Athens residents Phosphorescent\, soaring guitar solos à la Neil Young and Crazy Horse\, rhythmic jangle from that other Athens band\, REM\, multi-part vocal harmonies (which every band ought to have\, dammit)\, and\, weaving through it all\, lyrical slide guitar. \n– Vox.com \nClose your eyes at a Futurebirds concert and they’ll transport you to memories of great times\, horrible breakups\, good looking women\, late-nights with friends\, simple easy days as a child\, your awkward phases of life\, a positive outlook on what the future holds\, and everything in-between. This is song-writing ladies and gentlemen. This is a band that has it. They’ve got the magic that pulls your heartstrings while simultaneously warming the heart and soul.” \n— Live Music Daily \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/futurebirds/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/futurebirds.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T210000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190821T134207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T153011Z UID:46321-1571518800-1571518800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Swervedriver DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale Friday August 23 at 10am \nIn 1990 London’s indie-rock guitar scene was developing a distinctive new psychedelic sound: swirling\, dreamy\, mysterious and very much of the British Isles. One band stood out by hot-wiring that sound with the subversive energy of some American bands of the era and that band was Swervedriver. They had the liquid distortion of shoegaze combined with the cool swagger of Hüsker Dü\, Sonic Youth\, and Dinosaur Jr – giving them a unique sound and attitude. \nRelocating from Oxford to London\, guitarists Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge\, bassist Adi Vines and drummer Graham Bonnar debuted with a series of landmark Creation Records EPs\, Son of Mustang Ford\, Rave Down\, and Sandblasted. Their full-length debut\, 1991’s Raise\, to this day is hailed by Pitchfork as an album full of “muscular\, scorching guitars” that “still bring the noise like nobody’s business” with Mojo stating that Son of Mustang Ford “remains one of the most glorious tunes to emerge in the wake of the so-called grunge explosion of ’89\, matching Adam Franklin and Jim Hartridge’s motorised guitar-weaving with a beguiling\, below-the-line vocal melody and lyrics that celebrated the joy of wide-open American freeways.” \nThe band toured the album extensively\, including a lengthy US tour with Soundgarden that brought their wall of sound to thousands. However with both Bonnar and Vines leaving the band not long after\, the 1992 EP Never Lose That Feeling looked like it might be Swervedriver’s (albeit scorching) swan song. Then in late 1992\, Franklin and Hartridge demoed a new tune Duress\, recruited drummer Jez Hindmarsh and set about recording a second full-length album Mezcal Head with Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine/Led Zeppelin)\, which included their biggest singles Duel and Last Train To Satansville. Touring extensively again\, this time with Smashing Pumpkins and Medicine and with new bass player Steve George onboard\, their sound was further imprinted on people’s minds. \nMore roadblocks came to be in their way though: highly revered third album Ejector Seat Reservation came out in 1995 but was never released or toured in the US and although the band returned strongly with their fourth full-length 1998’s 99th Dream\, the energy was dissipating and they imploded at the end of an Australian tour resolving to go on hiatus. \nGoing their separate ways – Franklin moved to the US and released solo albums with his band Bolts of Melody – no-one really knew if the band actually was on hiatus or had split entirely. Then came an announcement in late 2007 that they would be performing at the following year’s Coachella and heading back out on the road. Originally reforming with Hindmarsh on drums followed briefly by the return of Bonnar\, they finally settled on Mikey Jones of Heaven and Bolts of Melody and have continued touring and appearing at festivals internationally. \nIn 2013 everything was ratcheted up several notches when Swervedriver released its first single in 15 years\, Deep Wound. Spin Magazine called it a “warm\, confidently roiling return” with Mojo adding “those same distorted pop sensibilities remain reassuringly intact” and the band debuted the song on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in the States. \nAnd finally the announcement comes that the band has been recording at legendary studios Birdland in Melbourne\, and Konk in London. Their fifth album I Wasn’t Born To Lose You is to be released worldwide in March of 2015. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/swervedriver/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SWERVEDRIVER.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T220000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190906T154733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T161910Z UID:46411-1571522400-1571522400@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Mass Appeal with Dj AutoRock DESCRIPTION:AutoRock has played to packed crowds at the Rock & Roll Hotel for 10 years. At his long-running party MASS APPEAL\, AutoRock plays a funky mix of the best hip-hop\, house\, party jams\, and pop. Come to prepared to sweat. \nFREE | 21+ | 10PM – 3AM | 2ND FLOOR \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/mass-appeal-with-dj-autorock-2019-10-19/2019-10-19/ CATEGORIES:Live,Second Floor/DJs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MassAppealFlyer-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191025T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191025T220000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190815T142752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190925T142408Z UID:46302-1572040800-1572040800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Mark Farina DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale Friday August 16 at NOON \n18 and over event \n$10 early bird tickets until Friday August 30 at NOON \n$15 Tickets August 30 at NOON until Friday October 25 at Midnight \n$20 Day of show tickets \n \nMark Farina has solidified himself in the world of Dance Music as a trailblazing DJ\, Producer\, tastemaker and bona fide House Music icon. After 3 decades crisscrossing the globe\, he shows no signs of slowing down remaining innovative\, humble\, and firmly rooted in the underground. \n“I look at my job as a ‘modern day traveling minstrel’ bringing new music to as many places as I can and exposing audiences to obscure records that otherwise might go hidden.” \nAs an early House Music pioneer in the late 80’s\, Farina’s history includes an impressive long standing residency at Smart Bar Chicago and a job at the legendary Gramaphone Records. In the 90s\, Mark pushed musical boundaries and blended hip hop with downtempo grooves to create an entirely new genre\, “Mushroom Jazz”. Eventually\, Mark made San Francisco his home as his legendary DJ sets sparked a constant demand in clubs and festivals across the US. The Bay Area proved to be a perfect match for Mark’s musical vision and he released a string of major mix compilations including his Mushroom Jazz series. With a tireless passion for playing extended sets\, B2B shows with fellow House Music icons\, or playing both of his signature styles on 2 stages on the same night\, Farina continues to entertain his incredible fans all over the globe with over 100 shows per year. \n2019 is shaping up to be one of Mark’s best ever as he continues to push his label\, Great Lakes Audio Recordings\, to ever greater heights. He’ll continue to crisscross the country playing club dates at top venues and he’s set to perform at Sonic Bloom Festival in June\, West Fest Chicago in July\, and Defected Croatia in August. This year will also provide all of his fans and music lovers everywhere with the next chapter in the MJ series\, Mushroom Jazz 9! \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/mark-farina/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MARKFARINA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191025T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191025T220000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190819T130807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T130704Z UID:46313-1572040800-1572040800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Saturday Nite H St LIVE w/ Deejay Life DESCRIPTION:FREE | 2ND FLOOR | 10PM – 3AM | 21+ | #BESTPLACETODANCEDC \nJust a regular cat riding this life\, sharing good music\, good vibes\, and good vibrations. An Allstar Funk Slanger with an addiction to the 1’s and 2’s! Prepare to have fun and dance your soul off on our legendary 2nd floor! \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/friday-nite-h-st-live-w-deejay-life/ CATEGORIES:Live,Second Floor/DJs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DEEJAYLIFE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191026T190000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190910T144523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190930T143409Z UID:46447-1572116400-1572116400@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Back From The Dead Flashband Showcase by 7DrumCity DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale Friday September 20 at 10am \nBack From The Dead Flashband Showcase by 7DrumCity\n7DrumCity brings you a special Halloween tribute to dead artists: Back From The Dead. Come hear 9 BANDS play songs exclusively by artists who are in the grave. Dress up like your favorite dead musician to get in the spirit and take your shot at being crowned winner of the costume contest. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/back-from-the-dead-flashband-showcase-by-7drumcity/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/back-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191029T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191029T200000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190625T142511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190827T192921Z UID:46046-1572379200-1572379200@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Knocked Loose DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale Friday June 28 at 10am \nFor some it was all of the live energy\, for others it may have been the massive sleeper success of their 2016 LP but whatever it may be\, Knocked Loose’s arrival in the general public consciousness transcends metal and hardcore and into a new arena entirely. \nDue on August 23rd\, 2019 via Pure Noise Records\, A Different Shade of Blue is the mammoth and hotly anticipated follow-up to their 2016 debut\, the head-turning Laugh Tracks. Recorded by producer Will Putney\, the new LP was approached slower and more methodically than the band’s last smash effort\, abandoning the previous “live in studio” recording approach for something more deliberate. Under Putney’s direction\, the band cranked out twelve new tracks that deal with all manner of anger\, especially loss in lieu of absence. Vocalist and lyricist Bryan Garris initially felt blocked heading into the studio but eventually found catharsis\, as well as some of his most intensely personal lyrics to date. \nForged on musical bonds built at an early age\, Knocked Loose came together in the small yet relatively formidable hardcore / punk scene of the greater Louisville\, KY area– the same that gave birth to bands ranging from Slint to Breather Resist to Endpoint to Coliseum. And though said scene was relatively strong\, a lack of available bands\, touring parties and scarcity of gigs forced diversity– mixing genres and challenging young ears with new ideas\, approaches and styles. That diversity­ – death metal bands mingling with youth crew\, screamo on the same bill as Am-Rep-style bands and on and on– created the basis of Knocked Loose musically and the genesis for their approach\, an amalgam of heavy influences that never commits to any singular style but maintains a loyalty to the hardcore tradition. \nWhile A Different Shade of Blue reflects the diverse musical influences and backgrounds of Knocked Loose\, it also ups the ante. On the new effort\, the quintet come harder with a more fine-tuned approach toward songwriting\, riffs that would make Trey Azagthoth blush and an added level of vein-bulging fury to tie it into one nasty package. Featuring guest vocals from Emma Boster of Dying Wish and Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die\, A Different Shade of Blue is not only a step forward for the band\, but for hardcore as we know it. While some musical influences are easily identified–Pantera\, Hatebreed\, Obituary and more­– the band’s palette and canvas has expanded by leaps and bounds\, incorporating Gothenburg-style death metal (At the Gates\, early In Flames)\, slam metal (Devourment\,\nDying Fetus)\, blood-thirsty thrash (Sodom\, Kreator)\, black metal (Craft) and the mind-boggling complexity of latter noisy hardcore like Snapcase and Bloodlet. Spanning twelve tracks\, including the massive single “Mistakes Like Fractures” which reared its ugly head in April via 7” single\, A Different Shade of Blue clocks in at a lean and mean 37 minutes\, grabbing the listener by the throat from the jump and slowly tightening that grip for the duration. \nKnocked Loose is the obvious evolution to decades of bands like Integrity\, Disembodied\, Botch and others– total and complete integration between metal and hardcore into a singular\, seamless entity. Since its inception\, hardcore has evolved from the germ of “Slayer actually has punk parts” to crossover to the addition of everything from death metal to rap to shoegaze. Knocked Loose is the proverbial fish walking on land– the end of the evolution\, and possibly the apex of the metallic hardcore punk movement thus far. Ably combining the teeth-clenching hatred of a hardcore band with the unmitigated technicality and ferocity of metal\, Knocked Loose have conceived state of the art hatred– a true melting pot of ideas that combines pit-ready riffs\, memorable songwriting and deviously clandestine melody into a boiling-over pot of vitriol. \nSince 2016’s Laugh Tracks\, Knocked Loose\, comprised of the young Cole Crutchfield (rhythm guitar)\, Bryan Garris (vocals)\, Isaac Hale (lead guitar)\, Kevin Otten (bass) and Kevin Kaine (drums)\, have taken a huge leap\, moving from upstart hardcore-influenced favorites to bonafide key figures of the genre. Their debut offering was a revelation\, taking the world by storm and establishing the band as a major force within metal\, hardcore and beyond. Following the well received effort\, Knocked Loose hit the road and hard. The band is quick to single out turning point tours such as Warped Tour 2017\, a stellar showing at This is Hardcore 2018\, headlining gigs over the legendary Terror and Australia/Japan tours as crucial to their growth\, and while that may be partially true\, the real key component to their success lies beneath all of that– a strong attention to excellent songwriting and a near-undying work ethic. \nKnocked Loose have doubly proven their ability to write a cohesive and compelling record\, and the band is looking forward to proving themselves yet again at live gigs across the globe\, fan by fan. It’s this single-minded\, borderline-stubborn attitude to take the songs directly to the people that has driven this band from the get-go. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/knocked-loose/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/KL-PROMO.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T100000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190604T141817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190606T125517Z UID:45699-1572429600-1572429600@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Jay Som DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale Friday June 7 at 10am \nMelina Duterte is a master of voice: Hers are dream pop songs that hint at a universe of her own creation. \nRecording as Jay Som since 2015\, Duterte’s world of shy\, swirling intimacies always contains a disarming ease\, a sky-bent sparkle and a grounding indie-rock humility. In an era of burnout\, the title track of her 2017 breakout\, Everybody Works\, remains a balm and an anthem. \nDuterte’s life became a whirlwind in the wake of Everybody Works. After spending her teen years and early 20s exploring an eclectic array of musical styles — studying jazz trumpet as a child\, carrying on her Filipino family tradition of spirited karaoke\, and quietly recording indie-pop songs in her bedroom alone — that accomplished album found her playing festivals around the world\, sharing stages with the likes of Paramore\, Death Cab for Cutie\, and Mitski. \nIn November of 2017\, seeking a new environment\, Duterte left her home of the Bay Area for Los Angeles. There\, she demoed new songs\, while also embracing opportunities to do session work and produce\, engineer\, and mix for other artists (like Sasami\, Chastity Belt). Reckoning with the relative instability of musicianhood\, Duterte turned inward\, tuning ever deeper into her own emotions and desires as a way of staying centered through huge changes. She found a community; she fell in love. And for an artist whose career began after releasing her earliest collection of demos — 2015’s hazy but exquisitely crafted Turn Into — in a fit of drunken confidence on Thanksgiving night\, she finally quit drinking for good. “I feel like a completely different person\,” she reflects. Positivity was a way forward. \nThe striking clarity of her new music reflects that shift. After months of poring over pools of demos\, Duterte\, now 25\, essentially started over. She wrote most of her brilliant new album\, Anak Ko pronounced Ah-nuh Koh — in a burst during a self-imposed week-long solo retreat to Joshua Tree. As in the past\, Duterte recorded at home (in some songs\, you can hear the washer/dryer near her bedroom) and remained the sole producer\, engineer\, and mixer. But for the first time\, she recruited friends including Vagabon’s Laetitia Tamko\, Chastity Belt’s Annie Truscott\, Justus Proffitt\, Boy Scouts’ Taylor Vick\, as well as bandmates Zachary Elasser\, Oliver Pinnell and Dylan Allard — to contribute additional vocals\, drums\, guitars\, strings\, and pedal steel. Honing in on simplicity and groove\, refining her skills as a producer\, Duterte cracked her sound open subtly\, highlighting its best parts: She’s bloomed. \nInspired by the lush\, poppy sounds of 80s bands such as Prefab Sprout\, the Cure\, and Cocteau Twins — as well as the ecstatic guitarwork of contemporary Vancouver band Weed — Anak Ko sounds dazzlingly tactile\, and firmly present. The result is a refreshingly precise sound. On the subtly explosive “Superbike\,” Duterte aimed for the genius combination of “Cocteau Twins and Alanis Morissette” — “letting loose\,” she says\, over swirling shoegaze. “Night Time Drive” is a restless road song\, but one with a sense of contentedness and composure\, which “basically encapsulated my entire life for the past two years\,” she says — always moving\, but “accepting it\, being a little stronger from it.” (She sings\, memorably\, of “shoplifting at the Whole Foods.”) Duterte focused more on bass this time: “I just wanted to make a more groovy record\,” she notes. \nThe slow-burning highlight “Tenderness” begins minimally\, like a slightly muffled phone call\, before flowering into a bright\, jazzy earworm. Duterte calls it “a feel-good\, funky\, kind of sexy song” in part about “the curse of social media” and how it complicates relationships. “That’s definitely about scrolling on your phone and seeing a person and it just haunts you\, you can’t escape it\,” Duterte says. “I have a weird relationship to social media and how people perceive me — as this person that has a platform\, as a solo artist\, and this marginalized person. That was really getting to me. I wanted to express those emotions\, but I felt stifled. I feel like a lot of the themes of the songs stemmed from bottled up emotions\, frustration with yourself\, and acceptance.” \nThe title Anak Ko is the Filipino phrase for “my child.” It was inspired by an unassuming text message from Duterte’s mother\, who has always addressed her as such: Hi anak ko\, I love you anak ko. “It’s an endearing thing to say\, it feels comfortable\,” Duterte reflects\, likening the process of creating and releasing an album\, too\, to “birthing a child.” That sense of care charges Anak Ko\, as does another concept Duterte has found herself circling back to: the importance of patience and kindness. \n“In order to change\, you’ve got to make so many mistakes\,” Duterte says\, reflecting on her recent growth as an artist with a zen-like calm. “What’s helped me is forcing myself to be even more peaceful and kind with myself and others. You can get so caught up in attention\, and the monetary value of being a musician\, that you can forget to be humble. You can learn more from humility than the flashy stuff. I want kindness in my life. Kindness is the most important thing for this job\, and empathy.” \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/jay-som/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JaySom-by-Lindsey-Byrnes.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T210000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20191003T151052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191003T151052Z UID:46543-1572642000-1572642000@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:The Last Rewind :: Washington DC's Phish tribute band DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale Friday October 4 at 10am \n \n \nThe Last Rewind is Washington DC’s Phish tribute band and the latest project of an all-star conglomerate of DC-area musicians. Formed in 2015 and with dozens of shows under their belt\, The Last Rewind brings high energy sets\, faithfulness to Phish’s compositions and virtuosity\, and a unique style of improvisation to stages across the Mid-Atlantic. Look no further for your chance to experience the music of the Boys from Vermont. Close your eyes and The Last Rewind will transport you to the lawn at Merriweather or the floor of MSG. The members of The Last Rewind have played festivals including Lock’n and have shared bills throughout the region with Phish (actual Phish)\, moe.\, Lettuce\, Electron\, Kung Fu\, Dopapod\, Tauk and Blues Traveler. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/the-last-rewind-washington-dcs-phish-tribute-band/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/45024646_2166240086779257_4743472232297136128_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191102T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191102T200000 DTSTAMP:20191006T041635 CREATED:20190610T175354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190610T175515Z UID:45754-1572724800-1572724800@www.rockandrollhoteldc.com SUMMARY:Greyson Chance DESCRIPTION:“There are no second acts in American lives.” \nSo said American literary icon F. Scott Fitzgerald. But of course he’s wrong. Sadly\, he never had the opportunity of meeting Greyson Chance. \nThis uniquely gifted singer/songwriter/instrumentalist enjoyed a spectacular Chapter 1. After all\, how many other artists drew 14 million views to their debut singles on YouTube\, not to mention roughly 100 million views on their YouTube page? And performed multiple times on Ellen and other national TV outlets? And headlined in Beijing\, Hong Kong\, Singapore\, Manila and elsewhere in Far Eastern Asia — twice? \nAll before he was 17 years old? \nAs Fitzgerald surely knew\, when your story opens with a bang\, that can be hard to follow. But Chance is about to change all that\, with new music that captures not only his musical growth but also his skill at surviving the backwash of premature fame\, finding his true creative compass and redefining himself as an artist. \nGentle yet painfully honest. Spare in texture\, emotionally turbulent. The music of Greyson Chance blends insight and irresolution with a sensitivity many artist three times his age have yet to achieve. He is a virtuoso of understatement\, a plain-speaking poet and an artist whose time has come. \nYet to be titled\, his upcoming EP stems from years of reflection. Life-changing choices had to be made to bring him to this point. One of them involved acknowledging and embracing his orientation as a gay man. Perhaps even more courageously\, he escaped the mixed blessings of celebrity\, moved back to his home state of Oklahoma and enrolled at the University of Tulsa\, where he remains a student even now. \n“That was the hardest decision I’ve ever made\,” Chance muses. “I recorded my last EP\, Somewhere Over My Head\, in 2016. I was really proud of it. We took it to every label in L.A.\, knocked on everybody’s door. But the industry completely rejected me because when you start off young a lot of people don’t take you seriously when you’re older. I had a really popular video when I was 12 years old\, so when we’d go to meetings people would say\, ‘I remember that video!’’ That’s all they wanted to talk about\, so I realized I had to start building myself up again until I was ready to pick up the pieces and start a new life. \n“So I came back to Oklahoma. I’m so glad I did. I’ve come to appreciate how people stick up for each other and have each other’s backs. There’s also a romantic wildness in Oklahoma. I love the people here.” \nOnce Chance arrived and moved into his own apartment In Tulsa\, his perspective began to change. Freed from the pressures of the music business\, he felt a surge of self-discovery he hadn’t anticipated. “When I wrote a song \, I was able to stop thinking about what someone might think of it in a conference room in L.A.\,” he says. “I can never give up this process now. It’s always going to be with me.” \nAfter a spurt of inspired writing\, Chance flew to L.A. and headed to the studio of his friend and producer Willy Beaman. Together they polished and recorded Chance’s new songs\, some of which are featured on the upcoming EP. The single “Low” has already been released\, along with a haunting lyric video that consists of nothing but countryside shot from the window of a car driving down lonely roads. “I didn’t realize how I was feeling until I got that song down and fleshed out some of the things I was going through as I wrote it\,” he says. “It was very therapeutic.” \nOther tracks on the EP were equally illuminating. “‘’Good As Gold’ is very\, very close to me\,” Chance notes. “I’m telling myself\, ‘You’re good as gold. You can do this.’ It’s about a lot of things but mainly it symbolizes how I’ve grown and how far I’ve come.” \nAnother one\, “Hidden Love\,” addresses a more universal theme. “I’ve had relationships where I’ve had to tell my partner that the love has to stay hidden. When I was with him\, I couldn’t tell his parents or his friends that he has a boyfriend. That’s a side of me that obviously didn’t exist before I came out.” \nWhy does Chance’s latest work connect so powerfully? Partly it’s because it reflects his commitment to candor as well as his superb craftsmanship and disciplined but deeply emotional vocals. But the truth is simpler than that. \n“A lot of people think that artists write to sell product\,” he explains. “Very selfishly\, I write for one person. And that’s me. I’m happy that people can latch on to these songs. They tell me ‘Thank you so much for writing this music\,’ but I would have written it regardless. It’s just how I cope with life.” \nAs his 725\,495 YouTube subscribers already know\, Clearly Chance’s second chapter is deeper and more profound than the first. Still\, at age 20\, he is only beginning to share his story. The wonder is that his words and melodies may tell your story too. \n URL:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/calendar/greyson-chance/ CATEGORIES:Live ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://rockandrollhoteldc.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GREYSON-CHANCE-Press-Shot-USE-THIS.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR