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Online underground music listening party on the first Friday night of every month
I didn't pick up the Washington City Paper until Friday evening, and I didn't get around to reading this article until this morning. Maybe next month you can give this event a go.
City Lights: Learn From a Famous Climate Scientist or Fight the Big One with Katie Alice Greer
We Fought The Big One with Katie Alice Greer
We Fought the Big One is D.C.’s “longest running monthly underground music listening party,” and they’re not about to let a pandemic break a streak that’s been going since 2004. WFTBO showcases post-punk and DIY music at Marx Cafe on the first Friday of the month—or at least they used to. In quarantine times, they do it via livestream. This Friday, they’ll bookend a performance from Katie Alice Greer with DJ sets from Rick Taylor, inspired by iconic British disc jockey John Peel. Greer formerly played with Priests, a D.C.-based group that started out as a pretty good punk band and evolved into a savage original. With albums like Nothing Feels Natural and The Seduction of Kansas, Priests evaded every label ever used to describe them, lapsing fluidly into spoken word poetry and weird, minimalist disco, all while remaining compulsively listenable. On the WFTBO stream, Greer will play a mix of covers and songs she's considering for her new solo album. Supposedly, Greer’s new music will be a departure from her work with Priests, but judging by songs recently posted on her Bandcamp page, it will be equally unpredictable. The event begins at 10 p.m. on Aug. 7 on twitch.tv. Free. —Will Lennon
We Fought The Big One with Katie Alice Greer
We Fought the Big One is D.C.’s “longest running monthly underground music listening party,” and they’re not about to let a pandemic break a streak that’s been going since 2004. WFTBO showcases post-punk and DIY music at Marx Cafe on the first Friday of the month—or at least they used to. In quarantine times, they do it via livestream. This Friday, they’ll bookend a performance from Katie Alice Greer with DJ sets from Rick Taylor, inspired by iconic British disc jockey John Peel. Greer formerly played with Priests, a D.C.-based group that started out as a pretty good punk band and evolved into a savage original. With albums like Nothing Feels Natural and The Seduction of Kansas, Priests evaded every label ever used to describe them, lapsing fluidly into spoken word poetry and weird, minimalist disco, all while remaining compulsively listenable. On the WFTBO stream, Greer will play a mix of covers and songs she's considering for her new solo album. Supposedly, Greer’s new music will be a departure from her work with Priests, but judging by songs recently posted on her Bandcamp page, it will be equally unpredictable. The event begins at 10 p.m. on Aug. 7 on twitch.tv. Free. —Will Lennon