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Friday, September 29, 2023
No one could see this coming. This summer, 34 years after their initial album release, Rocka Rolla, metal gods Judas Priest are weighing in again with an effort that tops one hour and 40 minutes in length and incorporates symphonic strings, all of it part of a rock opera tribute […]
Critical thought does not often enter into the creative process of L.A.-based band Year Long Disaster. Time and again when questioned about the band’s work on their eponymous debut album, guitarist and frontman Daniel Davies deferred to various forms of the answer “It just happened.”
George Mason High School Spring Concert, GMHS Auditorium, 7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Thursday, May 29, 7:30 p.m.
Latin Bands Turning Up More & More Often At State Theatre, Bringing Big Crowds With Them Falls Church resident Joey Carrasquillo, 31, has been playing percussion in bands all his life but success has come much more readily to him in the last four years in his newly formed band […]
THE ANNUAL FALL VARIETY SHOW at George Mason High School last week saw some of the better talent of recent years, including performances by 27 members of a drum class and 13 members of a guitar class. In addition to rock bands, there were 25 members of a jazz ensemble, […]
The boys of No Second Troy are searching for the sweet spot. They are striving to stay on that fine line of originality and accessibility. It’s a precarious perch to be sure. Stray too far into developing a distinct identity and they risk spurning supporters unwilling to devote time towards […]
There was once a time when Charlie Bernardo stood upon the precipice of a recording contract. The offers were there, lucrative ones at that, all he had to do was say “yes.” But something didn’t feel right for Bernardo, the seventh of 10 children born to Cuban parents who immigrated […]
Celebrate Fairfax! Festival, June 8-10, Fairfax County Government Center
The beginning of each college semester at the University of Florida was always exciting. It brought fresh faces from new places and renewed hope for the possibility of young love. Inevitably, there would be one guy in class that instantaneously caused my eyes to pop out and my head to […]
He’s been called a taste maker, trend setter and a bellwether, but KCRW DJ Nic Harcourt says there is really just one term that defines him. It’s been 11 days since Nic Harcourt has been at his office and he’s deathly afraid of opening the door. Since he took […]
