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ALL CAPS | The four members of Algiers.

Algiers’ Anguished Rock Turn Celebratory at Black Cat’s 28th Anniversary Concert

By Cameron Newman September 16, 2021

★★★★★ On Sept. 11, 14th Street’s Black Cat celebrated its 28th anniversary with a concert featuring five bands and a DJ between sets. The headlining act was Algiers, an Atlanta-based rock...

@FRANKIECOMBOS/INSTAGRAM | Frankie Cosmos enthralled her audience at the Black Cat on Sept. 27, demonstrating sonic growth while still preserving her signature youthful sound.

Frankie Cosmos Finds the Joy in Sadness at Black Cat

By Kira Pomeranz October 2, 2019

The melodic and jumpy ballads of Frankie Cosmos excited the nearly sold-out Black Cat on Sept. 27, following the release of their newest album, “Close It Quietly,” which has been receiving critical...

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Psychedelic Rock Band Pond Mesmerizes Audience With Theatrical Dreamscape

By Nick Okerlund November 20, 2018

“How will this epicenter of the world political climate cope when our touring circus, so ridiculous that surely there can be none alike, rolls into town?” Pond frontman Nick Allbrook wrote in a...

Concert Review: Billie Eilish at the Black Cat

By Annie Gott March 22, 2018

Gray-haired, 16-year-old singer Billie Eilish is full of paradoxes. Her voice is light, angelic and mature well beyond her years, but allusions to violence in her lyrics and more ominous production...

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Punk Rock Spread From WGTB to the Streets of DC

By Maddie Finn February 8, 2018

“It felt like things could explode at any moment into absolute chaos.” James Schneider, director of the upcoming documentary “Punk the Capital,” was not describing a heated protest but rather...

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Concert Review: The Drums at the Black Cat

By Emily Greffenius December 5, 2017

The Drums shared an intimate experience, rather than a basic performance, with its audience at its Nov. 16 gig at the Black Cat. At the casual and well-worn venue, there was little space between...

Concert Review: Dessa at the Black Cat

Concert Review: Dessa at the Black Cat

By Rachel Linton November 15, 2017

No two  songs by rapper singer Margret Wander, better known by her stage name, Dessa sound the same — and her sold-out show at the Black Cat on Nov. 10 proved just that. Her vocal skills and range of...

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Concert Review: RAC at the Black Cat

By Maddy Forbess October 22, 2017

Critics of electronic dance music claim that the genre is too mechanical, but Portuguese DJ RAC challenges this notion, as he brought each of his songs to life onstage during his show at the Black...

Cabaret Reveals School Music Scene

By Margie Fuchs February 27, 2015

From the perspective of someone who cannot match a pitch to save her life and who is completely outside of the elusive Georgetown music scene, Georgetown Cabaret was nothing short of a musical revelation. The...

Georgetown Cabaret This Friday

Georgetown Cabaret This Friday

By Sydney Bolling and Sydney Bolling February 18, 2015

So you may have heard around campus that this Friday, Feb. 20, is Georgetown Cabaret. Before you get confused, let me just say I am not talking about Cabaret the musical. So if in your head you’re...

Punk Rock Band Brings Hardcore Sounds to the Black Cat

By Abby Reutzel October 29, 2013

With three openers, all of whom could be considered more hardcore than Senses Fail, the musical veterans took to the stage at around 11 on Friday night to a crowd already pumped for their appearance....

Best Bets: The Last Weekend

By Kaitlyn Morio and Kaitlyn Morio April 27, 2012

It’s the last weekend before most of us will be living in Lau studying for finals so we have to go out with a bang, and there is plenty to do this weekend to make sure that happens. See what you can...

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