Bands MIA In DC?

I am realizing that bands frquently skip DC for shows. I can understand why this happens in Pittsburgh (it is not along convenient tour routes, smaller market), but DC is odd. I suspect it has to do with venue difficulty, including the 930 Club’s “aggressive” appropriation of revenues but this cannot be the entire story.

For fun and out of bitterness, I intend to keep a list of bands not coming to DC.

Today I found out Fiery Furnaces will not be coming to town, even though they sold out Black Cat and 930–one of my favorite shows of 2005–in their two most recent appearances. And it is not a West Coast tour situation, as they will be going through the area from New Haven, CT to Charlottsville, VA and then could again swing through the area from Pittsburgh (interesting) to Ithaca, NY.

And other DC snubs I have recently come across include The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs (but this is a mini-tour with a full tour coming post-album release).

FT Is Hip, Or Am I Out Of Touch With Today’s Kids?

I recently came upon the band Arctic Monkeys. I recommend them to anyone enjoying the dance rock and neo-no wave trends.

Apparently, I’m way behind on the whole Arctic Monkeys tip, as I’ve been teased by ZS and the FT has an entire op-ed piece less than a week after I first listened to their albums. Next thing you know, the FT will be drinking a Heineken and out-labeling other scenesters (Note: I do neither). The article is not a particular worthwhile read, but I include it after the jump for amusement.
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