I was delighted to read in a recent Pitchfork interview that A.C. Newman of the New Pornographers considers our nation's capital his favorite city to play. Sometimes I feel like D.C. and the surrounding region gets a bad rap for its musical fanhood since well, our music scene is not New York's or various other cooler, hipper places. Plus, we have horrible venues with horrible names like Nissan Pavilion Jiffy Lube Live.
So the fact that our city got a special shout out definitely warmed my heart and made me love the New Pornographers a little more today.
I had the pleasure of seeing the band play at the 9:30 Club a couple years ago, with Okkervil River as the opening act. Not a bad lineup, if you ask me. I've never been a diehard NP fan and have actually always thought their members did better things as part of side or solo projects than as a band (for example, I love everything Dan Bejar/Destroyer has done far more than any New Pornographers album) . That said, they always have those handful of songs that stay stuck in my head. And, their power pop is a great soundtrack for summer. Ironically enough, one of my favorite New Pornographers song is not really power pop at all. It's a lovely ballad with a weird and quirky video. I know I should be probably be talking about their new album, "Together," but too bad, I'm plugging "Challengers" instead.
(Image courtesy of Glide Magazine)
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