The Alchemist
The band M.A.A.M was born in Northern Virginia to four moms and a man, hence the acronym. This alt-rock act formed the band to combine their voices against the patriarchy, and to stand up against injustice towards women. They make great music and they know how to remove a blood stain from a rayon blouse (check it out on their website). St. P, vocalist and guitar player, also identifies as a part-time werewolf. M.A.A.M. has also got a tagline: “It’s not a midlife crisis, it’s a movement. Now go to your room!” This band is perfect not just for parents in the midst of their very own midlife crises, but also for anyone looking for fun music and a break from the doldrums of quarantine.
Their first single, “Manster!”, reminds me of a Blondie song— hardcore in its feminity. M.A.A.M released their second single, “Better,” on November 20th. The eccentricity of this band, their care and love for the DC music scene, and the pure earth-shattering excellency of their music and aesthetics makes it mandatory to take a listen. Check it out below: it’s rare to find a band with such a combination of sweetness and head-bopping percussion.
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By this point in his life, Foghat founding drummer Roger Earl has visited quite a few doctors. But what may be surprising is that the percussionist, 77, is quick to point out that many of the medical professionals who have worked on him also enjoy rocking out.
“Nearly all the doctors and surgeons I know, they all play something: trumpet, sax, violin, guitar,” Earl said recently. “There’s not too many drummers that are surgeons, there’s probably a good reason for that!”
Earl half-jokingly invites his surgeon-rockers to join him and the other members of Foghat onstage at the Fillmore in Silver Spring March 9, where they will be headlining the Rock and Roll for Children Foundation benefit for the Children’s Inn at NIH. Earl, the only original member of Foghat still in the band, will be banging the skins behind guitarist Bryan Bassett and other members Scott Holt and Rodney O’Quinn. “Slow Ride,” the band’s 1975 megahit, is all but assured to be on the setlist, along with tunes from Foghat’s most recent record, “Sonic Mojo.”
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