There is going to be a pretty huge rock party extravaganza this Friday @ 9:30 Club with The Dance Party, Ra Ra Rasputin, Tigercity, and Casper Bangs. Not to mention the first and only time The Dance Party's limited run EP "Tigers" will be available. Oh, and according to Viper of The Dance Party, they will be "partying all night long with reckless abandon and carefree danger". Normally you'd think that was just hype bullshit, but I know these guys, and they mean it with all their hearts.
We have 2 pairs of tickets + two free copies of the Tigers EP for two lucky winners. All you have to do is show some love in the comments.
Also, here's an exclusive unreleased Dance Party track and some commentary:
Love Allegiance - The Dance Party
"This is one of the tracks we're considering for our new record. We're going to have some different sounds to the record and we felt this had an interesting to it.
The instrumental sounded really Whitney Houston so we dug it. It was produced by The Dance Party and Nick Public (an awesome DJ from San Francisco - http://www.myspace.com/publicworld) with engineering help from our boy Kyle Downs, and was mixed up at Quad Studios in NYC by Andros Rodriguez.
We start recording the new record out in LA next week. It may show up on the record in one form or another."
The Dance Party on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thedanceparty
Previously in Misc/Awesome:
- 12/28: Terrible Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Generator.
- 12/1: The John Waters Advent Calendar-it starts today
- 11/28: It Chooses You: All I Want for Christmas is Everything from Miranda July's Pop-Up Shop
- 11/3: Things I'd Move to Minnesota For
- 9/6: PHOTOS: Maloof $$ Money Cup
- 9/2: PHOTOS: Chantilly Model Train Show
- 9/1: Libby's List: 5 Things I Want Right Now...
- 8/22: PHOTOS: Best Friends Day
- 8/10: PHOTOS: Lawn Mover Racing, Eastern Seaboard Regionals @ Bowles Farm
- 7/26: Special List: Things the BYGays Want Now That We Can Marry In DC (and NY!)
God loves a cheerful giver.
word up, how do i bring my drink and my two step? saw them in baltimore, stuff gets weird, i love it.
great track! learned about these guys thru Tigercity and they are nothing but the truth!
these guys are gonna be huge! (if they aren't so already) Can I say I remember when I used to get Evites to their shows?
do it now, lick it good- give me those tickets just like you should
For tickets i'll straight up lick socks and rocks.
gimme, gimme...gimme tickets.
I love Casper Bangs!
And the Dance Party once got drunk and hit on me!
Never actually heard you guys until today. Sounds awesome.
Saw Ra Ra last month- super fun show at the black cat. looking forward to it!
the dance party is a wrecking ball that may collapse the walls of 9:30 club. V street will never be the same. Ra Ra Rasputin isn't so shabby either! faces will be licked, shoes will burn off of feet, guys will be wearing more make up than the girls. hopefully not, but if so the dance party will melt faces off as well as ear drum pieces.
My annual birthday TDP show! I will do a birthday shot with the boys on Friday to celebrate! XOXOXOXOXO
My friend knew Kevin (DP) back when they were young bucks. She regaled us with this humorous story involving Kevin, a bunch of neighborhood kids, and a dog collar. Apparently, he shocked said friend with an electric fence dog collar waaay back in the day. everyone piled on top of her, and she thought people were pinching her when really he was holding the collar up to her neck and it was shocking her.
hearing her retell this story was the funniest thing, ever.
the.end.
That is one sexy flyer!
i once bashed the shit out of kevin from the dance party b/c of the billy corgan incident and this is my 2nd and final public apology. kevin, i love you. but strictly in a gay way.
ra ra is going to kill it.
Call me when the Dance Party learns more than six songs. I don't even mind that they all sound exactly the same if there were just one note we haven't heard a billion times. Pass.
I have always wanted to be deflowered to the dance party...maybe this is my lucky shot.
I'm coming all the way from Richmond to this mess. Mileage = love.
Hello there, friend. I am here for the reckless abandon and a little bit of that carefree danger that you tout. To be honest, I can't say I know much about the Dance Party or Tigercity, but I hear nice things. Great things, even. I do, however, know a bit about Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine. Although I cannot personally speak of their love-making skills, judging from their dripping wet booty banging beats, I fathom they can hang.
I also come from Russia, but unlike Rasputin, my love-machine skills are only so-so. Please help a poor Muscovite hone his booty-shaking skills by hooking me up with a ticket to the show. Maybe someday, I too can rival my great predecessor. Pozhalusta, I plead!
h8 dancing
I asked my friend if she wanted to come to the Ra Ra Rasputin-Dance Party show.
Two bands I knew she didn't know but thought she might like because they're fun and DC locals.
She responded very positively, "YES! I love Russian dance parties!"
I hope you can live up to her expectations.
@Cherry -
Concerning the dance party, you overlooked that:
their guitarist is an asshole,
their singer needs to get a haircut and put his shirt back on
their keyboardist used to be in Beauty Pill (wtf happened?)
their drummer used to be in an emo band!?!
AND their bassist is Rishi.
on top of that they have no indie cred.
if i win these i will flex my vipers (bicepts) and let out my inner tiger.
shake shake shake my bootay on the floor..if i gogo..
I may have to borrower money from my brother or sister 2 go bc the whole crew is going but I may not look like such a looser if I win some tixs THAT WOULD BE NICE!! thx
i like to dance.
i like to party.
amen.
mmmmmmmmmmm...free tickets!
they are unreal LIVE so be there or be square,,,
Get at them, everyone should make this show! Can not wait!
hey byt, rob's newest band is sure to make for a harder tomorrow today!
Cannot wait to see this show!
Dance party is my favorite thing ever... Now I get to see them, awesome!
Can't wait to pick up the Tigers EP. Girls, Rad Dancing, Don Knotts and The Dance Party all night. Danger, baby!
The dance party = blowing up 09! They will melt some faces
and wet some panties. HellYa!
I will fart in this bands general direction! Actually this is the only band in dc worth $15 and I look forward to getting loose like footloose
I love the DP. Saw them back when at the Washington Social Christmas and have been a fan ever since. I have not had the chance to pick up tix yet, so a hook-up would make my year.
2 FREE TICKETS WILL ALLOW THE CONTINUATION OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C'MON "C"...
I need to see The Dance Party for a 5th time! They are awesome and super energetic live. Looking for a job and my concert money is decreasing so free tix and EP sounds beyond rad!
Obama's abroad chillin with Medvedev and Putin
who cares, yo? DC's got Ra Ra Rasputin,
the dance party, casper bangs and tigercity
Patrick Kigongo gets the vote of my committee.
Brooklyn's underground rock scene invading dc
electro indie pop beats for the hipster bourgeoisie
(who, like myself, can't really afford the admission fee).
I want my Friday filled with Dance-Punk, 80's new wave and powerpop,
so won't you pretty please let me come hear the beat drop?
i dont wanna stay home watching Walker, Texas Ranger
i wanna party all night long with reckless abandon and carefree danger
so do the right thing, BYT and fellow bands,
put them two tickets into my eager hands!
need some Dance Party!!!!!!
this is my english teacher!
What a GREAT Line up! Ra Ra Rasputin, Casper Bangs AND Dance Party (not sure about Tigercity, haven't heard them yet) are all super talented local bands and this is definitely a "bang for your buck" show! I'm planning to be there (being unemployed at the moment, it'd be great to have a free ticket!) Sure to be a fun night!
Woaaaaaah! What a line up!
Way too excited- This looks like some grooooovy fun!
DC music is the best and only!
I can't wait to wear my crazy ninja boots to Ra Ra Rasputin! The big toe is separate like mittens and they're ace for dancing.
I haven't left my house in 49 days out of fear I'm being hunted by the Russian mob...yet I plan to risk it all--for one night only--to see The Dance Party! I figure if it's my time, at least I'll be on my way to something I love!! Go F-yourself you Russian Commies!!!
The dance party me encanta! Son un grupo fenomenal. No aguanto ir a ver el show... espero que toquen hasta el amanecer jaja.
Tal vez te preguntas porque estoy escribiendo en español? Porque asi soy de cooool
Rock on yo.
I LOVE IT! THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU GUYS WAS THE SHOW AT THE ROXY WITH MALBEC AND BLUESKY AND YOU GUYS TOTALLY ROCKED! I MADE SURE I WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STAGE AND YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME! AND THIS SHOWS LINE UP SOUNDS CRAZY! I HOPE I CAN MAKE IT!!!