Washington, DC is a proud punk rock town. Although the punk mantle has largely passed to breezy, easy indie rock dance parties, which owe a lot of their existence to punk work ethics (not an oxymoron), many people in music still remember DC best for its contributions to hardcore punk, straightedge culture, and Fugazi’s brand of emo (which really ought to be renamed if it hasn’t already as it bears no resemblance to the current sensation calling itself emo).
Anyway, a lot of the more infamous DC punk rockers, such as Henry Rollins, have long since left town while others have retired quietly to the back corners of their homes and Asylum. The city is blessed with a transplant, however, which keeps the punk ethic alive in the form of Bob Mould, formerly of Husker Du.
Mould has a newish band, the Bob Mould band, that performs regularly at the 9:30 Club. He also collaborates with “dance music artist” Richard Morel for a DJ dance party called Blowoff, which also appears at the 9:30 most months. Both band and dance party are up on at the 9:30 Club this Saturday, March 15, at 6:30pm and 11:30pm respectively. Blowoff, a gay friendly dance party, features pleasant pop dance tunes and rock anthems developed by Mould and Morel. The original tunes are really well conceived and developed, so check them out at the Blowoff MySpace page.
To add to his visibility, Mould wrote a song titled “Dog on Fire,” performed by They Might Be Giants as the theme for The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He also did a cool remix of Interpol’s “Length of Love” for the bonus disc on their album Antics (considered by many to be their best album).
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