DAM! Festival: Schedule, Thoughts

When I first discussed DAM! Festival there was little info other than who was playing. No info on specific places and times for those bands, but now we are there. Below is the schedule for DAM! Festival. From the site:

"As a service to both the great city of Washington, DC and serious music fans throughout the country, our vision is to reignite the DC music scene and promote greater visibility on the national radar. On October 26-28, 2006, The first annual DAM! Festival will host a city-wide weekend extravaganza, when prominent indie rock and hip-hop acts will be crashing DC in the spirit of our city’s historical (and now reawakened) celebration of musical diversity and community. Pre- and post-party shows will also take place on October 20th and November 2nd.

"In the vein of San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival and the Pop Montreal Festival, DAM! Fest will showcase members of the local music community alongside national acts, including bands you might not know, but should. We will bring them all together at four venues throughout the District." [Official Site]

This should be great for the city, the bands, and the venues. The only thing that sucks is who is playing opposite the majority of these shows elsewhere in the city. Or maybe that is a good thing...regardless, Dirty on Purpose is opposite TV On The Radio (Sonar) on the 20th, Cold War Kids and Bleeder Resistor are opposite The National (Black Cat) on the 26th, Travis Morrison (DC native and proprietor of a 0.0 from Pitchfork) is opposite Spank Rock (Black Cat) on the 27th, and then Bound Stems are opposite The Wrens (Black Cat) on the 28th. The good news is that Cloud Cult is opposite no one on the Day of the Dead (November 2nd).

Friday, 20 October
Pre-Party: Rock & Roll Hotel
Exit Clov
Dirty On Purpose
DJ Geologist (of Animal Collective)
The Dance Party

Thursday, 26 October
DC9
Cold War Kids
Soft Complex
The Oranges Band
Bellflur

Velvet Lounge
Bleeder Resistor
Gito Gito Hustler
The Electricutions
Len Bias

Rock & Roll Hotel
DJ Spooky
The Gray Kid
Person

The Red & The Black
Tulsa Drone
TBA
TBA

Friday, 27 October
Velvet Lounge
Olivia Mancini and the Housemates
Let's French
Nunchucks
The English Department

Rock & Roll Hotel
Travis Morrison
Longwave
Hopewell
Falcon

The Red & The Black
Laura Burhenn
Decibully
Carol Bui

Saturday, 28 October
DC9
De Novo Dahl
Bound Stems
Bishop Allen
Forget Cassettes
Pela

Velvet Lounge
The Opposite Sex
Drunken Sufis (ft. members of Exit Clov)

The Red & The Black
The Payola Reserve
The Eames Era
The Rewinds

Thursday, November 2
Hangover Party: DC9
Cloud Cult
TBA
TBA

[Bound Stems - Daytrotter Sessions]
MP3: Bound Stems - "Excellent News, Colonel"
MP3: Bound Stems - "Risking Life and Limb for the Coupon"

[Cold War Kids - Daytrotter Sessions]
MP3: Cold War Kids - "God Make Up Your Mind"
MP3: Cold War Kids - "We Used To Vacation"

MP3: Dirty On Purpose - "Mind Blindness"
MP3: Bleeder Resistor - "Better Days"