Lotus | Nov.13′ PREVIEW | 9:30 Club | Washington, DC

Lotus returns to the District

Words by :: Michael Urban

Photos by :: Zack Teator

Lotus, one of our favorite bands, has hit the road on a mini-tour, releasing subsequent dates that will take them to the end of 2013, where they will celebrate New Years by playing 2 nights at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA. But before Lotus and their fans celebrate another amazing year, which was filled with sold out club shows, packed festival sets, and the release of a long awaited experimental hip-hop album, the band will head to one of the premier rock clubs in the country–The 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.

It’s not so much an opinion as it is a fact that the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC’s U Street Corridor is one of the best clubs in the country. Consider the following moments of prestige: It was named by Pollstar as “Night Club of the Year”. Billboard.com (Billboard Touring Awards) honored the venue with its Top Club award from 2007 to 2012, the only year it did not win being 2008, when the ‘Top Club’ award was not presented. RollngStone.com has even gone so far as to name The 9:30 Club, “the #1 Big Room in America” over such venues as Radio City Music Hall, The Fillmore in San Francisco, and Stubbs in Austin Texas.

*Video shot at the 9:30 Club

:: History ::

If you are like me then you enjoy looking back at what was played the last time that the band was in town. Here are the last 3 years of Lotus set lists at the 9:30 Club. As far as I know the band first started playing the venue in 2010…

02/13/2010 | Opening band: Toubab Krew

 I. Blacklight Sunflare, Greet the Mind, In an Outline, Wax, Scrapple, Sunrain > Intro to a Cell > Sunrain

II. Lucid Awakening, Simian, Its All Clear to Me Now > Hammerstrike, Bubonic Tonic > Dowrn, Flower Sermon

E. Disappear in a Blood-Red Sky, Tip of the Tongue

 02/11/2011 | Opening band: Daedelus and Mr. Lif

I. Grayrigg, Livingston Storm, Break Build Burn, Lead Pipe > Suitcases, Tarasque*

II. Behind Midwest Storefronts, Bellwether > Umbilical Moonset > Bellwether, Kesey Seed, Bubonic Tonic > Hammerstrike, 128

E. Marisol

* with Mr. Lif

 02/12/2011

I. Golden Ghost, Travel > Jump Off, Pitched to the Fire, Destroyer, Blue Giant, Wax

II. Turquoise, Flower Sermon, Lou Carcohl, It’s All Clear to Me Now > Mega Man 2 Dr. Wiley’s Theme > It’s All Clear to Me Now > Spiritualize

E. Modicum, Bush PIlot

 04/13/2012

I. Wax, Kodiak, We Are Now Connected > Lucid Awakening, Middle Road, Blacklight Sunflare

 II. Intro to a Cell, Harps, What Did I Do Wrong, Sid > Shimmer and Out > Did Fatt > Flower Sermon > Shimmer and Out, Broken Amp Improvisation > Bush Pilot

 E. Cain & Abel, Age of Inexperience

 04/14/2012

I. Hammerstrike, Massif, The Surf, Ashcon*, Plant Your Root > Suitcases, In an Outline

II. Greet the Mind, Spiritualize, Sodium Vapor, Livingston Storm > Dowrn, Strawberry Letter 23, 128

E. Umbilical Moonrise, Bellwether

* First time played

 
**All photos are from the last time Lotus played at the 9:30 Club in DC**

Tickets are still available for many of the remaining 2013 shows. To purchase tickets to any of the following please click here. Support live music and this band by getting out there and seeing a gig. As if you need any more reason if you follow the bands official Facebook page or visit any of the fan groups then you will know they are on fire right now which is nothing new. Seize the moment, make some plans, grab a friend and boogie!

11/05/2013 – Madison Theater  | Covington, KY

11/07/2013 – Sherman Theater | Stroudsburg, PA

 11/08/2013 – The F Shed at the Market | Syracuse, NY

 11/09/2013 – 9:30 Club | Washington, DC

 11/10/2013 – 9:30 Club | Washington, DC

 11/30/2013 – Terminal 5 | New York, NY

 12/30/2013 – Electric Factory | Philadelphia, PA

 12/31/2013 – Electric Factory | Philadelphia, PA