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Aly & AJ
Baltimore Soundstage — Baltimore, MD
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About Aly & AJ

Aly & AJ are sisters who started as teen pop acts in the mid-2000s before basically vanishing and coming back on their own terms. They had the Disney Channel run and the pop radio moment with "Potential Breakup Song," which is legitimately catchy and still holds up. Then they kind of stepped away, pursued other stuff, got older, and eventually came back with music that felt more like them — less polished, more guitar-driven indie pop. Their 2017 album "Ten Years" was a real statement that they weren't trying to recapture their youth but actually move forward in it. They've built this weirdly devoted fanbase of people who grew up with them and stuck around, plus people who discovered them later and appreciated that they didn't keep chasing whatever made them famous originally. Their music is melodic without being saccharine, and there's real craft in the songwriting.

Their crowds are loyal but not huge. Shows feel intimate even in larger venues because the people there actually know the words to everything. There's genuine affection in the room rather than nostalgia hunting. They play tight, sound good, and seem comfortable on stage in a way that suggests they're doing this because they want to.

Known for Potential Breakup Song, Chapels, Out of Sight Out of Mind, Promises Promise, Good Love

Aly & AJ + Washington DC

Aly & AJ brought their carefully curated setlist to The Anthem in October, drawing from both their recent work and deeper catalog. They opened with 'Take Your Time' and 'Silver Deliverer' before settling into the kind of thoughtful pacing that defined the night. 'Chemicals React' landed somewhere in the middle, a reminder of their pop sensibility, while deeper cuts like 'With Love From' and 'The Last Town' showed how much their songwriting has matured. They closed with 'Potential Breakup Song,' which felt like a deliberate choice to end on something that acknowledged where they started without being beholden to it.

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Live Music in Washington DC

Washington DC has always maintained a particular indie-pop sensibility, from Dischord Records' shadow to the current crop of bedroom pop and alternative artists working the smaller venues. Aly & AJ's brand of self-aware pop—clever enough to avoid saccharine, earnest enough to avoid cynicism—slots naturally into a city that's never been particularly interested in obvious commercial gestures. The Anthem itself represents DC's shift toward mid-sized venues that can actually pay artists and book quality shows.

Washington DC road trip to see Aly & AJ?

Stay in Georgetown or Capitol Hill, both walkable neighborhoods with excellent restaurants and bars. Book a table at Kinfolk in Capitol Hill for refined New American cooking, or head to Pineapple and Pearls for something more elaborate if you want to splurge. During the day, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden offers world-class contemporary art without the crowds of the main Smithsonians. Walk the C&O Canal towpath if the weather cooperates. Hit up one of the city's serious record shops like Smash! Records before the show.

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