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  Washington Social Club - Jarvis Cocker
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First things first: The Washington Social Club is a damn fun band, a combination of energy and idea in equal measure. Formed in 2002 by Martin Royle, Olivia Mancini and Randall Scope, WSC quickly became DC's hottest young band, with appearances on MTV, The Carson Daily Show, and numerous articles in The Washington Post.

The release of their first album "Catching Looks" got the band national attention and strong reviews from The Onion, Blender, Rolling Stone and The Alternative Press. "Catching Looks" was both a self-aware portrayal of life in modern America, and a hats-off salute to sex and drugs. The song "Backed to the Future" sums the band up perfectly during this period: "We rock cause we want to/we rock cause we need to/we rock cause we can't sleep/under bridges and asphalt."

They toured for the album extensively, opening and playing with big names such as The Hold Steady, Hot Hot Heat, Stars, Presidents of the United States of America and Phantom Planet. They also added a man: DC guitar God Evan Featherstone was brought in to expand the band's taut sound.

Progress was made and WSC's music took an impressive step forward.

In early 2005 they began work on their second album, "Bigger than your boyfriend." During the recording process, they added the indomitable Jared Featherstone (Evan's brother) on guitar, keyboard and percussion. With the wall of sound now fully built, the rhythm section still firing out precision dance steps and the lyrics cutting deeper than ever, The Washington Social Club continues to tour to an ever-growing fanbase.