I couldn't believe it when I found out this week that one of my favorite Indie Rock bands are reuniting next month to play a couple of benefit gigs in their hometown of D.C.



From the website:

As many of you know, our good friends J. Robbins and Janet Morgan had a son last year who was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). When DeSoto Records set up a PayPal account for donating money to the Robbins' family, it was brought to our attention that there were exorbitant medical bills and costs outside of their insurance plan to be dealt with. In light of this, The Dismemberment Plan will be playing a benefit show for Cal Robbins at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 28th. Tickets are $15, and with help from the City Paper and the Black Cat, all proceeds from this show will go to help Cal Robbins. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 2nd at 5pm through the Black Cat or Ticketmaster


Unfortunately tickets have sold out completely for both shows. :pout.

I really wanted to go, and I was even prepared to trek all the way down to D.C. to see them. That's devotion. To me they were an incredible band that I thought was going to save Rock music, but imploded way before their time. But it's great to hear that they're coming back to help their friends in need.

But the worst thing I've heard about this is that scalpers are going on various service sites to sell tix at an unreasonable price. That's fucked up considering that this is a benefit show and thaty they're trying to make a buck off the suffering of this child. Bastards.

But it's great to see that a band whom I never thought would reunite are doing it for a good cause.