Articles
• Monica Hesse tells us all about Japanese girl group AKB48‘s trip to DC [Washington Post]. How to explain AKB48. The group contains 60-ish members, selected through a rolling “American Idol”-esque audition process. It is the largest pop group in the world. When its members get older, they graduate and are replaced with trainee AKB48s. The group’s past 11 singles have topped Japanese charts, and Japanese citizens get to vote on which members will appear in which videos. Tickets to the band’s shows are distributed via lottery. AKB48 is huge.
• Ally Schweitzer continues the Lincoln Theatre saga– oh, and hey, she’s got a copy of Blues Alley owner Harry Schnipper‘s bid to purchase the venue [Washington CityPaper].
• If you’re headed out to the Hamilton, check out Washingtonian’s restaurant review for tips on what to eat (or not) while you’re there.
• Heavy Uber Alles brings us 6 heavy tunes every Tuesday. This week’s edition includes High On Fire, Kylesa, Danzig, and more.
• Planning guides: DCist’s This Week in Hip-Hop. Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda [Washington Post].
• Listen: Washerwoman‘s debut 7″, on Cricket Cemetery Records [Washington CityPaper].
• Listen: RAtheMC‘s the Grace Jones Experiment Mixtape [DC Mumbo Sauce].
Live reviews
• Brianne Nemiroff on Jordan Knight at the Fillmore [TBD].
• Stephen Bradley on Beast Make Bombs at DC9 [Washington Times].
• Jenn Bress on Miniature Tigers with Geographer and the Chain Gang of 1974 at DC9 [the Vinyl District].
• We Love DC on Thomas Dolby at the Birchmere.
Contests
• The Vinyl District is giving away a 2-LP set of the Mastodon album The Hunter. Winner must have a North American mailing address. (contest ends Thursday 3/29).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of VCMB‘s Ssss on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address. (contest ends Friday 3/30).
• (S)Hell fest is giving away a T-shirt! Enter via twitter using these instructions (contest ends Saturday 3/31 at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a signed copy of Rufus Wainwright‘s Out of the Game. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 4/3).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Donovan Quinn‘s Honky Tonk Medusa on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 4/3).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Creed at the Warner Theatre on 4/24 (contest ends Sunday 4/15).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Nickelback at the Verizon Center on 4/30 (contest ends Monday 4/23).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Marilyn Manson at the Fillmore Silver Spring on 5/1 (contest ends Sunday 4/1).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to the sold-out Radiohead show at the Verizon Center on 6/3 (contest ends Sunday 5/27).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Dave Matthews Band at Jiffy Lube Live on 6/16 (contest ends Sunday 6/3).
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