ShowlistDC Music Notes: Thursday 04-05-12



Articles


• The Washington CityPaper has a huge article on the zine chickfactor. CF’s 20th anniversary shows (featuring the return of Black Tambourine) are this weekend at Artisphere in Rosslyn.

• WTOP has more information about Scott Crawford‘s punk documentary, Salad Days: DC’s Punk Revolution, including an interview with Crawford.

• Interview/preview: Shauna Miller talks to Big Freedia [Express], who’s at Golden West tonight.

• Interview/preview: Marie Gullard talks to Toshiko Akiyoshi, whose trio is at Blues Alley tonight, Friday, and Saturday.

• More press on the Howard Theatre: from Express and a photo gallery in the Washington Post.

• Listen: Black Tambourine‘s cover of “I Remember You”, remixed by New York’s Violens [Washington CityPaper].

• Watch: Locals Borracho have released their first video. It’s for the song “Concentric Circles” from their debut album Splitting Sky (which I reviewed back in December for the Washington Post).

• A brief guide to Windian Records, whose showcase is Friday/Saturday at Montserrat House [Express].

• DCist’s This Week in Jazz.



Live Reviews


• Coverage of Wild Flag at the 9:30 Club: live review by Jenn Bress [The Vinyl District] and photos by Erica Bruce [Washington CityPaper].

• NoVA Metal Review on A Sound of Thunder at Empire.

• Anne Midgette on eighth blackbird at the Kennedy Center [Washington Post].



Contests


NEW The Vinyl District is giving away two 7″ singles from Electric Cowbell Records and two tickets to Nappy Riddem with Super Hi-Fi at the Montserrat House, tonight! (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see KISS and Motley Crue at Jiffy Lube Live on 7/20 (contest ends Friday 4/6).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Nirvana‘s Incesticide on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Friday 4/6).
• DCHeavyMetal is giving away a pair of tickets to see Onslaught and MPire of Evil at the U Street Music Hall on 4/8 (contest ends Friday 4/6 at 5 PM).
• Heavy Uber Alles is also giving away a pair of tickets to see Onslaught and MPire of Evil at the U Street Music Hall on 4/8 (contest ends Saturday 4/7 at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of The VespersThe Fourth Wall on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Monday 4/9).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of The Mark Lanegan Band‘s Blues Funeral on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 4/10).
• 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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