ShowlistDC Music Notes: Thursday 05-10-12



Articles


• Planning guides: DCist’s This Week in Jazz. DC Music Download’s Weekend Hits and Unique Music Events to See.

• Local band news: A Sound of Thunder was interviewed by BareBonesMusic.com.

• Local band rant: Division on the lack of professionalism in musician auditions. Read this before you start answering craigslist ads!

Oddisee plans remixes of Bon Iver, Marvin Gaye, and Metronomy [Washington CityPaper].

New tunes from Alex Minoff! [Washington CityPaper].

• Interview/preview: The Vinyl District talks to Mary Alouette. Playing the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on 5/24.

Silo Halo Midwestern Tour Diary: Day 3 [DCist].

• CD Review: White Fence: Family Perfume Vol. 1 – Reviewed by Aaron Leitko [Pitchfork].

• Beware of scams! Don’t respond to a man named Jason Wagner about opening for Yo Gotti, says the Baltimore SoundStage.



Live Reviews


• Valerie Paschall on Andrew Bird at the 9:30 Club [DCist].

• Giovanni Russonello on Ambrose Akinmusire at the Atlas Performing Arts Center [Capital Bop].

• We Love DC on Bike Trip and We Are Serenades at the Black Cat on 5/7.

• We Love DC on Slash at Rams Head Live in Baltimore.



Contests


NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see the Mark Lanegan Band at the 9:30 Club on 5/11. (contest ends today at noon).
• DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to see Rob Zombie and Megadeth at the Merriweather Post Pavilion on 5/13 (contest ends Friday 5/11 at 5 PM).
NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Black Clouds, Tone, and Imperial China at the Rock & Roll Hotel on 5/12 (contest ends Friday 5/11 at noon).
• Baltimore SoundStage is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Machine performs Pink Floyd on 5/12 plus a $20 bar tab and dinner (contest ends Friday 5/11).
• 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).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see 311 and Slightly Stoopid at Jiffy Lube Live on 7/28 (contest ends Sunday 7/22).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see OAR at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 8/10 (contest ends Sunday 7/29).

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