Articles
• Planning Guides: DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda and This Week in Hip-Hop.
• Preview/interview: Tanya Pai talks to Donora [Washingtonian]. Tonight at the Rock & Roll Hotel.
• Interview: Siriam Gopal talks to Baltimore-born jazz basisst Kris Funn [DCist]. His latest ensemble is Kris Funn’s Corner Store.
• Interview: Brian Ossip talks to Tara Trinity after her recent Artomatic performance [DC Music Live].
• Interview: Brightest Young Things talks to Amanda MacKaye and KC about Fort Reno.
• Rob Pierangeli talks to Can [Brightest Young Things].
• Stephanie Williams wrote a lengthy column, “Local Musicians and the Challenges of Being Visible on Facebook” [DC Music Download].
• CD Review: Kitty Pryde: haha i’m sorry EP. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].
• CD Review: Astra Via: Folie à Deux. Reviewed by Nida Masiulis [DC Music Download].
• Chris Porter on Black Flag‘s “Rise Above” and Beethoven‘s “Piano Sonata No. 23″ [Washington Post Express].
Listening
• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Fiona Apple, “Anything We Want” [DCist].
• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Andy Zipf, “We Will Carry the Weight”.
• Stream Pilesar‘s new album Stereo Space. CD Release show at Sova on H St NE on 7/8.
• Local mash-up master Bad Domes has uploaded a bootleg of his show last weekend at the 8×10.
• Here’s the new video for Chain & the Gang, “Certain Kinds of Trash”.
• Listen: Awthentic and Spalding, Beef and Broccoli [Washington CityPaper].
• Listen: the Dustys, “It’s Fun” and “Maybe You’re More” [DC Music Download].
• Listen: Synthetic Division, Numb to the Numbers [DC Music Download].
• Heavy Uber Alles brings us six heavy tunes every Tuesday. After a few weeks off, HUA is back this week with six “comfort food songs”.
Live Reviews
• Valerie Paschall on the Mynabirds at the Black Cat, 6/23 [DCist]. Also reviewed by Kara Capelli [Brightest Young Things].
• Kevin Hulse on Nobody Beats the Drum at U St Music Hall [Brightest Young Things].
• Jeb Gavin on Childish Gambino at Pier Six Pavilion [Brightest Young Things].
Giveaways
• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Jukebox the Ghost at the 9:30 Club on 6/29 (contest ends today at noon).
• ShowlistDC (yes, that’s us!) is giving away a pair of tickets to see St Vincent and David Byrne at Strathmore on 9/30, before tickets go on sale to the general public (contest ends at 5 PM on Thursday 6/28).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the Mynabirds, Generals on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 6/28).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Iron Maiden at Jiffy Lube Live on 6/30 (contest ends Thursday 6/28 at noon).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see Coldplay at the Verizon Center on 7/9 plus Coldplay’s entire discography on CD (contest ends 7/1).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see the Dirty Heads at Wolf Trap on 7/8, plus a cooler full of Yuengling and passes to a BBQ (no indication of when this contest ends).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see the NSO performing music from The Legend of Zelda at Wolf Trap on 7/26 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• Metal Injection is giving away tickets to the Rockstar Mayhem Fest featuring Slipknot, Slayer, and Motorhead at Jiffy Lube Live on 7/29 (contest ends “randomly” as the concert date approaches).
• 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 System of a Down with the Deftones at the Verizon Center on 8/7 (contest ends Sunday 7/29).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see OAR at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 8/10 (contest ends Sunday 7/29).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see Linkin Park and Mutemath at Jiffy Lube Live on 8/11 (contest ends 8/5).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
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