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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Tuesday 06-19-12

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Today’s new releases (with locally-penned reviews)

• Justin Bieber: Believe. Reviewed by Chris Richards [Washington Post] and Andrew Leahey [Washington Times]. At the Verizon Center on 11/5.

• Neneh Cherry and the Thing: the Cherry Thing. Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post].

• Kenny Chesney: Welcome to the Fishbowl. Reviewed by Elizabeth Nelson [Washington Post]. At FedEx Field on 8/12.

• Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction. Reviewed by Mike Joyce [Washington Post].

• Peaking Lights: Lucifer. Reviewed by Marc Masters [Pitchfork].

• Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania. Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].

• Shy Glizzy: Law. Reviewed by Ramon Ramirez [Washington CityPaper].


Articles

• Planning Guides: Washington Post Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda. Brightest Young Thing’s shows to get pumped for this week.

• Profile: here’s a video profile of CD Cellar [ARLnow].

• Interview: Janet Yaceczko talks to Becky Warren [DC Music Download]. Performing at The Black Squirrel Songwriter and Poet’s Series in Adams Morgan on 6/28.

• Interview: Ross Bonaime talks to Yeasayer [Brightest Young Things].

• As you know, I share all the music-related giveaways I can find down at the bottom of these posts every day. Well, here’s one I’m going to post only once: Brightest Young Things is doing a giveaway for Morrissey at Strathmore on 12/7. The contest is for everyone to write a suicide note, and BYT will pick a winner (they wrote: “Best suicide note wins”). Wow. I get that Morrissey and the Smiths’ music is mopey, and I get that BYT is trying to be cute and edgy, but this is pretty screwed up. It’s not just that it’s a morbid contest (which it is, and Shauna at BYT actually responded to one of the entries by writing, “PLEASE DO NOT GO KILL YOURSELF . XX BYT”). It’s that it makes light of suicide, and anyone who’s lived through a friend’s suicide knows what that’s like. It sucks. It absolutely sucks when a friend or loved one takes his/her own life (full disclosure: my friend Jeff killed himself last month and left a public suicide note on his blog). So maybe BYT thought this was funny or some kind of joke, but guess what: writing pretend suicide notes– even to get free concert tickets– isn’t funny and isn’t a joke. I guess this is just another example of how BYT, despite being one of the biggest entertainment blogs in this area, just doesn’t get it.

ADDITION: In order to prevent encouraging the linkbait nature of this contest, I’m pasting the BYT text below, in italics. Read the text here so you don’t increase their web hits count by clicking on the link above.

To say I/we/BYT/everyone loves Morrissey is probably the biggest understatement ever made on this website. So when I/we/BYT saw Morrissey was coming to STRATHMORE on December 7th, we just knew we had to get in on the ground floor. Tickets go on sale this FRIDAY @ 10AM, so get your itchy trigger finger ready and prepare your tear ducts for defeat. This is going to be a heartbreaker to end all heartbreakers.

Oh, and yes… we’ve got a pair of tickets BEFORE THEY GO ON SALE, ready for your taking. Thank you I.M.P.!

TO WIN: Since there is no longer any truth to there being a light that never goes out (oh, song title puns!), and Morrissey has announced he’ll be retiring in 2014, go on and tell us how you would end it all along side him. Best suicide note wins. Really, you’re going to want to think long and hard about this one.

Winner will be selected by Friday @ 9AM. Use a real email address when you comment and lease don’t commit suicide in the process.

• This has nothing to do with DC, but it was reported in the Post, and it’s random and bizarre, so I had to share: apparently actor Shia LaBeouf is naked in the new Sigur Ros video for “Fjögur Píanó” [Washington Post].


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Santigold, “Big Mouth” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s didn’t post a local music video yesterday(!).

• Marky gives his own spin on Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used To Know” [For the DMV Only].


Live Reviews

• Stephen Bradley on Laura Marling at the 9:30 Club [Washington Times].

• Brandon Wu’s photos of Vector Trio at Artomatic [Washington CityPaper].

• Erica Bruce’s photos of Little Richard at the Howard Theatre [Washington CityPaper].

• Elliot Lanes on Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center on 6/16 [MD Theatre Guide].

• Ross Bonaime on the Beach Boys at Merriweather Post Pavilion [Brightest Young Things].


Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti at the 9:30 Club on 9/13 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to The Walkmen at the 9:30 Club on 10/4 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the Sufis self-titled album on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Yes‘s Open Your Eyes on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets and a meet-and-greet with Childish Gambino at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on 6/23 (contest ends Wednesday 6/20).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to The Great American Festival featuring Eve 6, Ozomatli, and more, at the National Harbor on 6/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see Everclear, Sugar Ray, the Gin Blossoms, Lit, and Marcy Playground at Wolf Trap on 7/25 (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).

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Monday 06-18-12

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Articles

• Planning Guides: DC Music Download’s Weekday Hits. DC Music Live’s Weekly Show Roundup. Writer Steve Kiviat’s guide to June tropical/roots/other world music events.

• Interview: Stephanie Williams talks to Janel & Anthony [DC Music Download].

• Interview: We Love DC’s Q&A with Eternal Summers.

• Interview: Jonathan L Fischer talks to Destroyer‘s Dan Bejar [Washington CityPaper]. There’s also Rohan Mahadevan’s interview on DCist.

• Local power metal band Division talks about its vocal influences.

• Local venue news: DIY venue Subterranean A‘s last show is this Saturday, 6/23 [Washington CityPaper].

• Local venue news: Timothy Forbes gives some photos and words about HR-57‘s new space on H St NE.

• Anne Midgette on Philip Glass and the new Overture for 1812 [Washington Post].

• DeNeen Brown on the Washington Early Music Festival [Washington Post]. Includes a nice interview with Skip West of Suspicious Cheese Lords.

• Anne Midgette on improvisation in classical music [Washington Post]. There are many links in that article, including this article about violinst Hilary Hahn.

• Anne Midgette on the NSO‘s tour: from Mexico to Trinidad & Tobago [Washington Post].

• The show was last night, but here’s an interesting preview of Surface To Air at Bossa [DCist].

• The show was on Saturday, but here’s an interview with Theresa Andersson [Brightest Young Things].

• The show was on Saturday, but here’s a lengthy interview with Ramona Falls [Brightest Young Things].


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Oddisee, “Paralyzed” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is Akua Allrich, “Hard To Get”.

• DC Music Download’s Local Listening Booth.

• Glen Hansard stopped by NPR’s DC offices for a Tiny Desk Concert.


Live Reviews

• Chris Richards on Little Richard at the Howard Theatre on 6/16 [Washington Post].

• Aaron Leitko on Dave Matthews Band at Jiffy Lube Live on 6/16 [Washington Post].

• Stephen Bradley on the Revivalists at the Velvet Lounge [Washington Times].

• Anne Midgette on the Wayward Sisters at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill on 6/16 [Washington Post]. Part of the Washington Early Music Festival.

• Robert Battey on former National Symphony music director Leonard Slatkin and the NOI at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on 6/16 [Washington Post].

• Nelson Pressley on Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center [Washington Post].

• Valerie Paschall on Grass Widow at Comet Ping Pong [DCist].

• Chris Klimek on the Beach Boys at Merriweather Post Pavilion [Washington Post].

• Jesse Young on Grouplove with Reptar at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].


Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti at the 9:30 Club on 9/13 (contest ends Tuesday 6/19 at noon).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to The Walkmen at the 9:30 Club on 10/4 (contest ends Tuesday 6/19 at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the Sufis self-titled album on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 6/19).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Yes‘s Open Your Eyes on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 6/19).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets and a meet-and-greet with Childish Gambino at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on 6/23 (contest ends Wednesday 6/20).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to The Great American Festival featuring Eve 6, Ozomatli, and more, at the National Harbor on 6/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see Everclear, Sugar Ray, the Gin Blossoms, Lit, and Marcy Playground at Wolf Trap on 7/25 (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).

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Friday 06-15-12

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Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner

Planning guides
• Washingtonian’s Music Picks.
• DC Music Download’s Weekend Hits.
• We Love DC loves weekends.
• Brightest Young Things’ best weekend bets.
• Washington CityPaper’s Jazz Setlist.
• DCist’s This Week in Jazz.
• TBD’s guide to this weekend’s festivals.
• Washington Post Going Out Guide’s overview of this summer’s Carter Barron shows.
• ShowlistDC’s recent changes.

Tonight – Friday, 15 June
• Interview: Siriam Gopal talks to Balkan Beat Box [DCist]. At the 9:30 Club.
• Preview/Interview: Jess Righthand talks to Akua Allrich [Washington Post]. At the Carter Barron Amphitheatre as part of Jazz Night.
• Interview: Sophie Gilbert talks to Mike Love of the Beach Boys [Washingtonian]. Tonight at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
• Preview: Marie Gullard on Michael Mizrahi [Washington Examiner]. At the Mansion at Strathmore.

Saturday, 16 June
• Interview: Stephanie Williams talks to Frau Eva [DC Music Download]. At the Black Cat. There are also several CD reviews of Frau Eva’s new album, Underneath Eyelids: reviews by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post], Lindsay Zoladz [Washington CityPaper], and Nida Masiulis [DC Music Download].
• Preview: Nancy Dunham on Dave Matthews [Washington Examiner]. At Jiffy Lube Live.
• CD Review: Theresa Andersson, Street Parade. Reviewed by Jess Righthand [Washington Post]. At the Hamilton.
• CD Review: Michael Kiwanuka, Home Again. Reviewed by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post]. At the Rock & Roll Hotel.
• CD Review: Ramona Falls, Prophet. Reviewed by Dan Miller [Washington Post]. At the Red Palace.

Sunday, 17 June
• The Vinyl District’s DC Record Fair is at the Fillmore.

Monday, 18 June
• Preview: Matt Siblo on Neil Hamburger [Washington CityPaper]. At the Black Cat.

Tuesday, 19 June
n/a

Wednesday, 20 June
• Interview: Michael Parsons talks to Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows [Reel Film News]. At Wolf Trap.

Thursday, 21 June
• CD Review: Rubblebucket, Live in Chicago. Reviewed by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post]. At the Hamilton.


Articles

• Shakeup at the Washington CityPaper: editor Michael Schaffer and Lydia DePillis (who writes the Housing Complex column) are joining the New Republic. Managing Editor Mike Madden is taking Schaffer’s place, and Arts Editor Jonathan L Fischer is taking Madden’s. If you’d like to read the emails from these folks, here are some reports from folks who are intricately linked to the WCP folks: Ben Freed [DCist] and Andrew Beaujon [Poynter].

• Ave atque vale: Washington Choral Arts Society founder Norman Scribner has officially (and literally) passed the baton to Scott Tucker after 47 years [Washington Post]. There’s a photo gallery too. Mike Paarlberg also writes about Scribner’s send-off [Washington CityPaper].

• Chris Richards on Singing and Praying bands [Washington Post].

• Interview: Chris Richards talks to Tabi Bonney about his father’s musical influence [Washington Post].

• CD Review: Catcall, the Warmest Place. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• CD Review: Eric Copeland, Limbo. Reviewed by Marc Masters [Pitchfork].

• CD Review: These United States, These United States and Justin Jones, Fading Light. Reviewed by Joe Warminsky [Washington CityPaper].


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is the Mynabirds, “Body of Work” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is Mustafa Abkar, “Call Me”.

• Marcus J Moore on Tamara Wellons, “Ah God” [Washington CityPaper].


Live Reviews

• Mark Jenkins on Céu and Curumin at 6th & I [Washington Post].

• Dave McKenna on Against Me! at the Fillmore [Washington Post]. Jeb Gavin also reviewed the show (which featured The Cult) [Brightest Young Things].

• Brightest Young Things on Two Door Cinema Club and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Rams Head Live.


Giveaways

• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to see Animal Collective at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 10/2 (contest ends today at 10 am).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Destroyer at the 9:30 Club on 6/16 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Social Distortion at the 9:30 club on either 11/6 or 11/7 (winner gets to choose) (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the Sufis self-titled album on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 6/19).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Yes‘s Open Your Eyes on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 6/19).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets and a meet-and-greet with Childish Gambino at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on 6/23 (contest ends Wednesday 6/20).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to The Great American Festival featuring Eve 6, Ozomatli, and more, at the National Harbor on 6/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see Everclear, Sugar Ray, the Gin Blossoms, Lit, and Marcy Playground at Wolf Trap on 7/25 (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).

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Tuesday 06-05-12

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Today’s New Releases (with locally-penned reviews)

• the Beach Boys: That’s Why God Made the Radio – Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [the Washington Times]. At Merriweather Post Pavilion on 6/15.

• Curren$y: The Stoned Immaculate – Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post]. Tonight at Empire.

• Kelly Hogan: I Like To Keep Myself In Pain – Reviewed by Bill Friskics-Warren [Washington Post]. Hogan opens for Neko Case at Rams Head Live in Baltimore on 7/17.

• Alan Jackson: Thirty Miles West – Reviewed by Chris Richards [Washington Post]. At Wolf Trap on 8/19.

• Oddisee: Odd Renditions Vol. 001 EP – Reviewed by Joe Colly [Pitchfork].

• Patti Smith: Banga – Reviewed by Allison Stewart [Washington Post]. Smith and her band open for Neil Young & Crazy Horse at the Patriot Center on 11/30.

• Mina Tindle: Taranta – Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• Westmain: Glamour Fades – Reviewed by Gregory Ayers [DC Music Download].

• Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Americana – Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [the Washington Times]. Performing at the Patriot Center on 11/30.


Articles

• Planning guides: Brightest Young Things’ shows to get pumped for this week.

• Local band news: Maryland djent band Periphery‘s new single “Make Total Destroy” is available on iTunes. You can also listen to it on youtube. The new album Periphery II is out 7/3/12 on Sumerian Records.

• Kwame Brown: If You Don’t Like Go-Go, “Get Over It” [DCist].

• Interview: Giovanni Russonello talks to guitarist Rodney Richardson [CapitalBop]. Performing at the Atlas on Wednesday.

• Interview: the Counting Crows‘ Adam Duritz [the Rogers Revue]. the Counting Crows play Wolf Trap on 6/20.


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Times New Viking‘s “Ever Falling In Love” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is These United States, “Get Yourself Home”.

• Maryland djent band Periphery released its new single “Make Total Destroy” today; check out the song on youtube.

• Kelly Hogan stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert.

• “United We Stand” featuring 30/30, Garvey The Chosen One, Uno Boss, Boobe, Anwan “Big G” Glover, and Mardi Gra [Washington CityPaper].


Live Reviews

• Radiohead at the Verizon Center: Reviewed by Chris Richards [Washington Post] and Jonathan L Fischer [Washington CityPaper].

• Stephen Bradley on O’Brother at the Howard Theatre [Washington Times]. The band was opening for Thrice.

• Brian Ossip and Mike Shomaker on The Used at the Fillmore on 5/30 [DC Music Live].

• Michael J West on Tarbaby at the Fridge (CapitalBop’s DC Jazz Loft) [Washington CityPaper].

• Photos from the DC Jazz Festival [WJLA]

• Charles T Downey on the Baltimore Consort at St. Matthew’s Cathedral [Washington Post]. Part of the Washington Early Music Festival.

• Stephanie Breijo on Dawes and Sara Watkins at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Brightest Young Things on Les Nubians at the Hamilton.

• Joy Asico’s photos of City and Colour at Rams Head Live [Brightest Young Things].


Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of 2:54‘s S/T on vinyl (contest ends today).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Dengue Fever at the 9:30 Club on 6/6 (there’s no indication of when this giveaway ends).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Monty Alexander at the Hamilton on 6/9 (contest ends Wednesday 6/6).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends at noon on Wednesday 6/6).
• Scene Trek is giving away a pair of tickets to The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends at 3 PM on Wednesday 6/6).
• NEW Heavy Uber Alles is giving away a pair of tickets to see Three Bad Jacks at the U St Music Hall on 6/7 (contest ends at 9 PM on Wednesday 6/6).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (contest ends Thursday 6/7).
• 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 OAR at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 8/10 (contest ends Sunday 7/29).

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