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Articles

• Yesterday we rounded up a few articles on Listen Local First DC‘s issue with WMATA’s open call for musicians (not paid!) to audition to perform outside of metro stops. The Washington CityPaper reports from the auditions on Tuesday night, and DCist has additional quotes from WMATA and Listen Local First.

• CD Review: Erika Spring: Erika Spring EP. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• CD Review: Van She: Idea of Happiness. Reviewed by Zach Kelly [Pitchfork].

• The show was last night, but here’s W Jacarl Melton’s interview with Onra [DCist].

• The show was last night, but here’s Stephanie Williams’ interview with Black Dog Prowl [DC Music Download].

• Another Chunky Glasses best of 2012 so far list.

Listening

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Gods’illa featuring Sean Price, “Saviours & Punishers”.

• DCist’s song of the day is Kids & Explosions, “the New Science”.

• Listen: Spyda the DJ‘s Dancehall Vol. 2 [Washington CityPaper].

• Podcast: ChunkyGlasses.com reviews music from El-P, Cadence Weapon, Dirty Projectors, and Oddisee.

Live Reviews

• Chris Richards on Whitey Morgan and the 78s at Hill Country, 7/17/12 [Washington Post].

• The Rogers Revue on Hamlisch goes Gershwin at Wolf Trap.

Giveaways

• DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to the Ben Bones Birthday Bash at the Rock & Roll Hotel on 7/24, plus a signed copy of the new Auroboros EP (contest ends Friday 7/20 at 5 PM).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Anywhere‘s self-titled album on vinyl. Winner must have a North America mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 7/24).
• 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).

[FYI: Music Notes will be quiet tomorrow for the July 4th holiday, but we'll be back on Thursday, 7/5.]

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

• Chris Brown: Fortune. Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post] and Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].

• Beachwood Sparks: the Tarnished Gold. Reviewed by David Malitz [Washington Post].

• Flo Rida: Wild Ones. Reviewed by Bill Friskics-Warren [Washington Post] and Andrew Leahey [Washington Times]. At the Verizon Center on 7/25.

• Milk Maid: Mostly No. Reviewed by Zach Kelly [Pitchfork].

Articles

• Planning Guides: DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda. Washington Post Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda.

• Here’s a super-cool video interview with Paul Vodra of Hometown Sounds DC [via K Street Kate's The District Dish]. If you’re not familiar with Hometown Sounds DC, it’s a 24-hour radio station playing music from the DC area, broken up by genre (lounge, punk, rock, twang, dance, and urban; the hours for each can be found on Hometown Sounds’s home page). You can listen to Hometown Sounds DC via streamlicensing.com. Hometown Sounds DC also posts a daily DC music video which we re-post every day in our “Listening” section below.

• Interview: Metallomusikum talks to Lita Ford (audio).

• Interview: Metallomusikum talks to Murp (Q&A text).

• RIP soprano Evelyn Lear [Washington Post]. There is also this obituary, written by Emily Langer.

• Hungry? DC Music Download ranks its top 5 places in DC for brunch and music.

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Scissor Sisters, “Let’s Have a Kiki” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Vegas With Randolph, “Supergirl”.

• Local music video: DC stoner metal band Borracho just released a video for “All In Play” [Youtube].

• Another local music video: Maryland djent band Periphery has unveiled a video for “Make Total Destroy” [Blabbermouth].

• Listen: Tabi Bonney and Raheem DeVaughn‘s “Need a Girl” [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: Exitmusic stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert.

• Download: The Vinyl District’s Press Play.

Live Reviews

• Joan Reinthaler on the Catalan tribute to Joan Miro at the National Gallery of Art [Washington Post].

• Charles T Downey on the Serenade! choral festival, originally scheduled for Strathmore but relocated to the National Presbyterian Church due to the storms [Washington Post].

• Shona Fenner on Exitmusic with Stagnant Pools at the Red Palace [Brightest Young Things].

• Kara Capelli on The Head and the Heart at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Andy J on Japandroids with Cadence Weapon at the Rock & Roll Hotel [Brightest Young Things].

Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Lita Ford‘s Living Like a Runaway on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Henry Rollins at the 9:30 Club on 11/5 (contest ends today).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of George Harrison‘s Early Takes Volume 1 on vinyl (contest ends Monday 7/9).
• 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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