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Articles

• Planning guides: DCist’s This Week in Hip-Hop.

• Now that the DC Jazz Festival is over, here’s CapitalBop’s guide to DC jazz all year long.

• Here are NPR’s 25 favorite albums and 50 favorite songs of 2012 so far. Agree? Disagree? You can vote on your favorites.

• Local band news: Local blackened progressive death metal band Apothys has called it quits [Facebook]. The band promises to post audio and video on its official site.

• Preview/interview: Nancy Dunham talks to Martina McBride [Washington Examiner]. Performing tonight at Wolf Trap.

• Preview/Interview: Yohana Desta talks to Jonathan Goldman of Spanglish Fly [930club.tumblr.com]. The band performs Saturday at the U St Music Hall.

• Preview: Philip Runco on Destroyer. Saturday at the 9:30 Club.

• CD Review: Frau Eva, Underneath Eyelids. Reviewed by Nida Masiulis [DC Music Download].

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Laura Marling, “Sophia” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is Christylez Bacon, “Reinventing Hip Hop”.

• Marcus J Moore on Carolyn Malachi, “Free Your Mind” [Washington CityPaper].

Live Reviews

• Alex Edelman on Kindlewood, Fire and the Wheel, and Thieving Irons at DC9 on 6/7 [DC Music Download].

• Travis Andrews on Matthew Sweet at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Kara Capelli on Foster the People, the Kooks, and Kimbra at Merriweather Post Pavilion [Brightest Young Things].

• Farrah Skeiky on Ceremony and Citizens Arrest at St. Stephen’s Church [Brightest Young Things].

Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Yeasayer at the 9:30 Club on 11/14 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of The Temper Trap‘s “Need Your Love” picture disc 7″. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• Washingtonian is giving away a pair of tickets to see the Beach Boys at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 6/15 (contest ends today).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Mystery Jets at the U Street Music Hall on 6/14 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• 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).
• NEW 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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Stuff to read:
• Local filmmaker Jay Bulger has put together a documentary about Blind Faith and Cream drummer Ginger Baker. The film, Beware of Mr. Baker, will debut at SXSW later this month, and the Washington Post article linked above is an interesting profile of how Bulger weaseled his way into Baker’s life.
• Interview: Julyssa Lopez talks to Alex Even of White Rabbits [Washingtonian]. White Rabbits’ latest album Milk Famous was released yesterday; the band plays the Black Cat tonight.
• Interview: Reese Higgins talks to Zachary Cole Smith of Dive and Beach Fossils [Washington CityPaper].
• The Huffington Post has a nice article about Listen Local First and its trip to SXSW.
• Heavy Uber Alles brings us 6 heavy tunes every Tuesday. This week, HUA let readers suggest songs and has 14 videos to share, with varying degrees of heaviness.
• Preview: Niki & the Dove at the U St Music Hall on 3/8 [All Things Go].
• Live Reviews: Justin Duckham on Craig Finn at the Rock & Roll Hotel [the Vinyl District]. Anne Midgette on Matthias Goerne at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre [Washington Post]. Metal Chris on Windhand, Ilsa, Natur, Pilgrim, and Satan’s Satyrs at St Stephen’s [DCHeavyMetal.com]. We Love DC on Young Prisms, Boy Friend, and Ceremony at DC9.

Audiovisual stuff:
• Here’s a song from the Cubs, “Ashlei” [Washington CityPaper].
• WQXR has this podcast about plagiarism in classical music, featuring the Washington Post’s Anne Midgette. You may remember this blog post by Midgette we posted a few weeks ago about composer Osvaldo Golijov.

Stuff to win:
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Fanfarlo at the U Street Music Hall on 3/7 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Nirvana‘s Nevermind on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Polyphonic Spree at 6th & I on 5/21 (contest ends Thursday 3/8 at noon).
• DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to see Rammstein at 1st Mariner on 4/25 and a pair of tickets to see Iron Maiden and Alice Cooper at Jiffy Lube Live on 6/30 (contest ends Friday 3/9 at 5 PM).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Loney Dear‘s Hall Music on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 3/13).