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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Friday 07-13-12

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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.
• CapitalBop’s Weekend in Jazz.
• Washington CityPaper’s Jazz Setlist.
• DCist’s This Fortnight in Jazz.
• Washington CityPaper on DC’s South-American Weekend.
• ShowlistDC’s recently-added and recently-updated shows.

Tonight – Friday, 13 July
• Interview: Greg Svitil (of Teething Veils and Silo Halo) talks to Girl in a Coma [We Love DC].
• Article/interview: David Malitz on Yahzarah [Washington Post]. Performing as part of Neo-Soul Night at Carter Barron Amphitheatre.
• Article/interview: Emily Cary on Marvin Hamlisch goes Gershwin [Washington Examiner]. At Wolf Trap.
• Preview: Joe Warminsky on La Coka Nostra [Washington CityPaper]. At the 9:30 Club.

Saturday, 14 July
• Several articles about Afro Blue Vocal Band, who are performing at Strathmore with Italian vocal group Cluster as part of the Vocal-Nation Festival: an article/interview by Nia Hightower [DC Music Live] and an article/interview by Doug Rule [Metro Weekly].
• Article/interview: Marie Gullard on the Wizard of Oz with the NSO [Washington Examiner]. At Wolf Trap.

Sunday, 15 July
• CD Review: El-P: Cancer for Cure. Reviewed by Geoffrey Himes [Washington Post]. At the Rock & Roll Hotel.

Monday, 16 July
• Preview: Ramon Ramirez on Refused [Washington CityPaper]. At the Fillmore Silver Spring.

Tuesday, 17 July
• CD Review: Kelly Hogan: I Like to Keep Myself in Pain. Reviewed by Geoffrey Himes [Washington Post]. At Rams Head Live! with Neko Case.
• Preview: Steve Kiviat on Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Conotou [Washington CityPaper]. At the Hamilton.

Wednesday, 18 July
• CD Review: Mindy Smith: Mindy Smith. Reviewed by Catherine P Lewis [Washington Post]. At Jammin’ Java.

Thursday, 19 July
• Album Review: Supreme Commander: Paper Tigers. Reviewed by Catherine P Lewis [Washington Post]. At DC9.
• Preview: Reese Higgins on Chromatics [Washington CityPaper]. At the Rock & Roll Hotel. There’s also a review by Brandon Weigel of Chromatics’ latest album, Kill for Love [Washington Post].


Articles

• RIP KT Robeson [We Love DC]. Robeson was a bartender at DC9 and the Rock & Roll Hotel.

• Do you miss the Dismemberment Plan? You’re in luck! The band has announced two reunion shows in August [Washington CityPaper]: 8/10 at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore and 8/11 at Eyeclopes in Fredericksburg. DCist also reports.

• Anne Midgette on the Kapell competition [Washington Post].

• Local Kickstarter: a cappella group Vox Pop is raising funds to release its first album.

• Interview: Carlos Perez talks to Yung Gleesh [Washington CityPaper].

• The show was last night, but here’s John F Kelly’s interview with Glen Tilbrook of Squeeze [Washington Post].


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Gigamesh, “Dream On” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Constant Alarm, “Breathe You”.

• New local band video: Darkest Hour, “Severed Into Separates” [MetalSucks].

• Laura Marling stopped by NPR’s DC offices for a Tiny Desk Concert.

• Listen: Mary Christ, “Absent Minds” [Washington CityPaper].


Live Reviews

• Dustin Whitlow’s photos of Neon Trees, Penguin Prison, and JJAMZ at the 9:30 Club [930club.tumblr.com].

• David Hintz on the Taxpayers, the Wild, and the Harrison Four at the Black Cat, 7/11/12 [DC Rock Live].

• Eddie Pasa on Coldplay at the Verizon Center [Reel Film News].

• Brightest Young Things’ photos of Maceo Parker at the State Theatre.

• Marie Eff on Matisyahu at Rams Head Live [Brightest Young Things].


Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to The English Beat‘s upcoming tour, including the 7/22 Baltimore SoundStage show (contest ends today at noon).
• Guitars at Chucks is giving away a pair of tickets to Santana and the Allman Brothers Band at Merriweather Post Pavilion (contest ends Monday 7/16).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a signed copy of Japandroids‘ Celebration Rock. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 7/17).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Thin Lizzy‘s self-titled debut reissue on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Wednesday 7/18).
• 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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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Thursday 06-21-12

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Articles

• Planning Guides: TBD’s guide to local shows this weekend. DC Music Download’s Top 5 Free Concerts in DC. DCist’s This Week in Jazz.

• The saga around BYT‘s “Write a suicide note to win Morrissey tickets” continues. Here’s a summary: BYT posted a contest on Monday asking readers to write suicide notes in order to enter a contest to win tickets to Morrissey’s show at Strathmore. I wrote about this in Tuesday’s Music Notes. The Washington CityPaper picked up the story later that day and got some quotes from BYT managing editor Logan Donaldson. On Tuesday night, BYT quietly changed the contest to say “string together a couple of paragraphs using only Morrissey’s lyrics”; I printed the full text of the new contest and a rant from their Assistant Editor Stephanie Breijo in Wednesday’s Music Notes, and DCist picked up the story, getting an additional quote from Donaldson. THEN, BYT took its contest down entirely (if you click on the contest link now, you’re taken to a login page). The Washington CityPaper reported on that, with an additional statement from Donaldson.

• Ryan Little weighs in on the NPR / David Lowrey / Travis Morrison saga about downloading music [Washington CityPaper].

• Ken Avis on the DC Djangofolies Festival [CapitalBop].

• Journey‘s Neal Schon responds to the accusations that he walked out of Silverdocs [Washington Post]. Apparently, he just doesn’t like Q&A’s and says he never agreed to be on a panel discussion in the first place.

• Local band news: Darkest Hour has posted a 19-second teaser for its “Severed Into Separates” music video [OfficialDarkestHour.com].

• Bryce Harper used Justin Bieber as his walk-up music [Washington Post].

• Anne Midgette rounds up reviews of the NSO‘s tour. She also talks to some of the members of the Orchestra about the repertoire [Washington Post].

• Interview: Finch Fulton talks to Kal Traver of Rubblebucket [Brightest Young Things]. Tonight at the Hamilton.


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Cigarette, “Hundred Tears” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is the Pietasters, “Stone Feeling”.

• If you’re wondering how Ian Svenonius’s music sounds nowadays, you can stream the new Chain and the Gang album, In Cool Blood [Impose Magazine].

• Listen: Sam Cooper & the Sleepwalkers, New Typerighter Moon EP [DC Music Download].


Live Reviews

• Stephen Bradley on Keane at Strathmore [Washington Times].

1 More photos of DC Record Fair [The Vinyl District - Part 2].

• Brightest Young Things on Santigold and Theophilus London at the 9:30 Club.


Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to The Mynabirds at the Black Cat on 6/23 (contest ends Friday 6/22 at noon).
• 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: Thursday 06-07-12

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Articles

• Planning guides: DCist’s This Week in Jazz. DC Music Download’s Weekend Hits.

• Local band news: DC metalcore band Darkest Hour have added Aaron Deal (ex-Salome) as a permanent bass player. Deal has been the band’s touring bassist for about a year now, and the band’s former bass player, Paul Burnette, is now with Iron Reagan. MetalSucks profiled Iron Reagan earlier this year.

• Interview: Siriam Gopal talks to Janel & Anthony [DCist]. Their CD Release show is tonight at IOTA.

• Preview: Luke Stewart on saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson [CapitalBop]. Tonight at the Dunes in Columbia Heights.

• Interview: Marc Cary [CapitalBop], who’s performing on Saturday at the DC Jazz Loft MegaFest.

• Leor Galil on new music from Long Walks on the Beach [Washington CityPaper]. There’s a song to listen to at that link.

• Local bloggers Now Seitan Makes Your Rules on Black Clouds.

• Stereogum highlights Baltimore’s Ed Schrader’s Music Beat as a Band To Watch (with two song downloads).

• Michelle Obama talks about her workout jams [NPR].

• We don’t usually post about Capital Bikeshare here, but apparently former MTV VJ Kennedy is working on an expose about Capital Bikeshare for Reason magazine [DCist].


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Grizzly Bear‘s “Sleeping Ute” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is Is And Of The, “How We Used To Drift”.

• DC Music Download has published the June edition of its local podcast DC Music Recall. This month’s podcast features a song review of “Dreamer” by the Technicians and an interview with Adrian Krygowski.


Live Reviews

• Heavy Uber Alles on Danzig with Doyle at the Fillmore and ZZ Top in Fredericksburg.


Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (contest ends today at noon).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (contest ends today).
• NEW DC Music Live is giving away two tickets to see John Scofield at the Hamilton on 6/10 as part of the DC Jazz Festival (contest ends Friday 6/8 at 6am).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of pavilion tickets to the Kooks with Foster the People and Kimbra at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 6/10 (contest ends Friday 6/8 at noon).
• NEW 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 Wednesday 6/13).
• NEW 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).
• NEW 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).
• NEW 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).
• NEW 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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