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• Planning guides: DCist’s This Week in Jazz.

• Fort Reno starts on Monday! But don’t look for the schedule on their site– as of this writing, the 2012 schedule had not been posted. The Washington CityPaper tells us that opening night will feature Teen Mom, Alarms & Controls, and Upforth.

• More of NPR’s favorites of 2012 so far: favorite classical albums.

• Preview: Christopher Porter on Neil Diamond [Washington Post Express]. Tonight at the Verizon Center.

• Interview: Rudi Greenberg talks to Marissa Nadler [Washington Post Express]. At DC9 tonight.

• Interview: Michael Parsons talks to Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows [Reel Film News]. The band plays Wolf Trap on 6/20.

• Christopher Porter on Oddisee [Washington Post Express].

• Arlington teens are producing a battle-of-the-bands at Artisphere this weekend [ARLnow]. They’ve been posting band profiles on the event’s Facebook page.

• Local band news: The newest Periphery track will premiere today on Liquid Metal Sirius XM, writes Outerloop Management on its Facebook page.

• Speaking of Periphery, here’s a video interview with Spencer and Misha by Hit the Floor Magazine at the Download Festival.

• CD Review: Frau Eva, Underneath Eyelids. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Washington CityPaper]. Performing Saturday at the Black Cat.

• CD Review: Clams Casino, Instrumental Tape 2. Reviewed by Joe Colly [Pitchfork].

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Grouplove, “Tongue Tied” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is (former DC band) Jukebox the Ghost, “Victoria”.

• Metal Injection has live video of Dying Fetus performing “From Womb to Waste” at Empire (formerly Jaxx) on 6/9.

Live Reviews

• Maeve McDermott on the Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 [The Vinyl District].

• Brian Ossip on Matt Skiba and the Sekrets at the Black Cat on 6/10 [DC Music Live].

• Mike Shomaker on Nobody Yet at All Saints Episcopal Church in Huntingtown, MD [DC Music Live].

• Marie Formica on Mogwai at the 9:30 Club on 6/11 [Brightest Young Things].

• William Alberque on 2:54 at the Rock & Roll Hotel [Brightest Young Things].

Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Grizzly Bear at the 9:30 Club on either 9/20 or 9/21 (winner gets to choose) (contest ends today at noon).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to Balkan Beat Box at the 9:30 club on 6/15 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to Spanglish Fly at the U Street Music Hall on 6/16 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• NEW 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 Friday 6/15 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).
• NEW 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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Articles

• Today is Local Music Day!

• Preview/interview: Nancy Dunham on Ingrid Michaelson [Washington Examiner]. Tonight at the 9:30 Club.

• Preview: Nancy Dunham on Red Hot Chili Peppers [Washington Examiner]. Tomorrow night at the Verizon Center.

• Interview: Jeff Jetton & Ian Palmiero talked to Mastodon last year before their show at the 9:30 club [BYT]. The band plays tonight with Opeth and Ghost at the Fillmore Silver Spring.

• Last week, publishing company Tuff City hit the Beastie Boys with a lawsuit for sampling DC go-go band Trouble Funk songs. Trouble Funk was not aware of the lawsuit or of Adam Yauch’s death [Washington Post]. DCist also reports (with song audio).

• How do you feel about guilty pleasures? Caitlin Moore wrote an article titled Why I like One Direction and you should, too (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boy Band) [Washington Post].

• “Song 1″ extended until May 20 [Washington Post]. Check out some of the bands playing Friday at that link. Washington CityPaper also reports.

• Christopher Porter on Richard Chartier‘s subatomic sounds [Express].

• Watch: DCMusicDownload rounds up recent local music videos: Us & Them; yU, Raheem Devaughn, Oddisee, Noyeek, Draus, Laelo, Tabi Bonney; A Sound of Thunder; and Fat Trel.

• In other Fat Trel news, the DC rapper has teamed up with Chicago’s Chief Keef [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: Heavy Uber Alles gives us six heavy tunes every Tuesday.

• Silo Halo‘s midwestern tour diary, Day 1 and Day 2 [DCist].

• More local touring news: Dying Fetus met the chicken guy at their recent Baltimore show at Sonar [Metal Underground].

• Black Clouds will be playing their new record in its entirety at their show Saturday night at the Rock & Roll Hotel.

• Maryland djent band Periphery posted that they will be playing new songs on the Summer Slaughter tour, which stops at Sonar on 8/4.

• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with a profile of Richmond’s Cough.

• Going to see Opeth tonight at the Fillmore? Read about Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt‘s underwear injury [Metal Underground]. Also, I’ll be there, so come up and say hi!

Live Reviews

none today….

Contests

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Dot Hacker‘s Inhibition on colored vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to see Rob Zombie and Megadeth at the Merriweather Post Pavilion on 5/13 (contest ends Friday 5/11 at 5 PM).
• Baltimore SoundStage is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Machine performs Pink Floyd on 5/12 plus a $20 bar tab and dinner (contest ends Friday 5/11).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to the sold-out Radiohead show at the Verizon Center on 6/3 (contest ends Sunday 5/27).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Dave Matthews Band at Jiffy Lube Live on 6/16 (contest ends Sunday 6/3).
• 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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