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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Wednesday 06-27-12

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Articles

• Planning Guides: DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda and This Week in Hip-Hop.

• Preview/interview: Tanya Pai talks to Donora [Washingtonian]. Tonight at the Rock & Roll Hotel.

• Interview: Siriam Gopal talks to Baltimore-born jazz basisst Kris Funn [DCist]. His latest ensemble is Kris Funn’s Corner Store.

• Interview: Brian Ossip talks to Tara Trinity after her recent Artomatic performance [DC Music Live].

• Interview: Brightest Young Things talks to Amanda MacKaye and KC about Fort Reno.

• Rob Pierangeli talks to Can [Brightest Young Things].

• Stephanie Williams wrote a lengthy column, “Local Musicians and the Challenges of Being Visible on Facebook” [DC Music Download].

• CD Review: Kitty Pryde: haha i’m sorry EP. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• CD Review: Astra Via: Folie à Deux. Reviewed by Nida Masiulis [DC Music Download].

• Chris Porter on Black Flag‘s “Rise Above” and Beethoven‘s “Piano Sonata No. 23″ [Washington Post Express].


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Fiona Apple, “Anything We Want” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Andy Zipf, “We Will Carry the Weight”.

• Stream Pilesar‘s new album Stereo Space. CD Release show at Sova on H St NE on 7/8.

• Local mash-up master Bad Domes has uploaded a bootleg of his show last weekend at the 8×10.

• Here’s the new video for Chain & the Gang, “Certain Kinds of Trash”.

• Listen: Awthentic and Spalding, Beef and Broccoli [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: the Dustys, “It’s Fun” and “Maybe You’re More” [DC Music Download].

• Listen: Synthetic Division, Numb to the Numbers [DC Music Download].

• Heavy Uber Alles brings us six heavy tunes every Tuesday. After a few weeks off, HUA is back this week with six “comfort food songs”.


Live Reviews

• Valerie Paschall on the Mynabirds at the Black Cat, 6/23 [DCist]. Also reviewed by Kara Capelli [Brightest Young Things].

• Kevin Hulse on Nobody Beats the Drum at U St Music Hall [Brightest Young Things].

• Jeb Gavin on Childish Gambino at Pier Six Pavilion [Brightest Young Things].


Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Jukebox the Ghost at the 9:30 Club on 6/29 (contest ends today at noon).
• ShowlistDC (yes, that’s us!) is giving away a pair of tickets to see St Vincent and David Byrne at Strathmore on 9/30, before tickets go on sale to the general public (contest ends at 5 PM on Thursday 6/28).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the Mynabirds, Generals on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 6/28).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Iron Maiden at Jiffy Lube Live on 6/30 (contest ends Thursday 6/28 at noon).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see Coldplay at the Verizon Center on 7/9 plus Coldplay’s entire discography on CD (contest ends 7/1).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see the Dirty Heads at Wolf Trap on 7/8, plus a cooler full of Yuengling and passes to a BBQ (no indication of when this contest ends).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see the NSO performing music from The Legend of Zelda at Wolf Trap on 7/26 (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).
• 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 06-14-12

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Articles

• 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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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Wednesday 02-15-12

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Things to Read:
• When you think about musicians that embody black history, do you think about the Rolling Stones? We don’t either, but apparently Mick Jagger– along with BB King, Buddy Guy, Keb Mo, Gary Clarke Jr., Trombone Shorty, and the Yardbirds’ Jeff Beck (seriously, what is up with this lineup?!)– will be performing at the White House to celebrate Black History Month, according to the NY Times. “Directed by Booker T. Jones of Booker T and the MGs, next week’s event will be taped and then broadcast by PBS on Feb. 27. The president will deliver remarks at the event. The ‘In Performance at the White House’ series goes back to 1978.”
• Fort Reno is now accepting demos for local bands interested in playing the venue this summer.
• We Love DC offers this Q & A with Justin Trawick about his solo work and the 9 Songwriter Series that he curates. The 9 is at the Hamilton tonight (2/15), and Trawick is at the Black Cat on February 24.
• Capital Bop has an interview with saxophonist Tim Berne, who’s playing with his new ensemble Snakeoil at Bohemian Caverns on Sunday night as part of Transparent Productions’ winter/spring season.
• DCist’s this week in hip-hop.
• Heavy Uber Alles brings you six heavy tunes every week. This week’s installment comes courtesy of Scott O’Dowd, guitarist of Massachusetts stoner rock bands Black Thai and Cortez.
• NPR’s Tom Moon on Dr. Dog. The band will be at the 9:30 Club on March 16.
• Photos: Erica Bruce captures Sharon van Etten at the Black Cat [Washington CityPaper]. Last Sunday’s DC Record Fair at the Riot Act Comedy Theater [the Vinyl District].
• Live Reviews: Allison Grossman on the Grey Area at Strathmore [the Vinyl District].

Things to listen to and/or watch:
• Wale on Conan, earlier this week [DCist].
• Video of Foul Swoops live at CD Cellar last week [All Our Noise].

Free stuff:
• The Vinyl District has tickets to Zola Jesus at U Street Music Hall on 2/16 (contest ends today at noon)
• Tittsworth has tickets to Moombahton Massive XII at U-Hall on 2/15 (contest ends today)
• The Rogers Revue has tickets to Disney On Ice at the Verizon Center on 2/18 (contest ends 2/17).