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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Wednesday 05-30-12

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Articles

• Planning guides: DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda and This Week in Hip-Hop. Washington Post Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda. Brightest Young Things’ shows to get pumped for this week.

• Reports from Chuck Brown‘s viewing at the Howard Theatre: Photos by the Huffington Post and lengthy articles by the Washington Post, DCist, and Washington CityPaper.

• RIP, Doc Watson. Chris Richards digs through the Washington Post archives to find a 1988 article by Richard Harrington about the legendary blind guitarist.

• 10 year-old local pianist Avery Gagliano performs on NPR’s show “From the Top” [Washington Post]. Her performance is scheduled to air at 6 p.m., Sunday, June 3, on classical WETA, 90.9 F.M.

• Mark Anderson, owner of the DC Improv, has been missing since May 15th [Huffington Post].

• Christopher Porter on Lungfish‘s A.C.R. 1999 [Washington Post Express].

• DCist has a new daily column: “Song of the Day”! Former music editor of the New Gay, Rohan Mahadevan, is bringing the New Gay’s Song of the Day column over to DCist. TNG closed up shop in November of 2011. Yesterday’s song: Japandroids, “The Night of Wine and Roses”.

• Jim Barnes on Loudoun County’s Danny Knicely and Tara Linhardt, who’ve put together a documentary entitled Mountain Music Project: A Musical Odyssey [Washington Post].

• CD Review: Regina Spektor: What We Saw From the Cheap Seats. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• CD Review: Fire and the Wheel: Fire and the Wheel. Reviewed by Dylan Galvin [DC Music Download].

• CD Review: Black Clouds: Everything Is Not Going To Be OK. Reviewed by Clay Conger [DC Music Download].

• Local listening: local songwriter Drew Gibson released a video for “On Sunday”.

• Local listening: Justin Jones, “Miracles” [Hometown Sounds DC].

• Local listening: Western Affairs‘ new EP, 2000 [DC Music Download].

• Preview: Nancy Dunham on Zac Brown Band [Washingtno Examiner]. Includes an interview with Blackberry Smoke‘s Charlie Starr.


Live Reviews

• More coverage of Maryland DeathFest: photos by Josh Sisk [SPIN] and a collection of fan videos of Electric Wizard‘s performance [Roadburn.com].

• Andy Johnson on Drake at the Verizon Center [Brightest Young Things].

• Andy Johnson on Garbage at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].


Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Simone Felice at the Hamilton on 5/31 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away an autographed copy of the Gossip‘s A Joyful Noise on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 5/31).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of The Choice of Weapon on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Friday 6/1).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Dave Matthews Band at Jiffy Lube Live on 6/16 (contest ends Sunday 6/3).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of 2:54‘s S/T on vinyl (contest ends Tuesday 6/5).
• 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 OAR at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 8/10 (contest ends Sunday 7/29).

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Thursday 05-17-12

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Articles

• Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 75. Obituaries and rememberances by Clinton Yates [Washington Post], Stephen A Crockett Jr [Washington Post], Martin Austermuhle [DCist], Jacob Ganz [NPR], Steve Kiviat, Metallomusikum, and Nia Hightower [DC Music Live]. In addition, here are tons more things to read:
        – Marc Fisher and J. Freedom du Lac report on DC’s reaction to Brown’s death yesterday [Washington Post].
        – Chris Richard writes about Chuck Brown’s musical impact: deep into Washington and beyond [Washington Post].
        – Martin Austermuhle rounds up DC Officials’ reactions to Chuck Brown’s death [DCist].
        – Mike Madden rounds up DC reactions to Chuck Brown’s Death [Washington CityPaper].
        – Julia Fisher captres U Street’s reactions to Chuck Brown’s Death [Washington CityPaper].
        – You can see and hear Chuck Brown play a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR’s DC office in 2010 [NPR].
        – Michael Schaffer digs out Chuck Brown’s 1987 song “Go-Go Drug Free”, featuring a guest appearance by then-DC Mayor Marion Barry [Washington CityPaper].
        – Washington Post also dug out some old articles: …and Chuck Brown Made It Go-Go by Marc Fisher (8/14/94) and Funky Sounds ‘Bustin’ Loose’ In the District by Michel Marriott (10/5/84).
        – Tom Jackman remembers a 2010 Chuck Brown concert at the Lorton Workhouse [Washington Post].
        – William Triplett on Go-Go [Washingtonian].
        – A round-up of old Washingtonian articles on Chuck Brown.

• Planning Guides: DCist’s Arts Agenda and This Week In Jazz. DC Music Download’s Weekend Hits.

• Interview/preview: Fuzzy Logic talks to Donny Potter of Fire and the Wheel. Performing at the Black Cat on Saturday.

• Interview: Stephanie Williams talks to Westmain [DC Music Download].

• Interview: This one didn’t pop up in our RSS feed until yesterday (the show was Tuesday night), but it’s a good one: Rick Taylor talks to Richard Davies and Eric Matthews of Cardinal [the Vinyl District].

• Artomatic opens tomorrow! Some information from DC Theatre Scene.

• Local musician news: J Scrilla launches concert series, releases new tape [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: Str8 Beatz‘s Filtered Joints: A Score for the Lifers [Washington CityPaper].

• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with a profile of Sargeist and interviews with Jurgen Bartsch of Bethlehem and “Scruff” Lewty of Hellbastard.

• CD Review: Lungfish: ACR 1999 – Reviewed by Marc Masters [Pitchfork].

• CD Review: Garbage: Not Your Kind of People – Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local video of the day: Fat Trel‘s “Devil We Like”.


Live Reviews

• David Malitz on Yo Gotti at U Street Music Hall [Washington Post].

• We Love DC on Spiritualized and Nikki Lane at the 9:30 Club on 5/10.

• Stephen Bradley on Ingrid Michaelson at the 9:30 Club [Washington Times].

• Sophie Gilbert on ten songwriters at the Library of Congress on 5/15 [Washingtonian]. Performers included Terri Nunn (of Berlin), ASCAP president Paul Williams, “On and On” writer Stephen Bishop, Melanie, Motown legen Ray Parker Jr., Irving Burgie (aka Lord Burgess), Tom Whitlock, “I Will Survive” writer Dino Fekaris, Chris Stapleton, Steven Schwartz, and Valerie Simpson, who co-wrote “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” with her late husband Nick Ashford.

• Kara Capelli on Mark Lanegan at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Erin Holmes on Horse Feathers at the Black Cat [Brightest Young Things].

• Marie Formica on M. Ward and Lee Renaldo at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

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


Contests

• ShowlistDC is giving away a pair of tickets to see Hot Chip and Sleigh Bells at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 7/22 and a pair of tickets to see Metric at Strathmore on 9/21 (contest ends today at 7 PM).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Keane‘s Strangeland on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• Capital Bop is giving away four pairs of tickets to see Roy Haynes at Blues Alley, two for Thursday 5/17 and two for Sunday 5/20 (don’t know when this one ends!).
• NEW SceneTrek is giving away tickets to Class Actress at the Rock & Roll Hotel on 5/19 (contest ends Friday 5/18 at 3 PM).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to Nicki Minaj at DAR Constitution Hall on 7/21 (we assume this one ends Friday 5/18, although they don’t really say).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Electric Guest‘s Mondo on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Wednesday 5/23).
• 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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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Wednesday 04-11-12

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Notes from Last Night

Yes, that was me at the Ozric Tentacles show last night at the State Theatre. They’re a psychedelic prog-rock band from England (who apparently live in California now….?) who are named after an imaginary breakfast cereal (other possibilities were Malcolm Segments, Desmond Whisps, and Gordon Lumps). I hadn’t seen them since 1995 when I reviewed their show for the Washington Post (you can read that review here). This time, they didn’t have anyone playing flute, and that was disappointing– the show was still good, but there’s only so much psychedelic keyboard/guitar noodling one can listen to before it all starts to sound like a stoner rave, and those flute melodies certainly used to add something. They played for about 2 1/2 hours, and there was a decent crowd– although not enough for them to open the balcony. I did take a photograph of the new balcony extension with my phone’s camera, and you can see that here.

On my way out, one of the State’s staff came up to me and said, “You have good taste in music!” I was a little confused by why he approached me specifically, but I guess most people don’t go to shows at the State Theatre in a full business suit.


Articles

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

• Interviews: Steve Kiviat talked to Bombino and Vieux Farka Touré about the upheaval in Mali [Washington CityPaper]. Bombino performed last night, but you still have a chance to see Touré on Thursday at the Hamilton.

• Preview: Luke Stewart on saxophonist Steve Lehman [Capital Bop]. Lehman performs tonight at the Atlas.

• Announced: Lineup for the Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center [Washington Post].

• Listen: Mashup master Bad Domes is back at DC9 on Saturday, and MashupCiti has the bootleg from his last DC9 show.

• Listen: JuiceheaD and Osaka Popstar cover Fugazi‘s “Waiting Room” [Washington CityPaper].

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

• CD Preview: Joe Warminsky on Lungfish‘s A.C.R. 1999, due out on May 19th [Washington CityPaper].

• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with a profile of grindcore band Napalm Death.


Live Reviews

• Another review of last weekend’s chickfactor anniversary shows: Valerie Paschall [DCist].

• Joel Church on the Magnetic Fields at the 9:30 Club [DC Style is Real].

• Jonathan L Fischer on Wale at the new Howard Theatre [Washington CityPaper].

• Michael J West on Afro-Blue and the Howard University Jazztet at Blues Alley [Washington Post].

• Stephen Bradley on Wild Flag at the 9:30 Club [Washington Times].


Contests

• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Matthew Sweet at the 9:30 Club on 6/9 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away three copies of Portugal the Man‘s In the Mountain In the Cloud on vinyl. Winners must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 4/12).
• ShowlistDC is giving away two pair of tickets to Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds at the Hamilton on 4/19 (contest ends Friday 4/13 at midnight).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Creed at the Warner Theatre on 4/24 (contest ends Sunday 4/15).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Neil Nathan‘s The Distance Calls on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing list (contest ends Tuesday 4/17).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Nickelback at the Verizon Center on 4/30 (contest ends Monday 4/23).
• 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).

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