ShowlistDC Music Notes: Friday 06-08-12



Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner


Planning guides:
• Washingtonian’s Music Picks.
• DC Music Download’s Weekend Hits.
• We Love DC loves weekends.
• Brightest Young Things’ Best Weekend Bets.
• DCist’s This Week in Jazz.
• TBD points you to concerts featuring musicians who’ve been on TV (yes, Flavor Flav is in town).
• We’re trying something new. Go to this page to see all the shows that have been added or changed on ShowlistDC in the past 7 days.

Tonight – Friday, 8 June
• Interview: Marie Gullard talks to Kenny Garrett [Washington Examiner]. Performing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Blues Alley.
• Preview: Shauna Miller on Queen tribute band Queen Extravaganza [Washington Post Express]. Tonight at the 9:30 Club.

Saturday, 9 June
• Preview/Interview: Marie Gullard talks to violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg of the BSO [Washington Examiner]. The BSO performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at Strathmore to close out its season.
• Preview: Kriston Capps on the Rock the Block Festival in Kensington, MD [Washington CityPaper].

Sunday, 10 June
• Preview/Interview: Moira E McLaughlin on 2:54 [Washington Post]. At the Rock & Roll Hotel.
• Preview: Stephen Bradley on Rachel Platten [Washington Times]. Performing at Jammin’ Java.
• Preview: Sadie Dingfelder on the Make It Mount Pleasant fair in Mt Pleasant, DC [Washington CityPaper]. The blurb talks about the crafts vendors, but there will be music as well (see our main page for details).
• CD Review: Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Twenty Dozen. Reviewed by Mike Joyce [Washington Post]. At Wolf Trap as part of Louisiana Swamp Romp. note: there’s no link to Joyce’s review because we couldn’t find it on the Post’s web site anywhere. May have to check the hard copy of the paper for it; we’ll keep looking for a link.

Monday, 11 June
n/a

Tuesday, 12 June
• Jonathan L Fischer on Grass Widow [Washington CityPaper]. At Comet Ping Pong.

Wednesday, 13 June
• CD Review: Langhorne Slim: The Way We Move. Reviewed by Chris Kompanek [Washington Post]. At the Rock & Roll Hotel.

Thursday, 14 June
• CD Review: Marissa Nadler: the Sister. Reviewed by Dan Miller [Washington Post]. At DC9.
• CD Review: Chris Smither: Hundred Dollar Valentine. Reviewed by Geoffrey Himes [Washington Post]. At Baldwin’s Station and Pub in Sykesville, MD.



Articles

• David Malitz guesses who’s going to be at the Virgin Mobile FreeFest this year [Washington Post].

• CD Review: Azealia Banks: 1991 EP. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• CD Review: Janel & Anthony: Where Is Home. Reviewed by Joe Warminsky [Washington CityPaper].

• CD Review: Mutilation Rites: I Am Legion. Reviewed by Now Seitan Makes Your Rules!

• No longer missing: Mark Anderson, owner of the DC Improv, was found dead Wednesday morning in Arizona [Washington CityPaper].

• The show was last night, but here’s Catherine McCarthy’s interview with Ben Taylor of JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound [DCist]

• The show was last night, but here’s Jon Pacella’s interview with Elvis Suissa of Three Bad Jacks [9:30 Club].



Listening


• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is the Cribs‘s “Men’s Needs” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is Presto Bando, “Walking in the Air”.

• DCist presents the premiere of Frau Eva‘s video for “Underwater”.

High on Fire pulled out of the Mayhem Festival Tour since HoF frontman Matt Pike checked into rehab [MetalInsider]. Mayhem Fest is at Jiffy Lube Live on 7/29.



Live Reviews


• Michael J West on the DC Jazz Festival at the Atlas on 6/6/12 [Washington CityPaper]. Performance included Rodney Richardson Trio and Lena Seikaly.

• Aaron Leitko on Omar Souleyman at the 9:30 Club [Washington Post].

• Robert Battey on the NSO‘s season-closing program at the Kennedy Center [Washington Post].

• Fuzzy Logic on Black Hills at the Black Cat, 5/23/12.



Giveaways


• 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 today at noon).
NEW DC Music Download is giving away a slew of tickets: Bass Drum of Death, Yamantaka, Scott Lucas and the Married Men (contests end today at noon, Saturday at midnight, and Monday at midnight).
• 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).
• 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 05-30-12



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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