Articles
• Chris Richards talks to Atlanta rapper Future [Washington Post].
• Tom Jackman reports that Loudoun County has plenty of live music, but Summer Musicfest is not happening [Washington Post].
• There was a lecture on Friday night with filmmaker Jeff Krulik (Heavy Metal Parking Lot) and author Mark Opsasnick (Capitol Rock). The lecture was called “The History of Rock and Roll in Prince George’s County, Maryland—Nightclubs and Teenclubs, Bands and Concerts, 1950s-1970s”, and Steve Kiviat interviewed Krulik and Opsasnick [Washington CityPaper].
• Local band news: Apparently Magrudergrind played at the Ottobar on the set of VEEP for an upcoming episode of the show [Facebook].
• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to MDF with profiles of Eyehategod and Infernal Stronghold. There’s also an interview with Gunslut, drummer for Internal Stronghold.
Live Reviews
• Joshua Bell and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at Strathmore: reviewed by Joe Banno [Washington Post] and Alan Duckworth [the Rogers Revue].
• Robert Battey on Quatuor Diotima at the Library of Congress [Washington Post].
• Brianne Nemiroff on Hot Chelle Rae at the 9:30 Club [TBD].
• Stephen Bradley on Conduits at the Black Cat [Washington Times].
Contests
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Mayer Hawthorne and the County at the 9:30 Club on 4/17 (contest ends today).
• 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).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Imperial Teen‘s Feel the Sound on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Wednesday 4/18).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a signed copy of Lucero‘s Women & Work on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 4/19).
• NEW DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to Mayhem Festival at Jiffy Lube Live on 7/29. The winner plus four runners-up will get copies of Heavy Metal Picnic on DVD (contest ends Friday 4/20 at 5 PM).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Hume‘s Inverse Fireworks 7″ to three winners. Winners must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Friday 4/20).
• 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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