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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Friday 01-18-13

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Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner

Planning Guides
• DC Music Download’s 5 best live music events this weekend that aren’t sold out.
• DCist’s This Week in Jazz.
• Washington CityPaper’s Jazz Setlist.
• ShowlistDC’s list of changes and additions over the last week.

Today – Friday 18 January
• Rhett Miller at Jammin’ Java. Interview by Tanya Pai [Washingtonian].
• Marshall Crenshaw at the Birchmere: Preview by Alex Baca [Washington CityPaper].
• Lalah Hathaway at the Howard Theatre: Preview by Marie Gullard [Washington Examiner].
• Soundgarden at DAR Constitution Hall: Preview/interview by Robert Fulton [Washington Examiner].
• Christopher Cross at the Barns of Wolf Trap: Preview/interview by Emily Cary [Washington Examiner].
• BSO and pianist Garrick Ohlsson present Rachmaninoff 101: Preview/interview by Marie Gullard [Washington Examiner].
• the Walkaways at IOTA: CD review of Romance and Medicine by Moira E McLaughlin [Washington Post].

Saturday 19 January
• Silent Old Mtns. at the Velvet Lounge: Interview by Stephanie Lanham [Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie].
• 2 Chainz at the Fillmore: Preview by Kriston Capps [Washington CityPaper].
• Christopher Cross at the Barns of Wolf Trap: Preview/interview by Emily Cary [Washington Examiner].

Sunday 20 January
• Catharsis at the Warehouse: Preview by Leor Galil [Washington CityPaper].
• the Soft Moon at the Black Cat: CD review of Zeros by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post].

Monday 21 January
• Iris DeMent at the Birchmere: Preview/interview by Geoffrey Himes [Washington Post].

Tuesday 22 January
• the Menzingers at the 9:30 Club: Preview by Matt Siblo [Washington CityPaper].

Wednesday 23 January
• Ra Ra Riot at the 9:30 Club: CD review of Beta Love by Ben Opipari [Washington Post].

Thursday 24 January
• Red Baraat at the 9:30 Club: CD review of Shruggy Ji by Catherine P Lewis (that’s me!) [Washington Post].
• Widowspeak at the Black Cat: CD review of Almanac by Dan Miller [Washington Post].


This Week’s New Releases (with locally-penned reviews)

• Arbouretum, Coming Out of the Fog: Reviewed by Aaron Leitko [Pitchfork].

• Dropkick Murphys, Signed and Sealed in Blood: Reviewed by Justin Beland [Chunky Glasses].

• Kingsley Flood, Battles: Reviewed by Nida Masiulis [DC Music Download].

• A Sound of Thunder, Queen of Hell EP: Reviewed by NoVA Metal Review.

• Yo La Tengo, Fade: Reviewed by Rusty Roberts [Chunky Glasses].


Articles

• New blog The Flash Band Project wrote this profile of DC Music Listing Sites– including a really nice shout-out to ShowlistDC!

• Venue profile: Club K in Baltimore, profiled by Brandon Weigel [Baltimore CityPaper].

• Booker profile: Ally Schweitzer has an excellent profile of and interview with Jim Thomson, booker of Tropicalia [Washington CityPaper].

• Schweitzer also has an excellent overview of DIY Record Labels in DC [Washington CityPaper].

• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Immanent Voiceless [DCist].

• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Teen Mom [DCist].

• Interview: We Love DC talks to Ugly Purple Sweater.

• Interview: Chris Richards talks to Jessie Ware [Washington Post].

• Jonathan Fischer analyzes how DC bands fared in the annual Pazz & Jop poll [Washington CityPaper]. Full disclosure: my ballot is here.

• DJ AngelBaby puts out a Baltimore club music mixtape [Baltimore CityPaper].

• A round-up of musicians appearing at inaugural balls and concerts [Washington Post].

• A listening tour of Mali [Washington Post].

• Vote in the Washington CityPaper’s Best of 2013 Readers’ Poll.


Listening

• Black Prairie stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert [NPR]. They’re opening for Rhett Miller at Jammin’ Java tonight (1/18/13).

• Listen to Sunwolf‘s “Sun & Sea” [Washington CityPaper].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local videos of the day have been Bad Domes, Show in 80 seconds and Drew Gibson, “Elmira” and New Rock Church of Fire, “the Sword” and Tom Goss, “Lover” and Thievery Corporation, “Take My Soul”.

• DCist’s songs of the day this week have been Tereu Tereu, “Savage Love” and Teen Mom, “I Wanna Go Out” and Jessie Ware, “Sweet Talk” and Freakwater, “My Old Drunk Friend” and Gringo Star, “Going Way Out”.

• Lots of DMV Beats [Washington CityPaper].

• New singles by Parquet Courts, Destiny’s Child, and Dylan Ryan/Sand – reviewed (with song clips) by Chris Richards [Washington Post].

• Heavy Uber Alles’s six heavy tunes.


Live Reviews

• Folger Consort and Cathedra at the Washington National Cathedral, 1/11/13: Reviewed by Patrick Rucker [Washington Post].

• the Gin Blossoms at the Barns of Wolf Trap, 1/16/13: Reviewed by Alan Duckworth [the Rogers Revue].

• Morrissey and Kristeen Young at Strathmore, 1/16/13: Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live] and photos by Erica Bruce [Washington CityPaper].

• David Murray Big Band with Macy Gray at the Howard Theatre, 1/10/13: Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].

• Niki and the Dove with Vacationer at the Rock & Roll Hotel, 1/11/12: Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].

• Paint Branch at Red Onion Records, 1/12/13: Photos by Erica Bruce [Washington CityPaper].

• Quicksilver at Dumbarton Oaks, 1/13/13: Reviewed by Charles T. Downey [Washington Post].

• Robert Egger’s Tribute Show at the Hamilton, 1/7/13: Reviewed by Stephanie Williams [DC Music Download].

• Sóley at the 9:30 Club, 11/25/12: Video by All Our Noise.

• Ugly Purple Sweater, Kingsley Flood, and Kindlewood at the Black Cat, 1/12/13: Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live] and by Kevin Hill [Chunky Glasses].


Giveaways

• DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away Corrections House and Tone at DC9 on 1/24/13 (giveaway ends 1/23/13). Corrections House is a supergroup featuring members of Neurosis, Eyehategod, Nachtmystium, and Yazuka.
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the Weeks, Gutter Gaunt Gangster EP (giveaway ends 1/24/13).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Sum 41‘s Does This Look Infected? (giveaway ends 1/23/13).

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Thursday 06-21-12

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Articles

• Planning Guides: TBD’s guide to local shows this weekend. DC Music Download’s Top 5 Free Concerts in DC. DCist’s This Week in Jazz.

• The saga around BYT‘s “Write a suicide note to win Morrissey tickets” continues. Here’s a summary: BYT posted a contest on Monday asking readers to write suicide notes in order to enter a contest to win tickets to Morrissey’s show at Strathmore. I wrote about this in Tuesday’s Music Notes. The Washington CityPaper picked up the story later that day and got some quotes from BYT managing editor Logan Donaldson. On Tuesday night, BYT quietly changed the contest to say “string together a couple of paragraphs using only Morrissey’s lyrics”; I printed the full text of the new contest and a rant from their Assistant Editor Stephanie Breijo in Wednesday’s Music Notes, and DCist picked up the story, getting an additional quote from Donaldson. THEN, BYT took its contest down entirely (if you click on the contest link now, you’re taken to a login page). The Washington CityPaper reported on that, with an additional statement from Donaldson.

• Ryan Little weighs in on the NPR / David Lowrey / Travis Morrison saga about downloading music [Washington CityPaper].

• Ken Avis on the DC Djangofolies Festival [CapitalBop].

• Journey‘s Neal Schon responds to the accusations that he walked out of Silverdocs [Washington Post]. Apparently, he just doesn’t like Q&A’s and says he never agreed to be on a panel discussion in the first place.

• Local band news: Darkest Hour has posted a 19-second teaser for its “Severed Into Separates” music video [OfficialDarkestHour.com].

• Bryce Harper used Justin Bieber as his walk-up music [Washington Post].

• Anne Midgette rounds up reviews of the NSO‘s tour. She also talks to some of the members of the Orchestra about the repertoire [Washington Post].

• Interview: Finch Fulton talks to Kal Traver of Rubblebucket [Brightest Young Things]. Tonight at the Hamilton.


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Cigarette, “Hundred Tears” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is the Pietasters, “Stone Feeling”.

• If you’re wondering how Ian Svenonius’s music sounds nowadays, you can stream the new Chain and the Gang album, In Cool Blood [Impose Magazine].

• Listen: Sam Cooper & the Sleepwalkers, New Typerighter Moon EP [DC Music Download].


Live Reviews

• Stephen Bradley on Keane at Strathmore [Washington Times].

1 More photos of DC Record Fair [The Vinyl District - Part 2].

• Brightest Young Things on Santigold and Theophilus London at the 9:30 Club.


Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to The Mynabirds at the Black Cat on 6/23 (contest ends Friday 6/22 at noon).
• 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: Tuesday 06-19-12

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Today’s new releases (with locally-penned reviews)

• Justin Bieber: Believe. Reviewed by Chris Richards [Washington Post] and Andrew Leahey [Washington Times]. At the Verizon Center on 11/5.

• Neneh Cherry and the Thing: the Cherry Thing. Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post].

• Kenny Chesney: Welcome to the Fishbowl. Reviewed by Elizabeth Nelson [Washington Post]. At FedEx Field on 8/12.

• Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction. Reviewed by Mike Joyce [Washington Post].

• Peaking Lights: Lucifer. Reviewed by Marc Masters [Pitchfork].

• Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania. Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].

• Shy Glizzy: Law. Reviewed by Ramon Ramirez [Washington CityPaper].


Articles

• Planning Guides: Washington Post Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda. Brightest Young Thing’s shows to get pumped for this week.

• Profile: here’s a video profile of CD Cellar [ARLnow].

• Interview: Janet Yaceczko talks to Becky Warren [DC Music Download]. Performing at The Black Squirrel Songwriter and Poet’s Series in Adams Morgan on 6/28.

• Interview: Ross Bonaime talks to Yeasayer [Brightest Young Things].

• As you know, I share all the music-related giveaways I can find down at the bottom of these posts every day. Well, here’s one I’m going to post only once: Brightest Young Things is doing a giveaway for Morrissey at Strathmore on 12/7. The contest is for everyone to write a suicide note, and BYT will pick a winner (they wrote: “Best suicide note wins”). Wow. I get that Morrissey and the Smiths’ music is mopey, and I get that BYT is trying to be cute and edgy, but this is pretty screwed up. It’s not just that it’s a morbid contest (which it is, and Shauna at BYT actually responded to one of the entries by writing, “PLEASE DO NOT GO KILL YOURSELF . XX BYT”). It’s that it makes light of suicide, and anyone who’s lived through a friend’s suicide knows what that’s like. It sucks. It absolutely sucks when a friend or loved one takes his/her own life (full disclosure: my friend Jeff killed himself last month and left a public suicide note on his blog). So maybe BYT thought this was funny or some kind of joke, but guess what: writing pretend suicide notes– even to get free concert tickets– isn’t funny and isn’t a joke. I guess this is just another example of how BYT, despite being one of the biggest entertainment blogs in this area, just doesn’t get it.

ADDITION: In order to prevent encouraging the linkbait nature of this contest, I’m pasting the BYT text below, in italics. Read the text here so you don’t increase their web hits count by clicking on the link above.

To say I/we/BYT/everyone loves Morrissey is probably the biggest understatement ever made on this website. So when I/we/BYT saw Morrissey was coming to STRATHMORE on December 7th, we just knew we had to get in on the ground floor. Tickets go on sale this FRIDAY @ 10AM, so get your itchy trigger finger ready and prepare your tear ducts for defeat. This is going to be a heartbreaker to end all heartbreakers.

Oh, and yes… we’ve got a pair of tickets BEFORE THEY GO ON SALE, ready for your taking. Thank you I.M.P.!

TO WIN: Since there is no longer any truth to there being a light that never goes out (oh, song title puns!), and Morrissey has announced he’ll be retiring in 2014, go on and tell us how you would end it all along side him. Best suicide note wins. Really, you’re going to want to think long and hard about this one.

Winner will be selected by Friday @ 9AM. Use a real email address when you comment and lease don’t commit suicide in the process.

• This has nothing to do with DC, but it was reported in the Post, and it’s random and bizarre, so I had to share: apparently actor Shia LaBeouf is naked in the new Sigur Ros video for “Fjögur Píanó” [Washington Post].


Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Santigold, “Big Mouth” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s didn’t post a local music video yesterday(!).

• Marky gives his own spin on Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used To Know” [For the DMV Only].


Live Reviews

• Stephen Bradley on Laura Marling at the 9:30 Club [Washington Times].

• Brandon Wu’s photos of Vector Trio at Artomatic [Washington CityPaper].

• Erica Bruce’s photos of Little Richard at the Howard Theatre [Washington CityPaper].

• Elliot Lanes on Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center on 6/16 [MD Theatre Guide].

• Ross Bonaime on the Beach Boys at Merriweather Post Pavilion [Brightest Young Things].


Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti at the 9:30 Club on 9/13 (contest ends today at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to The Walkmen at the 9:30 Club on 10/4 (contest ends today 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 today).
• 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 today).
• 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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