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Fat Trel releases Nightmare on E Street mixtape [Washington Post].
• Les Paul ‘s guitars go to auction [Washington Post].
• Anne Midgette talks about the Johansen Competition for string players ages 13-17 [Washington Post]. [T]he naked honesty of many of Friday’s performances awakened in me all of that gee-whiz, ain’t-classical-music-amazing sentiment I so often seek to combat.
• DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda .
• Wanted: Nightclub lighting technician .
Live Reviews
• Dean Rogers on
Mythbusters at the Warner Theatre [the Rogers Revue].
New Releases – with local reviews
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Madonna : MDNA – Reviewed by
Chris Richards [Washington Post] and by
Andrew Leahey [Washington Times]. Maura Judkis at the Post
compiles other critics’ reviews .
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Lionel Richie : Tuskegee – Reviewed by
Allison Stewart [Washington Post].
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Rusko : Songs – Reviewed by
David Malitz [Washington Post].
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Diggy Simmons : Unexpected Arrival – Reviewed by
Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post].
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Justin Townes Earle : Nothing’s Going to Change the Way You Feel About Me Now – Reviewed by
Andrew Leahey [Washington Times] (scroll down)
Contests
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Darkest Hour is
giving away Grindesign art to peopele who “like” this facebook image and page (contest is open until it reaches 1,000 likes).
• DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away
a pair of tickets to see Alcest , deafheaven , Black Clouds , and Auroboros at DC9 on 3/29 (
contest ends today at 5 PM ).
• The Vinyl District is giving away
a 2-LP set of the Mastodon album The Hunter . Winner must have a North American mailing address. (contest ends Thursday 3/28).
• The Vinyl District is giving away
a copy of VCMB ‘s Ssss on vinyl . Winner must have a North American mailing address. (contest ends Friday 3/29).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to Creed at the Warner Theatre on 4/24 (contest ends Sunday 4/15).
• 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 Marilyn Manson at the Fillmore Silver Spring on 5/1 (contest ends Sunday 4/1).
• 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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Things to read :
• Local band lineup change alert: singer Nick Kelly shares some words about his last week in power-metal band Division . There’s still one more chance to see Nick sing with Division, but it’ll involve a drive: the band is playing this Saturday at Balls Bluff Tavern, 2-D Loudoun Street Southwest, Leesburg, VA.
• the DC-related Whitney Houston coverage continues: DCist remembers Houston’s last public DC-area show , in 1997 at DAR Constitution Hall.
• Ever wonder what types of things go on at the Fillmore Silver Spring on nights when the venue doesn’t have a concert? Washingtonian’s blog stopped by there this weekend to find a Valentine’s dance for 90-year-old members of the community .
• DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda .
• Timothy Bracy on Tennis ‘s Young and Old for the Washington Post. Tennis is at the Black Cat on March 7.
• DC writer Joe Colly on Various Artists: We Are the Works In Progress (Asa Wa Kuru) for Pitchfork.
• Live reviews: Francis Chung on Sharon van Etten at the Black Cat [DCist]. Robert Battey on Voxare String Quartet at the Phillips Collection [Washington Post]. Charles T Downey on Leif Ove Andsnes at Strathmore [Washington Post]. Alan Duckworth on Steve Aoki at the Fillmore Silver Spring [the Rogers Revue]. We Love DC on the Sockets Records showcase at the Black Cat .
Things to listen to and/or watch :
• NPR brings us the video for Lambchop ‘s “Gone Tomorrow” . The band will be at IOTA on April 15.
• NPR’s tiny desk concert with Red Baraat .
Today’s new releases :
• Band of Skulls : Sweet Sour [Vagrant] – playing at the 9:30 Club on March 24.
• Islands : A Sleep & A Forgetting [Anti-] – playing at the Black Cat on February 22.
• Punch Brothers : Who’s Feeling Young Now? [Nonesuch] – playing at the 9:30 Club on April 27.
• Rosie Thomas : With Love [101] – playing at Jammin’ Java on March 16.
• the Dunwells : Blind Sided Faith [Playing in Traffic] – playing at Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis on May 10th (all-ages matinee!).
• Heartless Bastards : Arrow [Partisian Records] – playing at the Ottobar in Baltimore on February 27.
• Catherine Russell : Strictly Romancin’ [World Village] – playing at the Kennedy Center on April 13.
Free stuff :
• The Vinyl District has a copy of Of Montreal ‘s Paralytic Stalks on yellow vinyl . Winner must have a North American mailing address. (contest ends today )
• The Vinyl District has tickets to Zola Jesus at U Street Music Hall on 2/16 (contest ends 2/15 at noon)
• Tittsworth has tickets to Moombahton Massive XII at U-Hall on 2/15 (contest end date unknown; presumably Wednesday).
• The Rogers Revue has tickets to Disney On Ice at the Verizon Center on 2/18 (contest ends 2/17).
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Tagged Division , Lambchop , Leif Ove Andsnes , new releases , Red Baraat , Sharon van Etten , Sockets Records , Steve Aoki , Tennis , Voxare String Quartet , Whitney Houston
Quiet news day, so we’ve included a few of today’s new releases below.
Things to read :
• JUST ANNOUNCED: Madonna at the Verizon Center on Sunday, September 23rd. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 13th at 10 AM.
• DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda .
• Newt Gingrich as president would boost the grindcore scene in DC! Well, maybe not directly, but apparently a grindcore band calle Traumatic Anal Devastation played at a Gingrich rally in Las Vegas .
Apparently the band showed up outside the rally, plugged their instruments in, and generated what Gingrich staffer Terry ‘The Stick’ Foley called “the sound of a tank driving through a minefield.” Police showed up and pulled the plug on the youthful thugs after about 5 minutes (the equivalent of 20 songs, according to estimates from our grindcore research staff).
No reports of hearing loss or more than usual psychological damage from the Gingrich supporters who were present.
• DCist interviewed Theophilus London . (Yes, we know the show was last night, but this interview was published after our Music Notes ran yesterday.)
• RIP WAMU DJ Jerry Gray [Washington CityPaper]. The bluegrass DJ passed away last Thursday at the age of 78.
• Listen Local First (the folks who bring us DC Local Music Day) have started a Kickstarter campaign to bring DC music to SXSW [WLDC].
• Chris Porter on Alan Lomax [Express].
• Talking at shows: it’s not just for indie-rockers , although this patron’s interruption at a KenCen is a bit over the top.
• Live reviews: Mark Jenkins on Red Baraat at U St Music Hall [Washington Post]. Erica Bruce on the Kills and JEFF the Brotherhood at the 9:30 Club [the Vinyl District].
Today’s new releases :
• Air: Le Voyage Dans La Lune [Astralwerks] – an original soundtrack to the 1902 film of the same name; with guests Au Revoir Simone and Victoria Legrand of Beach House.
• Howard U alum Roberta Flack takes on the fab four: Let It Be Roberta – Roberta Flack Sings the Beatles [429 Records]
• Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral [4AD] – Screaming Trees frontman’s first solo record since 2004 after several collaborative records with Belle & Sebastian’s Isobel Campbell.
• Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks [Polyvinyl] – Remember when everyone in DC (and by everyone, we mean Jenkins , Lewis , and Malitz ) ragged on Of Montreal’s 2010 trainwreck of a concert at the 9:30 club?
• Psychroptic: Inherited Repression [Nuclear Blast]
• Twilight Sad: No One Can Ever Know [Fat Cat] – They’re playing the Rock & Roll Hotel at the end of this month, and we recommend that you attend.
• Sharon Van Etten: Tramp [Jagjaguwar] – She’s playing the Black Cat on Saturday (we recommend it), and yesterday we pointed you to the Washington Post ‘s interview with SVE .
• Van Halen: A Different Kind of Truth [Interscope] – playing at Verizon Center at the end of March.
Win tickets :
• The Vinyl District has tickets to Feist @ Strathmore on 5/9 (contest ends today at noon ).
• DCHeavyMetal.com has tickets to Opeth/Mastodon/Ghost (5/9) and Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated (5/22) , both at the Fillmore in Silver Spring (contest ends Friday 2/10 at 4 PM).
• ShowlistDC has tickets to Mos Def at the 9:30 Club on 2/20 (contest ends Friday 2/10 at 5 PM).
• Heavy Uber Alles has tickets to Iced Earth at the 9:30 Club on 3/13 (contest ends Monday 2/13 at noon)
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