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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Tuesday 08-21-12

Posted on 21 August 2012 by ShowlistDC

Today’s New Releases (with locally-penned reviews)

• Bloc Party, Four. Reviewed by Elizabeth Nelson [Washington Post].

• Blur, Parklive. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• the Darkness, Hot Cakes. Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].

• Owl City, the Midsummer Station. Reviewed by Allison Stewart [Washington Post] and by Andrew Leahey [Washington Times]. At the 9:30 Club on 9/10.

• Redd Kross, Researching the Blues. Reviewed by Aaron Leitko [Pitchfork].

• Spider Bags, Shake My Head. Reviewed by ChunkyGlasses.com.

• Yeasayer, Fragrant World. Reviewed by David Malitz [Washington Post]. At the 9:30 Club on 11/14 and 11/15.

Articles

• Planning Guides: Washington Post Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda. DC Music Download’s Weekday Hits and Upcoming Shows You Should Know.

• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Priests [DCist].

• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Meow vs. Meow [DCist].

• Interview: Gregory Ayers talks to Clarissa Villondo, co-founder of Indie Bands With a Mission [DC Music Download].

• Interview: Nancy Dunham talks to Mat Kearney [Washington Examiner]. Opening for Train tonight at Wolf Trap.

• DVD/Documentary review: Joe Warminsky on Sweet Rock: the Red Weasel Movement [Washington CityPaper]. It’s “a 35-minute documentary about a Salisbury, Md., band that was a small oasis of grunge-era good times on the Eastern Shore and whose members were familiar with D.C.’s late ’80s/early ’90s scene“.

• Republican Vice Presedential candidate Paul Ryan apparently loves Rage Against the Machine. That love is not returned [Washington Post].

• Are you tired of people saying that the local music scene sucks? Baltimore blogger Metallomusikum certainly is, and she wrote this handy list of things you and your band can do to make it better. (She wrote it back in January, but it’s still worth reading/following/taping to the fridge).

• Local band news: Periphery is dropping off the Summer Slaughter Tour due to a family emergency [Facebook].

• Chuck Brown Day: Ally Schweitzer tallied an hourly update on the event’s breakdown [Washington CityPaper] (PS: she also reports that refunds are available for those who had tickets).

• Big Time Rush performed at a kids’ “state dinner” at the White House. Chris Richards was there [Washington Post].

• OK, we get it: making fun of Nickelback is like shooting fish in a barrel. Still, Maura Judkis critiques their new music video, “Trying Not To Love You” [Washington Post].

• More on Brightest Young Things‘ move to NYC: an article in the New York Times.

• The Washington CityPaper is curating a concert at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on 9/14. Kokayi, The Caribbean, and Alex (aka Alex Minoff) will be performing, and the event is free.

• Extra cash in your pocket? Check out the new Kickstarter from local power metal band A Sound of Thunder, to help fund their new album Time’s Arrow (and featuring an exclusive EP).

• Everyone’s been talking about Pussy Riot, and the Washington Post now has a blog post about the Russian punk rockers.

• Opera falls just outside the scope of what I cover here on ShowlistDC, but Anne Midgette wrote a few thoughtful pieces for the Washington Post recently, so I’ll round them up here: Taking Opera’s Pulse (a response to a recent cover article of Opera News, which sparked a conversation on NPR) and Opera: great personalities, bad actors.

Listening

• Here’s a roundup of Hometown Sounds DC’s local music videos of the day:
– Screen Vinyl Image, “Night Trip” (8/20)
– the Young Rapids, “Goods (Blue Light Sessions)” (8/17)

• Here’s a roundup of DCist’s music videos of the day:
– Airiel, “Flashlight Tag” (8/20)
– Wye Oak, “Spiral” (8/17)

• Live listening: Wye Oak, live from the 9:30 Club, 8/17/12 [NPR.org].

• Rufus Wainwright stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert.

• Listen to yU‘s latest 7″ release [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen to Substantial‘s “Check My Resume” [DC Music Live].

• Listen to Mac Demarco‘s “My Kind of Woman” [ChunkyGlasses.com].

• Podcasts: Hometown Sounds DC’s podcast for 8/19 and ChunkyGlasses.com’s Episode 13.

Live Reviews

• Be’La Dona and Klymaxx at Fort Dupont Park, 8/18/12. Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post].

• the Dirty Projectors and Wye Oak at the 9:30 Club, 8/17/12 & 8/18/12. Reviewed by Rohan Mahadevan [DCist] and by Aaron Leitko [Washington Post]. 9:30 Club posted the setlist from 8/17 [930club.tumblr.com].

• Gold Motel at Jammin’ Java, 7/23/12. Reviewed by Stephen Bradley [Washington Times].

• the Kennedys and Naked Blue at the Hamilton, 8/19/12. Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].

• Lorelei, Deathfix, and Sun Wolf at the Black Cat, 8/17/12. Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live] and photographed by Erica Bruce [Washington CityPaper].

• Barry Manilow at Wolf Trap, 8/16/12 & 8/17/12. Reviewed by Mark Beachy [MD Theatre Guide], by Denise A Levien [the Rogers Revue], and by Reel Film News

• Marina and the Diamonds and MS MR at the 9:30 Club, 8/14/12. Reviewed by We Love DC.

• Raise the Roofbeams, the Beanstalk Library and Red Sammy at DC9, 8/16/12. Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].

• Christian Scott aka Christian aTunde Adjuah at the Bohemian Caverns, 8/16/12. Reviewed by Michael J West [Washington Post].

Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to the Brian Jonestown Massacre at the 9:30 Club on 8/22 (contest ends today at noon).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to the Rockstar UPROAR festival with Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind, Papa Roach, and more. Show is at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/2 (no indication of when this giveaway ends).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away two Slumberland LPs: Lorelei‘s Enterprising Sidewalks and Echo Lake‘s Wild Peace (contest ends Friday 8/24).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to Ben Harper‘s acoustic show at Wolf Trap on 9/4 (contest ends 8/26).
• NEW Local band Cassandra Syndrome has a contest that includes T-Shirts and tickets to their concerts on 9/1 (with Cybergeist and Death Maschine at the Recher Theatre) and 9/14 (with Kamelot, A Sound of Thunder, and Fallen Martyr at Empire).
• DC101 is giving away front row tickets to DC101′s Kerfuffle with the Offspring, Sublime, Rome, Garbage, etc., at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/15 (contest ends 9/3).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Tuesday 07-03-12

Posted on 3 July 2012 by ShowlistDC

[FYI: Music Notes will be quiet tomorrow for the July 4th holiday, but we'll be back on Thursday, 7/5.]

Today’s New Releases (with locally-penned reviews)

• Chris Brown: Fortune. Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post] and Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].

• Beachwood Sparks: the Tarnished Gold. Reviewed by David Malitz [Washington Post].

• Flo Rida: Wild Ones. Reviewed by Bill Friskics-Warren [Washington Post] and Andrew Leahey [Washington Times]. At the Verizon Center on 7/25.

• Milk Maid: Mostly No. Reviewed by Zach Kelly [Pitchfork].

Articles

• Planning Guides: DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda. Washington Post Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda.

• Here’s a super-cool video interview with Paul Vodra of Hometown Sounds DC [via K Street Kate's The District Dish]. If you’re not familiar with Hometown Sounds DC, it’s a 24-hour radio station playing music from the DC area, broken up by genre (lounge, punk, rock, twang, dance, and urban; the hours for each can be found on Hometown Sounds’s home page). You can listen to Hometown Sounds DC via streamlicensing.com. Hometown Sounds DC also posts a daily DC music video which we re-post every day in our “Listening” section below.

• Interview: Metallomusikum talks to Lita Ford (audio).

• Interview: Metallomusikum talks to Murp (Q&A text).

• RIP soprano Evelyn Lear [Washington Post]. There is also this obituary, written by Emily Langer.

• Hungry? DC Music Download ranks its top 5 places in DC for brunch and music.

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Scissor Sisters, “Let’s Have a Kiki” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Vegas With Randolph, “Supergirl”.

• Local music video: DC stoner metal band Borracho just released a video for “All In Play” [Youtube].

• Another local music video: Maryland djent band Periphery has unveiled a video for “Make Total Destroy” [Blabbermouth].

• Listen: Tabi Bonney and Raheem DeVaughn‘s “Need a Girl” [Washington CityPaper].

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

• Download: The Vinyl District’s Press Play.

Live Reviews

• Joan Reinthaler on the Catalan tribute to Joan Miro at the National Gallery of Art [Washington Post].

• Charles T Downey on the Serenade! choral festival, originally scheduled for Strathmore but relocated to the National Presbyterian Church due to the storms [Washington Post].

• Shona Fenner on Exitmusic with Stagnant Pools at the Red Palace [Brightest Young Things].

• Kara Capelli on The Head and the Heart at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Andy J on Japandroids with Cadence Weapon at the Rock & Roll Hotel [Brightest Young Things].

Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Lita Ford‘s Living Like a Runaway on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Henry Rollins at the 9:30 Club on 11/5 (contest ends today).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of George Harrison‘s Early Takes Volume 1 on vinyl (contest ends Monday 7/9).
• 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).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Thursday 06-28-12

Posted on 28 June 2012 by ShowlistDC

Articles

• Planning Guides: My final weekend concert preview for TBD. DCist’s This Week in Jazz.

• Local DIY space Suberranean A had its final show last weekend. Ally Schweitzer writes a great article about the space’s history and challenges of putting on shows there [Washington CityPaper].
[Adam] Friedland and [Phil] Cohen didn’t set out to open a DIY venue. After living in the basement for six months, they heard that one of their favorite musicians, Radical Face, was looking to book shows at unconventional spaces. They thought their space could work. They contacted him, and by March 2010, the conceptual glitch-folk artist from Jacksonville, Fla., was playing in their living room. They couldn’t have anticipated the kind of crowd that showed up. “This was kind of a subculture that no one really knew existed,” says Friedland. “There were people that came from Pittsburgh, people that came from South Carolina, North Carolina—” “11-year-old Mormons!” Cohen interjects. They decided to roll with it and keep putting on events. Within a year and a half, the moldy, cacophonous basement had begun to fill a niche that no traditional venue in D.C. could. Beholden to no one, and with no interest in profit, the kids at Sub A could book whatever they wanted, handing 100 percent of the proceeds to the artists. For a year or two—a lifetime for a punk house—Subterranean A was D.C.’s best-curated independent venue.

• Preview/Interview: Stephen Deusner talks to Brandi Carlile [Washington Post Express]. Tonight at Wolf Trap.

• the NSO is homeward bound after its South American tour [Washington Post].

• CD Review: Empires of Eden: Channelling the Infinite. Reviewed by NOVA Metal Review.

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is America Hearts, “Train Tracks” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Head-Roc, “UFCW Local 400 Anthem”.

• Watch: America Hearts‘s “Heart” [Washington CityPaper].

• Stream the entire new Periphery album, Periphery II [themusic.com.au].

Live Reviews

• Erica Bruce’s photos of Fiona Apple at the Warner Theatre, 6/26 [Washington CityPaper].

• Reel Film News’s recap of Demi Lovato and Hot Chelle Rae at Wolf Trap.

Giveaways

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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Thursday 06-14-12

Posted on 14 June 2012 by ShowlistDC

Articles

• Planning guides: DCist’s This Week in Jazz.

• Fort Reno starts on Monday! But don’t look for the schedule on their site– as of this writing, the 2012 schedule had not been posted. The Washington CityPaper tells us that opening night will feature Teen Mom, Alarms & Controls, and Upforth.

• More of NPR’s favorites of 2012 so far: favorite classical albums.

• Preview: Christopher Porter on Neil Diamond [Washington Post Express]. Tonight at the Verizon Center.

• Interview: Rudi Greenberg talks to Marissa Nadler [Washington Post Express]. At DC9 tonight.

• Interview: Michael Parsons talks to Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows [Reel Film News]. The band plays Wolf Trap on 6/20.

• Christopher Porter on Oddisee [Washington Post Express].

• Arlington teens are producing a battle-of-the-bands at Artisphere this weekend [ARLnow]. They’ve been posting band profiles on the event’s Facebook page.

• Local band news: The newest Periphery track will premiere today on Liquid Metal Sirius XM, writes Outerloop Management on its Facebook page.

• Speaking of Periphery, here’s a video interview with Spencer and Misha by Hit the Floor Magazine at the Download Festival.

• CD Review: Frau Eva, Underneath Eyelids. Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Washington CityPaper]. Performing Saturday at the Black Cat.

• CD Review: Clams Casino, Instrumental Tape 2. Reviewed by Joe Colly [Pitchfork].

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Grouplove, “Tongue Tied” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is (former DC band) Jukebox the Ghost, “Victoria”.

• Metal Injection has live video of Dying Fetus performing “From Womb to Waste” at Empire (formerly Jaxx) on 6/9.

Live Reviews

• Maeve McDermott on the Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 [The Vinyl District].

• Brian Ossip on Matt Skiba and the Sekrets at the Black Cat on 6/10 [DC Music Live].

• Mike Shomaker on Nobody Yet at All Saints Episcopal Church in Huntingtown, MD [DC Music Live].

• Marie Formica on Mogwai at the 9:30 Club on 6/11 [Brightest Young Things].

• William Alberque on 2:54 at the Rock & Roll Hotel [Brightest Young Things].

Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Grizzly Bear at the 9:30 Club on either 9/20 or 9/21 (winner gets to choose) (contest ends today at noon).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to Balkan Beat Box at the 9:30 club on 6/15 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to Spanglish Fly at the U Street Music Hall on 6/16 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Social Distortion at the 9:30 club on either 11/6 or 11/7 (winner gets to choose) (contest ends Friday 6/15 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 Tuesday 6/19).
• NEW 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 Tuesday 6/19).
• 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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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Tuesday 06-05-12

Posted on 5 June 2012 by ShowlistDC

Today’s New Releases (with locally-penned reviews)

• the Beach Boys: That’s Why God Made the Radio – Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [the Washington Times]. At Merriweather Post Pavilion on 6/15.

• Curren$y: The Stoned Immaculate – Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post]. Tonight at Empire.

• Kelly Hogan: I Like To Keep Myself In Pain – Reviewed by Bill Friskics-Warren [Washington Post]. Hogan opens for Neko Case at Rams Head Live in Baltimore on 7/17.

• Alan Jackson: Thirty Miles West – Reviewed by Chris Richards [Washington Post]. At Wolf Trap on 8/19.

• Oddisee: Odd Renditions Vol. 001 EP – Reviewed by Joe Colly [Pitchfork].

• Patti Smith: Banga – Reviewed by Allison Stewart [Washington Post]. Smith and her band open for Neil Young & Crazy Horse at the Patriot Center on 11/30.

• Mina Tindle: Taranta – Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].

• Westmain: Glamour Fades – Reviewed by Gregory Ayers [DC Music Download].

• Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Americana – Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [the Washington Times]. Performing at the Patriot Center on 11/30.

Articles

• Planning guides: Brightest Young Things’ shows to get pumped for this week.

• Local band news: Maryland djent band Periphery‘s new single “Make Total Destroy” is available on iTunes. You can also listen to it on youtube. The new album Periphery II is out 7/3/12 on Sumerian Records.

• Kwame Brown: If You Don’t Like Go-Go, “Get Over It” [DCist].

• Interview: Giovanni Russonello talks to guitarist Rodney Richardson [CapitalBop]. Performing at the Atlas on Wednesday.

• Interview: the Counting Crows‘ Adam Duritz [the Rogers Revue]. the Counting Crows play Wolf Trap on 6/20.

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Times New Viking‘s “Ever Falling In Love” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is These United States, “Get Yourself Home”.

• Maryland djent band Periphery released its new single “Make Total Destroy” today; check out the song on youtube.

• Kelly Hogan stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert.

• “United We Stand” featuring 30/30, Garvey The Chosen One, Uno Boss, Boobe, Anwan “Big G” Glover, and Mardi Gra [Washington CityPaper].

Live Reviews

• Radiohead at the Verizon Center: Reviewed by Chris Richards [Washington Post] and Jonathan L Fischer [Washington CityPaper].

• Stephen Bradley on O’Brother at the Howard Theatre [Washington Times]. The band was opening for Thrice.

• Brian Ossip and Mike Shomaker on The Used at the Fillmore on 5/30 [DC Music Live].

• Michael J West on Tarbaby at the Fridge (CapitalBop’s DC Jazz Loft) [Washington CityPaper].

• Photos from the DC Jazz Festival [WJLA]

• Charles T Downey on the Baltimore Consort at St. Matthew’s Cathedral [Washington Post]. Part of the Washington Early Music Festival.

• Stephanie Breijo on Dawes and Sara Watkins at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Brightest Young Things on Les Nubians at the Hamilton.

• Joy Asico’s photos of City and Colour at Rams Head Live [Brightest Young Things].

Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of 2:54‘s S/T on vinyl (contest ends today).
• NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Dengue Fever at the 9:30 Club on 6/6 (there’s no indication of when this giveaway ends).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Monty Alexander at the Hamilton on 6/9 (contest ends Wednesday 6/6).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends at noon on Wednesday 6/6).
• Scene Trek is giving away a pair of tickets to The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends at 3 PM on Wednesday 6/6).
• NEW Heavy Uber Alles is giving away a pair of tickets to see Three Bad Jacks at the U St Music Hall on 6/7 (contest ends at 9 PM on Wednesday 6/6).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (contest ends Thursday 6/7).
• 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: Monday 06-04-12

Posted on 4 June 2012 by ShowlistDC

Notes from This Weekend

On Saturday night, I went up to Sonar in Baltimore for a four-band black metal tour: Sweden’s Marduk, Norway’s 1349, Atlanta’s Withered, and Canada’s Weapon. There were also 7 local bands on the lineup– I’m not a huge fan of pay-to-play (which is the policy of asking local bands to pre-sell tickets to shows in order to play; I wrote a lengthy article for TBD.com about Jaxx last year where I talked a lot about that policy; you can read that article here), and I think that an ELEVEN-BAND lineup is a bit ridiculous, even for a Saturday night. Sure, having a lot of local bands on the bill helps bring people out to the show, but there were already four good touring bands on this bill!

Anyway: apparently they were staggering the local bands between the Talking Head Lounge (Sonar’s smallest room) and the Talking Head Club (the medium-sized room), to shorten the setup time, then all four touring bands played on the Club stage. Except that’s not exactly what happened. I got there around 8:30 and caught the end of Baltimore’s Strong Intention‘s set on the Club stage, then Weapon played a great set. Then, as Withered played its set on the Club stage, there was another local band playing AT THE SAME TIME on the Talking Head stage down the hall. No joke– one of the touring bands was competing for an audience with one of the local bands. Not only that, those of us trying to hear Withered from the back of the Club room had to strain to hear them over the sound of the local band playing a few feet away (if you’ve never been to Sonar, these two rooms are very close together). It made for a really frustrating night– sure, I’d just seen Withered about a year ago when they played Sonar with Krallice, but it would’ve been nice to hear them again without having their music mashed up with that of a local band. It made for a really frustrating night and just seemed completely unprofessional overall. Seriously, folks: don’t have a touring band compete for an audience and decibels with a local band. It’s just not awesome.

Local band news

So much news about local bands that we had to break it into its own section today!

• Periphery‘s Matt Halpern is on the cover of the July issue of Modern Drummer magazine. You can check him out in action in this improvised jam he posted on YouTube last year.

• There are songs by Beauty Pill, J. Robbins, TONE, and True Womanhood (among many others) on this compilation album to benefit Jason Noble of Rodan and the Shipping News. Jason is battling Synovial Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer.

• You could join TONE‘s guitar army; the longtime post-rock band is looking for a guitarist.

• Black Clouds have a “name your own price” deal for their album Everything Is Not Going To Be OK on Bandcamp.

• You can pre-order the new limited-edition Auroboros EP (250 hand-numbered copies that come with a free digital download) via Australopithecus Records. No, we can’t spell that either, so just click the link.

• In a local band? Check out Jammin’ Java’s Mid-Atlantic Band Battle 7. Prizes include $2500 cash, studio time, a band photoshoot, and more. Deadline to apply is June 9th.

Articles

Planning Guides
• DC Music Download’s weekday hits.
• DC Music Live’s weekly show roundup.
• Listen Local First’s June featured artists and events.

• All Songs Considerd’s Bob Boilen deleted all his music [NPR].

• There’s always more Chuck Brown coverage: Chris Richards talks to Source Records’ Logan Westbrooks, the man who helped break “Bustin’ Loose” [Washington Post].

• The Washington Post ran a big feature this weekend about summertime classical music festivals: Anne Midgette on DC-area summer classical music [Washington Post]. Here’s a feature on the Castleton Festival in Rappahannock County, VA (and the $1.08M Guadagnini violin that was sold to finance it). Here’s a sidebar listing all the local festivals and 5 American classical festivals outside of DC.

• Interview: Steve Kiviat chats with zydeco player Curley Taylor on why he likes R. Kelly [Washington CityPaper].

• Interview: Metallomusikum talked to Edmonton black/death metal band Weapon at an in-store at Black Mess Records in Baltimore on Saturday.

• Mike Paarlberg on the comfortable routine of the Washington Performing Arts Society [Washington CityPaper]. WPAS’s president, Neale Perl, announced last week that he would retire at the end of next season.

• Looking for work in the music industry? Jammin’ Java in Vienna is looking for a full-time venue manager.

• Preview: Michael J West on the DC Jazz Festival [Washington CityPaper], which started this past weekend.

• Somewhat after the fact but somewhat relevant: Here are several previews for CapitalBop‘s DC Jazz Lofts, part of this year’s DC Jazz Festival: Siriam Gopal [DCist] and Listen Local First. Two shows were this weekend and the third is June 9th.

• The show was this weekend, but here’s an interview with Coup Sauvage & the Snips [We Love DC].

• The show was this weekend, but here’s Nia Hightower’s interview with Les Nubians [DC Music Live].

Listening

• DC rapper SmCity now has a video for “Hate, Love, & Money” [Washington CityPaper].

• DC Music Download’s Local Listening Booth.

• Rohan Mahadevan’s Song of the Day: Big Freedia‘s “Azz Everywhere” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s Local Music Video of the Day: Koshari‘s “Wake Me”.

• Replayed: Justin Jones‘s “My Father’s Gun” [DC Music Download].

Live Reviews

• Stephen Bradley on Crystal Fighters at the Rock & Roll Hotel [Washington Times].

• Stephen Brookes on Deviant Septet at the Atlas Performing Arts Center [Washington Post].

• Joe Banno on the BSO‘s Mozart performance at Strathmore on 5/31 [Washington Post].

• Ross Bonaime on the Dandy Warhols at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

Giveaways

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of 2:54‘s S/T on vinyl (contest ends Tuesday 6/5).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Monty Alexander at the Hamilton on 6/9 (contest ends Wednesday 6/6).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends at noon on Wednesday 6/6).
• Scene Trek is giving away a pair of tickets to The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends at 3 PM on Wednesday 6/6).
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (contest ends Thursday 6/7).
• 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 05-31-12

Posted on 31 May 2012 by ShowlistDC

Articles

• Planning guides: Capital Bop’s guide to the DC Jazz Festival. TBD also has a video of the Festival’s Executive Director Sunny Sumter. DC Music Download’s Weekend Hits.

• Attending today’s Chuck Brown Memorial Service? Huffington Post has what you need to know, and DCist also has an overview. Note that Mayor Vince Gray has stated that the service will be closed once 14,500 people are in attendance. More Chuck Brown articles:
– Robert Samuels on Chuck Brown’s legacy for a non-native Washingtonian [Washington Post].
– D.C. Public Library is adding a Chuck Brown collection to its research archives [DCist].

• Remembering Doc Watson:
– Terence McArdle’s obituary [Washington Post].
– Maura Judkis collects videos of Watson [Washington Post].
– A 1988 article by Richard Harrington [Washington Post].
– Smithsonian’s Around the Mall blog has this remembrance with a link to a “Sound Sessions” podcast.

• Arlington may get its own community radio station [ArlNow]. Arlington Independent Media (AIM), which is known for its local cable channel (Comcast channel 69 / Verizon 38), has planned funds to build an audio booth in its Clarendon studios. The station will likely start as internet-only and may later be broadcast on a low-power FM frequency.

• Neale Pearl, the decade-long president/CEO of the Washington Performing Arts Society, announced that he would step down at the end of the ’12-’13 season [Washington Post].

• Preview/interview: Catherine McCarthy talks to Simone Felice [DCist]. Performing tonight at the Hamilton.

• Preview/video: DC Jazz Loft Series with a video interview with Nasheet Waits [Capital Bop].

• Speaking of Capital Bop, Chris Richards wrote a lengthy article on the jazz blog’s influence [Washington Post], with photos of the two guys behind the blog, Giovanni Russonello and Luke Stewart.

• CD Review: Mike Shiflet: Merciless. Reviewed by Marc Masters [Pitchfork].

• CD Preview: Maryland djent/metal band Periphery posted this video previewing their upcoming album Periphery II, due out 7/3. The album features guest spots by Dream Theater‘s John Petrucci as well as Wes Hauch and Guthrie Govan.

Listening

• Rohan Mahadevan’s Song of the Day is a local one: Big/Bright‘s “French Dude” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s music video of the day: Black Cobain, “Cheers”.

Live Reviews

• Stephen Bradley on Selah Sue at the U Street Music Hall [Washington Times].

Giveaways

• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to Chappo‘s show tonight at the Rock & Roll hotel (contest ends toay 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 today).
• 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).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of 2:54‘s S/T on vinyl (contest ends Tuesday 6/5).
• NEW Scene Trek is giving away a pair of tickets to The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends at 3 PM on Wednesday 6/6).
• 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: Tuesday 05-15-12

Posted on 15 May 2012 by ShowlistDC

Today’s New Release (with locally-written reviews)

• Beach House: Bloom – Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork] and by Chris Richards [Washington Post].

• Best Coast: The Only Place – Reviewed by David Malitz [the Washington Post]. At the 9:30 Club on 7/14.

• Adam Lambert: Tresspassing – Reviewed by Allison Stewart [Washington Post] and by Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].

• Motion Sickness of Time Travel: Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Reviewed by Marc Masters [Pitchfork].

• Willie Nelson: Heroes – Reviewed by Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].

• Roomrunner: Super Vague EP – Reviewed by Aaron Leitko [Pitchfork].

• Rye Rye: Go! Pop! Bang! – Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post].

Articles

• Local venue news: We got a press release from the folks at Live Nation about Jiffy Lube Live (formerly Nissan Pavilion) about some of the changes to expect this season:
– Local food trucks will be stopping by the venue at concerts.
– There’s apparently a 32-oz fountain soda for sale that comes with free refills.
– New speakers and upgraded video projectors on the lawn.
– All day-of-show information (parking lot times, set times, permitted items, etc) will be on JLL’s facebook page, facebook.com/JiffyLubeLive.
– There’s also a LiveNation iPhone app– we’re not sure exactly how crucial this is, but it might make buying tickets easier. Check it out at this link.
– Remember that JLL lifted its tailgating ban earlier this year!
ShowlistDC has JLL’s schedule posted here.

• Interview/Preview: Jonathan Druy talks to the Breeders‘ Kelley Deal [We Love DC]. Deal’s acoustic project R. Ring plays at DC9 tonight.

• Interview/Preview: Tanya Pai talks to James Morrison [Washingtonian]. At the 9:30 Club on Wednesday.

• Interview/Preview: Stephanie Williams talks to Fire and the Wheel [DC Music Download]. At the Black Cat on Saturday.

• Local band news: Periphery‘s new album now has a release date of July 3rd. Apparently the band had no idea [Metal Injection].

• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with an interview with Tsjuder‘s drummer Anti-Christian.

• Silo Halo‘s Midwestern Tour Diary, Day 5 [DCist].

• Listen: Tabi Bonney‘s “Chop Chop” [Washington CityPaper].

• Video: Maimouna Youssef‘s “I Got a Man” [Hometown Sounds DC].

• Listen Local First is curating a Live Showcase & Panel on Web Streaming on Thursday 5/17.

Live Reviews

• Stephen Bradley on Black Taxi at the Black Cat [Washington Times].

Contests

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Keane‘s Strangeland on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 5/17).
• 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 05-09-12

Posted on 9 May 2012 by ShowlistDC

Articles

• Today is Local Music Day!

• Preview/interview: Nancy Dunham on Ingrid Michaelson [Washington Examiner]. Tonight at the 9:30 Club.

• Preview: Nancy Dunham on Red Hot Chili Peppers [Washington Examiner]. Tomorrow night at the Verizon Center.

• Interview: Jeff Jetton & Ian Palmiero talked to Mastodon last year before their show at the 9:30 club [BYT]. The band plays tonight with Opeth and Ghost at the Fillmore Silver Spring.

• Last week, publishing company Tuff City hit the Beastie Boys with a lawsuit for sampling DC go-go band Trouble Funk songs. Trouble Funk was not aware of the lawsuit or of Adam Yauch’s death [Washington Post]. DCist also reports (with song audio).

• How do you feel about guilty pleasures? Caitlin Moore wrote an article titled Why I like One Direction and you should, too (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boy Band) [Washington Post].

• “Song 1″ extended until May 20 [Washington Post]. Check out some of the bands playing Friday at that link. Washington CityPaper also reports.

• Christopher Porter on Richard Chartier‘s subatomic sounds [Express].

• Watch: DCMusicDownload rounds up recent local music videos: Us & Them; yU, Raheem Devaughn, Oddisee, Noyeek, Draus, Laelo, Tabi Bonney; A Sound of Thunder; and Fat Trel.

• In other Fat Trel news, the DC rapper has teamed up with Chicago’s Chief Keef [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: Heavy Uber Alles gives us six heavy tunes every Tuesday.

• Silo Halo‘s midwestern tour diary, Day 1 and Day 2 [DCist].

• More local touring news: Dying Fetus met the chicken guy at their recent Baltimore show at Sonar [Metal Underground].

• Black Clouds will be playing their new record in its entirety at their show Saturday night at the Rock & Roll Hotel.

• Maryland djent band Periphery posted that they will be playing new songs on the Summer Slaughter tour, which stops at Sonar on 8/4.

• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with a profile of Richmond’s Cough.

• Going to see Opeth tonight at the Fillmore? Read about Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt‘s underwear injury [Metal Underground]. Also, I’ll be there, so come up and say hi!

Live Reviews

none today….

Contests

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Dot Hacker‘s Inhibition on colored vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to see Rob Zombie and Megadeth at the Merriweather Post Pavilion on 5/13 (contest ends Friday 5/11 at 5 PM).
• Baltimore SoundStage is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Machine performs Pink Floyd on 5/12 plus a $20 bar tab and dinner (contest ends Friday 5/11).
• 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: Thursday 04-19-12

Posted on 19 April 2012 by ShowlistDC

Articles

• Concert guides: DCist’s This Week in Jazz.

• Interview: Stephen Deusner talks to Eleanor Friedberger from the Fiery Furnaces, who’s playing a solo show at the Black Cat tonight [Express].

• Preview: Marie Gullard on BSO Pops’ “Do You Hear the People Sing? Miss Saigon to Les Miserables” [Washington Examiner]. Tonight at Strathmore.

• Blog profile: Christopher Porter tips his hat to the AllOurNoise.tv guys [Express], who present awesome live videos. Check out their site here.

• No Age and High Places to perform at ‘Song 1′ event at the Hirshhorn [Washington CityPaper]. The event takes place on May 11 and is co-sponsored by Pitchfork and Wired magazine.

• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with a profile of Dragged Into Sunlight.

• Local(ish) band news: Check out Eternal Descent Vol. 4 Issue 2, with Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor [Facebook]. See more here.

• Watch: Megaphone Barons‘ new video for “Send Somebody Else”.

• Watch: America Hearts‘ new video for “Lose You” [thanks to Trigger Cut]. The band is starting a singles club/residency at the Black Cat.

• RIP: Paul Draisey, the Voice of Loudoun County [Washington Post]. Draisey was an on-air personality at Loudoun’s AM station WAGE 1200.

Live Reviews

• Scott Galupo on a tribute to Bill Monroe at Strathmore [Washington Post].

Contests

• 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 today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see Fiona Apple at the Warner Theatre on 6/26 (contest ends Friday 4/20 at 9 AM).
• 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).
• 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).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the Naked and Famous‘s Passive Me, Aggressive You on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (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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