Articles
• Planning Guides: DC Music Download’s
Weekday Hits .
• Washington CityPaper published its Summer Music Guide last week, but here’s an addendum that we didn’t link to initially: Steve Kiviat’s guide to Global Music to see in DC this summer [Washington CityPaper].
• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Black Clouds [DCist].
• Preview/Interview: Nancy Dunham on the Cranberries [Washington Examiner]. Tonight at the 9:30 Club .
• This show happened this weekend, but you might be interested to read Siriam Gopal on Terri Lyne Carrington [DCist].
• This show also already happened, but perhaps you’d like to read part two of the chat between Ross Hurt from Black Clouds and Brian Porter of Imperial China [The Vinyl District]. part one ran last week.
• Listen: DC Music Download’s Local Listening Booth for this week.
• Watch: University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” [Washington Post / video]. Anne Midgette had reviewed the performance last week.
• Anne Midgette on the Virginia Chamber Orchestra ‘s Claude Debussy premieres this weekend [Washington Post].
Live Reviews
• Dave McKenna on
the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Verizon Center on 5/10 [Washington Post].
• David Malitz on Doug Aitken’s “Song 1: A Happening” at the Hirshhorn – featuring No Age , Oneohtrix Point Never , Animal Collective’s Geologist , Nicolas Jaar , and High Places [Washington Post].
• Metal Chris on the Heritage Hunter Tour (Opeth , Mastodon , and Ghost ) at the Fillmore Silver Spring on 5/9 [DCHeavyMetal.com].
• Emily Yahr on Josh Gracin at the Cancun Cantina [Washington Post]. (The text on this one doesn’t seem to load; we’ll try to find a better link if the problem doesn’t rectify itself.)
• Joe Banno on pianist Andre Watts joining the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for a Rachmaninoff concerto [Washington Post]. (no text here either….)
• Joe Banno also reviewed the Philadelphia Orchestra at Strathmore [Washington Post], and there’s also no text on this one.
Contests
•
NEW 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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Tagged Andre Watts , Animal Collective , Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , Black Clouds , Brian Porter , Debussy , Geologist , Ghost , High Places , Imperial China , Josh Gracin , Mastodon , Nicolas Jaar , No Age , Oneohtrix Point Never , Opeth , Philadelphia Orchestra , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Ross Hurt , Song 1 , Song 1: A Happening , Summer Music Guide , Terri Lyne Carrington , the Cranberries , UMD Symphony Orchestra , Virginia Chamber Orchestra
Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner
Planning Guides
• Washingtonian’s
Music Picks .
• DC Music Download’s
Weekend Hits .
• We Love DC
loves weekends .
• Washington CityPaper’s
Jazz Setlist .
• TBD points you to
shows you could take your mother to .
•
Free drinks at the Ottobar if you’re attending M3 or Rob Zombie/Megadeath at
Merriweather Post Pavilion .
Tonight – Friday, 11 May
• CD Review: Horse Feathers : Cynic’s New Year – reviewed by Dan Miller [Washington Post]. At the Black Cat .
• Interview/preview: Nancy Dunham on Avett Brothers [Washington Examiner]. At the Patriot Center .
• Interview/preview: Marie Gullard on the Philadelphia Orchestra and violinist James Ehnes [Washington Examiner]. At Strathmore .
• Preview: Jonathan L Fisher on Song 1 at the Hirshhorn [Washington CityPaper].
Saturday, 12 May
• Feature/interview: Brian Porter of Imperial China and Ross Hurt of Black Clouds chat with each other [the Vinyl District]. At the Rock & Roll Hotel tomorrow night. Also note that TVD is giving tickets away to the show at that link.
• Interview/preview: Emily Cary talks to Esperanza Spalding [Washington Examiner]. At the Howard Theatre .
• Preview: Joe Warminsky on Funk Ark [Washington CityPaper]. Also a review of their new album High Noon written by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post]. At the Hamilton .
• CD Review: the Wandering : Go On Now, You Can’t Stay Here: Mississippi Folk Music Volume III – reviewed by Catherine P Lewis [Washington Post]. At IOTA .
Sunday, 13 May
• CD Review: Dar Williams : In the Time of Gods – reviewed by Geoffrey Himes [Washington Post]. At the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis.
Monday, 14 May
• CD Review: Here We Go Magic : A Different Ship – reviewed by Benjamin Opipari [Washington Post]. At the Black Cat .
Tuesday, 15 May
• Interview/preview: David Malitz talks with the reunited Cardinal [Washington Post]. At the Velvet Lounge .
Articles
• The Washington CityPaper has published its
Summer Music Guide . See listings in
classical ,
jazz ,
hip-hop ,
indie-rock , and
EDM an Electropop .
• Jonathan L Fisher rounds up six go-go hits and the songs that sampled them [Washington CityPaper]. Also today in go-go news: David Simon (the Wire , Treme ) is a go-go fan .
• CD Review: Last Tide : Lost to Memory – Reviewed by Clay Conger [DC Music Download]. At the Black Cat on 5/19.
• CD Review: David Daniell / Douglas McCombs : Versions – Reviewed by Marc Masters [Pitchfork].
• CD Review: Alabama Shakes : Boys & Girls – Reviewed by Ashli Jean Cooper [Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie].
• Silo Halo ‘s Midwestern Tour Diary: Day 4 [DCist].
• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with a profile of Rwake and an interview with Ulcerate .
• Interview: Metallomusikum talks to Maryland doom rockers Iron Man .
• Watch (and read the behind-the-scenes): Justin Jones ‘s video for “Miracles” [NPR].
• Listen: Kishi Bashi stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert .
Live Reviews
• Megan Buerger on
Feist at Strathmore on 5/9 [Washington Post].
• Mark Jenkins on We Are Serenades at the Black Cat [Washington Post].
• Stephen Bradley on fun. at the 9:30 Club [Washington Times].
• Catherine Lewis (yup, that’s me) on Opeth , Mastodon , and Ghost at the Fillmore Silver Spring on 5/9 [DCist].
• We Love DC on Patrick Watson at the 9:30 Club on 5/8 .
Contests
• 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 today at 5 PM ).
• The Vinyl District is giving away
a pair of tickets to see Black Clouds , Tone , and Imperial China at the Rock & Roll Hotel on 5/12 (
contest ends today at noon ).
• 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 today ).
• 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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Tagged Alabama Shakes , Avett Brothers , Black Clouds , Brian Porter , Cardinal , Dar Williams , David Daniell , David Simon , Douglas McCombs , Esperanza Spalding , Feist , fun. , Funk Ark , Ghost , go-go , Here We Go Magic , Horse Feathers , Imperial China , Iron Man , James Ehnes , Justin Jones , Kishi Bashi , Last Tide , Mastodon , Opeth , Patrick Watson , Philadelphia Orchestra , Ross Hurt , Rwake , Silo Halo , Song 1 , Summer Music Guide , the Wandering , Ulcerate , We Are Serenades
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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Tagged A Sound of Thunder , Adam Yauch , Beastie Boys , Black Clouds , Chief Keef , Cough , Draus , Dying Fetus , Fat Trel , guilty pleasures , Ingrid Michaelson , Laelo , local videos , Mastodon , Mikael Akerfeldt , Noyeek , Oddisee , One Direction , Opeth , Periphery , Raheem Devaughn , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Richard Chartier , Silo Halo , Song 1 , Tabi Bonney , Trouble Funk , Tuff City , Us & Them , yU
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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Tagged All Our Noise , AllOurNoise.tv , America Hearts , Bill Monroe , BSO , Dragged Into Sunlight , Eleanor Friedberger , Eternal Descent , High Places , Megaphone Barons , Misha Mansoor , No Age , Paul Draisey , Periphery , Song 1 , WAGE