ShowlistDC Music Notes: Wednesday 07-18-12

Greetings from Canada! DC music notes, in brief, are below.



Articles


Planning Guides: DCist’s This Week in Hip-Hop.

• Metro invited musicians to audition for its Art In Transit program, allowing them to perform at station entrances– but without receiving tips (WMATA has a strict “no busking” rule). Listen Local First took issue with the program; the Washington CityPaper and DCist both report.

• Jazz profile: Giovanni Russonello on Tarus Mateen [CapitalBop].

• Upcoming release: Baltimore MC Kane Mayfield is releasing an album entitled Rhymes By Kane: Thievery Corporation [Washington CityPaper]. If you couldn’t figure it out from the title, the album will involve Mayfield’s words over Thievery Corporation‘s beats.

• DC bands interviewed elsewhere: the Village Voice interviews Janel & Anthony.

• Another “best of 2012 so far” list from Paul at ChunkyGlasses.com.



Listening


• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Stripmall Ballads, “She Lies in the Ground”.

• DCist’s song of the day is Onra, “L.O.V.E.”.

• Free Download: local thrash metal band Warchild put its EP We Go To War online for free [Soundcloud].

• Download: Yusef‘s the EPIC [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: Black Cobain and Shy Glizzy‘s “Faded” [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: Misun‘s The Sea EP [Washington CityPaper].



Live Reviews

• ChunkyGlasses.com on Best Coast with Those Darlins at the 9:30 Club.

• NOVAMetalReview on Night Ranger at Merriweather Post Pavilion (opening for the Scorpions), 7/12/12.



Giveaways


• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Thin Lizzy‘s self-titled debut reissue on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
NEW DCHeavyMetal.com is giving away a pair of tickets to the Ben Bones Birthday Bash at the Rock & Roll Hotel on 7/24, plus a signed copy of the new Auroboros EP (contest ends Friday 7/20 at 5 PM).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Anywhere‘s self-titled album on vinyl. Winner must have a North America mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 7/24).
• 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: Monday 07-16-12



Articles


Planning Guides: DC Music Live’s Weekly Roundup.

• We Love DC talks about two albums they think you should hear, These United States‘s These United States and Deleted Scenes‘s Young People’s Church of the Air.

• Have you ever wondered why kids download music? Read Aaron Leitko’s editorial on teens’ buying (or downloading) patterns and consider this: if independent record stores are going away and most high school kids don’t have their own credit cards for buying online, how else are they going to get music? [Washington Post].

• Music book reviews: David Kirby on two Queen books, Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones and 40 Years of Queen by Harry Doherty [Washington Post].

• Josh Sisk’s photos from the last night at Sonar in Baltimore.

• Attn drummers: Baltimore’s Visceral Disgorge is looking for a new drummer [Metal Underground].



Listening


• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Best Coast, “the Only Place” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is YahZarah, “Why Dontcha Call Me No More”.

• Algerian singer/songwriter Souad Massi stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert.

• Local listening: Clone of Clones, “the Neighborhood Song” [DC Music Download].

• Download or stream: a podcast of Hometown Sounds DC-selected songs.



Live Reviews

• Stephen Brookes on pianist Gloria Cheng at the University of Maryland’s Gildenhorn Recital Hall, 7/13/12 [Washington Post].

• Michael J West on jazz bassist Tarus Mateen at the Bohemian Caverns, 7/10/12 [Washington Post].

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

• David Hintz on Alberta Cross, Everest, and Aaron Lee Tasjan at the Rock & Roll Hotel [DC Rock Live].

• David Hintz on Baby Grand, Sinnet, and Presto Bando at the Velvet Lounge, 7/13/12 [DC Rock Live].

• David Hintz on Blankus Larry, Guantanamo Baywatch, and Sad Bones at Comet Ping Pong, 7/14/12 [DC Rock Live].

• Bill Ayers on Barenaked Ladies, Big Head Todd, and Cracker at Wolf Trap [Reel Film News].

• Lauren Bulbin on Neon Trees and Penguin Prison at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Marie Eff on Barenaked Ladies at Wolf Trap [Brightest Young Things]. Today in bad editing, this review starts with the following sentence: “Click here for a playtlist of BNL’s set at Wolf Trap”. What the hell is a playtlist?!



Giveaways


• Guitars at Chucks is giving away a pair of tickets to Santana and the Allman Brothers Band at Merriweather Post Pavilion (contest ends today).
NEW The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of the English Beat, Keep the Beat: the Very Best of the English Beat on CD(!). Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 7/17).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a signed copy of JapandroidsCelebration Rock. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 7/17).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Thin Lizzy‘s self-titled debut reissue on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Wednesday 7/18).
• 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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