Articles
• Planning Guides: DC Music Download’s Weekday Hits and Best Bets for Fourth of July.
• Interview: if you’ve been to a metal show in the last 5 years, chances are you’ve run into the chicken man. Metal Chris talks to the man behind the feathers, Chris Penrod [DCHeavyMetal.com].
• Forgiveness? Chris Richards on Chris Brown‘s career [Washington Post].
• Marcus J Moore on Folkz, the rapper/producer formerly known as Whitefolkz [Washington CityPaper].
• Anne Midgette on the intrusiveness (or not?) of music and art together [Washington Post].
• Interview: Stephanie Williams talks to the Silver Liners [DC Music Download].
• Caught in the storms this weekend? Anne Midgette and Charles Downey wrote about the impact of the storms on this weekend’s outdoor performances [Washington Post].
• There was a hip/hop show at DC Star over the weekend, featuring Fat Trel and Chief Keef. Carlos Perez wrote about why Shy Glizzy was banned from the show [Washington CityPaper].
• The show was over the weekend, but here’s a nice feature about Spectrum Road [DCist].
• The show was over the weekend, but here’s Philip Runco’s interview with Spencer Krug [Brightest Young Things].
Listening
• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is R. Kelly, “Feelin’ Single” [DCist].
• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Shudder To Think, “Red House”.
Live Reviews
• David Malitz on Japandroids at the Rock & Roll Hotel, 6/30 [Washington Post].
• Stephen Bradley on Hot Snakes at the Rock & Roll Hotel [Washington Times].
• Max Steinmetz on Mynabirds at the Black Cat on 6/23 [DC Music Download].
• Chunky Glasses on Diana Krall at Wolf Trap on 6/21.
• The Vinyl District on Fiona Apple at the Warner Theatre on 6/26.
• Anne Midgette on the National Orchestral Institute at the Clarice Smith Center’s Gildenhorn Hall [Washington Post]. Note that the review’s URL (and title bar) indicates that the show was at Strathmore….but it was not.
• Anne Midgette on Hesperus performing with the silent film the Hunchback of Notre Dame at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church [Washington Post]. Part of the Washington Early Music Festival.
• Setlist: the Head and the Heart at the 9:30 Club on 6/28 [930club.tumblr.com].
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 Tuesday 7/3).
• NEW The Vinyl District is giving away tickets to Henry Rollins at the 9:30 Club on 11/5 (contest ends Tuesday 7/3).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see the Dirty Heads at Wolf Trap on 7/8, plus a cooler full of Yuengling and passes to a BBQ (no indication of when this contest ends).
• DC101 is giving away tickets to see the NSO performing music from The Legend of Zelda at Wolf Trap on 7/26 (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).
• 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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