ShowlistDC Music Notes: Wednesday 06-06-12



Articles


• Planning guides: DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda and This Week in Hip-Hop. Washington Post Going Out Guide’s Nightlife Agenda.

• No joke: there’s a musical version of The Wire [DCist], brought to you by the folks at FunnyOrDie.com. Warning: if you watch the video, you will want those 4 minutes of your life back.

• the NSO is planning a European tour in January to February of 2013 [Washington Post].

Strathmore announces its 2012-2013 season [the Rogers Revue].

• Interview: Janet Yaceczko talks to Dean Crawford [DC Music Download].

• Interview: Mike Shomaker and Brian Ossip talk to Dead Sara [DC Music Live].

• Interview: Brightest Young Things talks to Jonny Corndawg. Performing at the Ottobar on 6/20.

• Preview: Emily Cary talks to Andrew Earle Simpson about musical accompaniment to silent films [Washington Examiner]. Simpson is the head of Catholic University of America’s Division of Theory and Composition. His score of the film The Wind is presented with the film at 3 PM Saturday at AFI in Silver Spring.

• Food and music: Bonnie S Benwick on an Eat-and-Greet with Zac Brown at Merriweather Post Pavilion [Washington Post].

• Random: Govinda Gallery remembers a day spent with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys in May of 1994.

• Local on locals: Christopher Porter writes about Protect-U [Washington Post Express].

• Local band news: Power metal band A Sound of Thunder is working on its new album (including a duet with former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley) and plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign in the next few days.

• Local record store Red Onion Records & Books is shutting its doors in September. Store owner Josh Harkavy wrote to his store’s email list: [T]his is not the end of Red Onion… We will continue as a fully functioning record store, just without the store part (for now). I’ll still go out looking for records and stocking new releases, the challenge will be finding new ways to get them to you. We’ll keep doing our emails (on a weekly basis) and work on some sort of mail order/delivery service.

• CD Review: Patti Smith: Banga – Reviewed by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork]. Yesterday we pointed you to Allison Stewart‘s review for the Washington Post.

• CD Review: Black Clouds: Everything Is Not Going To Be OK – Reviewed by Clay Conger [DC Music Download]. Remember that the band is selling its album for a “name-your-own-price” deal on Bandcamp.

• CD Review: Fatz Da Big Fella: Heart of a King – Reviewed by Ramon Ramirez [Washington CityPaper].



Listening


• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is Kingdom‘s “Let You No” [DCist].

• Hometown Sounds DC’s DC music video of the day is Lyriciss, “The Agenda”.

• Quality fan videos from Marduk‘s performance at Sonar on Saturday [Blabbermouth].

• Listen to a new Fort Knox Five remix [DC Music Download].



Live Reviews


Tune-Yards at the 9:30 Club: Reviewed by Andy Hess [DCist] and by Marie Formica [Brightest Young Things].

Radiohead at the Verizon Center: reviewed by Valerie Paschall [DCist] and Colin Wilhelm [Brightest Young Things].

• Jeb Gavin on Joe Pug at the 9:30 Club [Brightest Young Things].

• Olivia Alonso’s photos of Curren$y at the Howard Theatre [Brightest Young Things].

• We Love Music on Switchfoot at 918 F Street on 6/1.



Giveaways


NEW Maryland Lottery is giving stuff away to people who “like” them on Facebook. This week’s prize is tickets to see the Beach Boys at Merriweather on 6/15.
• Brightest Young Things is giving away a pair of tickets to see Monty Alexander at the Hamilton on 6/9 (contest ends today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of tickets to see The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends today at noon).
• Scene Trek is giving away a pair of tickets to The Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (contest ends today at 3 PM).
• 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 today at 9 PM).
NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to the Cribs at the Black Cat on 6/7 (no indication of when the contest ends).
NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to 3 Bad Jacks at the U St Music Hall on 6/7 (no indication of when the contest ends).
NEW Brightest Young Things is giving away tickets to Jimmy Cliff at the 9:30 Club on 6/7 (no indication of when the contest ends).
• 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: Friday 05-04-12



Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner


Planning Guides
• Washingtonian’s Music Picks.
• DC Music Download’s Weekend Hits.
• Washington CityPaper’s Jazz Setlist.
• Smithsonian’s events around the mall.
• TBD.com points you to shows from faraway lands.

Tonight – Friday, May 4
• CD Review: Lower Dens: Nootropics. Reviewed by Brandon Weigel [Washington Post]. At the Rock & Roll Hotel.
• CD Review: Justin Jones: Fading Light. Reviewed by Catherine P Lewis (yes, that’s me!) [Washington Post]. At IOTA, tonight and Saturday.
• CD Review: Jeremy Pelt: Soul. Reviewed by Mike Joyce [Washington Post]. At the Bohemian Caverns tonight and Saturday.
• Preview: Marie Gullard on the BSO‘s performance of Shostakovich [Washington Examiner]. At Strathmore.

Saturday, May 5
• DC Music Download’s Cinco de Mayo Survival Guide.
• Preview/Interview: Moira E. McLaughlin talks to Eric Hutchinson [Washington Post]. At the 9:30 Club.
• Interview: We Love DC chats with Electric Guest. At the Rock & Roll Hotel.
• Preview: Light Asylum [All Our Noise]. Also a preview by Ally Schweitzer [Washington CityPaper]. Also, Mark Jenkins reviews their new album, Light Asylum [Washington Post]. At the U St Music Hall.
• CD Review: Ane Brun: It All Starts With One. Reviewed by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post]. Scheduled to appear at the Hamilton – please note that this show has been cancelled.
• Preview: Nancy Dunham on Chaka Khan [Washington Examiner]. Two shows at the Howard Theatre.
• Preview: Metallomusikum on Behemoth. At Rams Head Live in Baltimore.

Sunday, May 6
• Preview/Interview: Siriam Gopal on Rusted Root [DCist]. At the 9:30 Club.



Articles

• Local profile: 20kUnderDC talks to Sockets Records head honcho Sean Peoples.

• Support the local scene: Jazz blog Capital Bop puts together the D.C. Jazz Loft Series during the DC Jazz Fest in early June. They’ve recently launched a Kickstarter project to help defray costs; check out their blog post about it and then head on over to their Kickstarter page to check out the prizes, which include tickets/VIP passes to the festival and a private lesson (in bass clarinet performance or just general jazz appreciation) from Todd Marcus.

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

• Preview: Janet Yaceczko on Vandaveer‘s Dig Down Deep [DC Music Download]. At the Black Cat on 5/18.

•: the Washington Times’ “Heavy Metal Hensch” column is back after an 8-month hiatus with a CD review of Hours of Penance‘s album Sedition.

• Metallomusikum continues her countdown to Maryland DeathFest with profiles of Agents of Abhorrence and Coke Bust.

• We promise we didn’t make this up: There’s gonna be a David Simon Battle of the Bands in New Orleans on 5/11, pitting the cities of Simon’s two HBO series– Baltimore (The Wire) and New Orleans (Treme) against each other [DCist/WTOP].



Live Reviews


• We Love DC on fun. at the 9:30 Club.



Contests


NEW Metallomusikum is giving away a pair of tickets to see Behemoth at Rams Head Live in Baltimore on Saturday 5/5 (contest ends today at 5 pm).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of 4onthefloor‘s Lion & Lamb on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Lioness‘s The Golden Killer on vinyl . Winner must have a continental US or Canada mailing address (contest ends Monday 5/7).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a signed copy of Red Wanting Blue‘s From the Vanishing Point on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 5/8).
• 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 Wednesday 5/9).
• 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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