ShowlistDC Music Notes: Tuesday 05-15-12



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 BreedersKelley 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: Monday 04-30-12



Articles


• Concert planners: DCMusicDownload’s Weekday Hits.

• Does the DC music scene suck? The Washington Post published a letter this weekend from Sean Roussy of Arlington with the headline The Rant: D.C. must face the music. We had some serious problems with the link to the article last night (it kept coming up as “Page Not Found”– seems to be working better now via this link), so we’re reprinting the whole thing here:

The Washington music scene is just awful. Do not get me wrong. There are many fine local bands across various genres in the District, and a plethora of legendary acts for audiophiles in 31 flavors. It is not the music; it is the scene. I specifically mean all of you. Including myself. The reason I know this is that it is something I see myself and that people and bands from other towns tell me, because I have seen many bands in many towns since I was sneaking out to punk matinees at the age of 13. I also watch tour schedules, and there are plenty of awesome acts that skip this town. This is the Imperial Capital. One would think that this would be an important place to showcase talent. However, time and again I end up driving to Baltimore, Richmond or Philadelphia for music. The reason is, simply, that people do not come out on school nights.

The District works too hard and rocks too little. The transient population of this town is comprised of 50 states worth of former safety patrol captains and class presidents who all came here to conquer, and the suburbs are littered with the descendants of a couple generations of their offspring. These are not the kids who made high school fun by hosting all-day jam sessions in their garages. These are the kids who were busy with their eagle Scout badges and their Key club, whatever that is. This particular population of Washington of which I write works too hard to close the club on a school night and show back up for work at 7 a.m. with three hours of sleep. They have their careers to think about and their brains to use. However, I would posit to all of the readers for whom I may have touched a nerve that the world might be a better place if the music scene of Washington visited the music of D.C. once in a while on a school night. Whether you work the hall or scream at the wall, music is the language of the soul. If the pinnacle of power cannot converse at that level, I am afraid the whole American experiment is in trouble.

• On May 1, 1972, Marvin Gaye had a homecoming performance of What’s Going On at the then-new Kennedy Center. To remember the event’s 40th anniversary, the Ken Cen is recreating the show– with John Legend, the National Symphony Orchestra Pops, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (the shows are sold out, by the way). Roger Catlin writes about the original show, that almost didn’t happen [Washington Post]. There’s also a cool map of DC sites with links to Marvin Gaye.

• What happens to old punk clubs when they vacate the building? Apparently they become J.Crew stores– or, at least, that’s what’s happening to the former 9:30 Club at 930 F St NW [Washington CityPaper].

• Interview: Valerie Paschall chats with Trophy Wife [DCist].

• Listen: DCMusicDownload presents a nice selection of local tunes.

• Preview: Nancy Dunham on Nick Lowe [Washington Examiner]. Tonight at the Birchmere.

• Maryland Deathfest is releasing 30 additional tickets for the sold-out Thursday 5/24 night show. Tickets will be available on marylanddeathfest.com at noon today.

• Speaking of DeathFest, Metallomusikum continues her countdown to MDF with profiles of Tsjuder, Confessor, Winter, Backslider, Morbid Angel, Horna, and Morbid Saint.



Live Reviews


• Chris Richards on Sweetlife Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion [Washington Post]. DC Music Download’s Max Steinmetz and Dustin Whitlow also have a review and photos.

• Sarah Godfrey on The Weekend at the 9:30 Club [Washington Post].

• Erica Bruce’s photos of Lucero at the 9:30 Club [Washington CityPaper].

• Stephanie Williams’s photos of Ted Leo at the Black Cat – Friday night show [DC Music Download].

• Stephen Bradley on Bad Brains at the Howard Theatre [Washington Times].

• Joe Banno on Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra at Strathmore [Washington Post].

• Cecelia Porter on Joyce Yang at the Barns of Wolf Trap [Washington Post].

• The Rogers Revue on Mac Miller at Pier Six.



Contests


• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of I Break HorsesHearts on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 5/1).
NEW ShowlistDC is giving away a pair of tickets to see Rush at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/9 (contest ends Thursday 5/3 at 5 PM).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Megan Reilly‘s The Wall on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 5/3).
• 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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