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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Monday 05-07-12

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Planning guides: DC Music Download’s weekday hits.

• RIP Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. Chris Richards finds articles about the group from the archives of the Washington Post. In addition, Jonathan Fischer reflects on the group [Washington CityPaper].

• Katherine Boyle on the hip-hop flavor of the 13th DC Jewish Music Festival [Washington Post].

• The latest on Chuck Brown: He’s still in the hospital, but this weekend at a Harlem Renaissance festival in PG County, his daughter KK said, “He’s okay“. [Washington Post].

• Preview/interview: Jess Righthand talks to Terri Lynne Carrington about her album The Mosaic Project, an all-female album [Washington Post]. Carrington performs as part of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival this Saturday at the Kennedy Center. Righthand also previews a few of the festival’s other events.

• Preview: Jazz Loft with a steel pan battle between Jonathan Scales and Victor Provost, plus Rodney Richardson Quartet and Sarah Hughes Quartet [Capital Bop]. Sunday, 5/13 at the Dunes in Columbia Heights.

• Preview: Marie Gullard on the Kennedy Center’s Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America festival, happening this week [Washington Examiner].

• Interview: Metallomusikum talks to Maryland DeathFest performer Noothgrush.

• CD Review: Mary Alouette‘s Midas, reviewed by Gregory Ayers [DC Music Download]. Performing 5/24 at the Kennedy Center‘s Millennium Stage.

• Listen: Last Tide‘s new EP is online [Washington CityPaper].

• Listen: DC Music Download’s Local Listening Booth. This week’s edition highlights new releases.


Live Reviews

• Several reviews of John Legend and Sharon Jones paying tribute to Marvin Gaye‘s What’s Going On at the Kennedy Center: Mark Jenkins [Washington Post] and Siriam Gopal [DCist].

• Olivia Ung on Bear in Heaven and Doldrums at the Black Cat on 5/1 [the Vinyl District].

• Toni Tileva on Beats Antique at the 9:30 Club on 5/2 [the Vinyl District].

• DeNeen Brown on Chaka Khan at the Howard Theatre on 5/5 [Washington Post].

• Reviews of Marilyn Manson at the Fillmore Silver Spring on 5/1: We Love DC and the Rogers Revue.

• Stephanie Williams’s photos of Volta Bureau‘s DJ set at the U Street Music Hall [DC Music Download].

• Robert Battey on the Morgenstern Trio at the Kennedy Center on 5/3 [Washington Post].

• Anne Midgette on UMD Symphony Orchestra at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center [Washington Post].

• Charles T Downey on violinist Stefan Jackiw‘s solo performance at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater [Washington Post].

• Nelson Pressley on Aaron Lazar at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater [Washington Post].


Contests

• 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 today).
• 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).
• NEW 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).
• 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: Friday 03-30-12

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Notes from last night (and a request for feedback)

Last night I headed out to DC9 to see French atmospheric black metal/shoegaze band Alcest. (Apparently it was quite the week for atmospheric black metal bands in the U St corridor, since Liturgy opened for Sleigh Bells at the 9:30 Club on Tuesday). Their set focussed mostly on their newest album, Les Voyages de L’ame, which sounded great, despite the absurdly omnipresent smoke machine. (Seriously, it’s as if those guys were pumping enough smoke for a space the size of the 9:30 club). Oddly, the crowd seemed to be the biggest for opening band deaf heaven– either that, or people just pushed closer for the headliner’s set. Other openers were locals Black Clouds and Auroboros.

Hey, while I’m at it, it seems to be a SLDC Music Notes tradition to ask for feedback on the last weekday of the month. What do you like/dislike in this daily round-up? Are their things I could add or change? Feel free to let me know, either via a comment on this post or by email, showlistdc@gmail.com.


Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner

Planning Guides
• Washingtonian’s Music Picks.
• Smithsonian Mag’s Around the Mall.
• TBD’s April Fools round-up (no joke!).
• Washington CityPaper’s Jazz Setlist.
• We Love DC loves weekends.

Tonight – Friday 3/30
• CD Review: Dan Miller on First Aid Kit‘s The Lion’s Roar [Washington Post]. Performing tonight at the Black Cat.

Saturday 3/31
• CD Review: Catherine Lewis on A Sound of Thunder‘s Out of the Darkness [Washington Post]. Also reviewed by NoVA Metal Review. CD release show at Empire (formerly Jaxx).
• CD Review: Christopher Kompanek on Cloud Nothings‘ Attack on Memory [Washington Post]. Performing at the Red Palace.
• CD Review: Mark Jenkins on Perfume Genius‘s Put Your Back N 2 It [Washington Post]. Performing at IOTA.
• Interview: Sriram Gopal talks to Victor Provost [DCist], performing at the Dunes in Columbia Heights.

Sunday 4/1
• Interview: Capital Bop talks to Bill Cole, whose Untempered Ensemble performs Sunday at the Historic Bohemian Caverns on U St.
• Interview: Rudi Greenberg talks to Andrew W.K., who’s playing to a sold-out 9:30 Club.
• Article: Rudi Greenberg muses on songs that Bruce Springsteen has covered. The Boss is playing at the Verizon Center.

Thursday 4/5
• Interview: David Malitz on Charles Bradley [Washington Post], performing at the 9:30 Club.
• CD Review: Moira E McLaughlin on School of Seven Bells‘s Ghostory [Washington Post]. Performing at the Black Cat.


Other Articles

• Chris Richards muses on musicians who wear masks [Washington Post]. As the hyper-connectivity of social media pulls our planet into a tighter huddle, [Aaron] Jerome [of SBTRKT] is one in a growing number of vanguard pop artists flirting with the idea of anonymity. They often wear masks. Some conceal their names. A few refuse to perform in public altogether. Many make electronic music, including Deadmau5, the Bloody Beetroots, Redshape and Zomby. And although artists and authors have worked under pseudonyms for centuries, protecting one’s anonymity today feels like an implicit protest against our increasingly Facebookish society. These artists are asserting their power by refusing to be identified, asking us to like them without clicking “Like”.

• Local band news: local metal band Division welcomes a new singer, Scott Stewart. If that name sounds familiar, he was the band’s original singer.

• Local musician news: Justin Jones will be releasing a full-length record on 9:30 Records [Washington CityPaper].

• Speaking of the CityPaper, check out their Best of DC edition. Lots of great music picks in the issue’s Arts & Entertainment section.

• A rare Louis Armstrong recording is going to be re-released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Washington Post].

• CD Review: DC’s Joe Colly on Miike Snow‘s Happy to You [Pitchfork].


Live Reviews

• Dave McKenna on Noel Gallagher with his High Flying Birds (and some Oasis tunes) at the Warner Theatre [Washington Post].

• Chris Klimek on Fiona Apple at 6th & I [Washington CityPaper]. Chris Richards also weighs in [Washington Post].

• Robert Battey on pianist Yoonie Han at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater [Washington Post].

• Charles T Downey on Elias Quartet at the Library of Congress [Washington Post].


Contests

• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of VCMB‘s Ssss on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address. (contest ends today).
• (S)Hell fest is giving away a T-shirt! Enter via twitter using these instructions (contest ends Saturday 3/31 at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a signed copy of Rufus Wainwright‘s Out of the Game. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 4/3).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Donovan Quinn‘s Honky Tonk Medusa on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Tuesday 4/3).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Creed at the Warner Theatre on 4/24 (contest ends Sunday 4/15).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Nickelback at the Verizon Center on 4/30 (contest ends Monday 4/23).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to Marilyn Manson at the Fillmore Silver Spring on 5/1 (contest ends Sunday 4/1).
• 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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ShowlistDC Music Notes: Tuesday 03-13-12

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Stuff to read:
• U Street Music Hall is turning two this week! Tittsworth has a look at the club’s anniversary week shows.
• Day 4 of Justin Moyer‘s “Edie Sedgwick goes to SXSW” [Washington CityPaper].
• Chris Porter revisits his musical memories [Express].
• You too can put on an opera. Anne Midgette points you to a few eBay auctions for full opera productions (sets and all), such as Aida, Carmen, and La Traviata [the Washington Post].
• Midgette also covers Peter Russell‘s new job as Artistic Director at Vocal Arts DC. Russell has worked locally at Washington Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and the Washington Concert Opera.
• Concert preview: Giovanni Russonello and Adam Schatz on Andrew D’Angelo and Victor Provost at the Dunes on 3/31 [Capital Bop].
• Concert guides: DCist’s Weekly Music Agenda. Washington Post’s Going Out Gurus.
• Live reviews: Jenn Bress on Korallreven, Young Magic, and Stout Cortez at the Black Cat [the Vinyl District]. Ayesha Venkataraman on Journopalooza at the Hamilton [Washingtonian] (Not music related! This event benefitted two local charities, Writopia and REACH Incorporated. REACH just got a really nice writeup in the Washington Post last week.) We Love DC on the Kaiser Chiefs at the 9:30 Club. Erica Bruce’s photos of the Black Keys at the Verizon Center [Washington CityPaper].

Today’s New Releases (with local reviews):
• Big K.R.I.T.: 4eva N a Day – at the Fillmore Silver Spring on 3/23. Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [the Washington Post].
• SoSoLa: Nu World Trash. Reviewed by Bill Friskics-Warren [the Washington Post].
• the Ting Tings: Sounds From Nowheresville – at Rams Head Live on 4/14. Reviewed by Allison Stewart [the Washington Post].
• Shooter Jennings: Family man – this album comes out today but was reviewed last week by David Malitz [Washington Post].
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• Dave Barnes: Stories To Tell – at the Rock & Roll Hotel on 3/22.
• Delta Spirit: Delta Spirit – at the 9:30 Club on 3/31.
• the Dropkick Murphys: Going Out In Style: Live at Fenway – at RFK Stadium Grounds on 3/24 as part of Shamrock Fest.
• I See Stars: Digital Renegade – at Sonar on 3/30 (Reckless Fest).
• Impending Doom: Baptized in Filth – at Sonar on 3/20 (Metal Alliance Tour).
• Lucero: Women & Work – at the 9:30 Club on 4/25.
• John Mayall: Big Man Blues – at Wolf Trap on 7/7.
• Say Anything: Anarchy My Dear – at the Black Cat on 4/17.
• Soulfly: Enslaved – at the Ottobar on 4/30.

Stuff to win:
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Loney Dear‘s Hall Music on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends today).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a pair of lawn tickets to Sarah McLachlan with the National Philharmonic at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 7/5. (contest ends Wednesday 3/14 at noon).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ I’m With You on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Thursday 3/15).
• The Vinyl District is giving away a copy of Die Antwoord‘s TEN$ION on vinyl. Winner must have a North American mailing address (contest ends Monday 3/19).

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