i really like max levine ensemble, but i seem to be in the minority among my friends
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 23 June 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/06/22/your-latin-and-caribbean-music-weekend/
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 June 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
Some bands I'm down with:
http://trolltax.bandcamp.com/
Troll Tax (July 5) are shouty and super fun, kinda Rezillos/B-52's vibe. Recommended.
http://wearenunchucks.bandcamp.com/
Nunchucks (July 12) do better-than-average power pop revisionism somewhere on the Teenage Fanclub/Sloan continuum (when the harmonies come in, anyway).
http://grammarva.bandcamp.com/
Grammar (July 26) maybe lean a little too heavily on the usual early-00's DC dancepunk influences for their own good, but I'm still a total sucker for that kind of stuff.
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 23 June 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
Cool.
Saw the well-made Bad Brains movie doc last night. Wow, very emotional. HR was in the audience wearing a woman's wig both Thursday and last night. Sad.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Marc Anderson asked HR about his health afterwards and he insisted he was fine.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Saw some nice footage of Chuck Brown's band playing at the Barbeque batle on Saturday. What a tight unit. Sadly without the lead vocalist, but doing their best to compensate.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
A busy Tuesday: White Lung and Mary Christ looks good at Joint Custody; Mean Jeans at Comet; Billy Bragg at Birchmere; and Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars at the Hamilton. I'm tired though and may not make any of 'em
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
Thinking that if I wanna see George Clinton and Meshelle Ndegeocello on the mall tonight I will have to get there before the 6 pm scheduled start time
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/articles/interview-amanda-mackaye-kc.htm
re Fort Reno
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
ahem, but thought it would be of interest
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/06/28/soundclash-turns-10-a-decade-of-djing-classic-reggae/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
George Clinton & P-Funk gig on the mall was awesome. This was America at its finest.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Took Friday off from work and pre-storm ended up at Smithsonian Folklife Fest for a bit (was showing a cousin the sights in the heat). The Beat Ya Feet hiphop dancers from Anacostia were excellent as was the Facez Ya Know go-go band. I also enjoyed the Dennis Stroughmatt Cajun band from Illinois. There were only around 30 or so people under each tent that day. 103 degree weather meant we had the mall practically to ourselves.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 July 2012 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
ctrl-f "theylobleu": no hits
Saw them at Axum on Friday night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqaZ8cepDbQ&feature=related
live show is loud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDDZ8czuXgI&feature=relmfu
I am not at all biased even though the guitarist IS ME BROTHER
seriously though, if I lived in DC I would be trying to be at many of their gigs and just through familial obligation
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Monday, 2 July 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
May follow GYA's advice and see them at Fort Reno Thursday
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
awesome, i'll probably be there/seeing the men at dc9 afterward
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
i will also be at the men
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
Me three
― skip, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
didn't know they were playing. i always forget DC9 exists.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of, Mary Christ that i linked to earlier plays DC9 tonight opening for The Men and Streetwalkers, dunno either of them.
MC made DCist song of the day: http://dcist.com/2012/07/song_of_the_day_mary_christ_-_absen.php
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 5 July 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
ilxors above like The Men as does this freelance reviewer for the W. Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/the-men,1233569.html
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 5 July 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
The Men are incredible.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Thursday, 5 July 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
Not incredible is go-go band Cold-Hearted who I saw at the Folklife Fest yesterday. Raw bounce-beat gogo that needs some work
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 5 July 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Deadline got moved up on me so I had to stay home and write last night rather than see Troll Tax at Fort Reno or the cool Venezuelan brass band at Millennium Stage and later at the Venezuelan embassy or rockers Men later at DC 9 and whatever else was happening
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 July 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
short sets from both bands I saw at DC9 but the Men were pretty great.
― skip, Friday, 6 July 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
Chuck Brown day Saturday at the Folklife Fest with the Junkyard Band and others plus gogo panel discussions
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 July 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
man Downtown Boys like made my entire life at asefu's this evening, at the end i was yelling AMEN
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 July 2012 06:29 (twelve years ago) link
Just found this on the internets about them:
Downtown Boys (Providence, RI)A smaller group that calved off the mighty and infamous What Cheer? Brigade the 18 piece brass behemoth from Providence, RI , Downtown Boys have enough energy to seriously rupture even the hardest cynic’s night with gleeful abandon. Earnest, over the top and fun as sh-t, boasting a double sax attack over a power trio with frontwoman Victoria giving everything like she’s channeling HR circa 1981. Full on fireworks of sweaty positivity is the Downtown Boys’ steez and you should get some
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&q=cache:IMkmk_WmZuMJ:http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/Matt-Lee-120513%2Bdowntown+boys+rhode+island+rock&gbv=2&gs_l=hp.12...2161.18936.0.20986.31.15.0.16.1.0.340.1253.8j3j0j1.12.0...0.0.ny3Ifv2-Cio&ct=clnk
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 July 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
And I thought Video Love(French drums & synthpop & laptop duo with filmmaker James Schneider on the laptop and stuff), Janka Nabay(Sierra Leonian vocalist using percussive club-friendly bubu music backing tracks), and Heavy Breathing at Comet last night was fun
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 July 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yswx7Hw8s4&feature=related
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 July 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
RCRDS who are appearing with them at Fort Reno Thursday are Arlington High Schoolers that my kid knows
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 8 July 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Sold!
― skip, Sunday, 8 July 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
Has anyone heard anything about a Bombino show at Millennium Stage in early Sept? Friend of mine mentioned it, but didn't have any details. I'm not finding anything online and the Kennedy Center schedule only goes through the end of July.
― a-lo, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
Sept. 4 (it's on his record company's page)
http://www.cumbancha.com/events/40
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
ana tijoux at the black cat thursday
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
thanks curmudgeon!
― a-lo, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
mary christ in the city paper
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42965/one-track-mind-mary-christ-listen-to-absent-minds/
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
Mary Christ were selling their cassettes for either $3 or $5, whichever you wanted to pay. I gave them $5.
― skip, Thursday, 12 July 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
spoek mathambo early at u hall tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfwSFI8LhQ
― fauxmarc, Friday, 13 July 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
May be busy with my kid and unable to go. Like his gothic-rap version of Joy Division's "She Lost Control" (and the video's pretty wild) and another song with a Brit grime rap beat, that's about all I have heard. So much going on.
Last night just did Fort Reno (Nunchucks garage rock and power pop was decent enough)and missed Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, Brazilian forro band Quarteto Olinda, and Morris Day & the Time at the Howard and more. I wonder if Girlfriend in a Coma are good? They're in town.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 July 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
This Friday at St Stephens there's a pretty rowdy lookin Pos Force/Housing For All benefit--Chain & The Gang, Heavy Breathing (seriously y'all need to see fuckin Heavy Breathing), and Shit Stains for $5. I will sure as shit be there.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 July 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
is there general site of diy show listings like pheer.com used to be?
― fauxmarc, Saturday, 14 July 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
inyrbasement.tumblr.com
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 July 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
sweet
hasn't the max levine ensemble been going on for over a decade now?
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 15 July 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
I'm no fun-- I like Heavy Breathing for a few songs and then get bored with their very loud and heavy sound
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 July 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
And Ian S.'s shtick in Chain & the Gang is even less interesting. Sacrilege, I know.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 July 2012 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
sweethasn't the max levine ensemble been going on for over a decade now? --fauxmarc
hasn't the max levine ensemble been going on for over a decade now? --fauxmarc
From what I hear, yeah--friends pushing 30 say they saw them in high school.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 July 2012 04:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2012/07/16/friday-will-be-a-great-day-in-d-c/
dc jazz cats photo day on Friday
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 July 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
funny photoshopping
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/07/17/someone-make-this-happen-minor-treat-ice-cream-truck/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
NOT FUNNY
― I DIED, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Most popular flavor: Guilty of Being Vanilla
― skip, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link