House Studio DC, the premier creative force for music videos in this town, is enlisting DC musicians to perform covers of some of their favorite tunes for their $5 Music Video series. Today we’ve got neo-soul group Lowercase Letters performing a mellow version of blues legend Louis Jordan’s relationship rant “Hard Head”.
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Taylor Carson – Waiting For Me video
Hot off the presses! Singer-songwriter Taylor Carson just released a new music video for Waiting For Me, his collaboration with Stephen Kellogg and perhaps the most heartfelt and touching song from his excellent recent album With Innocence. Produced by Rob Helmstetter and Chris Sessions out in Colorado, the video keeps the focus on Carson and Kellogg’s songwriting with simple and gorgeous visuals. Carson has many local shows coming up, but the clear highlight is drummer extrodinaire Ben Tufts & Friends show on Saturday afternoon August 17th at Jammin’ Java, a fundraiser for the memorial fund of his father Craig Tufts.
PHZ-Sicks – The Moment
The wittily named rapper PHZ-Sicks from Woodbridge, VA spent quite a while promoting his debut release, 2011’s The Laws of PHZ-Sicks, still available as a FREE download. His long-awaited follow-up The Moment will drop this November, and today PHZ-Sicks released a short video describing the last couple of years in his life and showing some behind the scenes of the creative process in producing the album. The video features Electric Soul artist Alison Carney and engineer Mr. Wise, part of the Team Demo production group.
Ticket Giveaway: MH & His Orchestra @ 9:30 Fri 8/9
Hometown Sounds is proud to give away a pair of tickets to another amazing lineup of DC music at the 9:30 Club. Friday night August 9th The Brindley Brothers, usually associated with Vienna venue Jammin’ Java, present M.H. & His Orchestra, with support from DIY champions Paperhaus and the mysterious Atoka Chase. I’ll be honest with you DC, I checked out Max Holiday and his impressively large ensemble at Tropicalia a few weeks ago, and I was completely blown away by their live show. The music videos we’ve featured on the site do not do justice to the energy and talent that they bring to the stage. Their soulful, brassy, tight sound is unline anything else going on in DC that I have ever heard, and I’d be the one to know! Just post a comment telling us your favorite DC area band and you’ll be entered to win! If you aren’t the lucky winner, tickets are availabe for only $15 through Ticketfly.
RDGLDGRN – Lootin’ In London video
My DC friends, here’s an earworm for you to sing all weekend long. RDGLDGRN, the Dave Grohl-approved trio melding dance, hip-hop and rock, are probably the hottest act in DC now, and they recently dropped this massive music video for the new single Lootin’ In London in advance of their new album coming out any day now. Before kicking off a lengthy fall tour, the colorful gents will be an essential act in DC’s Trillectro Festival on August 17th. Have a bloody kick-ass weekend!
Harmonic Blue – Hey video
Last November mellow rock fusion band Harmonic Blue released Villa Borghese, an EP that you can and should download for whatever price feels right (even FREE). Yesterday a new video appeared for Hey, the EP’s lead-off track. The song was recorded live in Cambridge, MA and the video footage is a time lapse of an entire show in NYC. Next Wednesday August 7th Harmonic Blue opens for Toronto’s Poor Young Things at DC9.
Carolyn Malachi – All Right video
Yesterday silky smooth R&B/neo-soul singer Carolyn Malachi released Gold, her first full length album since 2009. Her latest music video is All Right, a romantic ode to the love of her grandparents, with super fashionable visuals to boot.
SOJA – When We Were Younger video
Homegrown reggae stars SOJA (originally Soldiers of Jah Army) couldn’t be more excited to play their biggest DC area show yet, tomorrow evening at Wolf Trap with The John Butler Trio and Alice Smith. From last year’s full length release Strength To Survive comes a brand new music video for the song When We Were Younger. The touching video, featuring footage of the band members in their earlier days, comes from vocalist/guitarist Jacob Hemphill with a dedication to the memory of his father and musical inspiration William Hemphill. Head over to Wolf Trap’s ticketing page and help make this show a sell-out homecoming for this fantastic band.
Drunk Tigers – Taillights video
Brand new and extra catchy, indie rock band Drunk Tigers just released a video for Taillights, a new song coming out on a 3 song EP from Funny/Not Funny Records next month. This video was composed entirely of iPhone footage, including live footage from DC9 shot by our own Live Picks! columnist Tony Porreco back in May and June. You can check out Drunk Tigers for yourself this Thursday night at Iota, helping celebrate Pet Parade’s brand new CD release, and see more videos from Tony’s DC music coverage at his YouTube page.
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