Tracklisting:
Middle Distance Runner – Cherry Blossom Bop
Vandaveer – Henry Lee
The Stick Mob – Saving Grace
Foozle! – Best Friends
Catscan! – Au Naturale
Caz & The Day Laborers – Grateful
Exit Clov – Unset The Sun
Black Hills – Glass
Flo Anito – Work
Uptown Boys Choir – This City
We Were Pirates – Sunday Paper
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Hopefully your Monday morning did not start out like the beginning of Beyond Modern‘s new video. Tonight, the catchy new video from last year’s pay-what-you-want self-titled EP, is a heartfelt ode to house-partying and, well, monument-partying. Beyond Modern, breakout stars of last year’s Trillectro festival, transcend genre tropes by incorporating elements of dubstep, EDM and pop music with their assured rapping. The young duo of Mick Marx and and Sur Jazz are surely poised to rock some amazing parties and festivals.
Yesterday Teen Vogue paired an interview with singer Bobbie Allen with the premiere of Young Summer‘s debut music video Fever Dream, the title track of the EP which you can grab now at NoiseTrade. Lots of folks are pretty excited about this new sound, so get on board in advance of Young Summer’s full length album coming very soon. Dreamy!
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The fine folks at Fort Knox Recordings are taking over U Street hotspot Tropicalia Saturday night for the auspicious 4/20 celebration. In addition to the regular weekly Sao Funky DJ night by Fort Knox Five, Asheru and Nappy Riddem will provide the funk and hip-hop vibes to start off the evening early at 7 PM. The duo of Nappy Riddem, Mustafa Akbar and Rex Riddem, is well loved after their successful reggae and funk album One World Sovereignty. New material from Nappy Riddem is coming soon, including this track Rocksteady, performed earlier this year at Jammin’ Java.
Asheru is one of my favorite rappers in DC. His smooth delivery and deft lyrics always amaze. Most well known for the Boondocks theme song, the 4/20 show will feature a rare appearance by Ash’s full band The ELs. Here’s Ash collaborating with Nappy Riddem on the title track of their album.
This will be a fantastic night of music, and Tropicalia is the perfect spot to get down with the funk. The cover charge for the Nappy Riddem/Asheru show is $5, but we’ve got two guest list spots to give away to one lucky winner! Just leave your email address in the comments or like the post on Facebook, and you’re entered to win. The winner will be announced Friday afternoon, good luck!
Harmonic Blue is a band with one foot in Baltimore and one in DC, and their debut music video for Silver Spoon provides ample footage of both cities. Their sound blends blues, jazz funk and rock for a pleasant, laid back vibe. Silver Spoon comes from their pay-what-you-want 2012 EP Villa Borghese.
Max Holiday, known by his initials M.H., is a fave around the Hometown Sounds “studios” (hint: we have no studios, yet). His big band Orchestra puts on quite a show, and his recent track Washington DC featured in our Tribute to DC Podcast. Yesterday M.H. slipped a new video into his Facebook feed for the as-yet unreleased instrumental track Waltz. As Max says, “Sometimes you just need to waltz”, and I think a sweet, peaceful track like this is just what we all need today.
Here’s a video I missed posting when it came out last year. Jarret Nicolay and Olivia Mancini’s band Astra Via made this video for the ballad Lone Traveller from their name-your-price debut EP Folie a Deux. They’re currently in the studio making new music.
The folky trio Kindlewood just released a new video for Give & Take, the limited edition vinyl single released last year. The gorgeous, meditative video comes from director Cory Pampalone, shot recently in Baltimore. Kindlewood, comprised of husband and wife duo Kelci and Galen Smith and guitarist Jamison Lyman, promise a release of their upcoming sophomore album very soon.
Whether you know him as Wes Felton or the more formal W. Ellington Felton, you should definitely grab a free copy of this rapper & singer’s latest mixtape Spatial Intelligence featuring guest spots from Uptown XO, Javier Starks and more. His lastest video is Fences, produced by Goony Swillz. Nothing fancy or overproduced, just a nice taste of Felton’s laid-back, assured delivery.
Having the support of a quality label like Mello Music Group behind him allows Uptown XO to create quite a lot of top notch music videos. His latest is Evolution, allowing frequent producer AB the Pro to step up to the mic. Grab the new album Colour de Grey now!
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