Mike Boggs, frontman of the indie pop band We Were Pirates, recently took a break from performing to compose the score to the Calvin & Hobbes documentary film Dear Mr. Watterson. The Kickstarted film is currently touring the film festival circuit, and while we patiently wait for a DC showing, the score was released today. Stream the whole thing at SoundCloud and buy it at WWP’s Bandcamp page in full uncompressed glory!
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Margot MacDonald – Twice video
Margot MacDonald‘s Floor Sessions represents a personal artistic challenge for this young and captivating performer: collaborate on a cover version of a song, and offer it both as a live performance video and a free download. Margot’s performances combine traditional instruments, looping effects, vocal percussion and her trademark singing voice to create a sound worthy of a full band. Her version of the Little Dragon song Twice involved D.J. Kyriakides at Cue Studios on the studio version and videographer Zambia on the live version. Check out her live show this Friday night at Iota with a stacked local lineup including Star FK Radium and The Charm Offensive.
Mission South – Peaches video
Bluesy rockers Mission South released a new music video last Friday for Peaches, the first track from their EP Migration Vol. 2 that drops tomorrow. Produced by local film company Eastward Films, the video reflects the dark and sexy vibe from the original song. The band is currently on tour and comes home this Saturday for an album release show at Bayou.
Tribute to DC Podcast for April 8th, 2013
Songs both from DC and about DC.
Tracklisting:
See-I – Homegrown
The Nighttime Adventure Society – Washington DC
The NRIs – Across the River
Ugly Purple Sweater – DC USA
The Shirks – DC Is Doomed
Tuscadero – Mt. Pleasant
The Funk Ark – Funky DC feat. Asheru & Sitali
The Go-go Posse – DC Don’t Stand For Dodge City
Oddisee – I’m From PG
Tabi Bonney – Beat Rock feat. DJ Flexx
M.H. & His Orchestra – Washington DC
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Vandaveer – Pretty Polly video
All right DC, here comes the good stuff. Folk duo Vandaveer just released a brand new music video for Pretty Polly, the lead-off track of their new collection of murder ballads, Oh, Willie, Please… coming out April 30th, unless you supported the album via PledgeMusic and already have it. The song Pretty Polly has a long historical tradition, originally from England, Canada and Appalachia and notably performed by The Byrds, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger. This gorgeous video, directed by Jared Varava, evokes the tone of HBO’s Deadwood in trademark Vandaveer slo-mo. Check out the premiere post at PopMatters for lots more info. Vandaveer earned the top spot in Hometown Sounds Best Videos of 2012, and Pretty Polly is quite a strong entry for 2013.
Stephen Redhead – Bow Down Freestyle video
PG rapper Stephen Redhead recently dropped a music video to accompany his latest freestyle over the controversial new Beyonce track Bow Down. The fisheye lens, garish colors and playful camerawork compliment the vibe of the track quite well. Look out for Redhead’s new EP Exactly coming out this summer.
These United States – A Picture Of The Three Of Us trailer
I thought I was all tapped out of videos to showcase by Jesse Elliott’s nomadic band of troubadours These United States, but I’m thrilled to be mistaken! On the occasion of the 5 year anniversary of TUS’s 33 show tour to promote the release of their debut album A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden, filmmaker Justin Varava and influential live music website Daytrotter are set to premiere a new documentary about that tour. Back when TUS was only a trio of Jesse, drummer Robby Cosenza and multi-instrumentalist J. Tom Hnatow, they filled out their live sound with a different line up of new musical friends at each of the 33 stops. Get set to relive the early days of this fondly remembered band when the film premieres April 13th at Daytrotter.com.
Alma Tropicalia – Irene (Dave Clayton Remix)
Brazilian Tropicalia music revivalists Alma Tropicália just posted a new remix of their song Irene, from last year’s catchy self-titled debut EP, by Dave Clayton of Philly duo Clayton & Fulcrum. This mix turns up the funk and house vibes, bringing more of a dance floor appeal to the original. I’ll definitely be keeping this track in my digital DJ crate for the springtime! Download this gem for free now!
Uptown XO – Spread Love video
After all the videos rapper Uptown XO released from his mixtape The Color Grey, now it’s time for the visuals to accompany his commercial album Colour de Grey from Mello Music Group. First up is Spread Love, featuring trademark rapid-fire vocal delivery over tight production by AB the Pro. The crisp footage of driving around DC was shot by Jay Gregory.
New Music Stream Address
NOTE: NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE
Over the weekend my ShoutCast hosting provider HostingMemberCenter.com decided to move my music stream server to a new address. This has entailed a fair amount of work on my part in recreating the playlists and notifying various directories. The embedded web player and direct standalone player links at streamlicensing.com/stations/hometown are currently the best ways to listen to the Hometown Sounds stream. In a couple of days the links in iTunes Radio, TuneIn and Grace Digital will catch up. If you’ve bookmarked the stream in your favorite media player, please delete your bookmark and recreate it. The new IP address of the stream is 198.154.106.104. Please email me at dj@hometownsoundsdc.com if you have any trouble listening to the stream!
Thanks,
Paul
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