Grammy nominated singer Carolyn Malachi performs an intimate show tonight at Busboys & Poets (5th & K) with guitarist Brock Smith at 7 PM. Recently she released a music video for Free Your Mind, from her upcoming release Gold, telling the story of a struggling young dancer. The song melds influences from R&B, rap and electronic dance music, proving the versatility of this seasoned performer with a heart as big as her talent.
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Podcast for Feb. 10th feat. Gist
This week we interview members of Gist before their Positive Force/Fort Reno Benefit show Saturday Feb 16th at St. Stephen’s Church. https://www.facebook.com/events/137348479756532/
Tracklisting:
Gist – Hold On
Gist – Asunder
Mittenfields – Goliath FTW
Mobius Strip – Green Is The New Red
The Mean Ideas – No 1 Is Any 1
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Kingpen Slim – Dead video
Yesterday DMV rapper Kingpen Slim released another music video from his free mixtape Triple Beam Dreams, this time spotlighting his track Dead featuring Styles P, produced by Mark Henry. Happy weekend DC!
Maxmillion Dunbar – Loving the Drift video
Upstart U Street dance hall Tropicalia is giving the established champ U Street Music Hall a run for its money with booking exciting talent. Tonight they partner with local electronic label Future Times to host Sal P, legendary member of NYC post-punk act Liquid Liquid. Unnamed Future Times DJs warm up the room, and it’s a good bed one of them will be Maxmillion Dunbar aka Andrew Field-Pickering, one half of the duo Beautiful Swimmers, head of Future Times and a well-established electronic musician with two full length albums and a handful of strong singles. Max D drops a brand new album House of Woo on the RVNG Intl. label on February 19th, and just today released the first music video from it, for Loving the Drift. This is a great first taste of what’s sure to be a fine night of out-there beats at Tropicalia.
Teleoptyk – Take Me Down video
DC’s history with punk, indie rock and lounge music is well known, but somewhat forgotten these days is our legacy with industrial music. 90s hotspots Nation/Capital Ballroom, Edge and Fifth Column hosted goth and industrial nights, and bands like Chemlab rode a wave of popularity on their aggressive and stylish sound. The dark electronic label Octofoil Records keeps that vibe alive with the output of flagship artist Maduro, and his new release City of Dis under the alias Teleoptyk. The debut music video from that release, Take Me Down, isn’t explicitly NSFW, but your co-workers might wonder what you get up to on the weekends.
Deathfix Electronic Press Kit
You all know about Deathfix by now, right? The DC supergroup of Mark Cisneros (Medications), Devin Ocampo (Faraquet), Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Richard Morel (Bob Mould‘s solo band) have polished their sound over the last year, now poised to release their self-titled debut album on Dischord. This thing isn’t really a music video but an electronic press kit (EPK), giving you a sample of songs from the album with some cool visuals shot by Canty and edited by Morel. Check out the next big DC thing live at DC9 on Thursday February 14th. Take your sweetie! (Hat tip to DC Music Download)
Bellflur – Country video
Talking to some folks at the Mansion at Strathmore last Friday night, a common theme was surprise that DC still has a band like Bellflur to ourselves. Over the course of four albums and one EP, this band’s sound has evolved into majesty. The effort they put into their new album release, involving creating a super-premium vinyl box set with hand-created metal-chiseled nametags, is just as intense as the album release party they organized involving 7 bands, curated art, dance and more. So a brand new Bellflur music video is something worth taking time to savor. Directed by Rich Bernett, from the new album Twelve Vagrant Monologues from the Last Living Star, here’s Country.
Podcast for February 4th, 2013
Tracklisting:
Redline Addiction – Left Exit
Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds – Goldin’ Browne
Talk It – The Portal
Archie Moore – Oh No Baby Don’t feat. Pam Berry
Tittsworth – Club 219
So Spirited – SmokeSignal
Heavy Breathing – Wander
Elena & Los Fulanos – Gone
Frau Eva – Cosmophobia
The Echo Wall – Navigable Darkness
Wytold – Seneca Climbing
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DJ Vadim & Fort Knox Five @ Tropicalia tonight
Jon H is the ringleader of Fort Knox Five, the flagship dance act on the mighty Fort Knox Recordings label. Today happens to be this party captain’s birthday, so everybody’s celebrating at new U Street hotspot Tropicalia. In addition to an epic DJ set by FK5, globetrotting DJ Vadim spins what’s sure to be an eclectic and mind-blowing mix spanning everything from hip hop to glitch to future beats. Let’s get this party started now with a new FK5 Remint to put you in the mood to dance tonight! RSVP here.
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