The Black Cat hosts a great lineup of local folk rock tonight with headliners The NRIs and openers Kindlewood. Kindlewood garnered a lot of attention from their 2011 release Desiderium, and they’ve just released a 7″ for the single Give & Take, a preview of their new full length coming very soon. Here’s the amazing video for This House.
Bonus: behind the scenes!
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Podcast for August 26th, 2012
Tracklisting:
Zo & Tigallo – Take On Me
Brian Settles & Central Union – Grandmother Tells Of Africa
Kevin Pace Trio – 7524
Brad Linde Ensemble – Baby Grand
Black Clouds – In The Ether
East Ghost – Architect
Drop Electric – Empire Trashed
Beasts of No Nation – Allegiance
Give – Boots of Faith
The Black Sparks – Big Inferno
Dave Mann – Tiny Spark
Jawbox – Motorist
Or listen on SoundCloud!
Elikeh – Madjo video
Tonight the Black Cat hosts a veritable world tour of local bands. Openers The Chariots bring an island reggae/ska vibe, Alma Tropicália pays tribute to 60s Brazilian music, and headliner Elikeh plays Afropop from Togo and Mali. They’re celebrating their first album release in 2 years, called Between 2 Worlds. Here’s the video from their song Madjo, from their 2010 release Adje!Adje! See you at the show tonight!
Raheem DeVaughn – I Don’t Care
Raheem DeVaughn is one of the recent few to take his local spin on soulful R&B to a national and international audience. Tonight he serenades the hometown crowd at the Howard Theatre with openers Black Alley. Check out the video for I Don’t Care, from his 2010 album The Love & War MasterPeace.
Beautiful Swimmers – Big Coast video
Tonight the monthly free dance party The Whale, from the fine folks at the Future Times label, returns to the U Street Music Hall. The musical selectors for the evening include Andrew Morgan from Peoples Potential Unlimited Records and Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering, better known as Beautiful Swimmers. The video they made for their 2010 single Big Coast looks like it was made on vintage 80s video equipment, and does not skimp on the beautiful swimmers.
Fat Trel – Respect With The Teck video
Here’s another intense and dynamic video from red hot DMV rapper Fat Trel. Respect With The Teck comes from Trel’s free 2011 mixtape April Foolz, produced by VA’s Lex Luger.
Screen Vinyl Image – Night Trip video
Husband and wife duo Jake and Kim Reid left the respected shoegaze group Alcian Blue back in 2006 to do their own thing as Screen Vinyl Image. The experimental effects still cut through this duo’s music, but their live shows bring an electronic dance element that takes them to a higher level. If you haven’t caught them live yet, Screen Vinyl Image headlines a show tonight at the Black Cat with Chicago shoegazers Airiel and local indie rockers Dot Dash. Here’s their latest video for the song Night Trip, from their 2011 album Strange Behavior.
Podcast for August 19th, 2012
Tracklisting:
Beautiful Swimmers – Open Shadow feat. John Davis
Is And Of The – The Past Inside The Present
Martyn – Viper
AutoRock – Raw! (Instrumental)
The Archives – Crime feat. Desi Hyson
Nappy Riddem – One World Sovereignty feat. Asheru
SOJA – Not Done Yet
Eastern Standard Time – It’s Alright
The State Department – Mount Pleasant
Imperial China – Limbs
Astra Via – Fame
Middle Distance Runner – The Unbeliever
Unrest – Cath Carroll
Listen in SoundCloud!
District Comics
Anyone who knows me know that my love of comics comes pretty damn close to my love of music. That’s why I was so excited to hear about the release of District Comics, an anthology of comics about DC edited by Matt Dembicki. Check out their Blogspot for lots of info and samples about the ambitious project, with stories ranging from the Civil War to Bad Brains. On Sunday a bunch of the contributors to the book will be doing a mass signing at One More Page Books in Arlington, VA from 3-5 PM, so go get your copy personalized and meet the amazing creators!
Also my awesome buds at Big Planet Comics interviewed Matt Dembicki about the book and others on their most recent podcast. Their podcast is killer, and you can subscribe to it on iTunes!
The Young Rapids – Goods (Blue Light Sessions)
The Young Rapids bring catchy indie rock to a growing crowd, getting a lot of attention for a brand new band with only a short EP released so far. They played a big show at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage this week, and this Sunday you’ve got another chance to catch them live headlining at DC9. Today we’ve got a live performance from the Blue Light Sessions, a series of local & regional music acts organized by Pick Up Productions.
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