Tonight the Strathmore pays tribute to Eva Cassidy, the hugely popular singer who was taken by melanoma back in 1996. She performed regularly throughout the DC area, but became widely known only after her death. She even made an album with the Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown, and her passing affected him greatly. The performer lineup tonight includes Strathmore Resident Artist Mary Alouette. Check out this video of Eva performing Somewhere Over The Rainbow at Blues Alley.
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Heavy Breathing – U The One I Want video
People say August in DC is dead, but this has been a great week for DC music videos. The premieres keep coming! Today we’ve got a brand new video from electronic rock band Heavy Breathing. In the 2000s, they were well known as The Apes with 3 different lead singers and relentless touring. Now they’re back as a 3 piece and blowing our minds. U The One I Want comes from their new album Body Problems. The video’s a little NSFW (and weird as hell), so be sneaky about it.
Uptown XO – Errybody video
Hot off the press! We’ve got a brand new video today for DMV rapper Uptown XO, shot at SXSW earlier this yaer. Errybody is the lead off track from the upcoming mixtape The Color Gray, and it’s produced by longtime collaborator AB the Pro. This is a nice appetizer to tide us over until the sophomore Diamond District album sees the light of day. If you want more, check out some of XO’s previous mixtapes on Bandcamp.
Head-Roc – Black Love Superstars video
The Mayor of DC Hip-Hop, Head-Roc, is back with a brand new video. Black Love Superstars, produced by Seed Planter, teases Roc’s new album planned for a Spring 2013 release.
Podcast for August 12th, 2012
Tracklisting:
Ugly Purple Sweater – Ba Ba Ba
The Young Rapids – Discuss
Shark Week – If You Want Me To Stay (For A While)
The Beanstalk Library – The Only Thing I’ll Take With Me
Black Tambourine – Throw Aggi Off The Bridge
Chopteeth – J.J.D.
Four Brothers – Rudo Imoto (Meistro Sol Power Bump)
Tabi Bonney – Breaker feat. Breakbot
Big/Bright – French Dude
Chris Burns – I’m Free
Liftoff – Kool It Man
Or listen on SoundCloud
Tabi Bonney – On Jupiter video
The first Trillectro Festival takes over the Half Street Fairgrounds this Saturday, bringing amazing hip-hop and electronic acts together to melt all our faces. They’ve got huge acts like Flosstradamus, Oddisee, Tittsworth, Schoolboy Q and distinctive DC rapper Tabi Bonney. Check out this video for the lead-off track for Tabi’s recent free mixtape The Endless Summer, featuring his musician father Itadi Bonney, great afros and women’s footy.
The Dismemberment Plan – Time Bomb video
The Dismemberment Plan reunites again this weekend for two sold out shows, one in Baltimore Friday evening and one in Fredricksburg Saturday evening. We’ve been blessed with a few reunion shows in DC not that long ago, so I suppose sharing them with neighbors north and south isn’t so bad. Today let’s go way back in time today for the MTV-styled video for Time Bomb, from their last album Change in 2001. According to the Youtube page for this video, The Vines lifted this concept for their video for Ride. Come back to DC soon, D-Plan!
The Sweater Set – Call Me Maybe video
Many people wonder what the “song of the summer” will be, the pop hit that captures our hearts as we drive to the beach or play hackeysack or whatever. From my vantage point, the only thing that comes close to ubiquity (inescapability?) this summer is Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit Call Me Maybe. Let’s continue that trend by watching folk duo The Sweater Set cover the song on ukelele and keys. If you dig this, don’t miss them play tonight at the Velvet Lounge with fellow locals Luray and Ms. Fridrich.
Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear video
Keeping it short & sweet today. Take a bus ride with Mr. Lif and the Thievery boys in their video for Culture of Fear, the title track from their 2011 album, on ESL Music.
Kindness & Trouble Funk – That’s Alright video
British disco/R&B producer Adam Bainbridge, aka Kindness, showed his appreciation for the DC Go-Go sound on his recent release World, You Need A Change Of Mind by remixing Trouble Funk‘s song Still Smokin’ into his track That’s Alright. Taking the tribute even further, last month Kindness joined Trouble Funk on the stage of U Street Music Hall to shoot a video of the collaboration. It looks like a crowd-pleasing performance from the kings of Go-Go.
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