It’s really hot outside. But tonight the legendary DC ska band The Pietasters are playing a free outdoor show at Lee District Park in Franconia! So suck it up, drink some coconut water and go get your 90s skank on! Today’s video is Stone Feeling, from their 1997 album Willis.
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Akua Allrich – Hard to Get video
Tonight another summer music tradition kicks off at Carter Barron Amphitheatre with the Washington Post Going Out Gurus Weekend Concerts. The Jazz Night lineup features Jess Righthand Quintet, Jolley Brothers and headliner Akua Allrich. Akua is a seasoned DC jazz performer, incorporating neo-soul and R&B influences into her music. Tonight’s show is free and requires no tickets, and the weather couldn’t be nicer! Here’s the video for Hard to Get from Akua’s 2010 album A Peace of Mine.
Mustafa Akbar – Call Me video
DC music video of the day! Mustafa Akbar a.k.a. Mustabar is well known as a frequent collaborator with just about all of the talented bands on the Fort Knox Recordings and Eighteenth Street Lounge labels. He’s also the gracious host of the annual Mustock festival at his home in Lignum, VA. His project with Rex Riddem, Nappy Riddem, plays a show tonight at Monserrat House with local ska band The Chariots. But before it all, Mustafa Akbar put out a couple of soulful solo albums, and today’s video comes from his 2009 release That Day.
Christylez Bacon – Reinventing Hip Hop video
Tonight is a great night to check out the Black Squirrel‘s tap room in Adams Morgan for a diverse and all-local lineup. The show features folk rocker Jules Bland, jazz performers Mark G. Meadows and Stephen Synk, and headliner Christylez Bacon, a Grammy-nominated hip-hop beatboxer who must be seen to be believed! Check out this video from last year’s TEDxPennQuarter conference and you will know what I’m talking about.
Empresarios vs. Nate Dogg – Regulate Mis Amigos video
With summer’s heat comes the killer all-day pool parties around town. Tomorrow the Capitol Skyline Hotel hosts the Mother Trucker Pool & Food Truck Party, bringing DC’s best food trucks out to play. Providing the bumpin’ soundtrack to the festivities are the top tier talent on the Fort Knox Recordings label, including All Good Funk Alliance, Nappy Riddem, FK5 vs Thunderball and the Empresarios. To get you warmed up for this, check out the video for the John Bowen mashup of the new Empresarios track Para Mis Amigos with the classic track Regulate by Warren G & Nate Dogg. Plus download the track for free!
Presto Bando – Walking in the Air video
Tonight’s show at the underground house venue Paperhaus has a fantastic mostly-local lineup: Presto Bando, Les Rhinoceros, Imperial China, and Tampa Florida’s Alexander and the Grapes. Today we feature a video from DC Setlist‘s Holiday Video 2011, Presto Bando covering the song “Walking In The Air” by Howard Blake from the 1982 animated short film The Snowman. Cute stuff. Head over to their Bandcamp page to download two free EPs before coming to the show tonight!
Koshari – Wake Me video
DC music video of the day! Tonight the Black Cat hosts the first of three benefit shows for the Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Music Festival, taking over a big chunk of DC Columbus Day Weekend in October with a multitude of bands. Tonight’s lineup features bands booked at this year’s festival, headlined by noisy indie punk band Surgery Dot Com, featuring former members of True Womanhood. Opening the show is local shoegazing band Koshari. They are true veterans of the DC indie rock scene, having put out their debut EP Disenchanted way back in 2001. Today’s video for the song Wake Me comes from their 2005 album Unless.
Typefighter – You When You’re Older video
DC music video of the day! Tonight you won’t want to miss a fantastic folk-rock show at the Black Cat with out-of-towners Plume Giant and locals Ugly Purple Sweater and Typefighter. Today’s video comes courtesy of the late & lamented SocialStudies DC blog, for the soon-to-be-released Typefighter song You When You’re Older. The video comes from last winter in the secluded Montrose Park in Georgetown.
To promote tonight’s show, Ugly Purple Sweater and Typefighter both covered a song written by the other band, and released the results as a free download on Bandcamp.
See you there tonight!
Drop Electric – Robot Funeral video
DC music video of the day! Drop Electric are scheduled to play a set at Artomatic in Crystal City tonight at 10 PM. And that sounds like a great excuse to me to run another fantastic video by these soundscape shoegazers. Today’s video for the awesomely named song Robot Funeral was released last summer, and the track should find its way onto Drop Electric’s forthcoming album. Happy Memorial Day everyone!
America Hearts – A Whole Lotta Love video
DC music video of the day! Indie poppers America Hearts are back at the Black Cat tonight with the second installment in their Singles Club series, with local friends The Cheniers and Dot Dash. We featured the video for Lose You from the first single last month, and today we’ve got the video for A Whole Lotta Love, from the second EP Messy.
And there’s a bonus video too! Check out this cute little introduction to the Singles Club series. The brief footage from last year’s Fort Reno show gets me pumped for the summer!
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