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Don’t Stay Home This Week 2/24
Monday 2/24:
This Monday evening Arlington’s Galaxy Hut hosts dark Americana songstress Annie Stokes and Little Lawnmowers, the mellow folk solo moniker of College Park’s Jonathan Hawkins.
Also Monday 2/24:
Pour one out for another DC band, as alt-rock group Skydiver loses their frontman Justin Price to Los Angeles. Head to Vienna’s Jammin’ Java on Monday night for their farewell show with Milo in the Doldrums, Bluewreck and Modern Trap.
Wednesday 2/26:
Rapper Uptown XO, alum of influential hip-hop group Diamond District, celebrates the release of his new album Culture Over Corporate Wednesday evening with a live show backed by The Experience Band at the 1360 Warehouse, with opening sets from Pinky KillaCorn, Priest Da Nomad and Snypa B.
Thursday 2/27:
Ooh, another album release show! Mystic punk band Time Is Fire’s debut full length album In Pieces is astounding. Thursday night they headline DC9 along with performance arist/poet Bahloul and Baltimore’s Quattracenta.
We’ll Be Back Shortly
We’re taking a little break from the DC music podcasts and videos this week while Paul moves to a new apartment in Arlington. Back next week!
Podcast with Chunky Glasses
Need more of Paul & Tony talking about the DC music scene? We recently stopped by the production studios of the Chunky Glasses Podcast, a.k.a. “The Basement”, to detail our origin story and thoughts on the current DC music scene. Chunky Glasses, our brothers in podcasting, focus on both local and national acts with learned criticism from the likes of DCist music editor Tori Kerr, WRGW programming director Quinn Myers and head honcho Kevin Hill. Their episode interviewing The Cowards Choir was a fantastic listen.
Grab episode 92 of the Chunky Glasses podcast for more Hometown Sounds on your Thanksgiving travel, or better yet subscribe in iTunes!
Bearshark promo code!
Bearshark, the recently retired post-rock/indie band that kicked off yesterday’s episode of the Hometown Sounds podcast, has a special offer for DC music fans! Head over to their website bearsharkmusic.com and use the promo code “hometownsounds” to get 20% off everything on the site! This includes their two essential EPs, 2011’s Gorilla Defense and the new Canyonlands EP, as well as a limited edition print from the new EP and this totally sweet USB drive/bottle opener!
And Now, A Brief Hiatus
I confess, postings have gotten pretty sporadic around Hometown Sounds lately. Real life is doing a bang-up job of getting in the way of my passion for spreading the word about DC music. Rather than half-ass my way through this difficult period, unfortunately it’s time for me to step away for a bit and fix a ton of bugs for the day job. See you again real soon, DC.
-Paul
Junior Marvin & Nappy Riddem at the Hamilton
True reggae fans already have tickets to The Hamilton Friday and Saturday night, but it’s not too late for you to get in on the action! Junior Marvin, one of Bob Marley’s original Wailers, celebrates his legacy by performing two classic Marley albums in their entirety. Friday night Marvin and his Force One band perform Marley’s final album Uprising in its entirety, while Saturday night they give the same tribute to the breakout album Exodus.
Red hot DC reggae band Nappy Riddem open both nights with their funky spin on the island vibes. Get into the spirit with a new remix from the Riddem boys of Mamaye by Novalima (FREE DOWNLOAD here!)
Rex Riddem and Junior Marvin made a video message about these shows as well:
Your only choice is: Friday, Saturday or both?
Photos by John Shore
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
Or listen on SoundCloud:
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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
Podcast for March 25th, 2013
Tracklisting:
Paperhaus – Helicopters
RDGLDGRN – I Love Lamp
Bells & Hunters – She Wants To Roll
The Silver Liners – Criminal
Mariner Project – Chill
Dangerosa – Exhiliration Comes Next
Suns of Guns – 5000 Watts
The Shirks – Sex Gear
Myrrh Myrrh – Might As Well
Mynoni & Friends – Oh Brother
Deathfix – Dali’s House
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