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!
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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.
House of Soul – Push It video
House of Soul is doing what I love, taking a classic sound in a new direction. They make soulful house music but perform it with live instrumentation and no laptops. The result is a sweaty, feel good show that’s been a fixture on the schedule at Bossa in Adams Morgan for quite a while now. The group released their debut album Let’s Move last year, and recently put out a remix package for the single Push It. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, they made a music video for the song that gives you a sense of what the live experience is all about. You can celebrate with them tonight at The Dunes in Columbia Heights at the release party for the music video.
Chain & The Gang – Certain Kinds of Trash video
Tonight the 2012 season for the long running summer concert series at Fort Reno draws to a close with Triage, Manta Ray and Ian Svenonious’s latest project Chain & the Gang. “The Other Ian” is a veteran of so many DC bands, including The Nation of Ulysses, Weird War, Cupid Car Club and the reuniting Make-Up. Today’s video for Certain Kinds of Trash comes from their recently released album In Cool Blood.
Head-Roc – Chocolate City Rocks video
This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Mustock, Mustafa Akbar‘s music festival of friends held at his farm in Lignum VA. The amazing lineup of performers includes Asheru, All Good Funk Alliance, Nappy Riddem, Lucky Dub and the mayor of DC hip hop, Head-Roc. Head’s got a brand new video out too, rapping about how awesome DC is. I can get behind that.
Bluebrain – Ten By Ten video
The brothers Ryan and Hays Holladay, known around town as Bluebrain, are pushing music forward into the 21st century. Some of their recent projects involve location-aware smartphone music apps and creating the soundtrack to a mass yoga practice on the downtown Mall. But once upon a time, back in 2010, Bluebrain made a regular full length album called Soft Power, put out a single from that album, and commissioned a video for it from director Gabe Askew. Here’s the beautiful video for Ten By Ten.
Kokayi – Know Us Mayne video
DMV rapper Kokayi headlines a show tonight at Jammin Java in Vienna with hot Brooklyn remixers Spirit Animal. For today’s music video of the day we go back in time to Kokayi’s 2008 album Mass Instructions, and the lead off video Know Us Mayne, directed by Trent Watts.
Drop Electric – Bankrolled Hominid video
Leading atomspheric shoegaze purveyors Drop Electric headline the Capitol Groove Fest tomorrow at the Fairgrounds at Navy Yard Metro, along with a huge lineup of great DC bands including The Silver Liners, The Weathervanes, and Redline Graffiti. This is sure to be the party of the weekend, so don’t miss it! And it’s a great excuse for me to play Bankrolled Hominid, another beautiful video from Drop Electric’s free debut album Finding Color In The Ashes.
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