Rapper Shy Glizzy definitely made some new fans helping kick off the festivities at Trillectro this past weekend. (Video evidence here!) His trajectory is decidedly upward since the release of his mixtape F*ck Rap last December, featuring today’s music video Pilot with help from major label rapper Trinidad James. Don’t miss Glizzy’s latest well-reviewed mixtape Law 2.
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Wayna – I Don’t Wanna Wait video
Grammy-nominated Ethiopian-American singer-songwriter Wayna released a brand new music video today for her single “I Don’t Wanna Wait”, from the upcoming 6 song EP The Expats dropping in October. In the 5 years since Wayna’s last release Higher Ground she has collaborated with big names like Eric Roberson and Wale, and this song comes from German producer Farhot who’s best known from his work with Nigerian-German soul singer Nneka. Chris Muir shot the video in Toronto, telling the story of a multiracial women’s softball team called The Expats and the battle with a rival team that very loosely interpret the rules of softball.
Olivia Mancini – Ruby, Baby video
A longtime fixture on the DC music scene, Olivia Mancini now splits her time between here and Brooklyn. She and her Mates will release a new singles collection called Interregnum on August 20th, surely rolling up some of the tracks posted to Olivia’s Bandcamp recently. You’ve got a great opportunity to see Olivia & The Mates this Friday night at Iota in Clarendon, with supporting acts Nine Times Blue from Atlanta and Nashville’s Luella And The Sun. And if that doesn’t work for you, she’s quite excited to open for Matthew Sweet at the Birchmere on August 23rd. Olivia’s newest music video, a scratchy vintage accompaniment for Ruby, Baby, is a song that parallels Dion’s 1963 hit single of the same name.
Andy Zipf / The Cowards Choir – Maybe I video
Back in 2009 singer songwriter Andy Zipf released an EP called The Cowards Choir in which he felt that he’d finally found his voice. Now touring in support of his newest EP Reunion, he enlisted Ryan Walker from The Beanstalk Library and not one but TWO drummers, Adam Neubauer and Ben Tufts to form the band The Cowards Choir. Andy, Ryan and many many more amazing DC musicians will play this Saturday afternoon at Jammin’ Java’s cannot-miss Ben Tufts & Friends Show to support the Craig Tufts Memorial Fund. To accompany the contemplative video for Maybe I, from the Reunion EP, Andy wrote some thoughts on the song for the official Tumblr for To Write Love on Her Arms, “a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide.” The Reunion EP is available on both iTunes and NoiseTrade for a suggested tip of $5.
Foul Swoops – Shot In The Dark / Good Looks video
Just released yesterday, the new video from garage punk rockers Foul Swoops got a lot of attention. It was shot by the newest Swoop Michelle Peña and features spottable VA landmarks including Roosevelt Island and Bob & Edith’s Diner. Since punk songs are usually so short, I applaud the decision to meld the two videos into one. Both tracks are posted for streaming and free download on the band’s SoundCloud page. Mark your calendars for Friday October 25th for a curiously free show at the Velvet Lounge to celebrate local punk label Windian Records‘ 4th Birthday Party and split 7″ release DC Is Doomed with Foul Swoops, Teen Liver, Thee Lolitas and The Doozies.
Emmett Williams – Black Boys In America video
Singer-songwriter Emmett Williams is driven to create in many different outlets as an accomplished multimedia artist, documentary filmmaker and exhibited photographer in addition to his multiple albums. Later this month he tours England in support of his latest release SHINE, a collection of highlights from his previous four CDs. For this album Williams recorded a new version of “Black Boys In America”, his version of Sinead O’Connor’s song “Black Boys On Mopeds”, obviously inspired by the recent headlines and anguish over the Trayvon Martin killing. The music video for Black Boys In America furthers the message of the song by connecting America’s racial tensions to the persistent problem of poverty.
Stephen Redhead – Aim To Please video
Scrappy young rapper Stephen Redhead goes full-on DIY for this music video. Aim To Please, a hard-hitting song about rough times growing up, from the FREE 2011 mixtape The Schemata, was shot by Redhead himself driving around DC. See him ducking down? He’s actually dodging the watchful eyes of the police. Don’t try this yourselves kids, Redhead is a professional rapper.
Lowercase Letters – Hard Head video
House Studio DC, the premier creative force for music videos in this town, is enlisting DC musicians to perform covers of some of their favorite tunes for their $5 Music Video series. Today we’ve got neo-soul group Lowercase Letters performing a mellow version of blues legend Louis Jordan’s relationship rant “Hard Head”.
Taylor Carson – Waiting For Me video
Hot off the presses! Singer-songwriter Taylor Carson just released a new music video for Waiting For Me, his collaboration with Stephen Kellogg and perhaps the most heartfelt and touching song from his excellent recent album With Innocence. Produced by Rob Helmstetter and Chris Sessions out in Colorado, the video keeps the focus on Carson and Kellogg’s songwriting with simple and gorgeous visuals. Carson has many local shows coming up, but the clear highlight is drummer extrodinaire Ben Tufts & Friends show on Saturday afternoon August 17th at Jammin’ Java, a fundraiser for the memorial fund of his father Craig Tufts.
PHZ-Sicks – The Moment
The wittily named rapper PHZ-Sicks from Woodbridge, VA spent quite a while promoting his debut release, 2011’s The Laws of PHZ-Sicks, still available as a FREE download. His long-awaited follow-up The Moment will drop this November, and today PHZ-Sicks released a short video describing the last couple of years in his life and showing some behind the scenes of the creative process in producing the album. The video features Electric Soul artist Alison Carney and engineer Mr. Wise, part of the Team Demo production group.
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