Singer songwriter Tom Goss brings the gay and music communities together in DC like no one else. Today we feature the video for Lover, from Goss’s 2009 album Back To Love, about a gay soldier killed in Afghanistan and the partner he leaves behind.
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New Rock Church of Fire – The Sword video
DC, here’s a classic for you. New Rock Church of Fire made a lot of fans with their powerful live shows and their 2009 album Of The Wild. They were even immortalized in hamburger form at DC9. But NRCOF have been relatively quiet lately, with only occasional shows and a split 7″ with VA Beach punk band Mas Y Mas in 2011, and now their website appears defunct. I suspect we haven’t heard the last of these guys! Here’s their debut music video The Sword.
http://vimeo.com/4476504
Drew Gibson – Elmira video
Just yesterday singer songwriter Drew Gibson released a brand new music video for Elmira. Directed by Tobin Herringshaw, the video is simple, direct and beautifully shot. Elmira comes from Drew’s second album The Southern Draw.
Bad Domes – Show In 80 Seconds video
Bad Domes is the moniker of laptop performer Rich Strayer. Using software called Audiomulch, Strayer triggers a huge collection of recognizable samples to create a live mash-up performance. In case the idea in your head of a laptop performer wears taped-up glasses or checks Facebook all night long, watch this 80 second long video distillation of the last Bad Domes show at DC9 in December. This guy brings the party more than anyone I’ve ever seen. This Saturday Bad Domes is scheduled to destroy the main room at the Rock & Roll Hotel, and you can join in for the low price of free! More money for drinks!
Nappy Riddem show tonight at Tropicalia
New 14th & U hotspot Tropicalia is turning into a great spot to see both forward thinking DJs and live bands with world and reggae bents. Tonight they host Fort Knox Recordings artists Nappy Riddem, fresh of the release of a new remix package Angle It from their debut album One World Sovereignty. I featured the Dub Architect remix of DTA in this week’s Hometown Sounds podcast, and to celebrate tonight’s show the boys are giving away the new K. Sabroso Remix of Angle It.
Grab the download link at their Facebook page and come out to the party tonight!
The Highballers – I Didn’t Mean To Get Drunk video
The Highballers are easily my favorite twangy band in town. If you prefer sassy to sappy, and need some swagger with your drinking, The Highballers are for you. This Saturday at Iota in Clarendon they celebrate the release of their debut album Soft Music and Hard Liquor on Woodshed Records, with song titles like I Take Pride In My Drinking, Doing Time In Pennsylvania and A Cowgirl Who Understands. Here’s the music video for their debut single I Didn’t Mean To Get Drunk, which I think sums up this band perfectly.
Olivia Mancini – Ricky live video
This Friday night The Black Cat hosts crazy rock-n-roll marching band Mucca Pazza from Chicago, joined by local openers Mission South and Olivia & The Mates. Olivia Mancini has quite a history with DC music, originally rocking the bass with Washington Social Club and currently paired with Jarrett Nicolay in Astra Via. Her band The Mates are always a treat to see live, playing solid & entertaining pop music. Today’s video is a simple live take of Olivia’s song Ricky, originally recorded back in 2009 for late & lamented social hub The New Gay.
Bellflur – Atoms video
Have you seen the latest rumors on the Internets about a new season of Twin Peaks? The David Lynch directed episodes of that show are still the strangest thing I’ve ever seen on network TV, 25 years later. The surreal dream-like lighting, backwards talking and people with elephant heads in Bellflur‘s new music video Atoms bring to mind the best parts of Lynch’s twisted series. Have we already seen one of the best DC music videos of 2013, 8 days in? Be on the lookout for Bellflur’s new album “12 Vagrant Monologues from the Last Living Star“, out very soon on Scenic Route Records. Check them out live on Friday Feb. 1st at the same place they filmed this video, the Mansion at Strathmore.
Tabi Bonney – Terrorist Love Menace video
Singer/rapper Tabi Bonney released a brand new video today for Terrorist Love Menace, from his recent free mixtape LoveJoy Park. If your day could be improved with beautiful, scantily-clad, model-gorgeous women, then Tabi Bonney makes the videos for you. Bonney is currently enjoying the weather and fashion in Los Angeles, and I suspect that, like Brooklyn-dweller Oddisee, he’ll be returning and collaborating with other DC musicians frequently.
Podcast for January 7th, 2013
Back with more new DC music for 2013!
Tracklisting:
Nappy Riddem – D.T.A. (Dub Architect Mix)
Taylor Carson – Waiting For Me
The NRIs – Testament
Mission South – detroitgateway
Paint Branch – Brighton Beach
GEMS – Void Moon
Miles Midnight – Superphonic
Substantial – Movin’ Alright feat. yU
Javier Starks – Fall Back feat. RAtheMC & Phil Ade
Uptown XO – Rugged feat. Obii Say & Awthentik
Blake Meister – The Grind
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