Podcast for November 5th, 2012

This week we play some classics.

Tracklisting:
The Make-Up – I Am Pentagon [Save Yourself / K Records / 1999]
The Aquarium – Credits [s/t / Dischord / 2006]
Faraquet – Cut Self Not [The View From This Tower / Dischord / 2000]
Q And Not U – And The Washington Monument Blinks Goodnight [No Kill No Beep Beep / Dischord / 2000]
T.Kokai – Une Affaire (Qui Marche) [Teak All Eye / 2004]
Deep Dish – Mohammad Is Jesus [Junk Science / 1998]
Thunderball – Selector feat. Hutchy [Ambassadors of Style / ESL / 2000]
Georgie James – Cheap Champagne [Places / Demos at Dance Place / Saddle Creek / 2007]
Washington Social Club – Breaking the Dawn [Catching Looks / 2004]
Supersystem – Born Into The World [Always Never Again / Touch & Go Records / 2005]
Tuscadero – Nancy Drew [The Pink Album / Teenbeat / 1994]

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Brett – Kate Moss video

Remember The Dance Party? The 80s influenced band was a DC powerhouse before decamping to LA. Now they’re back with a side project called Brett, making smooth n sexy Nu Disco music. Between Brett, Misun and Volta Bureau, DC could finally be seeing a nexus of live electronic music that I am really excited about. Check out the retro video for Kate Moss, the flipside of their debut single Confidence.

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Recommended Weekend Shows

Feel like catching some live music this weekend? If I was 9 people I’d go to all of these!

Friday:
Taylor Carson @ JOURNEYoga (Live Music Yoga Class + Charity Benefit)
Chopteeth & Eastern Standard Time @ Black Cat
Empresarios (New Album Release!) @ Tropicalia
The Caribbean, More Humans & Harness Flux @ U Street Music Hall
The Highballers @ Acre 121
The Torches @ Torpedo Factory (the Torpedo Factory has bands now? Awesome!)
The WeatherVanes & Justin Trawick Group @ Iota

Saturday:
The Burlies (Travis Morrison’s new band), Typefighter & Laughing Man @ Paperhaus Moved to next Saturday Nov. 10th
US Royalty & Misun @ Gibson Guitar Showroom

Sunday:
Koshari @ Spacebar

Did I miss any great shows? Post in the comments!

More Humans – Dracula video

Let’s have one more taste of Halloween DC style for 2012. Indie rock trio More Humans recently released this adorable video for the song Dracula, from their 2011 EP Demon Station. You can see them play an early show at U Street Music Hall Friday evening, opening for The Caribbean.

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The Nighttime Adventure Society – Past Life video

Happy Halloween DC! Folk rockers The Nighttime Adventure Society have the best band name for today in the whole town. Led by singer Laura Zax, they get into the spooky spirit with a languid, creepy cover of MJ’s Thriller, free to download at their Bandcamp page.

Our music video of the day is an animated tale featuring Little Red Riding Hoodie. The song Past Life leads off their recent debut album Chapter Two: Past Life.

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Free Lobster Buffet – Perfect Girl video

Thanks to Frankenstorm Sandy, we’ve all been cooped up inside for days now, and just about all Monday night shows got canned. If you are dying for some live music tonight, unfortunately some of tonight’s lineups got postponed due to travel problems. But as of now the Red Palace plans to bring local ska band Free Lobster Buffet to the stage tonight to provide the soundtrack for your drunken Sandy stories. Check out this video for Perfect Girl, get out of your house tonight and rock out!

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Tom Goss – Make Believe video

Another brand new music video for you to enjoy before Sandy plunges us into silent darkness. Singer-songwriter Tom Goss came to DC for Catholic seminary, but now he’s spreading his hopeful messages through pop music. He’s gained quite a following in DC’s enthusiastic gay community and his past music videos were very popular on the LOGO network. His latest video, Make Believe from the album Turn It Around obviously required a LOT of work and patience on the part of him and artists Scott G. Brooks and Dave Peterson, so enjoy the beautiful result.

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Lightfoot – Somebody’s Watching Me video

Have you heard? A big Frankenstorm Snowicane disaster is coming early next week, so Saturday night is your only chance to dress up and party Halloween style. Folk rockers Lightfoot get into the spirit with a spooky cover of Rockwell’s 80s classic Somebody’s Watching Me that’s free to download at their Bandcamp page. They even went all out and made a video for it, mashing up horror movie classics to fit the song. Happy Halloween & stay dry everyone!

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Dot Dash – The Past Is Another Country video

We’re keeping up our roll of showcasing brand new music videos this week with the latest from rock band Dot Dash. Guitarist and singer Terry Banks is a veteran of many local bands including Julie Ocean, Tree Fort Angst and Glo-Worm with Black Tambourine’s Pam Berry. Their newest album, this year’s Winter Garden Light, perfectly blends pop hooks with post-punk style. From that album, here’s The Past Is Another Country.

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Javier Starks – Fall Back video

House Studio DC, named DC’s best recording studio in 2012 by the CityPaper, does more than just produce audio for some of the hottest rappers in town. Their $5 Music Video series boasts quality worth a lot more than the price tag in their name. Hot of the presses is a brand new music video from Javier Starks, for the track Fall Back from his FREE mixtape Faces of Change. Providing guest rhymes are locals Phil Adé and RAtheMC, sadly just eliminated from Simon Cowell’s competition TV show The X-Factor.

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