DC music video of the day! Americana rockers SweetBread Jim’s headlines an all-local bill tonight at the Red Palace on H St. NE with Benny and Jeff Martini and the 1,2 Soul Revue. This trio has built their fanbase over the past couple of years and unleashed them to earn the Band of the Month spot in March by the online Deli Magazine. Check out the video for The Molecule Song, from their 2011 demo EP available for free on SoundCloud.
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Sam Cooper & The Sleepwalkers – False Dawn video
DC music video of the day! Local troubador Sam Cooper and his band The Sleepwalkers start off a night of great music at the Velvet Lounge tonight, opening for The NRIs, another great band to catch. Sam Cooper’s Bandcamp page has a lot of EPs and albums for you to peruse, and most of them are available for free! Sam’s 2010 album Red Horses is the source for today’s video, the melancholy ballad False Dawn.
The Grey Area – Ourselves video
DC music video of the day! The Grey Area are bringing sunny pop music to DC just in time for summer. The bald duo recently released their debut EP 508, and were selected by Listen Local First as a featured band for tomorrow’s Local Music Day. Their next live date is Saturday May 26th at DC9. Check out the first video from the EP for the track Ourselves.
Thievery Corporation – Shadows of Ourselves video
DC music video of the day! Another classic lounge cut from Thievery Corporation‘s 2000 album The Mirror Conspiracy. Shadows of Ourselves features the sweet vocals of Lou Lou Ghelichkhani.
Cinco de Sandra party
Shameless self promotion! Saturday night some good friends are throwing a party called Cinco de Sandra. The aforementioned Sandra is Sandra Beasley, a DC poet whose collection titled I Was The Jukebox won the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Saturday is her birthday. Joining her in presenting their artistic work are creators Jim Dougan, Molly Lawless, Tony Mancus, Jennifer Tress, Natalie E. Illum and the force of nature that is Mr. Dean Haspiel, probably best known outside of the comics world as the artist of the title sequence of the HBO show Bored To Death. In addition to all that awesomeness, DJ P.Vo (that’s me!) will be spinning some tunes, mostly from the Hometown Sounds library (but I can’t rule out a fun mashup or two). It’s hosted by Brandon Weatherbee of the talk show You, Me, Them, Everything, and it all goes down at the Hillyer Art Space in Dupont Circle starting at 8 PM. So ditch the margaritas and mariachi music and come party with a bunch of crazy artist types!
The Cornel West Theory – Jeffrey (snippet)
DC music video of the day! Today we’ve got a short preview of a soon-to-be-released jam from The Cornel West Theory, rappers with something to say. The tents of Occupy DC form the backdrop of the video. This snippet of Jeffrey gets me excited about their upcoming release The Bottom (hopefully soon!). Saturday night they headline a big show at the Black Cat mainstage, with support from fellow local rappers ACME.
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See-I – Blow Up (Turntable Dubbers & Sebski Remix) video
DC music video of the day! Here’s a brand new video from the ever-funky See-I boys, still holding down the Gold Room every Wednesday night at the Eighteenth Street Lounge. The Turntable Dubbers & Sebski remix of Blow Up comes from the See-I Remixed album, and the video was filmed by DC’s own Jesse Justice. See-I kicks off a west coast tour next week, and in celebration they’re giving this remix away on their website, so grab it while you can!
Deep Dish – Say Hello video
DC music video of the day! Let’s get dancey with the Iranian-American duo of Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi, better known as Deep Dish. Say Hello, featuring the vocals of another Iranian-American, Anousheh Khalili, comes from their 2005 album George Is On, marking their turn from their deep house origins to a more popular progressive house sound.
Drop Electric – What Now Of Paradise video
DC music video of the day! Anecdotally, one of the more popular videos I’ve run on Hometown Sounds is Finding Color In The Ashes by shoegazers Drop Electric. The song and video together really seemed to strike a chord with a wide range of viewers. Here’s another video from their FREE 2010 album Finding Color In The Ashes, What Now Of Paradise.
