Matthew Dowling is a long time supporting musician from DC indie rock bands like The Effects, Deleted Scenes and Paperhaus. His solo project Swoll creates dreamy synthpop that’s lower on the BPM and higher on the bass and electronics. “Unwound”, Swoll’s debut music video, is the title track from his sophomore album that dropped in September on Blight Records. Director Drew Hagelin presents a flickery view of Dowling floating through retro sci-fi technology and neon shapes. Swoll’s long awaited DC album release show hits Comet Ping Pong on Thursday November 14th with support from label mates Luna Honey and Baltimore’s Abdu Ali.
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Podcast for August 22nd, 2019
Paul visits Philadelphia, while Tony deals with a precarious olive oil bottle.
Tracklisting:
Near Northeast – Draw the Sun [Cabin Sessions]
Baughman Dynasty – Gun in My Hand [single]
Shining Blade Theory – Guillotine [Live in the Studio]
Swoll – Unwound [Unwound]
Night Train 357 – Cosmic Cruise [single]
Coven Tree – No Land [Coven Tree / Tadzio Split]
Podcast for June 26th, 2019
Tony hacks his summer with swimming, while Paul resists the human wheelbarrow pic.
Tracklisting:
Tony Porreco – Without Your Taste [single]
Stranger in the Alps – Old Fears [single]
Mark G. Meadows – Be The Change [Be The Change]
Forgetter – Maple Seeds [Parts of Anything]
Cigarette – Mood [Light Blues]
LOOOP – Communal Space [LOOOP]
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Loi Loi – Sliver Light
Saturday night is going to be here before you know it, so now’s the time to brush up on Loi Loi before her album release show Saturday night at Comet Ping Pong. “Sliver Light” is the second music video from the recently released Me Dystopia on Blight Records, another glitzy narrative from director Jen Meller. Alexys Forrest of Danger Sluts, Krystal Ashley of “Scenes from Backstage”, Jax Caruso of The Galaxy Electric, and Freddie Heinemann of Fisk co-star in this tale of four women ditching unappreciative partners for a psychedelic dance party. Loi Loi’s seductive, retro-futuristic synthpop hits the stage and packs the dance floor Saturday night, with opening sets from Born Dad and Light Beams.
Loi Loi – Egipto
We kicked off this week’s Hometown Sounds podcast with the super-dancey lead-off track from Loi Loi‘s brand new album Me Dystopia on Blight Records. To experience more of the depth and range of this accomplished release, watch the music video for the album’s first advance single “Egipto”. Directed by Jen Meller, “Egipto” sees singer Kristie Di Lascio revel in sparkly sensuality, accompanied by Luna Honey’s baritone sax player Madeline Billhimer and Pedram Rahmatabadi as statues transformed by Di Lascio’s magical alchemy. Listen to this song late at night, with someone special, and you too will be transformed. Mark your calendar for Loi Loi’s album release show Saturday March 16th at Comet Ping Pong with Born Dad and Light Beams.
Podcast for February 26th, 2019
We’re back! Tony shares his love for video game microblogging, and Paul dreams of Instagram inception.
Tracklisting:
Loi Loi – Don’t Know [Me Dystopia]
The Mighty Heard – Still High [Still High / Karma]
SYZYGYX – Blurred Visions [Is That All There Is]
Venray – Fire Away [Fire Away / It’s Alright, It’s Okay]
The Frontier – Dark Places [single]
Jon Camp – Headwinds & Tailwinds [Headwinds & Tailwinds]
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Podcast for September 27th, 2018
Tony discovers the origin of his hometown’s name, while Paul plays the songs in alphabetical order.
Tracklisting:
Astra Via – U Don’t Wanna Know [single]
Black Masala – Trains and Moonlight Destinies [single]
Color Palette – Sunburn [single]
Crab Legs – Tipping Point [BLIGHT. Makes Right Vol. II]
Spring Silver – Effleurage [Spring Silver EP]
Thomas Blondet – Federal City [Federal City EP]
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Br’er – Help Me Live
In addition to helming the growing yet very tightly-knit Blight Records empire, Ben Schurr also creates innovative work under the handle Br’er. His newest music video “Help Me Live” dropped earlier this week, coming from last year’s iconic release BRUNCH IS FOR A$$HOLES. Shot by Renee Regan, Ben Usie and Zak Forrest, the vid presents Schurr’s vividly lit face referencing both hospital life support and edgy kink. You can and should see Ben performing as part of trip-hop flavored label-mates Luna Honey at their album release show Friday night at Hole in the Sky.
Podcast for April 25th, 2018
Tony ponders what makes “pub rock”, while Paul reminisces about collecting remixes.
Tracklisting:
Bumper Jacksons – White Horse [single]
Yesferatu – By Design [single]
The New Travelers – Composure [single]
Makeup Girl – Living Safe [single]
Will Eastman – Tell Me feat. Patrick Baker (Eau Claire Remix) [Hilo Remixed]
Luna Honey – Honey [Peace Will Grind You Down]
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Blacklodge + em.g – Unknown
Did you ever play around with the iTunes Visualizer? Back in the day, before we all gave up managing messy libraries of MP3s in favor of all-you-can-eat streaming, Apple’s flagship desktop music app contained a cool feature to generate trippy video controlled by the audio. I much preferred watching that to angry pundits or reality shows. Modular synth devotee Blacklodge (not so secretly DCDIT’s Alex Tebeleff) and vocal collaborator em.g (Margaret Gilmore) expand on that tradition with the new music video for “Unknown”, the long finish of their recent EP Will You Be Reduced from Blight Records. Baltimore based electro-acoustic composer Rob Neubauer delivers some remarkable abstract visuals that deserve viewing on a large screen TV. Blacklodge + em.g open for Kelly Lee Owens at Union Stage this Sunday night.
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