Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

x-post to Hoos --one of your Texas' groups --Heybale--are gonna be at Hillcountry barbecue with their new singer Thursday night also.

I'm going to have to miss tonight's show but the Stantons were pretty impressive last time they were at U Hall in January. DC doesn't get a ton of breaks headliners but the breaks crowd here is incredibly loyal - I was shocked how strong the online response was when we announced A-Skillz's upcoming show.

other shows I'm excited about this month:

6/2 Dirtbombs at R&R Hotel
6/3 Youth of Today at U Hall
6/16 Junior Boys at Black Cat
6/16 Moombahton Massive IV at U Hall
6/22 DJ Marky at Ultrabar
6/27 J*Davey at Black Cat

also this seems like a pretty intense (mostly) local music festival this weekend!

http://www.stppfest.com/

ahhhhhhh heybale rule damn why does everything stack up

x-post--

I keep getting emails from publicists for indie-rock bands playing that sweet tea fest. I've never heard of any of them be they local or from Brooklyn or wherever. Most of 'em seem to be poppy or folky.

June is always an action-packed month around here. I like the Caribbean Carnival parade (and related gigs)that occur on June 25th. The Smithsonian Folklife Fest is bringing in old-school soul and music from the country of Colombia at the end of the month. Plus plenty of Carter Barron gigs and more.

I always want to go see Cameo at Carter Barron (I feel like they play every year) but then I'm like ~weather~

There's a bit of shade at Carter Barron, but I see your point.

I forgot about the Dirtbombs tomorrow night. They were fun when I saw them at Black Cat. And UHall has Pusha T soon.

More rock in the next few days:

Winidan Records Summer Weekender w/ The Barracudas (surf garage), Beach Bloods (Ex The Points), 6/3 @ Golden West in Baltimore; 6/4 @ Comet Ping Pong; SLF @ Black Cat;

Is that the Barracudas from the '80s??

Yep.

so pissed I will have to miss that.

Never mind, see they are here on 6/4 too.

Glen Echo Folk Fest - laid back good time or recumbent bike central or what?

Here's an article from last year's City Paper grumbling about the fact that they don't include much if any young indie-folk. There are some good acts this year-Sunday has Archie's blues barbershop crew; rockabilly guy JP McDermott; string bander Speedy Tolliver; and local Sephardic singer Flory Jagoda. But I've never been so I don't know what it's like.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/06/03/can-the-washington-folk-festival-make-room-for-d-c-indie-folk/

http://fsgw.org/wff/schedule2011.pdf

So someone told me that reggae singer Richie Spice is going to be at the legend Nightclub tonight Thursday. The only advertising I have now seen is this youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BKiCkdmy8&NR=1

Now this benefit show on Sunday at the Eclipse on Bladensburg for longtime DC soul singer Reese Palmer I heard mentioned on WPFW by Scooter McGruder and then I googled and found:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56759119/DC-CARES-Fundraiser-for-Reese-Palmer-of-The-Marquees

Man, I was psyched just now to read "Beach Bloods (Ex The Points)" because I hadn't heard anything about that before, but then I heard this: http://soundcloud.com/beach-bloods
It hurt my ears (literally, I mean - that track takes lo-fi to some ugly places)

That's too bad

Fort Dupont schedule is out--free shows include:

July 23
The MANHATTANS
featuring GERALD ALSTON & BLUE LOVETT
Opener, Marvin Brown
July 30
ZAPP (led by drummer as others are no longer with us)
Opener, Teri S
Aug. 6
The BARKAYS
Opener, FrameWerk
Aug. 13
Mandrill

Village Voice writer Greg Tate was always hailing Mandrill as a ahead of their time funk with a hint of rock outfit from the '70s but I've still never looked into them

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/06/02/sunday-a-benefit-for-ailing-d-c-soul-singer-reese-palmer/#more-48054

Hey Hoos, Titus were fun last night although it was more an Okervill River NPR indie-rock crowd and they just kinda stood and stared.

It was a busy night. Most nights in June look busy this year.

glad you got to see em!

they don't include much if any young indie-folk

not really tore up about that. Sunday def. looks like the day to go; really wish they didn't schedule the balalaika ensemble and the sea chanteys at the same time

The '60s Brit-folk sounding locals called Ocean Orchestra might be good also. They're on at noon.

Here's part of the e-mail I got:

The lineup this Sunday will be Jennifer Cutting (squeezeboxes, keyboards, writing/arranging), Lisa Moscatiello (voice, guitar, whistle), Steve Winick (vocals), Zan McLeod (bouzouki and mandolin), Cheryl Hurwitz (fiddle), Tim Carey (Highland bagpipes), and Rico Petruccelli (bass).
Grace Griffith will brave the heat to sing “Song for the Night Sea Journey” in Donegal Gaelic with us, and new-in-town fiddler Bruce Lebowitz will join us to reprise a GORGEOUS song we haven’t performed since we were New St. George! (Can’t tell you…it’s a big surprise). Among other fun things, we’ll perform “Green Man” and “Summer Will Come ‘Round Again” from our new Song of Solstice CD, and end with a pagan pop tune that was #1 on the Billboard charts in 1970!

A busy weekend--tonight--Barracudas at Comet; SLF @ black cat; CJ Chenier at Hill Country BBQ; Manzu (soulful Sierra Leone vocalist) with Papa T at Crystal Nightclub, 1401 University Blvd., Hyattsville INFO 571-471-8939 or 571-268-3955. The Brass-A-Holics (New Orleans brass goes go-go) at Bohemian Caverns, 11th & U Sts NW Special early show at 6:30

Miguel (RnB singer of "All I want is You" fame ) at Bistro Bistro, Conn. Ave. NW (!); Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at Iota ; Soca show with Iwer George & TallPree; Peter Humphry; Leon of Judah; and mored at The International Union Hall, 4700 Boston Way,Lanham, MD Mikey 301-440-8643____________________________________________________________________

_Sunday June 5th
DC Folk fest; Louisian Swamp Romp with Trombone Shorty (funk), Sonny Landreth, Geno Delafose (zydeco), & Steve Riley(Cajun & zydeco) at Wolf Trap; Benefit for Reese Palmer (DC singer who sang with Marvin Gaye in the Marquees in High School and recently with the Legendary Orioles among others; he's now very ill) at 4:30 pm at the Eclipse, 2820 Bladensburg Rd NE The Brass-A-Holics (New Orleans brass goes go-go) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

probably gonna go to barracudas tonight since i'm up in dupont already

hey, see ya there

rad!

So how were the Barracudas? Was Comet's back room crowded?

And Blue Jeans, what was the Folkfest like?

Barracudas ruled!

Barracudas were rilly great (same with openers Beach Bloods and Gentlemen Jessie), not too crowded. plenty of room for the singer to throw a beer, kick over the monitor, run off stage, etc.

Folkfest was a lot of fun. I got distracted on my way there by an estate sale so I missed the Tibetan and and balalaika and chantey sets, but I still had a good time. Most of the acts were amateurs - hope that doesn't sound derogatory, just that they were people with day jobs that are really into flamenco dancing or playing dad granddad rock or whatever on the weekend. The Irish and Canadian percussive dance was a highlight.

also The Dirtbombs kicked ass! a good week

plenty of room for the singer to throw a beer,

which landed on me! lol

Those all sound great.

I'm curious about this free Friday event that's part of the first Afro-Brazil Fest DC
http://www.afrobrazilfest.com/index.php/events/

Friday, June 10 - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Event Venue: Josephine Butler Parks Center

Event Price: This event is FREE and open to the public.

You're invited to a complimentary culinary tasting and demonstration. Sample crispy mandioca frita and chocolatey brigadeiros and learn how to make nonalcoholic caipirinhas.

Batala, an all-female samba-reggae band, will entertain you with rhythms typical of the northeastern region of Brazil. The heavily syncopated music is rooted in traditional African drumming, and is accented with a heavy dose of Brazilian samba.

batala opened one of the dismemberment plan reunion shows a few months back and they were insanely fucking great

Cool.

I think Chuck Brown is still scheduled to perform tonight/Thursday for free on the West lawn of the Capitol as part of a statehood for DC rally.

Going to my kid's baseball game so no Gator Day (WPFW dj the Gator) in Pomonkey, Maryland today for me. Miss Jody from Mississippi who's headlining is a great Southern soul singer.

May or may not be able to see Eddie Palmieri with a big salsa band at the DC Jazz fest free event on the mall on Sunday. He's at 6:15 pm or so

Busy on the homefront I missed the above and also PUSHA-T and Da Phuture, Black Cobain, Gilbere Forte and more at UHall last night.

But I saw the Mavs win.

I think there's a good obscure rock band --Secret Cities-- at Comet tonight. The one song I heard sounded interesting at least.

I'm going to the sold-out Treme new orleans music thang at the K. Ctr.

I think Smokey Robinson is singing for free at noon today, Monday, at Wilson Plaza at the Reagan trade building on 14th St. near the mall. Alas, I work out in Va.

Fort Reno's schedule has been announced (in part)

Partial Fort Reno schedule:

Monday, June 27: Beasts of No Nation, Railsplitter, Valley Tours

Thursday, June 30: Oh So Peligroso, Hundred Acre Wood, Elephant Pistol

Thursday, July 7: The Blackberry Belles, Cane & The Sticks, Wild Fruit

Monday, July 11: Title Tracks, America Hearts, Cat Jack

Thursday, July 14: The Cornel West Theory, Sound Limit, Guilty

Monday, July 18: The NRI's, The Gift, The Union of Sgt. Teddy

Thursday, July 21: SPRCSS, The Ambulars, Fell Types

Monday, July 25: Office of Future Plans, The Akoma Drummers

Thursday, July 28: The OK Corral, Foul Swoops, The Burnside Shattered

Glad I did not see Pusha-T at UHall Sunday night. The Washington Post review said he came on at 12:40 am Monday morning and finished a mere 25 minutes later. Rappers.

The Treme brass band thang at the K. Ctr. was fun last night.

Music-realted movies:

Blank City movie doc opens Friday at the Landmark E St.

In the late 1970s a group of aspiring New York filmmakers, inspired by the burgeoning underground music scene, takes to the streets to shoot guerrilla-style movies and in the process fosters the influential and highly regarded No Wave movement. This film examines the events that led to No Wave's creation, in which the city itself, which was in decay at the time, plays a significant role. Featuring interviews with Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry and Lydia Lunch.

And my buddy Jeff is showing Heavy Metal Parking Lot and Heavy Metal Picnic (the latter hour or so effort is not on Youtube and I think was only shown once before) Friday night at 9:30 at the AFI

related

Only a Baltimore show (Mon. 6/20) but no DC one for highly touted Danes Iceage

surprised that Junior Boys and Miracle Fortress hasn't sold out Black Cat.

yeah, I was just looking at that. might head along.

Got my ticket for it! They sold out last time, suspect they will again night of show. Hope the sound is better this time.

Will probably head over to Moombahton Massive after that.

I'm guessing it hasn't sold out yet because of Yeasayer at the 930 splitting the audience.