Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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Sat. feb. 8th at Comet Ping Pong-- not my thing, but this type of happening might be yours

Pat Noecker (aka RAFT and formerly of Liars and These Are Powers) brings his patented ASSEMBLE series to DC at Comet Ping Pong. Noecker and several other musicians will perform his ensemble piece "Transmissions, Long Tones in A and E", in which the artists, through various sound sources, will collectively sustain the note of A for 30 minutes and the note of E for 30 minutes in an hour long piece that boils up into a haunting, transcendent and cacophonous sonic meditation. The event promises to be an immersive one, with guests encouraged to wander around the space, each feeling a unique aural experience.

The DC Ensemble includes Amanda Kleinman, Deena OH, Doug Kallmeyer, Elise Pierre, Erick Jackson, Jasmine Chehrazi, Marian McLaughlin, Milena Aradski, Norm Veenstra, Ted Zook, and The Grey A.

drugs

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2014/02/11/eli-janney-drafted-for-seth-meyers-late-night-band/

I wish Eli's brother Eddie would play in a band again. He was in the Faith, Rites of Spring & Happy Go Licky

local punkers down at the pinch tonight

The Sniffs, Crumms, and a couple of touring gangs starting at 9

i'll be there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZimVtbboU

broken record department-- I looked at the list of Wammies winners from Sunday. While some nominations and even winners make sense, there remain so many omissions. No go-go bouncebeat bands, no metal, no Future Times or Cricket Cemetary label nominations, no bluesy soul folks like Jim Bennett or Hardway Connection...And I'm sure there are more problems with other genres

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45473/remembering-the-palladium-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-saturday-feb/

Local folks pay tribute to old-school NYC mambo dancehall

local punkers down at the pinch tonight

The Sniffs, Crumms, and a couple of touring gangs starting at 9

i'll be there

how was it? we played there saturday night, i like that spot.

crumms were playing their first show and kept having tech problems

*riff* *crackle*
"hang on, i just blew out my amp"

songs were great tho. high energy garagey stuff.

sniffs were predictably rad.

pleasantly surprised to find the pinch becoming my favorite venue to walk to.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/02/26/mambo-sauces-black-boo-on-creativity-and-sustainability-in-go-go-music/

I hold go-go responsible as much as I hold [Prince George’s] county responsible.

FYI-
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/02/27/remembering-paul-hawkins-pioneering-d-c-percussionist-bandleader-and-dancer/

An excerpt:

A life-long D.C. resident, Hawkins was involved in the D.C. music scene from the 1950s—when he was winning dance contests at Turner’s Arena—through decades of drumming with Latin dance music and jazz ensembles into this century. In the early 1960s he became the first African-American dance instructor at Arthur Murray Dance Studios. Although Hawkins never released an album as a leader, he played congas on Ramsey Lewis' Ramsey Lewis at the Bohemian Caverns, sat in live locally with Dizzy Gillespie and Tito Puente, and played countless gigs with his own bands. He regularly played for school audiences and in D.C.'s summer in the parks series.

So if you guys are into Leverage Models they're playing at my house this Saturday for a fundraiser.

https://www.facebook.com/events/664615793595251/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Should be a helluva show.

Did it live up to your expectations? Did your house survive?

TONIGHT: Ex Hex (10:15), TEEN (9:15), Foul Swoops (8:30). Doors 8PM. SOLD OUT

house survived & i had a fuckin blast--plus we made about 10% of our development costs to fix up the house for our purchase, so as a fundraiser it was a huge success as well.

Excellent.

Finally saw the Swoops do their garage-punk with howled vocals thing. Pretty fun, mostly. Teens were bland synth-pop w/ guitar. Ex-Hex are going for a 70s glam meets Runaways rawk sound. Mostly fun too. Timony and company looked like they were enjoying themselves. A 70s Nick Gilder cover as one of the encores...

DMV bands have till March 31 to submit demos to Amanda for consideration for Fort Reno

http://www.fortreno.com/

Old-school longtime DC resident and James Brown style singer Little Royal is at Westminster Church in SW tonight from 6 to 9. Post-stroke, but he's still entertaining.

buncha bedroomy black metal bands at DC9 tonight, including me homie Bastet

Cool. I've gotta couple friends playing that show

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/for-some-d-c-bands-sxsw-isnt-worth-the-trip/

Bandwidth sometimes does more than just re-post NPR Music webpage stories

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/watch-sunwolf-live-at-wamu/

and they have Brendan Canty interviewing Sunwolf.

Some day Bandwidth might even have a posting on DC music that's not rock, as well.

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/a-brief-introduction-to-d-c-s-garage-rock-scene/

But they're stepping up on rock

Was listening to some bounce-beat go-go on WkYS last night. In the print and website media bouncebeat is so under the radar these days. I'm not that crazy about it, but am intrigued how its holding on, and wondering whether any such group will have a commercial breakthrough.

aw man it's been TEN YEARS since the last Black Eyes show

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/03/26/listen-to-black-eyes-final-show/

Bandwidth has had a post or 2 on DC rap and edm now, yay.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2014/04/07/want-to-run-your-own-nightclub-love-is-going-on-the-auction-block/

Lots of debt to pay off.

in other is the club open news:

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/top-shelf/2014/04/ibiza-nightclub-shut-down.html

it took TEN MONTHS for the city to realize one of the biggest clubs in DC was operating w/o a business license? Amazing even by DCRA standards.

HA.

Meanwhile, the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration method for granting tavern and restaurant liquor licenses in Georgetown seems like something out of the 1980s, with folks camping out to be first in line.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2014/04/09/people-camp-out-for-days-to-snag-a-georgetown-liquor-license/

Tereu Tereu @ The Beehive Saturday night. Want to see them but am off to Baltimore tonight for an Os game.

Plus Hoo's thang today

it went great!

I'm in town what's good tonight? Fun place to get dinner? Drinks? Any good music?

ya know, there's nothing on my radar in terms of music tonight. i bet contendo has ideas?

what part of town are you in?

Wound up going to Dukem for ethiopian (which was ok but maybe not up to the hype) and then a wine bar around the corner that was fun. U Street is ridiculously different than I remember it, granted that the last time I was there was over 8 years ago and most of my memories are from like 18 years ago.

I think the best Ethiopian is in the 'burbs now. Saturday was kinda of a slow night for music unless you wanted to see metal band Pentagram at AU or the reunited Blackbyrds out in Bethesda.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/04/23/new-d-c-record-label-could-put-a-weird-slant-on-dance-music/

CP's Marcus Moore re new label

yesterday, new D.C. label 1432 R dropped its first single ever, "Yarada Lij," a majestic instrumental song from Mikael Seifu. Seifu is a relative unknown who creates so-called "Ethiopian electronic" music, which combines Ethiopian folk and British garage, according to an email. It's an anything-goes number that aligns with the focus of 1432 R, which takes its name from the now-defunct Subterranean A punk house (1432 R St. NW was its address). "The music is so out there," says Sami Yenigun, one of the label's founders. "The goal is to just have a platform and have the artists' music drive the vision."

more attention for a certain place and its residents:

well you can find it at dcmusicdownload.com .

*googles furiously*

http://dcmusicdownload.com/2014/04/23/lamont-street-collective-inside-d-c-s-affordable-abode-for-the-diy-community/

Very nice.

oh and x-post-- the fader is also giving love to new DC dance label 1432 R and its Mikael Seifu release

http://www.thefader.com/2014/04/22/stream-mikael-seifu-yarada-lij/

more miscellaneous stuff:

Sunday night was the 17th annual DC reggae awards

Longtime tiny bar JVs in Falls Church is gonna expand next door

Bandwidth's been busy lately with coverage of DC sounds and live sessions too

http://funkparade.com/

the parade will include:

- The Ballou High School Marching Band
- Batala Percussion Band
- Asheru
- Hung Tao Choy Mei Lion and Dragon dancers
- Yamomanem Jazz
- BicycleSPACE riders

and the world’s first FLASH MOP, a spontaneous clean-and-dance civic action squad!

MUSIC FESTIVAL (7-10 PM)
Free shows, in a dozen of the neighborhood’s finest venues. The lineup:

U Street Music Hall: Sugar Bear & EU, Nappy Riddem (DJs: Qdup, Fort Knox Five set)
Tropicalia: Cheick Hamala Diabate, Backbeat Underground, Joe Keyes “The Late Bloomer” and The Late Bloomer Band (DJs: Fort Knox Five)
Solly’s: Flashband Project - Flashband Funk Party
DC9 Nightclub: Elikeh Afropop, Black Masala (DJs: Sol Power All-Stars)
Patty Boom Boom: Lucky Dub, Kickoman – Official
Liv Nightclub DC: Clones of Funk
The Brixton: Aztec Sun, Beyond Modern
Jojo Restaurant: The Good Thing
Busboys and Poets: A Special Edition of Live! From Busboys: Women of Funk
Twins Jazz Club: Tony Martucci
Work It! Studio by WandaWoman – Funk Dance Party featuring “The Root of Funk” with drum sensation Tiacoh Sadia 7pm – 9pm

And an after-party!

Ben’s Next Door: “THE SOUL OF FUNK” Wes Felton World and Sol Zahran All Star Jam Session After-party. Starting at 10pm

This looks fun. Glad Ballou High is involved, I encouraged the organizers to include them.

That's this Saturday May 3 with the parade from 5 to 7 and a fair earlier in the day from 1 to 5

the flash mop kind of made me put my head in my hands a little i must say

Oh missed that. Uh yeah.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/04/30/casa-fiesta-hosts-its-last-show-tonight/

RIP tiny tiny space with big loud bands

Too bad

The Ballou High marching band and majorettes are awesome, and as always the Batala drummers are pretty fun too. Saw 'em all Saturday, while eating tacos from Tacos El Chilango

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/the-heyday-of-blue-note-records-captured-in-photographs/

This Goethe Institute exhibit has the worst hours-- Mon. to Thurs. 9 to 5, Fri. 9 to 3