Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

Hey Fauxmarc,

tribal guarachero(Mexican and African sounds mixed with cumbia basslines) crew 3Ball MTY from Mexico will be at the Sunday June 24 El Zol 107.9 fm Fest with Los Tigres de Norte (great norteno), Carlos y Alejandra, Plan B, Eddy Herrera, K-risma Band, Los Adolecentes
y mucho mas! At Montgomery Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut Street Gaithersburg, MD 20877
$15

yeah i saw that, i don't really get out into moco though and am trying to be in nyc for pride. 3 ball's also doing a remezcla party up in nyc at some point though if i recall

dc's 8th annual capital salsa congress is this weekend, looks like i'll be performing saturday night with the clavekazi student team

new swing sextet will be live during the social dancing

http://www.capitalcongress.com

I was trying to bump this thread last night to see if anyone else was at the Grass Widow show, but couldn't find it on Zing. :-/

I don't remember being wowed by Grass Widow when I saw 'em open for the Raincoats, but everyone else seems to like them. Are Priests, who were one of the opening acts, as great a DC punk band as folks are saying?

what's Zing

Is it a search engine that is even worse than "Bing"?

City Paper says:

Fort Reno's first night is Monday, June 18, and Teen Mom is headlining, joined by Alarms & Controls and Upforth. Music runs 7 to 9:30 p.m. No glass bottles, y'all.

About the bands: My colleagues and I have praised Teen Mom's pastoral, melanchonly jangle pop. The well-pedigreed Alarms & Controls plays mathy, austere punk, and features members of Crownhate Ruin and Circus Lupus. And Upforth is a teenage progressive metal band featuring one member of recent WCP cover heroes The Black Sparks.

Are Priests, who were one of the opening acts, as great a DC punk band as folks are saying?

This is all I can find on them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aA7LWWZdDA

Priests had their moments, but they desperately need a bass player. The singer occasionally straps on a bass and plays a bit, but she doesn't have the skillz quite yet, especially when she's singing at the same time. as a result a lot of the songs have no bass, which is fine, except that the guitar player isn't all that great either and can't fill up the space with enough interesting stuff. the drummer actually sang on one song and was pretty great, kind of in a yelpy sing-song way which would've gotten old over a full set, but a nice break nonetheless.

what's Zing

Zing is the ILX app for iPhone.

Valerie from dcist was tweeting about how great Priests are, and I thought someone at the CP liked 'em too (but I didn't find a link)

quite a fall shaping up for U Hall:

8/17 Juan Maclean
8/18 Fred Falke
9/15 Maximo Park
9/21 - Nina Kraviz
9/26 - John Talabot
9/29 - Grimes & Elite Gymnastics

Grimes show will probably sell out today

a friend / fellow radio cpr'r does vocals in a punk band "Mary Christ" i hadn't been paying attention to until i heard this track off of their forthcoming 7", into it

http://marychrist.bandcamp.com/album/mary-christ

I wonder if Deathfix are any good. They're at Comet tonight and I've seen mentioned on facebook and elsewhere. CP says they're the moody pop band led by Rich Morel and Fugazi's Brendan Canty

They're at the Rock n Roll Hotel I mean. They played Comet previously

Grimes show will probably sell out today

You weren't kidding

glad I snapped a couple up now.

i need to get rid of an extra for destroyer tonight, if anybody's planning on going

i would love to go, but got no money

during that priests set in the video i was about 30 feet away washing dishes and the sound was shit (uh, in the park surrounded by buildings) so i didn't really dig it, but i hear nothing but good things otherwise.

also lol @ pat wandering into the shot near the end

Pat showing up in the video is somehow less surprising than Pat not showing up

i just love the way he wanders in and kinda shuffles his feet

Amanda Mackaye as of this morning does not have a rest of the summer Fort Reno schedule up on their website. However, Edie Sedgwick will perform along with Art Sorority for Girls and Brenda at Fort Reno tonight Thursday June 21. I'm gonna be home hitting the keys on my laptop for some pieces I'm writing, so I'll miss the show and the Bad Brains movie doc that is at the AFI Silverdocs fest tonight (and tomorrow I think). Marc Anderson of Positive Force has a City Paper cover story on the Bad Brains (and HR's woes).

there's smatterings of reno schedule in the fb group
http://www.facebook.com/groups/47168432643/

Bad Brains movie doc is tonight and Saturday

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42901/i-against-i-thirty-years-after-the-golden-age-of/

Fort Reno schedule finally announced:

Monday, June 18th
Teen Mom, Alarms & Controls, Upforth

Thursday, June 21st
Edie Sedgwick, Art Sorority for Girls, Brenda

Monday, June 25th
The Torches, Musicband, The NV's

Thursday, June 28th
Seamonsters, Treble Lifter, The Admins

Monday, July 2nd
Give, Coup Sauvage, Boris Milic

Thursday, July 5th
Troll Tax, Big Mouth, Atoms Apart

Monday, July 9th
Mobius Strip, Hey Arbore, East Paw

Thursday, July 12th
Nunchucks, RCRDS, Satori Trova

Monday, July 16th
Cigarbox Planetarium, Alma Tropicalia, Nox

Thursday, July 19th
Deathfix, TBD, Hen of the Woods

Monday, July 23rd
Max Levine Ensemble, Flex Matthews, TBD

Thursday, July 26th
TBD, More Humans, Grammar

I know Deathfix, and Cigarbox and Alma , and More Humans and Max Levine, but not most of 'em. Any suggestions?

i really like max levine ensemble, but i seem to be in the minority among my friends

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/06/22/your-latin-and-caribbean-music-weekend/

Some bands I'm down with:

http://trolltax.bandcamp.com/

Troll Tax (July 5) are shouty and super fun, kinda Rezillos/B-52's vibe. Recommended.

http://wearenunchucks.bandcamp.com/

Nunchucks (July 12) do better-than-average power pop revisionism somewhere on the Teenage Fanclub/Sloan continuum (when the harmonies come in, anyway).

http://grammarva.bandcamp.com/

Grammar (July 26) maybe lean a little too heavily on the usual early-00's DC dancepunk influences for their own good, but I'm still a total sucker for that kind of stuff.

Cool.

Saw the well-made Bad Brains movie doc last night. Wow, very emotional. HR was in the audience wearing a woman's wig both Thursday and last night. Sad.

Marc Anderson asked HR about his health afterwards and he insisted he was fine.

Saw some nice footage of Chuck Brown's band playing at the Barbeque batle on Saturday. What a tight unit. Sadly without the lead vocalist, but doing their best to compensate.

A busy Tuesday: White Lung and Mary Christ looks good at Joint Custody; Mean Jeans at Comet; Billy Bragg at Birchmere; and Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars at the Hamilton. I'm tired though and may not make any of 'em

Thinking that if I wanna see George Clinton and Meshelle Ndegeocello on the mall tonight I will have to get there before the 6 pm scheduled start time

http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/articles/interview-amanda-mackaye-kc.htm

re Fort Reno

ahem, but thought it would be of interest

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/06/28/soundclash-turns-10-a-decade-of-djing-classic-reggae/

George Clinton & P-Funk gig on the mall was awesome. This was America at its finest.

Took Friday off from work and pre-storm ended up at Smithsonian Folklife Fest for a bit (was showing a cousin the sights in the heat). The Beat Ya Feet hiphop dancers from Anacostia were excellent as was the Facez Ya Know go-go band. I also enjoyed the Dennis Stroughmatt Cajun band from Illinois. There were only around 30 or so people under each tent that day. 103 degree weather meant we had the mall practically to ourselves.

ctrl-f "theylobleu": no hits

Saw them at Axum on Friday night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqaZ8cepDbQ&feature=related

live show is loud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDDZ8czuXgI&feature=relmfu

I am not at all biased even though the guitarist IS ME BROTHER

seriously though, if I lived in DC I would be trying to be at many of their gigs and just through familial obligation

Troll Tax (July 5) are shouty and super fun, kinda Rezillos/B-52's vibe. Recommended.

May follow GYA's advice and see them at Fort Reno Thursday

awesome, i'll probably be there/seeing the men at dc9 afterward

i will also be at the men

Me three

didn't know they were playing. i always forget DC9 exists.

Speaking of, Mary Christ that i linked to earlier plays DC9 tonight opening for The Men and Streetwalkers, dunno either of them.

MC made DCist song of the day: http://dcist.com/2012/07/song_of_the_day_mary_christ_-_absen.php

ilxors above like The Men as does this freelance reviewer for the W. Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/the-men,1233569.html

The Men are incredible.

Not incredible is go-go band Cold-Hearted who I saw at the Folklife Fest yesterday. Raw bounce-beat gogo that needs some work