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Archive for May, 2011
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Song of the Day 5/31/11: “Over and Done” by Loose Lips
This week we’re mixing things up a bit – all week we’ll be featuring a song of the day from one of the bands playing the inaugural STPP Music Festival….
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Song of the Day 5/27/11: “Hello Morning” by Fugazi
This is the first song I ever heard from Fugazi who quickly became one of my favorite bands of all time. I was raised on country music and when my…
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Song of the Day 5/26/11: “Pop Logic” by Screens
Screens is an awesome new Brooklyn band featuring some former members of prominent DC bands. Breck Brunson did vocals for The Apes during the Ghost Games era and Andy Becker…
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Interview: Charlie Glenn of The Trillions
Band: The Trillions Play “The Experts” by The Trillions (mp3 link) Play “CTRL-X CTRL-V” by The Trillions (mp3 link) Download the Flux EP by The Trillions for free The Trillions…
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Song of the Day 5/25/11: “Going Back Song” by The Baptist Generals
the baptist generals are a band from denton, texas. this song, in its 12-bar blues simplicity, embodies a universal sentiment, a quiet, seething rage, at once unfettered and painfully conscious…
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Song of the Day 5/24/11: “Your Ex-Lover is Dead” by Stars
I saw Stars at the ACL Festival about 5 years ago… I had never heard them at the time and happened to stumble upon their performance. They opened with “Your…
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Song of the Day 5/23/11: “The Rat” by The Walkmen
If someone asks me what my favorite band of all time is, I’d probably shrug and say The Beatles. But when I’m asked to list some of my top songs,…
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Song of the Day 5/22/11: “Only in Dreams” by Weezer
Not only did this song sum up so much of the teen angst I was feeling in junior high when I got (really, really, really) into Weezer’s blue album, but…
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Album Review: Lake “Giving & Receiving”
Music from Olympia, WA does not get much attention here in DC. But beneath the radars of larger, pricier venues, a steady stream of indie bands from the Pacific Northwest has been looping around the country with sweet, innovative, and often strange songs in tow.
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Show Review: Bomba Estéreo @ Black Cat 5/5/2011
Bomba Estéreo’s show at DC’s Black Cat last week wasn’t what you might call an authentic celebration of Cinco de Mayo.