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Duran Duran and Zune Team up, Tour Stop in Columbia

Sat, 24 May 2008 02:07:13 UT

Duran Duran has created an exclusive video podcast series that gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the band's latest album Red Carpet Massacre, as well as a glimpse of the creative process surrounding the video "Falling Down."

Tags: Duran Duran Zune Music Tour Justin Timberlake Timbaland

Spinning Chris Barron

Jose Torres — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:35:18 UT

After enjoying years of international success with the Top 40 sensation, The Spin Doctors, lead singer Chris Barron abruptly woke up one morning with a very hoarse voice.

Tags: Band, Barron, Chris, Music, Spin Doctors

Dead Child (Slint, Crain) at Talking Head April 21

Barrett King — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:15:03 UT

Dead Child (Slint, Crain) bring the revival to Talking Head April 21.

Tags: Crain, Dead Child, Louisville, Slint, Talking Head

Soundpool at Metro Gallery May 9th

Barrett King — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:12:06 UT

NYC quintet Soundpool at Metro Gallery May 9 with others.

Tags: Baltimore, concerts, Howard County, Metro Gallery, New York, Skydivers, Soundpool, Stellarscope, thrushes

Quick Step John at TT Reynolds

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:08:00 UT

I first heard Quick Step John when their single "One By One" played on NBC's ER last year. As I'm a huge fan of both expertly placed music and ER, I quickly googled the band and learned a few things about them. For one, the started out recording in lead singer Craig Whitaker's kitchen and quickly moved to another haphazard bedroom recording before a Clear Channel rep. stumbled upon their demo and, as push comes to shove, they landed in a very official studio with a very official The Multiple Personalities of Last Week and Next Year. If you're a pop fan of any sort (and when it boils down to it, aren't we all? Just a little bit?) you'll enjoy the vivid vocals and danceable melodies in every song on the album.

Quick Step John tours through Virginia, playing with The Splints and Meet the Speakers, on Thursday, March 20, at 8 p.m., at TT Reynolds, 10414 Main St. Fairfax. Check out www.quickstepjohn.com for upcoming shows.

Tags: Quick Step John, TT Reynolds

The Bittersweets

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:10:00 UT

An avid Pandora devotee, I regularly hear what I think will be tiny, tour-stagnant. mid-western bands, only to find that they’re playing down the road from my house a few weeks later. Such is the case with Nashville’s The Bittersweets. Lead by Hannah Prater’s sweet, blues-twined vocals, the band saunters through Arlington’s IOTA tomorrow, toting The Life You Always Wanted, featuring the very fine, countryside songwriting of guitarist Chris Meyers. "Some people go to college and discover Marx or Chaucer,” he says, “I found Jimmie Rogers.”

Catch The Bittersweets at 8 pm on Tuesday March 11 at Arlington’s IOTA Club and Café with local silky-eyed crooner, Rose.

Tags: IOTA Club and Cafe, Rose, The Bittersweets

MINK / Article A Rock @ the Hard Rock!

Bob Suehs — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:37:41 UT

Charity fundraiser at Hard Rock Cafe with Mink & Article A.

Tags: Hard Rock Cafe

Digital Freedom DC Does TX

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:30:00 UT

This year The Digital Freedom Campaign puts on DC DOES TX, at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2008 in Austin, Texas. Featuring 8 up-and-coming bands from the Washington, DC area, DC DOES TX will take place at Austin's Cream Vintage (Guadalupe Location) on March 13, 2008 from 12pm-7pm.

The DC DOES TX site will not only be featuring the bands but also a raffle for free electronic gadgets for your listening and viewing. DC DOES TX will be rocking through the following lineup:

Middle Distance Runner

Pash

Samantha Murphy

These United States

Each featured band has an inimitable relationship with digital technology, as it’s become a vital tool in reaching new audiences and furthering their music careers.

A note on The Digital Freedom Campaign: As digital technology enables everyone to be a creator, an innovator or an artist – to produce music, to create cutting-edge videos and photos, and to share their creative work, individuals are also able to enjoy these new works when, where, and how they want, and to participate in the artistic process. These are basic freedoms that must be protected and nurtured. The Digital Freedom campaign is dedicated to defending the rights of students, artists, innovators, and consumers to create and make lawful use of new technologies free of unreasonable government restrictions and without fear of costly and abusive lawsuits.

We Were Indie Pop Enthusiasts

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:50:00 UT

Winner of last year’s This America Life Song Contest, local indie pop-ist Michael Boggs (pseudonym – We Were Pirates), joins Headlights and the Evangelicals at Arlington, VA’s IOTA, this Thursday, February, 21^st at 9 pm. Tickets are $10 at the door. Chosen for the very best recorded cover of Starlee Kine’s ditty, "The Three of Us", We Were Pirates recently released a 5-song EP, The Wolf, after recording it in his bedroom, like any good fend-for-yourself artist. Moreover, come catch the newly popular Evangelicals, creating quite the buzz out of Oklahoma.

Get there early and have yourself a beer, because showing up for a show you don't think will be sold out, and getting turned away is a down-right horrible feeling. Plus, the windows are now blocked, so pacing back and forth trying to get a peek won’t work too well… anyone want to guess where I was last night?

Tags: Evangelicals, Headlights, This American Life, We Were Pirates

SCHISM - Tool Tribute Band Invades Baltimore!

Bob Suehs — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:55:59 UT

Four cover bands in one night at Ram's Head Live!

Tags: metal, rams head live, Schism, tool

Radiohead North American Tour Dates

Barrett King — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:00:42 UT

Radiohead North American tour dates? Yes.

Tags: radiohead, Tour Dates

MuteMath Will Steal the Show

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:30:00 UT

For a long time I’ve held the opinion that, if God came down to earth and decided to join a band, that band would be Mute Math. Faultless playing and clear cut lyrics, all while flipping over keyboards and leaping on drum sets makes the long-standing Indies worth whatever they’re charging for tickets. Oh yeah, they’re opening for Matchbox Twenty and Alanis (yes, ALANIS) tomorrow at George Mason’s Patriot Center.

Have a sample with the music video for "Typical", a very accurate representation of their stage show, only in reverse...

Tags: Mute Math, Patriot Center