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Sep

Love Is Love - The Pictures

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We did it for a good cause. You missed out. Don’t to that again.

Shout out to the homie Juan for the images.

MORE PICTURES FROM LOVE IS LOVE RIGHT HERE

Sep

Bad Brains to Play 9:30 Club on Election Night

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I know that Bad Brains might not be your steez, but Bad Brains is one of the quintessential Black rock bands evar. If you don’t know, consult Wikipedia.

From MTV:

On November 4 — which will undoubtedly be a momentous, historic Election Day, no matter the outcome — hardcore legends Bad Brains will be revisiting their own history. The band will be performing in their hometown of Washington, D.C., where, in 1979, the band found themselves the subject of an “unofficial” ban by many of the city’s clubs and performance venues (a move that inspired their song “Banned in D.C.”).

It will be the first time in years the band will perform in the nation’s capital, and it is one of four shows Bad Brains has booked with its original lineup. The group performed in Chicago on Tuesday; they’ll play the 9:30 Club on Election Day, followed by a gig at New York’s Irving Plaza on November 6 and one in Austin, Texas, on November 9. Bad Brains released their first proper studio LP in over a decade — called Build a Nation — last year, and that effort featured all of the long-running group’s original members: singer HR, bassist Darryl Jenifer, guitarist Dr. Know and drummer Earl Hudson. The disc was produced by Beastie Boys and longtime band friend Adam Yauch.

No new details are known, but we all know that this is going to be the hottest ticket of the year. (via Black Plastic Bag)

Tags: 9:30 Club, Bad Brains

Jul

Rock The Bells Recap

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Mos Def, originally uploaded by joshsisk.

Unfortunately I didn’t get to go to Rock the Bells for its DC appearance last Sunday but I heard it was off the chain. My bad, but life got in the way. However, DJ Eurok has some amazing coverage of the event including Tribe’s tour rider and a conversation with the one and only Afrika Bambaataa. Josh Sisk from BYT got some dope photos of the event, including the one above.

Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Rock The Bells

Jul

RIP K-Swift

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Whoa. Just got a text message this morning that the Baltimore Club Queen K-Swift died this past weekend. And damn, blog reports and her MySpace page are confirming that is this is true. This is crazy. I remember seeing her on Friday night and its crazy to see a life taken so quick. It’s a very sad day in B-More and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

From Low B MessageBoard:

It’s with the deepest regret, the heaviest heart, and in a state of an almost paralyzing shock that we’re to report that the Queen of Baltimore Club Music died last night due to a drowning accident in the swimming pool at her home. This information is coming directly from our family at Unruly, and as soon as a more detailed explanation is available, we’ll be sure to pass that info along.

Bio (from Diplo) after the jump…
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Tags: K-Swift

Jul

Hip-Hop

Saturday Night: Waxplotation with Ali Shaheed Muhammad

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Since its inception into the burgeoning Hip-Hop subculture of the late 70s, a decline in record sales, and the advent of technology, the vinyl record still maintains its relevancy by becoming a conduit for self expression. This exhibit will celebrate hip-hop’s age old medium of the spiral groove with art by Andy T, Billy Mode, Blister, Daniel Edlen, Decoy, Ellington Robinson, Jon Bollo, Justin Angelos, LOTVI, Megan Buchanan, Michael Todd Smith, OWEL, Radical BPN, RVLTN, Solomon Asfaw, Stew Lus, Taxi Gang, Unjuanted & more.

Saturday July 12

Pacific Cafe’ Lounge
1129 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Washington, DC 20003
Metro: Eastern Market (Blue/Orange Lines)
21+
10PM-2AM

Tags: Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Jul

House/Electronic

Nadastrom - “A Milli” (Remix)

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Nadastrom - “A Milli” (Remix)

Tired of hearing every rapper, R&B singer, has been and baby mama try to rap over that “A Milli” beat? Then check out this remix by my boy Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom, aka Nadastrom. Their new album will be dropping real soon on Switch’s Dubsided label. (first spotted at Ddoff)

myspace.com/nadastrom

Tags: Dave Nada, Lil' Wayne, Nadastrom

Jun

Hip-Hop, Negroclash!, R&B

Just Added: Gnarls Barkley at 9:30 Club, Other Shows

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DC is getting some fly shows lately! They’re not free like our friends in New York , but I still can’t complain.

Gnarls Barkley at 9:30 Club - August 5th

Show just added today. Gnarls is rocking 9:30 with (er, transvestite fronted) Hercules Love Affair on August 5th. I saw Gnarls at the MCI Center when they opened for Red Hot Chili Peppers, but to see them at a club as small as 9:30 will be a treat. Tickets go on sale today at 10 AM.

Other shows to check out next month:

July 7th - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, 9:30 Club
July 8th - Rza As Bobby Digital Feat. Stone Mecca, 9:30 Club
July 11th - Platinum Pied Pipers, Black Cat
July 16th - DJ Shadow, 9:30 Club
July 18th - Clipse, Club Five
July 19th - George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic, 9:30 Club
July 25th - Anthony David, Black Cat
July 28th - MGMT, 9:30 Club

Also, in September:
Sept 21st - Mos Def Big Band, Kennedy Center

Tags: 9:30 Club, Anthony David, Black Cat, clipse, DJ Shadow, George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic, Gnarls Barkley, MGMT, Platinum Pied Pipers, Rza, Seun Kuti

Jun

Heads Up: DC is about to mess up intercity bus service

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I don’t dip into local politics (I read DC City Desk and Upset the Setup for those things), but I know this might affect a lot of our readers.

Heads up to everybody that use the Chinatown buses from DC to New York. The District is enacting rules that will severely limit intercity bus service by forcing all buses to pickup and drop off passengers at L’Enfant Plaza as well as putting an end curbside ticket sales. Not only that, but there are new charges, regulations, paperwork, etc that will drive up prices and slow down services.

This is a fuck up in a city of many fuck ups. These actions will essentially shut down many of the Chinese bus operators since their offices are located in Chinatown, as well as send some bus companies across the border to Virginia and Maryland.

Word on the street that these changes are going to take place on July 3rd, but that hasn’t been confirmed by any news sources. Since the city has never publicly notified anyone of the changes, most bus operators don’t even know about it and haven’t notified their customers. I’ll keep y’all posted on what develops.

Tags: DC Fuckery

Jun

Flex Matthews On Tour

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Flex Matthews - Catwoman

My homie Flex hit me up to let y’all know that he’s going on tour with Kosha Dillz on what he’s calling The Rappers Friends Tour.

If you don’t know, Flex has been on the DC hip-hop scene for a minute now, grinding for years now. His style is quintessentially old school hip-hop, with emphasis on rap battles and live shows over bullets and bling. This approach has gotten the dude honors from URB magazine as well as the Warped Tour and opened for such notables as KRS-One and the Wu-Tang Clan.

I’ve seen this dude battle at a street corner cypher and the dude is fierce, and he always brings his live shows to the next level. Flex is touring to promote his new solo LP He Was Like This When I Got Here, making stops around the southeast as well as Alaska. (Any Couch readers out there?) If he’s in your town, the performance is definitely worth checking out.

Flex will also be opening for Clipse on July 18th at Club Five.

Tour Dates

Friday June 13th - Anchorage AK, Players House of Rock
Saturday June 14th - homer AK, Club Fusion
Thursday June 19th - New Brunswick NJ, Court Tavern
Friday June 20th - Nashville TN, Cafe Coco
Saturday June 21st - Nashville TN, Blue Bar
Monday June 23rd - Atlanta GA, Lenny’s
Tuesday June 24th - Savannah, GA, Jinx
Wednesday June 25th - Destin, FL
Friday June 27th - Savannah, GA, B & B’s
Saturday June 28th - Charleston SC, The Black Cart
Sunday June 29th - Virginia Beach VA, Steppin Out
Wednesday July 2nd - Washington DC, Chief ike’s

myspace.com/flexmathews

Tags: Flex Matthews

Jun

Hip-Hop, Negroclash!, New Music

More Pictures: Seeing Sounds Album Listening Party (Part 2)

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Other than that damn picture of me below, the Seeing Sounds Listening Party was off the chain. DC came out in full effect, even if some of y’all thought Pharrell was going to show. For a split second, I did think I saw Chad Hugo for a second though. Anyway, if you didn’t go, you missed out on the free alcohol, the copious amounts of Red Bull (I was wired), and the cutest bartender this side of Virginia Beach.

That N.E.R.D. album is amazing. Buy it tomorrow. More pictures at the Flickr Photostream and DC’s newest music blog, All Our Noise.

N.E.R.D. Seeing Sounds Listening Party at Commonwealth

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Tags: N.E.R.D., Seeing Sounds

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