Author Archive for Aaron Leitko

Snow Day Sessions: America Hearts

America Hearts performs two numbers from the Washington City Paper parking deck in Siberia Adams Morgan.
"Heart":
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Snow Day Sessions: Frau Eva

The sun sets and the weather takes a turn for the worst. D.C. psych-folk trio Frau Eva proved to be pretty good sports, though, performing two original songs before hightailing it to the Washington City Paper conference room in search of shelter.
"Josephine":
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Snow Day Sessions: Hume

Yesterday's storm made driving impossible, grocery shopping tedious, and pretty much stopped all Netflix deliveries cold. On the lighter side, those wintry gusts of loose snow made for pretty good atmosphere.
Hume guitarist/songwriter Britton Powell suggested taking advantage of these icy, yet picturesque, conditions to record some music outdoors. Despite the short notice a few bands [...]

Snobpocalypse! Fan Death Unleashes Storm of Criticism, Butt-Hurt

On Jan. 26, the local music blog All Our Noise posted an interview with Sean Gray and Chris Berry, the owners of College Park–based Fan Death Records. Chatting with reporter Denman C. Anderson, the pair discussed their favorite bands, the history of their label, and their plans to release a comedy LP.
The D.C. blogosphere went [...]

Title Tracks Record Release Show Postponed

Snowpocalypse 2010 has dumped on yet another show. D.C. power-pop band Title Tracks was scheduled to celebrate the release of it's debut record, It Was Easy, tomorrow night at Black Cat. Apparently, it's not that easy. Today's inclement weather has put the kibosh on the concert, which has now been rescheduled for March 10 after [...]

Glacial Drones Before the Blizzard Hits: Insect Factory @ Bossa Tonight

Starting tomorrow, some 12 inches of snow are expected to land on the District. The roads will be bad, the streets will be empty, and most D.C. residents will be walled up inside their homes nibbling on whatever snacks they were able to wring through the storm-spooked grocery store lines. In other words, it's gonna [...]

Shudder to Tweet

Sampling the thought streams of D.C. musicians past and present.
Rob Myers (Fort Knox Five, Thievery Corporation):
-Selecting tracks w/ Raskin for the FK5 set in Bmore @ Solstice. 60 min of hits! On the mic: Asheru, Mustafa, Rootz & Z, it's hard to choose!
-2:40am Frank Mitchell behind the wheel of 1 of 60 extant [...]

U St. Music Hall Announces First DJ Booking

It's Aeroplane.
The Brussels-based Balearic DJ duo is scheduled to drop into U St. Music Hall–located at 1115 U Street NW–on Wednesday March 17th. This announcement suggests that the venue–which will be run by local DJs Tittsworth and Will Eastman–is making progress toward opening its doors next month. Further evidence: They have a pretty killer [...]

Sockets Posts Showcase Recordings

Missed the Sockets Records showcase last week? Too bad. It was a pretty good time. Luckily, the label has preserved it—well, three-fourths of it—for posterity. Throughout the week, Sockets has been doling out mp3s of the soundboard tapes on its blog. Now three of the five sets—including performances by Hume, Imperial China, and Buildings–are up [...]

Fan Death to D.C.: “We stand 100% behind what we said”

On Tuesday morning All Our Noise posted an interview with Sean Gray and Chris Berry, the owners of Fan Death Records. Chatting with reporter Denman C. Anderson, the pair discussed their favorite bands, the history of their label, and their plans to release a comedy record.
They also voiced a few rankling opinions about the [...]