From the label's Web site over the weekend:
This Dischord "digital" site offers a unique hybrid of the direct sale and subscription based download services (as well as the usual CDs, LPs, DVDs, etc). Customers have the option to download entire albums for a set price (usually $7), purchase Digital Credits (15 credits for $10) [...]
A publicity firm that shall remain nameless saw fit to send this e-mail to me ten times today:
Mark:
Yesterday, it was Bernie Mac. Today it was Isaac Hayes. Could Samuel Jackson be next?
[Redacted], president of [redacted], an Atlanta based publicity firm, a former music reviewer and record company executive notes:
"This photograph, taken from Isaac [...]
It's turning into a D.C. summer over at Paper Cuts, the New York Times' book blog. George Pelecanos submitted a playlist for its "Living With Music" feature last week. Today's entry features author, Atlantic blogger and former City Paper staffer Ta-Nehisi Coates, weighing in with a sweet set of hip-hop classics, from Slick Rick's "A [...]
Thanks to the folks at Idolator for letting us know that "Rockin' in the Free World," Dusty Horwitt's in-depth story about the trials and tribulations of the Rockville band Hotspur, received an honorable mention in this year's edition of the Best Music Writing series. Horwitt tells a heck of tale, and I'm not just saying [...]
D.C.-area crime novelist George Pelecanos has submitted a playlist of some of his favorite songs to Paper Cuts, the New York Times' books blog. Among the local selections: William DeVaughan's "Be Thankful for What You Got," Slant 6's "Time Expired," and Fugazi's "Cashout."
Kalani at Gypsy Eyes Records sends news that live music is coming back to Comet Ping Pong. (We've covered ANC commissioner Frank Winstead's antics regarding outdoor ping-pong at the spot, and even paid a visit to his house.) The details from the press release:
For those that do not know, Our shows at Comet Ping [...]
Monday's Extra Golden show, originally scheduled for the Birchmere, has been moved to the Black Cat Backstage. A quick primer on the semilocal Afropop act:
Christopher Porter on the genesis of Extra Golden.
Brent Burton on the band's latest album, Hera Ma Nono.
In news that's likely to warm Jason Cherkis' cockles, Liz Phair has announced that D.C. is one of three cities where she'll play Exile in Guyville in its entirety. Full press release after the jump.
The latest issue of the Believer has an interview with Ian MacKaye; the magazine's Web site has a teaser from it, but Idolator isn't very impressed after reading the whole thing.
Milk Machine, the subject of this week's One Track Mind column, has just announced that they're headlining the Rock and Roll Hotel on August 6. Also on the bill is Sean McArdle, who performed for Black Plastic Bag as part of our short-lived "Live From Our Pretty Much Empty Second-Floor Production Room" series in February.
MP3: [...]
