Former Washington City Paper music critic Rickey Wright is dead. Wright passed away at 4:31 p.m. on February 19 in Seattle after suffering from a series of small strokes. At the time of his death, he was working on a book about John Lennon's "Imagine."
Wright was probably one of the most prolific talents the Washington [...]
I just picked up this book/CD documenting the two-winged preacher/electric guitar evangelist Elder Utah Smith. I know Red Onion may still have copies.
Last night, I realized that in my mini-review of Dan Deacon's now-leaked album, Bromst, I should have posted a few soundclips to give BPB readers a chance to hear some of the Baltimore artist's epic creations. Well fair-use laws dictate that you will only get to hear a small portion of these lengthy songs. It's [...]
So Dan Deacon's upcoming, long-awaited, much discussed, new album, Bromst, leaked yesterday. At least it's the first day I noticed its appearance in the freebie format. Deacon has said the new album is darker. The album's first single has already been digested. Deacon told the Baltimore City Paper that he thought of Bromst as more [...]
JazzWeek is the Billboard of the jazz music industry — the trade paper for the musicians, industry insiders, and ancillary folk — and its weekly Jazz Chart is also analogous, the standard gauge that the field uses to determine an album's success in sales and radioplay. So it's a pretty big deal to make that [...]
Got the latest list of new arrivals at Red Onion. They got the new Beirut LP (actually two EPs), a bunch of Numero stuff, this Elder Utah Smith CD that looks killer, plus the usual awesome finds.
I'm fascinated by the notion of influences and inspirations, especially when they're mashed up and twisted by geographical and cultural differences. Listening to any The Soundtrack Of Our Lives album conjures up bits from the historical nature of rock n roll—how it was served like a flaming tennis ball across the pond to Britain by [...]
LOCAL RECORD BLOG MAKES GOOD!
As previously noted, the good people behind Record Store Day 2009 have tapped The Vinyl District to be their flagship blog for this year's festivities. It's a commendable move, and seems to have sparked a wave of gratitude over at TVD:
...[It is] an honor for this blog which attempts in [...]
Baltimore City Paper recently (well, a week ago) posted this Q&A with Ben Allen, the Atlanta-based engineer who worked on Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion (which we reviewed in this week's Washington City Paper). Allen—who spent most of his career working in hiphop and R&B—can probably be credited with bringing most of the low-end [...]
One of my favorite local bands, Andalusians, will be releasing a three-song 7-inch single, "Do the Work," on February 16. Dischord recently announced with a bit of info. The downloadable version will include three extra tracks!
Dischord also reports that the band will soon be touring with a stop at the Black Cat: "The band will [...]
