I slept on this earlier this week, but allow me to make up for that: Local producer and DJ Chris Burns' debut five-song EP was released on Tuesday. The EP inaugurates 410 Paradox Underground, the new label from longtime Baltimore-area pop/house/R&B musician Ultra Naté.
True to Burns' taste, the release is chock full o' deep, soulful house. But [...]
As far as folk dance forms go, flamenco enjoys a wide following in Washington. Several studios offer classes, a handful of semipro companies perform around town, and every winter, the Flamenco Festival brings the warmth of the Iberian Peninsula to the Lisner Auditorium. This year, the Spanish embassy and cultural ministry have put some extra [...]
Party Bros. aren't just about the partying, bro. For a while now, the D.C. house/electro duo of DJs Gavin Holland and Chris Burns have pumped out kaleidoscopic party jams, semi-ironically toasted scenester-party vapidity, and, um, partied on boats. But Party Bros. happen to have a softer, more glazed, possibly fantasy-obsessed side, which they seem to have [...]
As readers of this blog know, I've been digging on local electronic music with a tinge of fantasy epic lately. So I'm a little curious about "Narnia," the new weekly dance night from Party Bros. collaborators and local DJs Gavin Holland and Chris Burns.
What to expect, then? "Warm mysterious house music for the cold winter [...]
Sampling the thought-streams of DC musicians past and present.
Wale:
–brett favre has an arm made of old salami ..if he can still "play qb" mike vick can too he wasn't that bad as a passer fuck that
Edie Sedgwick:
–Sandra Bullock poisoned cafeteria's lentil soup with huge dose of sassy cuteness. Too bad it's 2009 [...]
It has been a busy week in DC on the guest dj front. On Wednesday, Geologist from Animal Collective was spinning tunes at Saint Ex while on Thursday, Berlin-based minimalist techno DJ Marc Houle was at Muse Lounge. In addition to Friday’s Red Lounge event highlighted earlier, this weekend brings three more impressive wheels [...]
