George Mason University's Fall for the Book Festival kicked off yesterday and runs through the end of the week, wrapping up right before the National Book Festival on the Mall. Today at 3 p.m., dancer and Balanchine protégé Jacques d'Amboise chats about his book, I Was a Dancer; at 4:30 p.m., novelist Tayari Jones (Leaving Atlanta, The [...]
A lot has changed in the year since doll-haired Australian chanteuse Sia Furler postponed the tour behind her latest release, We Are Born, due to her struggle with Graves’ disease. For one, she got healthier and more confident behind a flood of support at home and abroad. She also landed a gig [...]
Every March, South by Southwest corrals the music industry in Austin, Texas. Record labels, publicists, and hip blogs program warring bills throughout the Texas capital’s 200 venues; red-eyed bands cram eight gigs into three days. The taco trucks are superb. Everybody’s there.
But Travis Jackson, the owner and founder of Windian Records, is opting out this year.
“Talking [...]
Our One Track Mind feature–a brief but in-depth look at the process behind a single song—is one of our favorite ways to keep up with D.C.'s musical output. In 2010, we published 45 of them. Looking back, we—shocker!—picked up lots of rock tracks in 2010, with hip-hop coming in second place. There was also scattered [...]
This week, I examine the new 9:30 Records, its unusual business model, and what that says about the recording industry. Amrita Khalid talks to Theater J Artistic Director Ari Roth about the company's replacement for the canceled Imagining Madoff—it's another controversial play that happens to involve real-life analogues. For One Track Mind, Ryan Little chats [...]
D.C.'s scrappy, slightly scuzzy Foul Swoops are apparently close observers of the international art market: Check out the song "Colossal Sized Picasso" from the band's set at the Velvet Lounge Saturday. Is it an ode to hedge-fund managers and Russian oil titans looking for some wall power to adorn their corner offices? Maybe, or maybe [...]
KingPen Slim:
-I'm dropping pops off in g town & he says in his thick west Indian accent "I was shopping here when niggas were wearing polyester and shit"
-Need to punch you in the mouth with a Listerine boxing glove
-I got #attentiondeficit on Itunes, on the leak and I need to cop out the store to [...]
Sampling the thought-streams of DC musicians past and present.
Tabi Bonney:
-Missy Elliot is/was great! How did I not list her in my top female rappers?She changed the whole game sonically & visually with Timbo & Hype
-I'm actually listening to my own music "dope" which I don't do after I release it to the world.This joint [...]
Sampling the thought-streams of DC musicians past and present.
Tabi Bonney:
–You know how I know I'm a professional rapper now? Cuz I just be randomly grabbing my nuts wherever I am: the dollar store, church, pool etc
–I think that the ppl who named "nutella" were either high or extreme comedians. Ain't no way I will [...]
Casper Bangs: It's not that The Hard Tomorrows never blew me away, it's just that I was so impressed with the band's Jamiroquai-set at Run For Cover a few years back that when I heard the songs that they actually wrote, it was difficult to adjust my expectations. I kept waiting for front man Rob [...]
