It’s always tough to say goodbye to a hometown band when they leave the city, but These United States has happily had multiple hometowns since the band began. The final remaining D.C. resident, guitar player J.Tom Hnatow, is headed to North Carolina to follow his girlfriend as she begins grad school. TUS is billing tonight's [...]
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Oddisee says you should attend Red Bull's music school.
Jeff Alexander, a former executive director of the Small Press Expo comics convention, died recently. There's a memorial service for him this Saturday in Fredericksberg, Md., notes Mike Rhode on his blog.
I got the new Bright Eyes album in the mail [...]
From the Indie Rock Diaspora Department: Laura Burhenn, the former Georgie James musician and current Mynabirds leader, is now a member of marquee indie-folkers Bright Eyes. She recorded vocals on Bright Eyes' forthcoming seventh album, The People's Key, and she'll be playing keys and such with the band throughout its 2011 tour, according to Mynabirds' [...]
Laura Burhenn doesn't need no stinkin' presents this Christmas. She says as much in her new song, "All I Want Is Truth (for Christmas)," which is out in 7-inch form today on Saddle Creek. But! You can download the song free, HOWEVER IT WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOUR YULETIDE ILLUSIONS, USING, I THINK, PEDAL STEEL. [...]
Tittsworth:
–pancakes + hummus, sink or swim? let's go.
–Apparently my big Asian head is stenciled on trash cans up and down U Street. Foreshadowing? http://mypict.me/nqyT
Laura Burhenn:
–wish I'd never discovered toaster oven smores. now I'll eat 'em all the time... also, the windmill movie was incredible. highly recommended.
–how can they say mark twain was an [...]
Sampling the thought-streams of DC musicians past and present.
These United States:
–oh, dear, I almost forgot how mind-ticklingly-Good this song was/is — http://is.gd/OoDu — read the lyrics, please, for the love of Dada?!?
–totally identify w/ How Frank Sinatra Feels on this one – http://is.gd/Po0l – Shervin will NOT stop bothering us to play "The Business" [...]
Fresh off a West Coast tour with Orenda Fink (formerly of Azure Ray) Laura Burhenn (formerly of Georgie James) will be opening for the Whispertown 2000 and the other half of Azure Ray, Maria Taylor, tonight at the Rock N Roll Hotel.
Laura plans to roll out some new material with drummer Elmer Sharp.
Tickets are $12 [...]
Just got word that the immensely talented and former half of Georgie James, Laura Burhenn, will be playing a set at the Velvet Lounge tonight at 9:30 p.m. sharp. Here's a quick note from Laura on what she plans for tonight:
Tonight is a night for feedback – of all sorts. I’ll be experimenting with some [...]
