Sure, Valentine's Day was last week. Tell that to Nike Nando, a DMV MC who earlier this week dropped his full-length Love Day, a hip-hop concept album dedicated to life's greatest mystery.
Not surprisingly, the album is mostly pretty downtempo, with a few upbeat tracks here and there. In the energetic "Get Over Yourself," for example, [...]
Some Valentine's-themed songs from local artists
Travelers of Tyme – "Music for Lovers"
Two of the original members of the sorta-defunct D.C. spazzcore outfit Frodus have an exotica side-project called Travelers of Tyme, which seems to be particularly active as of late: In recent months they've released a handful of topical singles, like the New Year-pegged "Themes From 2011" [...]
It's covered in red. It instills fear in nearly everyone's hearts. It's coming, whether you want it to or not. It's Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day is the cruelest of holidays among those both bitter and alone. Some use this day to express their love for their friends and family, but others—the more normal among us—typically find [...]
The accordion is such a romantic instrument, perfect for Valentines Day. Every squeeze of the belows brings a gust of of passion oozing out of those valves. Remember squeeze-box titans like Guido Deiro and Charles Magnante? Well, they're dead. So how about Andrea Parkins?
Granted, Parkins–who specializes in abstract improvisation, running her accordion through a [...]
