I have been waiting for The RiverBreaks Album for a long time. This DC based band has finished their album Get You Right and released their first single "Strangers In The Hot Night." They were also kind enough to give us "Piedmont," an exclusive song for TWJ readers. With this album, Ryan Bailey adds his [...]
Go for . . . What? Yeah, the theme song is goofy, and the title of the show-with it's bad grammar-was basically racist. But you have to love this song. If you don't, I'm just gonna have to ask you watchutalkinabout. Diff'rent Strokes-Natural Breakdown Diff'rent Strokes-Virginia Coalition (awesome version) Whatchu talkin' about . . . ?
Part three of our 100 best songs of the year covers the month of March 2008. This month's bounty of new releases included Counting Crows, The Raconteurs, The Black Crowes and Elbow, among others. In March music news: Ireland's sperm banks are so low, they are offering donors free tickets to any music festival in [...]
As we trek to Alexandria, VA, we meet the next generation of Ben Folds Five followers. Vocals sift through your soul, never letting you go, as they drift from a stage of three bar stool musicians. Who's the culprit? Virginia Coalition , a three-piece of suits and folk accoutrement that mesh well with the abundance of foliage and coffee shops in its home commonwealth. Formed around 2004, this trio comprised of Andy Poliakoff, Paul Ottinger, and Jarrett Nicolay brings us fat and healthy jazz-folk trinkets reminiscent of the above honorable [...]
Albert Hammond, Jr.'s upcoming album ¿Cómo Te Llama? is streaming in its entirety over on his MySpace page. The record was recorded over 5 weeks at Electric Lady Studios and produced by Albert along with engineer Gus Oberg and drummer Romano. The album is out July 8 on Black Seal Music . mp3: GfC Almbert Hammond, Jr.: Website : [...]
Feb 3, 2008, 10:24pm
MVSW
Interesting shows around Los Angeles this week: Monday 2/4 Hot Chip @ El Rey Vampire Weekend @ Amoeba Music The Pity Party, The Happy Hollows, Rademacher, Light FM @ Spaceland Rickie Lee Jones @ Echoplex The Henry Clay People, Le Switch, Coco Bs, The Natural Disasters @ Echo Sparrow Love Crew, Repeater, We Are Wolves @ Prospector Tuesday 2/5 Black Mountain, Howlin' Rain @ Troubadour Eagle and Talon, Quitzow, Setting Sun, Lo-Fi Sugar @ Fold (Silverlake Lounge) Aimee Mann [...]
It's the obvious thing to do. You start a band, pick up a following, release some albums and then it's time to capture the excitement on stage. Enter the live album. Now a good live album is a bit more than just a souvenir for those who were actually there. Does the 2CD Live at the 9:30 Club , recorded in Washington, DC, january 6, 2006, by the Virginia Coalition (VACO) make the cut? Yes, and no. There are some great songs on this release, but also a couple of filler tracks that fail [...]
The Virginia Coalition is a four piece from Alexandria, Virginia. They cover a lot of ground and their music can best be described as jamming rock and soul with a salsa sauce -- the kind of music that will move your ass. Live recordings are traded freely among fans (lots of shows at the Live Music Archive ). They have a brand new album Live at the 9:30 Club on Blu Hammock Music , and being in line with the jamband tradition, it's a 2CD. Tour dates: [...]
The Wounded Jukebox
Berkeley Place
Wake Up and Smell The Music
Consequence Of Sound
Local Vertical
Here Comes The Flood
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
CHROMATICS "INTO THE BLACK"
Crystalfilm
Childish Gambino - Heartbeat
Chiddy Bang - "By Your Side"
A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
Diplo - "Climax" (MP3 Stream)
Skrillex Uses Satanic and Homosexual Influence to Win Grammys
Check Out: Usher – “Climax” (prod. by Diplo)
Out This Week 2/14
