Buy Indie: Top DC Songs of 2007
The folks over at BuyIndie tallied up the songs by DC bands that readers liked best in '07 - check out the winners, then tell me: what's your favorite local band? Name them, link to them, and describe them in 10 words or less.
posted by Amanda @ 1:15 PM
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I'm embarassed to say that despite the fact that I A) live in DC, and B) love music, I don't really know any DC bands. Now I have a New Year's music-related resolution!
This is waaaay outta date, but I still love Tuscadero. Their Nancy Drew song still makes me weepy. ;) They rocked.
Theresa: just tracked this down and I love it! Thanks for posting. :)
Everyone: there's a link to the mp3 for "Nancy Drew" on this blog:
http://learning2share.blogspot.com/2007/06/tuscadero-nancy-drew.html
yeah, it's a fun one. Glad you like it. I would also mention Mary Timony. She's a D.C. native, but also still lives there and is amazingly talented. Check her out!
http://www.myspace.com/marytimony
I'll put in a hearty "third" for that Tuscadero album, but Shudder To Think's "pony express record" and Jawbox's "For your own special sweetheart" are my all-time local faves.
I really liked Le Loup's album - sort of a banjo-driven version of Animal Collective. I didn't hear the most recent Mary Timony or Ted Leo (he's local-ish, right?) albums but they usually put out quality stuff.
Chuck Brown's "we're about the business" does exactly what it's supposed to do, but why hasn't DC produced any great rappers?
I had become very uptight in my thinking about this case...totally forgot about DC bands of old like Shudder to Think and Jawbox. Weird that several friends of mine now work for Jawbox's former guitarist.
as had mine. (note: too bad no image tags - that deserves a lebowski picture.) I was mired in my best-of-07 mindset and thought Amanda asked about our favorite releases of the past year.
Does a live album recorded in DC count as "DC music"? I have been coveting the complete "Live at the Cellar Door" by Miles Davis (an expansion of the previously-released "live-evil" album.) Anyway, the Cellar Door was also home to a great live recording by Richie Havens. I'm told the Cellar Door used to be towards the end of Georgetown, on M street, one of the last storefronts before you hit the Key Bridge. John Duffey and the Country Gentleman/Seldom Scene used to hold court there too.
More recently, I'll admit to enjoying the Dismemberment Plan's last two albums a bunch. It's a little - something? emo-ish? - at times, but they have some really startling lines that make me think about how one settles (gracefully, we hope) into middle-age.
Speaking of being middle aged, back to the piles on my desk now...
I'm listening to Georgie James's "Places" right now and really enjoying it. Fun melody-driven pop that doesn't hold back on the crash cymbal. Good stuff. And they're from DC!
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