The Weekend In The District

There are a lot of quality shows in DC this weekend, including a pair of CD release shows tonight.

Friday
- Apes (CD Release)/ Kid Congo Powers/Food For Animals @ Black Cat
- Black and White Jacksons (CD Release) @ Velvet Lounge
- Vandaveer/The Lisps/Audrey Ryan @ The Red and The Black
- Via Audio/Tigercity @ Mitchell Hall Theater

Apes - Walk Through Walls
Kid Congo Powers - Power
Food For Animals - Swampy Summer Jam
Black & White Jacksons - Racing Horse
Vandaveer - However Many Takes It Takes
The Lisps - I'm Sorry
Audrey Ryan - Dishes & PillsVia Audio - We Can Be Good
Tigercity - Are You Sensation


Saturday
- Dengue Fever/Exit Clov/Cordero @ Black Cat

Dengue Fever - Sober Driver
Exit Clov - Violent Berries
Cordero - Close Your Heart Down


Sunday
- The Coast @ The Red and The Black

The Coast - The Lines Are Cut

The Lisps

When I first listened to The Lisps, I thought about that tunnel scene in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I’m not sure exactly why, but that sense of wicked amounts of fun flashed into my mind. To be fair, it might be because I started out with the nutty, “Chaos”, and then moved to their slower, yet equally as playful work. With looks towards Joanna Newsom and Kimya Dawson, singer Sammy Tunis’s vocals find ways to move with every song, both the specific and the fluid. If I was in the business of making up genres I would make up one called “Practiced Vaudeville” and I would name The Lisps reigning champions.

Catch their area national tour stops, in celebration of their debut full-length album, Country Doctor Museum:

2/29: The Red and The Black, Washington, DC w/ Vandaveer
3/01: John and Peters, New Hope, PA
4/04: Millcreek Tavern, Philadelphia, PA

Listen to a few tunes:
I'm Sorry
Heaven
Brackish Water

But most importantly, in the grand spirit of Election Fever, watch their video for "I’m Sorry":

This Week's Mix

As there was no mix this past Friday, we will have two this week. All of the songs for this mix were recently sent to us in promo e-mails.

Nick Jaina - Power
Pattern Is Movement - Right Away
Jeremy Jay - Airwalker
Disintegrated Einstein - Nevermind the Mollusk
Hysterics - Mostly Untitled
Downliners Sekt - Scope Creep
Yeasayer - Final Path (Daytrotter Session)
The XYZ Affair - All My Friends
The Coco B's - Modern Lover
The Lisps - Familiar Drunk