Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news.
What happened to the remains of the late Gwar frontman David Brockie? [Washington Post]
New Frank Ocean album is cause for wild speculation. And needs. And photo analysis. [Grantland, BET, Fader]
Things are really complicated in the world of Tupac Shakur biopics. [Stereogum]
The sole progeny of Kurt Cobain is just not that into grunge. [Rolling Stone]
Billboard debuts a contemplative new Oddisee video … [Billboard]
… and the magazine’s prognosticators were right: Wale has the number 1 album. [Billboard]
The D.C. rapper’s “secret” concert last weekend was a success, too. [Washington City Paper]
And one of his occasional collaborators, Sam Dew, has his own EP on the way, with help from TV On The Radio‘s Dave Sitek. [Complex]
A tech startup has some ideas for the troubled Arlington venue Artisphere. [ARLnow]
D.C.’s Max D lands a cut on Pitchfork’s Best New Tracks. [Pitchfork]
Herb, of Peaches & Herb, loves his work as a D.C. security guard. [WAMU’s Metro Connection]
D.C.’s Church Night turns two. [DC Music Download]
Boston honored Kathleen Hanna by deeming April 9 as “Riot Grrrl Day.” [Boston Globe]
So many musical “best of D.C.” things. [Washington City Paper]
Henry Rollins, no stranger to radio, now has a podcast. [Rolling Stone]
Dan Deacon says psychedelia is neither positive nor negative … [DC Music Download]
… and he prefers the stage to the floor now. [DCist]
Princeton students do not want Big Sean. [Fader]
Celebrity DJs “are experiencing an existential crisis. [Thump]
President Obama visited the Bob Marley museum in Jamaica. [Politico]
Marilyn Manson, punched. [SPIN]
Action Bronson makes food with the other Voltaggio brother. [Nah Right]
A comprehensive guide to the music of Mad Men. [NPR]
Would you listen to a six-hour song by The National … via a nine-LP box set? [Guardian]
Taylor Swift‘s mom has cancer. [Jezebel]
Beautiful graphic alert: How much do music artists earn online? [Information Is Beautiful]
Farewell, Mamma Mia! [Entertainment Weekly]
On Bandwidth: The frontman for D.C. hardcore band Pure Disgust cleansed our palates for the Damaged City Fest; Kane Mayfield mocked mainstream rappers; the Funk Parade gave us 50 minutes of funk; the punk band Dudes explained its vibe; we premiered a new video from Polyon; and Jon Spencer explained blues explosions, old and new.
Frank Ocean photo used under a Creative Commons license, via Flickr user Pemberton Music Festival.