District Summer – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Marian McLaughlin, Melanie’s Magic Mellotron http://bandwidth.wamu.org/marian-mclaughlin-melanies-magic-mellotron/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/marian-mclaughlin-melanies-magic-mellotron/#respond Mon, 11 Jul 2016 08:20:51 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=66707 Songs featured July 11, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit your own local song.

Tomás Pagán Motta

“It's Tough Letting Go”

from Tomás Pagán Motta

Buildings

“Upward Through Ever-Expanding Light”

from Everything In Parallel

Melanie's Magic Mellotron

“Parasite”

from Dude... Animals

Aerialist

“Pegasus”

from Constellations Part One

The Rememberables

“If You Should”

from The Rememberables

Black Dog Prowl

“Shame”

from Have A Little

The Cassettes

“Oxford”

from Countach

Reginald Cyntje

“Atonement”

from Spiritual Awakening

Marian McLaughlin

“Legend of the Neighborhood”

from Spirit House

Otis Infrastructure

“I'm Always Thinking”

from The Red, Red Robin

Outputmessage

“Gladys”

from District Summer

Mathugh

“The Fearsome Twosome”

Unring the Bell

“Mission to Hell, People”

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Big Moth

“Dim”

from Big Moth EP

Diamond District

“The District Instrumental”

from In the Ruff Instrumentals

Nacey

“Tripping In Half Moon Bay”

from District Summer

Sleeves Off a Vest

“City Walkin'”

from Chopping Wood

Typefighter

“Sides”

from The End of Everything

The Harry Bells

“Man Smart, Woman Smarter”

from Roosevelt Island EP

Soccer Team

“Mental Anguish Is Your Friend”

from Real Lessons In Cynicism

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/big-moth-nacey/feed/ 0 Swings, Seba Yuri http://bandwidth.wamu.org/swings-seba-yuri/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/swings-seba-yuri/#respond Sat, 09 Jul 2016 08:20:38 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=66701 Songs featured July 9, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit your own local song.

Swings

“Dirty Blue”

from Sugarwater

Nick Garcia

“Sun Jam”

from District Summer

Bella Russia

“Nocturne In Blue & Gold”

from Rainbow Arcade

Kokayi

“A Half Moon Bay”

from Pacific Coast Highway

Seba Yuri

“Ethereality”

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Pete Frassrand

“Special K”

from Sonic Story

More Humans

“Slide Around”

from Hot Cloud

Julius Jetson

“Eclipse”

from District Summer

Emily Henry

“Hands”

from Matchsticks

Sam Phillips

“L'Enfant”

from Drifters

Lands & Peoples

“I Tried”

from Pop Guilt

Anthony G. J. M.

“Universe Collide”

The Red Fetish

“The Rain That Feeds the Meadows”

from The Wind, As Now, Is Silent

Typefighter

“You When You're Older”

from The End of Everything

Yeveto

“Cowboy Song”

from Remote Unelectrified Villages

Tereu Tereu

“Teeth Like Mountaintops”

from Quadrants

The Caribbean

“Artists In Exile”

from Discontinued Perfume

The Evens

“Sara Lee”

from The Evens

Makeup Girl

“Disappointed ”

Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez

“Isosceles”

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Tigers Are Bad For Horses

“Overflown”

from TABFH

Hailu Mergia

“Ambasel”

from Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument

Matt Tarka

“Very Little”

from Surely Late EP

Lulu's Fate

“Iron Horse Dream”

from The Cowpalace Sessions

Will Eastman & Caleb L'Etoile

“We Gon Make It All Happen”

from District Summer

Staunton

“Spaceman”

from Staunton

WonderChurch

“Plans”

Curse Words

“Sunk Rock”

from Better Luck Next Time

The Lower Delta

“5:00 RD”

Rootbug

“Close Call”

New Canada

“Breathing Exists”

from Nova Nova Scotia

 

]]> http://bandwidth.wamu.org/tigers-are-bad-for-horses-matt-tarka/feed/ 0 This New Compilation Wants To Soundtrack Your D.C. Summer http://bandwidth.wamu.org/this-new-compilation-wants-to-soundtrack-your-d-c-summer/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/this-new-compilation-wants-to-soundtrack-your-d-c-summer/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:47:22 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=53120 The 10 songs on District Summer, a new compilation of D.C. electronic music, are all tagged “Rooftop Vibes” on Soundcloud. That sounds about right. There’s not a track on the collection that wouldn’t suit a roof party in Dupont.

The compilation includes previously unreleased tracks from producers with ties to the D.C. region, including Outputmessage, Will Eastman, Nacey (of Misun, now in L.A.), Thomas Blondet and Wave Age, who also records as Caleb L’Etoile. For the most part, it’s sunny, accessible stuff that skews toward lightweight house.

Jake Komara — aka DJ Reed Rothchild — helped organize the compilation, which began percolating in February. That time of year “really got me thinking about summer,” Komara writes in an email. “I wanted to put out a music compilation that would capture the feeling of what it’s like to be in D.C. during the summer months. From brunches, to pool parties and rooftop afterhours, D.C. has a pulse during this special time of year.”

Though, at least one song on the collection has origins outside the party: Outputmessage (Bernard Farley) says his track, “Gladys,” is dedicated to his grandmother. From his Facebook page:

This song is particularly special to me. Last year, my grandma Gladys passed away after a long battle with lung cancer. Before she moved on though, she asked me to write her a song. I knew she wouldn’t want a sad song, but a song that was full of life and that’s how “Gladys” came about.

Stream District Summer below.

Flickr photo by William Neuheisel used under a Creative Commons license.

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