Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news.
NPR announces the winner of its national Tiny Desk Concert contest. [NPR]
Is it OK that the victor was once signed to a major label? [The Key]
After Kanye West runs up on stage while Beck accepts his Grammy award for Album of the Year, the most common reaction is a lot like this one. [Rolling Stone]
But those people are wrong. [Guardian]
And Sam Smith didn’t thank Tom Petty at the Grammys, though maybe he should have. [Washington Post]
P.S., the Grammys are terrible. [L.A. Weekly]
Popular music is very, very white. [Consequence of Sound]
What’s bamabounce? Now you know. [Fact]
Drake got all Beyonce on us and released a surprise project. [Fader]
FKA Twigs is locked in another battle over her name. [Billboard]
Kendrick Lamar releases an incredible new song, “The Blacker the Berry,” and author Michael Chabon annotates its lyrics. [Spin]
Jack White‘s management denies that he’s a guacamole-munching, college show-shunning prima donna. [Pitchfork]
U Street reggae spot Patty Boom Boom is closing. [Washington Post]
What’s the future of music in Dupont Underground? [D.C. Music Download]
An interview with Mingering Mike, the D.C. outsider artist famous for his handmade pretend records (and the subject of a forthcoming Smithsonian exhibit). [Guardian]
Oooh, Missy Elliott says she’s working on music with Timbaland. [Hypetrak]
These are the bands that should represent D.C. at SXSW. [Washingtonian]
Washington City Paper publishes its annual Spring Arts Guide, including concert picks. [Washington City Paper]
Here’s a short history of LGBTQ record labels. [Pitchfork]
Hey, it’s new music from D.C.-area talents Pree, Ace Cosgrove, Drew Dave and Beyond Modern. [GoldFlakePaint, Complex, Respect Mag, Artistic Manifesto]
Check out new videos from D.C.’s Polyon and Spoonboy. [DCist, D.C. Music Download]
You can stop tweeting now, Diplo. No, really! Just stop. [Pitchfork]
On Bandwidth: A dig into the gruesome yet danceable new single from D.C.’s Brutalism; a chat with Soulection affiliate Chris McClenney, who says music production is just too easy these days; the best local music merch, examined; Frederick band Seaknuckle on making music to make themselves dance; a playlist of the finest Tiny Desk Contest submissions from D.C.