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Despite, or maybe because of, everything going on in the world, 2016 has been one of the best years for music in recent memory.

Join us in the basement one last time this year as we count down our favorites, feel out our disappointments, and more.

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Despite, or maybe because of, everything going on in the world, 2016 has been one of the best years for music in recent memory.

Join us in the basement one  last time this year as we count down our favorites, feel out our disappointments, and more.

Show Notes

• Please enjoy our 2016 Song Of The Year by Wheeler Walker Jr.

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In our final regular podcast of 2016, we're enlisting Paul Vodra (Hometown Sounds), Joe Lapan (Owner, Songbyrd Music House), and Marcus Dowling (Pitchfork, Bandcamp) to work through the year that was here in our hometown of Washington, DC, take a look at the "big picture", and much, Much more. PLUS: Thoughts on the tragedy of the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, CA. What can we do to help, and what can we do to try and make sure this doesn't happen again. 
Show Notes

• Ways to help with the Ghost Ship tragedy in Oakland:
• Donate to the Oakland Fire Relief [link]
• Donate to the Fire Relief Fund for Victims of Ghostship Oakland Fire [link]
• Thinking about running a DIY venue? Safety First! Here's your checklist in progress [link]

 Playlist:Some of the best that Washington, DC had to offer in 2016
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Lin Manuel Miranda's acclaimed musical Hamilton isn't just one of the most successful musicals of all time, it's one of the most important works of art of the 21st Century.

Join us as we dive deep into this new take on a modern masterpiece that is as much a celebration of modern hip-hop and pop music as it is a reaffirmation of the powerful and essential message of it's source material.

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What does it take to be a music journalist in 2016? Marcus J. Moore (Bandcamp), Marcus K. Dowling (Pitchfork), and Kevin discuss.

On The Visitor, Kadhja Bonet is mining the past and creating a soulful new sound that feels more than necessary in the crazy year that is 2016. Is it one of the years best, or does this hyper-talented artist from LA still have a little ways to go? Tune in and find out.

PLUS: DC's renewed soul scene continues to grow and thrive. April + Vista are leading the charge. Any questions? Get em answered with their track "Beasts". 

SHOW NOTES

• Get to know April + Vista
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• Check out the track "Beasts" from April + Vista's latest EP, Note To Self!

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The Visitor
Kadhja Bonet

Kevin: Buy It
Marcus Dowling: Buy It
Marcus Moore: Buy It

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We thought the fighting was done. We thought the battles had been won. Amazon Music had other plans. The streaming wars, continue they must. 

Hailing from the mighty Midwest, The Flat Five, the grooviest "supergroup" known to mankind, has arrived just in time with their debut LP, It's A World Of Love And Hope. After years of performing as a holiday one off, members Kelly Hogan, Nora O’Connor, Scott Ligon, Casey McDonough, and Alex Hall have captured their magic on wax and are taking the show on the road? Is it groovy, or the GROOVIEST? Tune in to find out.

PLUS! NYC's Hannah vs The Many makes powerful, theatrical rock and roll, and on their latest release, Cinemascope, they're turning it all up to eleven. Check out the first single "Surrender Dorothy" and get hooked. 

SHOW NOTES

• "Amazon Music Unlimited takes on rivals with launch of $14.99/month Family Plan" [TechCrunch]
• Get to know Hannah vs The Many
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• Check out Hannah vs The Many's track "Surrender Dorothy" off of their new LP Cinemascope, below!

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It's A World Of Love And Hope
The Flat Five

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It's been eighteen years since A Tribe Called Quest released an album, but on their latest, and last, LP We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, the hip-hop legend's have delivered not just one of 2016's best, but a career defining masterpiece more than worthy of their legacy.

Marcus J. Moore (Bandcamp), Chad Clark (Beauty Pill) and Ian Taronji (The Lucky So & So's) join Kevin in the basement to dig into the new album, consider Tribe's ultimate legacy, and more.

PLUS: Victor Perry makes indie-soul out of his closet in Atlanta, Georgia because DIY. We've got a track from this up-and-coming vocalist for you see how that works out for ya. 

SHOW NOTES

• Get to know Victor Perry
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• Check out Victor Perry's track "Nostalgia of off his debut EP, 4 A.M. Nostalgia

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We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
A Tribe Called Quest

Kevin: Buy It
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Chad Clark: Buy It
Ian Taronji: Buy It
 

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Hip hop's Danny Brown has made a career out of exploring the extremes of his personality. On his fourth LP, Atrocity Exhibition he's brought all of his demons and angels together to create strongest statement yet.  

We've assembled an all-star panel featuring Sarah Godfrey (Washington Post, City Paper), Briana Younger (Bandcamp, Washington Post), and Marcus Dowling (Pitchfork, Bandcamp), explore all the highs and lows that this sonic head-trip has to offer.

PLUS! Post-election talk with Bandcamp's Marcus Moore joining in on the fun.

Show Notes

• "Sharon Jones, Soul and Funk Singer With Dap-Kings, Dead at 60" [Rolling Stone]

• "The Death of What.cd and the End of Music Torrenting" [New York Magazine]

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Atrocity Exhibition
Danny Brown

Kevin: Buy It
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Sarah Godfrey: Stream It
Marcus Dowling: Stream It
 

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IT'S PODJAM TIME!

On our latest abuse of the podcast format, Casey Rae, Marcus Dowling, a bottle of rye, and a whole lot of AMERICA join Kevin in the basement to work through this thing we call COUNTRY MUSIC.*^

* Length of podcast may require use of vacation time
^ Pick-up truck not required for general enjoyment

Show Notes

• Experience the legend of Haggard Allman and his track "I Play To Lose"

 

This is Wheeler Walker, Jr.

We aren't talking about him in this podcast, but his album Redneck Shit has a WHOLE lot to do with the roads we're travelling down.

Listen to it here.

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Kingsley Flood frontman Naseem Khuri has built his career writing songs about social injustice and the importance of sticking up for the "little guy"

On their latest album, Another Other, he's turning his observational acumen inwards to explore not just how we relate to others, but, more importantly, why.

Khuri joined us in the basement a week before America's historic election to talk about the new album, writing introspectively versus observationally, the band's upcoming LP release show in Washington, DC on 11/19, and much, much more. 

Show Notes

• Kingsley Flood plays the Rock & Roll hotel in Washington, DC on 11/19. Get your tickets HERE

• Listen to "The Bridge" off of Kingsley Flood's latest album, Another Other, below.

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