The organizers of Saturday’s Virgin Mobile Free Festival saved the best for last. LCD Soundsystem — manifested onstage by brains-and-vox-of the outfit James Murphy-plus-six — closed down the sprawling 11-hour, three-stage, one-ferris wheel, no-T.I. music bazaar with an 85-minute blast of sweaty 21st-century dance-rock that felt taut and commanding after a long, discursive day. All dance tunes necessarily have a pulse, but Murphy’s have a heart, and they’re also wickedly funny. (Murphy was 22 when he turned down a job writing for Seinfeld. True!)
Person is a crappy singer. There, I said it. His performance last night at the Rock and Roll Hotel had me thinking I had stumbled upon a tragic highschool talent show. The kind where talent-less wonders are given a forum to sing into real microphones instead of into their shower nozzles, and the result isn’t pretty. Person aka Miguel Lacsamana takes himself way too seriously. Fortunately much of his singing was drowned out by the…
Via Pitchfork Media, DCist sees that Travis Morrison, formerly of D.C.’s Dismemberment Plan, is releasing his debut solo album Sept. 28 on Barsurk Records. It’s titled “Travistan”, which is either the best or worst album title ever, depending on how much you think the world revolves around everyones current favorite D.C. musican. Mr. Morrison will start touring the metropolitan area with a full band come September, but there’s one more solo stint at the Galaxy…
