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TVD’s Press Play

It’s our weekly Twitter #MusicMonday recap of the brand new tracks from last week that the folks in the press offices want you to be hearing. We post, you download.

I Am Oak – Gills
School of Seven Bells – Lafaye (Scissor Sisters Remix)
White Hills -Pads of Light
SKATERS – Schemers
Fenster – Fantasy II
FIDLAR – No Waves
Dunson – Count On It
The Weeknd – The Party (Chi Duly Remix)
People Get Ready – Disappear (Greg Saunier Remix)
Leonard Friend – Everything For The Sake Of Everything

TVD SINGLE OF THE WEEK:
Emily Jane White – Black Silk


Karen Dalton – Katie Cruel
Howlin Rain – Phantom In The Valley
Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game
Voltaire Twins – Animalia
Wave Sleep Wave – Hey… What
Luke Roberts – His Song
James Low Western Front – I Would Have You
La Sera – Break My Heart
Bryan Dunn – Audio Stereo Radio
Elias – Hands And Knees

37 more FREE TRACKS after the jump!

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TVD’s 10 Weeks of Record Store Day Vinyl Giveaways: The Joy Formidable The Big Roar

In a bit of karmic congruity, Record Store Day reaches a 5 year milestone this year as does TVD—this lil site you’re presently perusing. Without the raw data in front of me to confirm any suspicions, I have to think both endeavors are somewhat responsible for the renewed interest in vinyl and the uptick in interest as to all things record store.

To celebrate these stars aligning, we’re going full out over the next 10 weeks with the vinyl giveaways (as we’ve done every year to be fair) in anticipation of Record Store Day 2012 which arrives on April 21st this year.

To kick off our vinyl giveaways, we’ve got one of our absolute favorites from last year, The Joy Formidable’s The Big Roar, of which NME swooned, “Led by rock’s new heroine Ritzy Bryan, and swathed in swirling guitarscapes and momentous walls of sound, The Big Roar is the kind of epic-yet-intimate debut that does exactly what its title makes out in the most tactful of styles; an LP that ultimately delivers on every count on the four years of promise leading up to it – primarily in its gutsy, chest-swelling brilliance and partly because, well, you’ll probably be sufficiently acquainted with a fair few of the tracks already…”

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The DC Record Fair, Lincoln’s Birthday Ed.
in Photos

Despite Sunday’s biting cold, hundreds of the DMV’s record buying faithful turned up at DC’s Riot Act Comedy Theater to partake in the first DC Record Fair of 2012.

We set loose three of TVD’s photographers, Taylor Welch, Erica Bruce, and Steve VanSickle to capture the day for us.

Taylor Welch:

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TVD’s Press Play

It’s our weekly Twitter #MusicMonday recap of the brand new tracks from last week that the folks in the press offices want you to be hearing. We post, you download.

ExDetectives – The Lawn
Realistic – Token Gestures
DINOWALRUS – What Now
Anna Vogelzang – One & Only
Shigeto – Huron River Drive
Alan Wilkis – Shadow (feat. Lyrics Born and White Hinterland)
Ambassadors – Unconsolable
Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Heart Attack (Cosmic Kids Remix)
Baby Baby – Haters Clean
Ladyhawke – Black, White And Blue (The Big Pink Remix)

TVD SINGLE OF THE WEEK:
Orcas – Carrion

Grand Duchy – Silver Boys
The Darkness – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us
Sea Of Bees – Gnomes
Yalls – Settle Down
Hoots & Hellmouth – Why Would You Not Want To Go There?
Unicycle Loves You – Wow Wave Cinema
CFCF – Exercise #3 (Building)
Mombi – Glowing Beatdown
Leland Sundries – Apparition
Abstraxion – Moriyabasa (DJ Kaos Re-Edit)

38 more FREE TRACKS after the jump!

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TODAY, 2/12! The Washington, DC Record Fair Returns to Riot Act Comedy Theater!


…and we’ve got the final list of confirmed DJ’s for the first DC Record Fair of 2012!

After two Record Fairs in 2011 staged just beyond the DC border, the Washington, DC Record Fair returns to DC proper on Sunday, February 12 at Washington’s new home for hilarity, the Riot Act Comedy Theater in the heart of Penn Quarter in downtown DC—news certain to be appreciated by a tiny, albeit vocal contingent of fair goers. (See? We listen.)

We’ll have 40 dealers from up and down the East Coast on both floors of Riot Act—10 above and 30 below—and of course, unlike the photo above, ample lighting, ample food and drinks, Bloody Marys, and right—a ton of records.

Did we mention the DJs? Here’s the schedule for the day:

11:00 – 12:00 Cobruhhh | Windian (Just added!)
12:00 – 1:00 Sean Marquand | Phenomenal Handclap Band
1:00 – 2:00 Patrick Kigongo | Ra Ra Rasputin
2:00 – 3:00 Cerphe Colwell | Cerphe’s Progressive Show
3:00 – 4:00 Will Eastman | Volta Bureau 
4:00 – 5:00 DJ Roz | Champion Sounds

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TVD Live: The Darkness at the 9:30 Club, 2/8

Well, I thought it was just me but a sold out and packed to the rafters 9:30 Club Wednesday night proved me wrong: The Darkness has certainly been missed.

The reunited British rockers left it all on that stage Wednesday, hitting all the hight points from their debut Permission to Land and its follow up, One Way Ticket to Hell and Back. New numbers featured throughout the set from a forthcoming release did nothing to slow the pacing.

We sent photographer Dave Barnhouser to capture it all for us, and as we’ve got some plans afoot for the band and TVD, we’ll let his shots alone convey the energy in that room Wednesday night.

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TVD’s Press Play

It’s our weekly Twitter #MusicMonday recap of the brand new tracks from last week that the folks in the press offices want you to be hearing. We post, you download.

The Darkness – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us
Sea Of Bees – Gnomes
Yalls – Settle Down
Orcas – Carrion
Hoots & Hellmouth – Why Would You Not Want To Go There?
Unicycle Loves You – Wow Wave Cinema
CFCF – Exercise #3 (Building)
Mombi – Glowing Beatdown
Leland Sundries – Apparition
Abstraxion – Moriyabasa (DJ Kaos Re-Edit)

TVD SINGLE OF THE WEEK:
The Mary Onettes – Love’s Taking Strange Ways


ExDetectives – The Lawn
Realistic – Token Gestures
DINOWALRUS – What Now
Anna Vogelzang – One & Only
Shigeto – Huron River Drive
Alan Wilkis – Shadow (feat. Lyrics Born and White Hinterland)
Ambassadors – Unconsolable
Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Heart Attack (Cosmic Kids Remix)
Baby Baby – Haters Clean
Ladyhawke – Black, White And Blue (The Big Pink Remix)

39 more FREE TRACKS after the jump!

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The Lonely Forest:
The TVD Week
Vinyl Giveaway

Today marks the release of the The Lonely Forest’s 2011 release, Arrows on vinyl and we’ve invited the band to hang out with us this week in celebration of what we tend to call in these parts a “crowning achievement.” 

It tuns out however that we’d be remiss if we didn’t give you guys an opportunity to get your hands on one of our favorite releases from last year, so we’re taking a break in this week’s proceedings to do just that.

Let us know in the comments to this post why the freshly pressed Arrows LP should find a home on your shelves and the most convincing and arm-twisting of the bunch will be awarded the record.

We’ll choose one winner with a North American mailing address a week from today, Tuesday, 2/7! 

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TVD’s Press Play

It’s our weekly Twitter #MusicMonday recap of the brand new tracks from last week that the folks in the press offices want you to be hearing. We post, you download.

Arrange – Streams / At Night
The Darcys – Josie (Vol. 2)
Summer Twins – I Don’t Care
Nneka – My Home (Coki of Digital Mystikz Remix)
Scott Matthew – True Sting
Kevin Kinney And The Golden Palominos – Challenge
CHLLNGR – Well, Good
Cloud Nothings – No Sentiment
Young Hines – Rainy Day
Joshua McCormack – Terminal Velocity

TVD SINGLE OF THE WEEK:
Yukon Blonde – Stairway



Adventure Galley – Weekend Lovers
Rosanne Machado – Arrow of My Ways (feat. Greg Thomas)
Grace Woodroofe – Battles
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Pictures (GZUS Remix)
Top Billin & PZLD – Blood Gang
Doe Paoro – Born Whole
Bravesoul – Keyhole
Brendan Benson – Bad For Me
Capital Grey – Shelley (Please Don’t Lie)
Big Deal – Chair

30 more FREE TRACKS after the jump!

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Lightfoot: The Vinyl District Showcase Week

We’ve been in this racket long enough to know that it’s not every day a band or artist attains the lofty ambition of releasing their first single on vinyl, not to mention it arriving in tandem with said artist’s first full EP. Washington, DC’s Jessica Louise Dye, or Lightfoot, is the exception to that rule.

Lightfoot’s 7″ single and EP, Scarlet Sails is available this week, and as such, DC’s Black Cat is hosting a release party this Friday night, January 27th. Joining Jess on the bill are Loose Lips, Ugly Purple Sweater, and Paperhaus—all of whom we’ve cornered this week for a chat about records in anticipation of Friday night’s event.

If you missed our initial installments, we chatted with Loose Lips on Tuesday, Paperhaus on Wednesday, and Ugly Purple Sweater yesterday. Today’s the lovely Ms. Dye joins us along with the rest of Lightfoot. Go out and see ‘em tonight, ok?

What was the first vinyl record you ever listened to?

Jess: I can’t remember the precise record but I have an image of this tango album my granny used to play when I was 4. She used to play all sorts of great records by Sinatra, Crosby, and Gershwin. We would foxtrot in the living room together. It’s actually what got me into ballroom dancing.
Ron: Tommy by The Who
Adam: Thriller by Michael Jackson
Peter: Revolver by The Beatles

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