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DMVicious’ 100 Best Songs of 2013
It is that time of year when all us music media folk release all those tedious “best of” lists. I could spend a lot of time giving you a little write up on each song, but that would just be a waste of both our time. Instead, here is a Spotify playlist loaded with 100 of the hottest jams 2013 had to offer.
Songs are in no particular order. Put that bad-boy on shuffle and enjoy.
The DMVicious Guide to Firefly Festival: Sunday Edition
The DMVicious Guide to Firefly Festival: Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Alas, here is the final installment of our Firefly guide. The festival is just days away, and the weather forecast looks amazing. The only thing left to do is pack up your camping gear and figure out how to schedule your days. We have given you the scoop on Friday and Saturday, now it is time to breakdown the Sunday schedule.
Sunday lacks some of the bigger names of the previous two days, but there is still a lot of quality music to be heard. We went ahead and skipped the early bands, because you might need to sleep a little later after two nights of partying–also, there are no real must sees in the first couple of slots.
Hot couple alert: David Letterman and Este Haim
The sisters HAIM performed their new single, “Falling,” on The Late Show with David Letterman last night. After the performance, Dave shared a moment with the eldest Haim sister, Este. The moment was punctuated by Paul Shaffer’s semi-awkward offer to “make the drinks.”
HAIM was on the show to promote its upcoming full-length debut. These girls are primed for mainstream success. They are like a more grown up, hipper version of Hanson, but HAIM gets bonus points for actually being females and not androgynous teenage boys. Definitely keep an eye on this band. You can catch them live at Firefly Festival, June 23.
(via Pigeons & Planes)
Lineup announced for Austin City Limits 2013
You are probably just as sick of reading these festival posts as we are sick of writing them, but ACL 2013’s lineup is off the chains, y’all.
Highlights: Depeche Mode, the Cure, Muse, Kings of Leon, Atoms for Peace, Lionel Richie, Phoenix, Wilco, Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Fun., Kendrick Lamar, Franz Ferdinand, D’Angelo, Tame Impala, Local Natives, Shouting Matches, Toro y Moi, Grimes, Potugal. the Man, Divine Fits, Grouplove, Jimmy Eat World, Purity Ring, Haim, Smith Westerns, Wild Belle, Foxygen, FIDLAR, and a shitload of other bands too.
Check the ACL 2013 website for the full lineup and event information.
Budweiser Made In America 2013: Complete lineup
Jay-Z and Budweiser began slowly announcing this year’s lineup at 12 p.m. via Spotify. All the artists have now been announced. Made In America managed to score a couple big-ticket acts that are otherwise absent on the festival circuit this year: Beyonce, Nine Inch Nails, Deadmau5 and Wiz Khalifa.
Other highlights include: Phoenix, Calvin Harris, Black Hippy (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay-Rock), A$AP Rocky, Queens of the Stone Age, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Solange, 2 Chainz, Imagine Dragons, Walk the Moon, Fitz and the Tantrums, Haim, Feed Me, Public Enemy, Nero, Alunageorge and more.
With Queen Bey headlining the festival, and Jay-z curating the lineup, you can probably bank on a HOV sighting at some point as well.
The festival will return to Philadelphia, August 31-September 1.
VIDEO: HAIM – “Falling”
The band of sisters just released a visual for its new track, “Falling.” We caught HAIM when they opened for Mumford and Sons last week and they were fantastic. Definitely keep an eye on this band (Check them out at Firefly Festival!).
The video puts Danielle, Este and Alana in a whimsical forest and features some gnarly hand-fishing and shoulder dancing.
FIREFLY FESTIVAL 2013 LINEUP!!
It is finally here, folks. The Mid-Atlantic’s newest and biggest summer festival has announced its line up.
Highlights include: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Vampire Weekend, Foster the People, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Avett Brothers, Calvin Harris, Passion Pit, MGMT, Ellie Goulding, Lumineers, Kendrick Lamar, Alabama Shakes, Grizzly Bear, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Azealia Banks, Zedd, Matt & Kim, Public Enemy, Dr. Dog, Japandroids, Toro y Moi, Django Django, Dan Deacon, Wild Belle, White Panda, HAIM, Foxygen, Rober Delong, and many many more.
Firefly Festival will return to Dover, De., June 21-23. See the official website for ticket information.
See the video below for the full lineup!
About Last Night: Mumford & Sons at the Patriot Center
Photo Credit: Katie Hecht
On a slushy Wednesday evening, Mumford & Sons landed in Fairfax, Va., to play the first of two consecutive shows at the Patriot Center. Judging by the scarcity of tickets/asking prices on Craigslist, it was safe to say people have been excited about this show for some time now. That excitement grew to a fever-pitch after Sunday, when the band won Album of the Year at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
In the brief walk from the gate to our seats, it was hard to fathom that an English folk band has reached this pinnacle of fame. There were moms and dads on a date, moms and dads with kids, kids who got dropped off by moms and dads, etc. Many people equate that kind of exposure with selling out–which is kind of ironic, because the band literally had sold out both shows at the 10,000-seat arena. With that said, it is refreshing to see that Mumford & Sons has not let its mainstream success alter the quality of its music.
Shortly after Ben Howard wrapped up his set, a large curtain was drawn to conceal the stage. As the opening chords of “Babel” rang out, the curtain dropped and the band ripped through the titular track from its Grammy Award-winning album.
“We came here to party, we hope you all did as well,” said keyboardist Ben Lovett. It was an interesting comment given the word ‘party’ has never been used to describe Mumford & Sons.
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