Sockets Records Blog

VIDEO: New Student Documentary on DC Music and Sockets Records

Sean Peoples — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:49:50 +0000

Hannah Hoffman, a high school student in the DC area, produced and edited a short documentary on the DC music scene. It includes interviews with with Deleted Scenes, Imperial China, BUILDINGS, Protect-U, and Sean Peoples from Sockets Records.

NPR Podcast Interview with Sean of Sockets Records

Sean Peoples — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:26:44 +0000

Check out this great podcast from NPR's Intern Edition blog with an interview with Sean as well as new tracks by Buildings, Imperial China, and Protect-U:

SHOW: Imperial China @ Black Cat

Sean Peoples — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:45:48 +0000

Our favorite post-punk bros, Imperial China, are playing a pretty great show at Black Cat with Meta and Plums. The show's on Tuesday, April 10 and doors are at 8:30pm.

Wilson Ward Kemp

Sean Peoples — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:05:55 +0000

One of our favorite dudes in Washington, DC is Wilson Kemp. Not only is he the drummer for Hume, but he's also the vibe behind Macaw. And, the guy makes some amazing art. There's a new website with a handful of his work. Check it out here.

Sockets Records at SXSW

Sean Peoples — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:41:52 +0000

The annual undisputed king of haircuts and outfits is upon us. South by Southwest music festival is next week in Austin, Texas.

Sockets artists will be there, and if you will be there too, here’s a rundown of where they will be. Go check them out and say hi! Enjoy the buzz, bbq, beer and tacos.

A couple of Sockets bands as well as our good friends will be playing the DC Does Texas showcase organized by Sasha Lord and Comet Ping Pong. It takes place Wed. March 14th at Love Joys (Neches & 6^th) from 12-6pm and is FREE. Sockets artists Deleted Scenes, Edie Sedgwick and Hume will be playing along with Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, Soccer Team, Pree & DJ Baby Alcatraz.

Bluebrain has obviously been doing some amazing things recently, and the festival organizers at SXSW have taken notice. The people behind SXSW commissioned Bluebrain to create another location-aware album specifically for Austin and SXSW. It is called Violet Crown and you can find out more information here. They will also be featured in presentation on Sunday, March 11 at the SXSW Convention Center as part of the album launch. Information on the panel/presentation here.

Deleted Scenes will also be playing the Red Ryder showcase at Swan Dive on Saturday, March 17^th. They will also be playing the Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie showcase on Weds, March 14^th at 9 p.m. at Casa de Chapala. They will also be playing the Popantipop showcase on Thursday, March 15^th time TBD and location TBD.

Edie Sedgwick will also be playing Weds March 14^th at night at Iron Bear and the Lovitt SXSW Day party on Thursday March 15^th.

Follow Sockets on Twitter for more updates.

Our friends at Listen Local First are also taking a Mobile Music Venue down to Austin for SXSW and documenting the entire experience on social media and video consisting entirely of DC artists. Check it out here for more information.

VIDEO: Deleted Scenes at Audiotree Live

Sean Peoples — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:01:09 +0000

Check out this great session Audiotree Live did with Deleted Scenes.

PHOTOS: Sockets Records Showcase by Joshua Cogan

Sean Peoples — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:58:36 +0000

Joshua Cogan came by the Sockets Showcase at Black Cat and snapped some amazing photos. Josh is so talented and we can't thank him enough for lending his talent and documenting this special night. Please enjoy:

ALL PHOTOS BY JOSHUA COGAN

See the rest of the photos here.

Sockets Showcase Poster

Sean Peoples — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:16:41 +0000

We asked John Foster (Bad People Good Things) to design this year's Sockets Showcase flier. When I talked to John in October of last year, I gave him one directive: the design needs to be something that screams DC. Well, I think I John nailed it with this one. If you haven't already, I urge you to follow John and the design work he does. It's always amazing and we over here at Sockets have been big fans of his output.

We'll be selling these beautiful prints for $20 at the show. There's only a limited amount of 50, so they are very special. However, if you want to buy the two new Imperial China and Buildings LPs as well as the poster, we'll be selling the three for $30.

Take a look at the poster and, also, the special collector cards we're stamping with something special!

New Buildings and Imperial China Records are Here!

Sean Peoples — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:59:25 +0000

Both will be available this Saturday at the Sockets Records Showcase!

VIDEO: Imperial China – “Limbs”

Sean Peoples — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:06:45 +0000

Our friends over at Newdust just posted the new Imperial China video for "Limbs" from the the new album How We Connect. From Newdust:

New track from DC mainstays, Imperial China. The song is a self described powder keg that rips you through two minutes fifty of post-punk bliss. The band sounds huge, with harmonic guitars amplifying the growling utterances of vocalist Brian Porter. The boys have a new album,”How We Connect”, out on January 28 through DC’s own Sockets Records