The Capitol Heights

The Capitol Heights Music Blog

Welcome to our ramblings and musings about the music scene as we see it in the DMV.

Mar 25
2015

After Action Report – Outta The Way Cafe

Nothing happened. The venue was good. We weren’t. Here’s a pic of the venue. Bye. Ok fine. We’ll tell you a little more about this place. First thing’s first – this place was fun. For other people. Trust us, we saw their smiles, but for us, it ended up being series of screw ups. But more...

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Mar 16
2015

Metro Day Delay – Bandname of the Week (03/16/15)

This week’s band name is: Metro Day Delay. We’ve all been there… needing to be somewhere else…and you’re stuck on that awesome metro platform. We created this name when we were thinking of a “DC-themed” band name. I like the alliteration. Note: Feel free to use any of our band names. We create all of more...

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Mar 16
2015

You and Me

We are happy to announce the development of a new song: You and Me. This song has been years in the making – even if we have only actually been physically working on it for the past couple of months. This song is simply about Kenny’s relationship with his wife. Kenny’s tried several times to more...

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Feb 28
2015

Monthly Playlist – February 2015

What’s on The Capitol Heights’ playlist? February 2015 Edition There’s no special theme this month, just a fun set of songs. The Hush Sound – Boys are Too Refined I JUST LOVE HER VOICE. It’s sad that the band basically broke up after this CD was released, because it was truly fantastic. Metallica – Unforgiven III more...

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Feb 09
2015

Blood Harmony – Bandname of the Week (02/09/15)

This week’s band name is: Blood Harmony. We were pickin’ around with our friend Jeff Farias this past weekend and he started talking about situations where 2 related singers harmonize. When this happen, apparently the sound is near magical and is called “blood harmony”. Love it. Note: Feel free to use any of our band more...

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Feb 09
2015

After Action Report – Brittany’s Restaurant

Our friend Jahnel has been tellin’ us how much fun she’s had at the open mic Brittany’s Restaurant. We decided to test the veracity of that statement for our open mic challenge. Now I know this location is not within the Beltway and could reasonably be left out of the open mic challenge, but we more...

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Feb 02
2015

The Last Stringbenders – Bandname of the Week (02/02/2015)

This week’s band name is: The Last Stringbenders. Of course this takes a nod from the movie but we liked it. : ) Note: Feel free to use any of our band names. We create all of them ourselves, so you don’t need to worry stealing or borrowing names or anything like that. The only more...

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Jan 29
2015

Monthly Playlist – January 2015

What’s on The Capitol Heights’ playlist? January 2015 Edition There’s no special theme this month. Just sweet-ass tunes. But not sweet ass-tunes. Cause that’s gross and quite different. Elbow – Grounds for divorce If you listen to this and don’t hum the chorus and guitar licks for the rest of the day – go to a more...

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Jan 26
2015

The Recreati – Bandname of the Week (01/26/15)

This week’s band name is: The Recreati. It’s like … The illuminati…but with more recreation. This would definitely be a synth-heavy band, no? Note: Feel free to use any of our band names. We create all of them ourselves, so you don’t need to worry stealing or borrowing names or anything like that. The only more...

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Jan 19
2015

Brova – Bandname of the Week (01/19/15)

Yo. U evn music bro? This weeks band name BROVA slides a healthy dose of douche into your lyf while paying homage to our local NOVA (or northern Virginia). We hope you can git lyk us, but no u cant.

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