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Formed in Spring of 2008, Slang Chickens have rapidly become one of the more endearing and enticing young bands to come out of Los Angeles in a long while.

Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt's zigzagging musical career is a difficult one to sum up.

Some musicians are happy to believe their own hype, but Vic Chesnutt isn't one of them.

Vic Chesnutt is a man of few illusions, a man scornful of false pieties and placid facades.

DOWNLOAD: Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild Jonathan Richman @ Bowery Ballroom in June Jonathan Richman is prepping the follow-up to his 2008 album Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild for a 2010 release on Vapor Records.

"I'm total folk musician. My granddaddy taught me how to play guitar; his dad taught him how to play guitar.

I just get the feeling that every time I ask him, he's thinking, "Oh great, here we go again." Yet he always seems to begrudgingly come through.

SATURDAY: Although D.C. rappers have struggled over the past few decades to leave a mark on American hip-hop our hardcore scene has been consistently fertile.

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Vic Chesnutt, the Black Heart Procession, the Eccentric Soul Revue, Akira Sakata, Surfer Blood, and more By Peter Margasak , Miles Raymer , Kevin Warwick , Brian Costello and Bill Meyer Music Picks archives>> thursday5 VIC CHESNUTT If there's a more harrowing rock song than "Coward," the tune that opens ...

Worcester's Britney's Spear is a thoroughly American punk band. And by that, I mean they're just like any band Dischord, a seminal D.C. punk label, had on their roster in the '90s - think Fugazi, only a little more twisted.

Echo & The Bunnymen: The Fountain Whatever they think of the re-formed group's output following the classic era , Echo & The Bunnymen fans tend to agree that the band has become a two-headed beast: one stalwart flame-keeper that doles out old post-punk gems in concert, as the... Vic Chesnutt: At The Cut The second album that cult hero Vic Chesnutt ...

The guitar is a strange and wonderful instrument. From its earliest days, it has been the instrument of shepherds and kings alike.

Vic Chesnutt Band featuring Guy Picciotto and members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Witchies With : Clare and the Reasons When : 9 p.m. Monday Where : 40 Watt Club, 285 W. Washington St.

Vic Chesnutt is currently touring in support of his latest record, At The Cut, and from this album and its tour are trailing an entourage of indie notables.

Vic Chesnutt's music attracts musicians by offering them open spaces to transform.

Vic Chesnutt Band , Godspeed you! black emperor, Witchies and Clare & The Reasons at Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Bklyn Cartel and Roadrunner at Gramercy Theatre Used and Almost at Roseland Ballroom Krashkarma at The Saint For more on the next four weeks of shows:

In Section: PRESS Play >> Posted By: Editors In an interview with Gothamist today, Fugazi's Guy Picciotto, who's playing with Vic Chestnutt tonight and tomorrow in New York, says that the legendary band might not be completely kaput yet.

Temple of Doom: Wino creates a powerhouse metal band. Other than Bobby Liebling, the frontman for the long-running Pentagram, there is perhaps no musician more closely associated with Capital-area doom metal than Scott 'Wino' Weinrich.

In an IM conversation reprinted on Fork in the Road, Voice writers Robert Sietsema, Rebecca Marx, and Sarah DiGregorio debate the merits of David Chang .

Southern folk troubadour Vic Chesnutt is fresh off the Sept. 22 release of his umpteenth album "At the Cut," which continues his collaboration with Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Silver Mt.