Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
So...fancy yourself a Daytrotter fan? Well they've got nothing on these guys. Welcome to Thunderdome. The gauntlet has been laid, my dear friends.The gist is this: grab your favorite indie artists, including Spoon, Daniel Johnston, Okkervil River the National, and Elvis Perkins...stick them in the back of ...
Posted in Beach House, Black Cab Sessions, Daytrotter, Elvis Perkins, Heart of Chambers, New Pornographers, Okkervil River, Video, awesomeness, the National | No Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Here, I present to you, dear reader, our latest exclusive interview with Eric Elbogen aka Say Hi (To Your Mom). Say Hi produce some of the most endearing glitch-pop to be gleaned from Casio equipment. Elbogen's patented, slightly off-key vocals combined with his impeccable sense of melody make ...
Posted in Eric Elbogen, Interview, Preview, Say Hi, Say Hi To Your Mom, The Wishes and the Glitches | 1 Comment »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The Death Set are about to make Baltimore's next major foray into the happy areas of indie minds everywhere with their release of their debut LP Worldwide (after 3 EP releases).
If you've ever wished for an ass-load more drum machine or laptop-sourced glitchiness with your punk music...you need to be ...
Posted in Album Review, Baltimore, Copy Cat, Death set, Wham City, Worldwide | No Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Just a friendly reminder to one and all that two of Baltimore's Pitchfork-approved superstars, Beach House and Wye Oak, both have hometown shows this week.Beach House kicks off their tour tonight with a record release show for Devotion at the G-Spot. Doors at 8, show at 9. Tickets ...
Posted in Beach House, Devotion, LO MODA, Preview, Wye Oak | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Stars are one of the many indie darlings spewing out of our more caring and common sensical neighbor to the north known as Canada.Amy Milan (also of BSS), while touring in Australia, took a few brief moments to briefly, yet whimsically, answer some questions I emailed over to her.See what ...
Posted in Amy Milan, Interview, Stars, Video | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
In this, the final installment of the Matmos interview, Martin and Drew talk about what makes an action art, and about working with Bjork.Hope you all have enjoyed it!For refreshers, goto Part 1 and Part 2
Posted in Baltimore, Drew Daniel, Interview, Martin Schmidt, Matmos | No Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
This review almost didn't happen. I was hemming and hawwing over whether to shill out the 17 large for the day-of tickets, with my interest mainly being to see Lizz King and Jason Dove. Headliner Daniel Johnston was on my radar, but in the most peripheral way possible. ...
Posted in Daniel Johnston, Jason Dove, Live Review, Lizz King | No Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
It’s common knowledge these days that not all of music’s most innovative entrepreneurs have been able to keep up performances that don’t bank on nostalgia.
But there are some musicians who have taken time’s withering effects, and given it a good spanking.
Siouxsie Sioux is one of them.
Posted in Banshees, Janet Susan Ballion, Live Review, New York, Siouxsie Sioux, Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees, Video, the Creatures | 1 Comment »
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
I had originally intended to post this interview in two halves, but I am now opting to post it in thirds. So, here is the second segment.At this point in the interview my mini disc recorder failed, and the rest was taped on a cassette over a recording of Martin ...
Posted in Baltimore, Drew Daniel, Interview, Martin Schmidt, Matmos | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Great Daytrotter session with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone released this week. Casiotone is the solo project of Redwood City, California's Owen Ashworth.
Started in 1997 after he dropped out of film school, he has become one of the foremost names in lo-fi, indie toy-tronica, specializing in affectuous songwriting and ...
Posted in Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Daytrotter, Say Hi, Say Hi To Your Mom, Video | No Comments »
