Archive for February, 2008
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Not much really tickling my fancy this weekend in town other than Pony Pants...------------Saturday Feb 16- For those so inclined, Serj Tankian, the versatile voice of System of a Down, plays Rams Head Live. He is shilling his solo material which sounds remarkably similar to SoaD...maybe with just a ...
Posted in Against Me, Death by Sexy, Exit Clov, Fishnet Stalkers, Kodiak, Linkin Park, Object, Payola Reserve, Pony Pants, Preview, Serj Tankian, System of a Down, Telenovela Star | No Comments »
Friday, February 15th, 2008
B-more's own Wham City member of some repute, Dan Deacon, has decided to post his entire back catalog online for the teeming masses of the net.Downloads here. I recommend navigating by FTP.Just MP3 format though, not FLAC.Deacon is on tour in the land down under until early March, when ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Dan Deacon, Video, Wham City | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Pony Pants. The first time I heard that name I practically guffawed myself off my seat.But then, I heard their music. The stuff these Philly kids pump out via Badmaster Records is what indie dance nights were made for, driving the most stoic of the cross-armed masses into ...
Posted in Badmaster Records, Philadelphia, Pony Pants, Preview, Talking Head | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
DC's favorite little outdoor-venue-that-could, Fort Reno, is a lovely spot for an afternoon/evening show in the summertime. Every year, a free concert series runs through the summer, typically every Monday and Thursday in the Tenleytown park of the same name.With the backdrop being an old, castle-like fort and the ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, DC, Fort Reno, Fugazi, Preview, Ted Leo, Video | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
I love me some punk. Combine punk with some other fringe genre of music or performance art and you've got me sold. That's probably why I love Gogol Bordello so much and why everyone should check out DC's vaudevillian masters of punk, the Cassettes!The kids over at DC-based ...
Posted in Audio, DC, Sno, The Cassettes, Video | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
My least favorite time of year is upon us. The cold and lack of Vitamin D aren’t exactly uplifting, but I have to admit winter does have a certain melancholic beauty. To best describe the characteristics of winter beauty I use the Japanese word edaburi, which translated as near ...
Posted in Aphex Twin, Arvo Part, Beckett, International Modernism, Mum, Winter | No Comments »
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Some cool stuff coming up:-- This week, we see the release of the 25th Anniversary edition of Thriller, Michael Jackson's landmark pop-transcending musical opus...you know, pre-albino freak-out. CD has a bunch of remixes tacked on and comes complete with music videos including a digitally re-polished "Thriller" as well as ...
Posted in 25th Anniversary, After Hours, Audio, Brain Thrust Mastery, HIJK, Indian Thriller, Michael Jackson, Paper Boat, Record Release, The Pen and the Letter, Thriller, Thrushes, Video, We Are Scientists | No Comments »
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Last night’s Matmos performance at the Floristree was mixed, but to be fair to Matmos it wasn’t their fault. The performers and the audience were not on the same page. The audience was younger, hipper, and more attractive than me, but then again I was there for the ...
Posted in Baltimore, Floristree, Live Review, Matmos | 1 Comment »
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Dream-pop band Beach House, the child of Baltimore's own Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand, will be preforming at the G-Spot on the 28th in support of their second album, Devotion (due out the 26th on Carpark Records). A a quite pretty video for "Master of None" follows.
Posted in Beach House, Devotion, G-Spot, Preview, Record Release | No Comments »
Friday, February 8th, 2008
SXSW lineup------------
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
This weekend will be a good one for local music lovers.Big shows comin up this weekend:------------FridayWhite Williamsw/ Ecstatic Sunshine, Rings and SmartsOttobarDoors 9PM, show 10PMSaturdayJ Roddy Walston and the Businessw/ Glenmont Popes, American AquariumOttobar$10, doors 9PM, show 10PMTransmodern Age Benefit Show featuring:MatmosFloristree$10, 9PM.The Aquarian Birthday party featuring:Squaaksw/ the Gold-bug, Los ...
Posted in Baltimore, Preview | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
It's here. Last week, NYC's Vampire Weekend dropped their hotly anticipated, highly hyped, self-titled and first LP on XL Recordings.Reading more and more of the hooplah, reaching supernova levels, I really wanted to hate this release. But goddammit, every once in a while, there's actually something that comes out ...
Posted in Album Review, Vampire Weekend | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I have a confession. I am addicted to Portland's most-prominent purveyors of earnest, politically charged punk, the Thermals. I drove to NYC this past August to catch them with Ted Leo in the basin of NYC's largest pool, drained, in the middle of McCarren Park.I didn't want to ...
Posted in Daytrotter, Hutch Harris, Kathy Foster, Oregon, Portland, Punk, The Thermals | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I know that this post is somewhat out of place, but I can't help but comment on it.More than I actually listen to music throughout my day, I listen to the local NPR station, WYPR. Supposedly that acronym should stand for Your Public Radio. Yesterday, I turned on ...
Posted in Baltimore, Marc Steiner, Public Radio, WYPR | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
BAM (also known as Brooklyn Academy of Music) is holding their 2nd annual Brooklyn Next Fest from February 15-24. The festival is tasked with the unenviable job of celebrating that stagnant music scene up in Brooklyn (sarcasm).Notable performers include the excellent White Rabbits, Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone of ...
Posted in BAM, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Next, My Brightest Diamond, NYC, New York, TV on the Radio, White Rabbits, the National | No Comments »
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet: Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
The Secret Machines: Secret Machines
The Bug: London Zoo
13th Floor Elevators: Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (Vinyl Mono LP only)
Arbouretum/Pontiak: Kale (Vinyl LP only)
Small Sur: We Live in Houses Made of Wood
Abe Vigoda: Skeleton
Imperial China: Methods: EP
