Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
I found out today that one of Baltimore's finest online assets to the arts and music, webzine and forum Beatbots, is shutting its doors in May.Read more for the full news posting:
FriendsThree and a half years ago I started Beatbots in my basement appartment in Hyattsville, MD. What started ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Dream Theater - Fatal Tragedy
Dream Theater - Master of Puppets (Metallica Cover)
Darkest Hour - The Sadist Nation
Wooly Mammoth - Head Full of Collision
Mastodon - I am Ahab
Isn't that heavy metal image hilarious?
The first two tracks come from progressive metal standard-bearers Dream Theater. Almost all of them students from the ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I have a crush on a little French fille named Yelle. This is both a musical crush and a physical one. Emotionally...not so sure. How do the French just get electro and synth so much better than us?
Check video after the jump. Here are some tracks ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Check my show review at BYT.
Jeff the Taper was in the house as well and was kind enough to provide us with the entire live recording, exclusively.
Check after the jump for the tracks. Download MP3s of each song by clicking on the name or a ZIP file of the ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Live Review, Matt and Kim | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Check my show review at BYT.
Jeff the Taper was in the house as well and was kind enough to provide us with the entire live recording, exclusively.
Check after the jump for the tracks. Download MP3s of each song by clicking on the name or a ZIP file of the ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Death set, DeathSet, Live Review, The Death Set | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Here's a funky post-punk/new-wave/electro flavored Friday pep session. Check yo self before you wreck yo self.
MGMT - "Kids"
Polysics - "Buggie Techinica"
Q And Not U - "End the Washington Monument (blinks) Goodnight"
The Faint - "Posed to Death"
The Presets - "Are You The One"
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
You should get your ass to this show. It is guaranteed to be ridiculous. Friday morning be damned, live for Thursday night. It will likely sell out AND be sweaty as all get-out. Be prepared for a spazz-dance workout, you wacky kids! This could be ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
I walked into a fairly impressively packed Sunday night at the Ottobar. The last time I saw it this packed was for cult-legend Daniel Johnston a few weeks back. But the crowd was an altogether different variety. The sea of X’s made me a little wary of ...
Posted in Baltimore, Crystal Castles, HEALTH, Live Review, Ottobar, Thrust Lab | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
New video from the kids in Thrushes in anticipation of their Heartbeats Remixed CD, coming out in May. Be sure to check em out, opening for Raveonettes this Friday at the Ottobar (info on flyer to the left).While you're at it, check out our interview with the band and ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Pete & the Pirates are a group of strapping young lads from the merry ol' (Reading to be precise). And I stumbled upon them while checking Black Cab Sessions for a new update.
Suffice to say, I was wooed enough by their talented guitar rock (who would've thought some English ...
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