Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 24th, 2008
DC sent some of its premier music-makers to Baltimore this past Saturday. Imperial China specialize in a decaying, spaced and fuzzed out, tribal brand of post-punk. Some apt comparisons have been thrown about to Battles. I would challenge that they are a sight more intense. They ...
Posted in Baltimore, Caverns, DC, Imperial China, Lo-Fi Social Club | No Comments »
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Crystal Castles are another electronified duo out to take over the world. Justice: you are officially on notice.I kinda think of them as the Faint and Justice mixing an 8-bit video game soundtrack. Their show tonight at the Ottobar should be quite the sick affair. Openers HEALTH, ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Crystal Castles, Ottobar, Preview | No Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
DC/Baltimore-metropolitan area ska legends the Pietasters were the first less-than-national band I had ever saw live at the old Black Cat in DC when I was but a pup in the mid-90s with the Pilfers (side project of Coolie Ranx from the Toasters) opening up in the hey-day of third-wave. ...
Posted in Baltimore, DC, Jah Works, Pietasters, Pilfers, Preview | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
While Stars were busy delivering their highly dramatized indie pop in downtown to a packed house at Sonar, the Ottobar crowd was relatively light for DC-based Georgie James' alternate approach to the genre.
But given the quality of Georgie James' performance and music, there should have been a more equal split ...
Posted in Gary B, Gary B and the Notionns, Georgie James, Live Review, Ottobar | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Our latest, Merge-signed hometown heroes Jenn and Andy of Wye Oak, get together with Stereogum and play "I Don't Feel Young" in the back of a Toyota Yaris tooling around Austin at SXSW. Check the video here.Maybe I can get them to play "Family Glue" in my Scion tC.Stay ...
Posted in Andy Stack, Austin, Jenn Wasner, SXSW, Stereogum, Video, Wye Oak | No Comments »
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Crystal Castles, Pietasters, Georgie James and more...------------
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Starscape, Baltimore's electronic music festival, will celebrate its 10th year of existence this June 7th (though the graphic claims the 9th) at Fort Armistead Park. As widespread public interest in electronic dance music (EDM) has waxed and waned, Starscape has reliably remained the only event in the region able ...
Posted in Baltimore, Charles Feelgood, Dieselboy, Disco Biscuits, Hollertronix, John B, Low Budget, Scott Henry, Starscape | 2 Comments »
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
As promised earlier, here's a healthy dose of classic mind-bending psych/weird-rock courtesy of Captain Beefheart (Wiki, pictured left) aka Don Van Vilet and Roky Erickson (Wiki, pictured right), the Austinite 60s psychedelic icon who fronted the 13th Floor Elevators (Wiki).Mildly related anecdote: I actually got turned onto this whole genre ...
Posted in 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefheart, Roky Erickson, Van Vilet | 1 Comment »
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Thanks to our newest contributor, J. Varrone for this review of Peabody's performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute.
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p class="MsoNormal">From March 12 until March 15, 2008, the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University performed Mozart’s The Magic Flute, held at 7:30pm each night in the conservatory’s Friedberg Hall. The entire ...
Posted in Live Review, Met, Mozart, Opera, Peabody, The Magic Flute | No Comments »
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Approach this preview and album review with caution, it is highly-tainted by personal bias. Let me explain.I have seen the Decemberists (Wiki) at least 6 times that I can count (I have probably only seen the Pietasters (Wiki) more, somewhere around 12 times).I have played their albums into the ...
Posted in Album Review, Audio, Colin Meloy, Colin Meloy Sings Live, Colin Meloy Solo Acoustic, Decemberists, Morrissey, Preview, Shirley Collins | 1 Comment »
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