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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
The Tokyo Police Club was the last Myspace secret show I attended. That was back in April, and at the old Davis Street location of the Talking Head Club. This time around the Myspace street team kept a much lower profile, and the logos were minimal at the ...
Posted in Baltimore, Live Review, Ottobar, Photos, The Kills | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
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MP3: Girl Talk - Bounce That from Night Ripper (2006)
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MP3: Girl Talk - Let Me See You from Don't Feed the Animals (2008)
This fella probably needs little to no introduction. Girl Talk has undoubtedly exploded. Look no further than the utterly and completely sold-out shows ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, DC, Interview, Preview, Sonar, girl talk, gregg gillis | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Check out Baby Venom along with the Vivian Girls (already shouted-out) October 1 @ the Ottobar.
We here at Aural States receive a surprising amount of music to review, or at least I find it surprising given that our blog hasn't existed for more than a year, and our original goal ...
Posted in Audio, Baby Venom, Baltimore, Ottobar, Preview, Sound Off, Vivian Girls | 2 Comments »
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
...or so I was told when I decided to do some impromptu promo leg work for the More or Less birthday party with Ben Parris last night.
It was truly an amazing night. DJ Kel, of More or Less, opened up the night with a solid set, but Ben was ...
Posted in Ben Parris, DJ Kel, Hexagon, More or Less, The Depot | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Matmos should be familiar to Aural States readers (we did an in-depth interview with the duo back in February), so it was a pleasure to sit back down with Martin Schmidt of Matmos and discuss his involvement in the now-underway High Zero Festival, among other topics.
This interview became much less ...
Posted in Baltimore, High Zero Festival 2008, Martin Schmidt, Matmos, Red Room Collective | No Comments »
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Enjoy this Aural States exclusive, vinyl-rip off AFX's Smojphace EP, a remix of the Bug & Daddy Freddy's "Run the place red."
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MP3: The Bug & Daddy Freddy - Run the place red (AFX mix)
At a recent party, when the DJ dropped a bass-heavy Baltimore Club ...
Posted in Album Review, Audio, Recommended Albums, Video, the Bug | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Electronic Dance Music was not the first music I fell in love with. My first aural affair began at an early age with the music I was playing on the piano and cello--classical (my favorite composer was Bach). As I grew older my taste diversified, though I still ...
Posted in Blank Artists, Live Review, Richie Hawtin, Virgin Fest 2008 | 5 Comments »
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
I was not expecting too much from the Saturday line-up, and this proved to be true. Indeed, I was not expecting too much from Virgin Festival at all, aside from a few select acts.
It would also be the first large-scale music festival since my early-to-mid teens years spent at HFStivals. ...
Posted in Bloc Party, Gogol Bordello, Live Review, Lupe Fiasco, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Virgin Fest 2008 | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
I had high hopes and expectations for this show. So high, in fact, that I skipped out on my first ever chance to see Underworld in Baltimore. I was a huge fan back when the Everything, Everything live album/dvd came out, and I was a huge fan of Trainspotting in ...
Posted in 2640 Space, Baltimore, Jana Hunter, Lesser Gonzales Alveraz, Live Review, Small Sur, Stephen Strohmeier, Underworld | 3 Comments »
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Richie Hawtin- a name that looms large in the world of techno, but one that many outside of the scene may find unfamiliar. To be clear, we are talking about techno here, not house, not trance, not generic electronic dance music. And more specifically we are talking about pummeling Detroit ...
Posted in Live Preview, Plastikman, Richie Hawtin, Virgin Fest 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Arbouretum is the band, Kale is the album. It's a split album done with Pontiak and featuring some John Cale covers, as well as new material.
Aural States sat down to chat with Arbouretum frontman Dave Heumann about a month ago at the Cylburn Arboretum, of all places. The ...
Posted in Abouretum, Baltimore, Dave Heumann, Interview, Kale, Pontiak | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Thursday night, the first night of Whartscape, had that still new and fresh feeling...virginal maybe? Open seats were hard to find in theater 1 of the Charles. Wharstscape posters adorned the wall with phrases like "Worm Paste," and "Owl Dad." As with much of Wham City, I have no clue ...
Posted in Baltimore, Live Review, Mark Hosler, Matmos, Negativland, Whartscape 2008, the Charles | No Comments »
Friday, July 18th, 2008
So there is this little thing called Artscape coming up. Apparently it runs Friday to Sunday. I guess they are trying to compete with Whartscape?
Kidding aside, Baltimore is busting at the seems with live music this weekend. Also running, and partially funded by Artscape, is High Zero's ...
Posted in Artscape, High Zero | 2 Comments »
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
1. Describe your feelings on Wham City and what it means to you?
When I first was making a decision about whether or not to take job
offers in Toronto and Baltimore I told my grad students in a class at
the Art Institute about the tossup and one of my ...
Posted in Countdown to Whartscape, Drew Daniel, Matmos, Whartscape 2008 | No Comments »
Friday, July 4th, 2008
I have tried to apply the lede to nut graf format I learned during my brief print journalism career to Aural States posts. My former editor rode me for excessive "throat clearing." I never got over that habit, and I'll now take the chance to indulge.
I had gotten ...
Posted in Auburn Lull, Baltimore, Interview, Live Review, Luxa, Metro Gallery, Screen Vinyl Image, Thrushes, Ulrich Schnauss | 1 Comment »
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
