Archive for the ‘Audio’ Category
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
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MP3: Built to Spill - Stop the Show (Live) from Live (1999)
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MP3: Built to Spill - Three Years Ago Today from Ultimate Alternative Wavers (1993)
Wednesday was my first time at Rams Head Live to see the always spectacular Built to Spill (Myspace/Wiki). I got there at about 8:30, ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Built to Spill, Live Review, Meat Puppets, Rams Head Live, the Drones | 1 Comment »
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Hometown boys the Death Set take over Pitchfork.tv this week. Live, on a rooftop, as P4k.tv is wont to do. Choice cuts here and after the jump.
And don't forget about our old coverage, including a live recording from their show with Matt & Kim at the Lo-Fi earlier this year.
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Posted in Audio, Baltimore, The Death Set, Video | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
The Presets got sick and had to cancel their DC tour date earlier this year. But now they've returned triumphantly with Modular labelmates Cut Copy.
Refresh your memory by checking out our interview with Julian Hamilton and our review of their latest album, Apocalypso.
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MP3: The Presets - If ...
Posted in 9:30 Club, Audio, DC, Preview, the Presets | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
It isn't difficult to write a pop song. It's really not. The reason mash-up artists such as Girl Talk have a genre is because modern pop's gotten lazy. It's hard not to mash songs together when the similarities are so apparent. This was not the case for The Unicorns in ...
Posted in Album Review, Audio, the Unicorns | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
So I heaped some praise on the guys in the Secret Machines for their latest album. It's quite good. Here's your first chance to sneak a listen.
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MP3: The Secret Machines - Atomic Heels
The tour supporting their latest effort kicks off October 16 at the 9:30 Club in good ...
Posted in Audio, DC, Preview, the Secret Machines | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
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MP3: Lo Moda - Les Jardins (De L'bouli) from Gospel Store Front
Before even knowing Peter Quinn was affiliated with Lo Moda, I recognized him sitting next to me on the wooden benches that lined the Ottobar. He sat with a mysterious look in his eye, slowly sipping ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Ecstatic Sunshine, LO MODA, Live Review, Ottobar | 3 Comments »
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, Ram's Head Live is proud to welcome Built to Spill and Meat Puppets, two offshoots of the 2008 All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, which has probably gone down as having the most stacked lineup of a festival in recent rock music history. Built to Spill will perform their ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Built to Spill, Meat Puppets, Preview, Rams Head Live | 1 Comment »
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Vulture Realty is Nick Horsman and Eric Lodwick-- two strapping young gents that have just relocated from our fine city to the bigger, noisier, taller one approximately 3 hours north of B-More. Their first EP, "We Are Vultures" (Normative, NYC), is available for free download and is reason enough for ...
Posted in Album Review, Audio, Vulture Realty | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 19th, 2008
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MP3: Dreadful Yawns - Expecting Rain
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MP3: Dreadful Yawns - Kill Me Now
Despite the name, The Dreadful Yawns’ five or so years of existence have been anything but boring. This month saw the release of the Cleveland band’s fourth full-length in that span, this one with a completely new lineup with ...
Posted in Album Review, Audio, Ben Gmetro, Dreadful Yawns, Exit Stencil, Interview | No Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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MP3: Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Department of Eagles' new album (much like everything else Grizzly Bear's Dan Rossen touches) is overflowing with mysteriousness and innovation–– a seminal creation that at times even overshadows some of Grizzly Bear's better creative output.
That being said, everyone from Yellow House except ...
Posted in Album Review, Audio, Department of Eagles | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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MP3: Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone
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MP3: Thrushes - Ghost Train
So one of our local favorites, Thrushes, are playing a great show October 2nd at the Ottobar. Headliners are the fantastic sounding Glasvegas. The bad news? Due to some personnel shakeups in the form of drummer Ryan Sterner's departure, ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Contest, Glasvegas, Preview, Thrushes | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
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MP3: Parenthethical Girls - Gut Symmetries (Deerhoof cover)
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MP3: Parenthetical Girls - A Song for Ellie Greenwich from Entangelments (2008)
Parenthetical Girls just dropped their album Entanglements yesterday, and already they are getting covered by Deerhoof. Combine that with positive reviews of their album which is basically orchestral music slightly askew/gone awry ...
Posted in Audio, News, Parenthetical Girls | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Shearwaters are medium-sized, long-winged birds, part of the family Procellariidae. Elegant even by avian standards, many of their ilk are long-distance migrants and long-lived. Their flight is remarkable in its gliding ease and grace, and the length of its migrations spans hemispheres. It's rare to be able ...
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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 »
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Courtesy of Aural States & the Hexagon: Win a pair of free tickets to the first Baltimore Chiptunes festival at the Hexagon Sept 13th. Leave a comment or email auralstates@gmail.com with your name and contact info to be entered. Simple as that. A winner will be drawn ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, Baltimore Synth DIY / Circuit Bending / Chiptunes Fest, Interview, Jeff Donaldson, NYC, Preview, noteNdo | 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
