Archive for the ‘DC’ Category
Monday, December 1st, 2008
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MP3: Rich Man from Delete. Delete. I. Eat. Meat. (2007)
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MP3: Heavy Heart from Robotique Majestique (2008)
Live, this band is incredible. The music doesn't sound like it comes from instruments; the singing doesn't sound like it comes from humans. The third member of the band is a severely unrecognized lighting designer. ...
Posted in 9:30 Club, Audio, DC, Ghostland Observatory, Preview | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Let me begin by admitting I’m in love with violinist Mihály Sipos. Add to that this testament: I’ll never marry unless all my friends and family pool together to pay Muzsikás the handsome fee to play at my fires of Hymen!
For, despite my mad adoration for the boys in Monument ...
Posted in DC, Library of Congress, Live Review, Mihály Sipos, Muzsikás, Márta Sebestyén, Takács, Takács Quartet | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
When so-called "important" bands posthumously reissue their albums, there's not always a lot to be said about them. This is usually because the band doesn't have any more to say the second time around and only further cement their place in the back pages of online music chronicles.
Thankfully, the same ...
Posted in Audio, Commentary, DC, OpEd, Pavement | No Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
All photos: Jane Briggs
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MP3: True Womanhood - The Monk
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MP3: True Womanhood - Five-Colored Hands
Live performances are one of the most lucid windows into someone's heart and soul. Tons of choreography, pretension and rehearsed spontaneity suggest an egomaniacal fiend. A stripped down acoustic set suggests the performer is intimately ...
Posted in Audio, Black Cat, DC, Live Review, True Womanhood | 4 Comments »
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
All photos: Klea Scharberg
My take:
I mention something about The Rumble Strips sounding like “British indie-rock” and drummer Matthew Wheeler sticks up his nose. “I wouldn’t say that”, he protests. I throw a few more titles at him, but still, he shakes his head. “We are nothing.” (Ed note: NIHILISTS!)
Well, for ...
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Yelle was positively magnetic. An effortless and endearing performance that all peddlers of pop should rightfully take notice of. Not content to merely go through choreographed dance routines and over-the-top, carefully orchestrated sexual sub-and-super-texts, she came across as more than genuine, effusing a true sense of joie de vivre that ...
Posted in 9:30 Club, DC, Funeral Party, Live Review, Photos, Yelle, kap10kurt | 3 Comments »
Friday, October 10th, 2008
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MP3: Yelle - Tristesse/Joie
Yelle is France's latest international export.
Dripping with pop and style and inescapably catchy music, she is everything that a pop star should be. She puts the majority of American pop to shame, like an adult telling the kids to go home and do their homework.
Her densely layered, ...
Posted in 9:30 Club, Audio, DC, Preview, WMUC, Yelle | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 10th, 2008
Photos: Evangelicals, Greensboro NC (right); Parenthetical Girls, Portland OR (below)
Coming all the way from Oklahoma, Evangelicals finally made a trip back to DC. Fog machines and neon spotlights in tow- maybe the fact that we're in the month of October isn't the only reason it feels like Halloween. I noticed ...
Posted in DC, Evangelicals, Live Review, Parenthetical Girls, Rock and Roll Hotel | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
So French pop-seamstress Yelle is coming to the area. 2 appearances next Monday, one at University of Maryland College Park's radio station, WMUC at 5PM, then the late show at 9:30 Club.
I am unbelievably pumped for this.
Yelle "C'est l'Amerique" Tour 2008 - TEASER from Yelle on Vimeo.
Posted in 9:30 Club, DC, Preview, Video, Yelle | 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 | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
We've extolled the virtues of Vivian Girls here before. In case you were hesitant to take advantage of their show at the Nerve Center, you are gonna get a boatload of new chances to experience them in the coming month, starting this Wednesday at the Ottobar with locals Baby Venom.
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MP3: ...
Posted in Audio, Baltimore, DC, Ottobar, Preview, Rock and Roll Hotel, Sonar, Video, Vivian Girls | No Comments »
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 »
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 »
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Pitchfork.tv continues the Bmore love-in this week. Wham City member and all-around unitard-sporting fun guy Benny Boeldt aka Adventure just released this new music video to accompany "Ultrazone," the lead single off his excellent self-titled Carpark debut, dropping in September.
He plays with EAR PWR tonight at DC's Velvet Lounge.
Video ...
Posted in Adventure, DC, Pitchfork.tv, Preview, Velvet Lounge, Video | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Email us at auralstates@gmail.com or comment this post for a chance to win a Caverns prize pack featuring a bunch of new merch (shirts, lighters, stickers, buttons etc). Winner drawn next week.
Two of our DC favorites, Imperial China and Caverns, are playing a show with True Womanhood tomorrow night ...
Posted in Audio, Caverns, Contest, DC, Imperial China, Preview, True Womanhood | 3 Comments »
Little Joy: Little Joy
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