Archive for the ‘Live Review’ Category
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Whartscape 2008's Friday show was at the 2640 Space, a church undergoing renovation assisted by the Red Emma's collective. In exchange for their services, they get to hold events provided there is no alcohol sold/drunk on the premises...house of God and all.
This year's line-up has more variety with a ...
Posted in Andy Abelow, Arbouretum, Baltimore, Beach House, Jana Hunter, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Live Review, Santa Dads, Whartscape 2008, Wheatie Mattiasich | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Easily the most striking thing about the new Abe Vigoda album is its production, which is downright poppy relative to tour-mates No Age. Spindly guitars with bizarre effects take up odd angles against each other and tumble from the speakers like Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's used to do when he played ...
Posted in Abe Vigoda, Album Review, Baltimore, Floristree, LA, Live Review, Skeleton | No Comments »
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Alexa's Take:
On a Sunday, I was curious to see what crowd would show for this rainy summer night of punk-ish madness. Sonar introduced Ratsize, leading the show with a loud, messy performance, including a cover of the Adolescents' “No Way”. Lead vox Pat Martin put on a pretty good ...
Posted in Adam Savage, Jay Reatard, Live Review, Ratsize, Sonar, Uncategorized, Vincent Black Shadow | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Another new contributor! Welcome Zack Turowski! His first piece is a double-header review of Times New Viking @ RnR Hotel in DC and No Age @ Floristree here in good ol' Bmore. You can also download live audio of No Age's set.
First photo: TNV, the rest: No ...
Posted in Baltimore, DC, Floristree, Live Review, No Age, RnR Hotel, Times New Viking | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
This review is a little late. Sorry. I've got another one sitting and waiting in the wings, that will hopefully be up shortly.
Wooly Mammoth doesn't play nearly enough shows in the area. The DC-hailing rockers come up here once a month during a good stretch; and ...
Posted in Baltimore, DC, Live Review, Talking Head, Wooly Mammoth | 1 Comment »
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 »
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
As I meandered over to the Which Stage to wait for Sharon Jones, I heard strains of brass-driven jazz. Soul Rebels Brass Band weren't in the booklet schedule, but they more than satisfied my desire for groovy funk. They combine a hip-hop approach to performance with jazz, funk and reggae. ...
Posted in Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, B.B. King, Bela Fleck, Ben Folds, Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2008, Gogol Bordello, Kanye West, Live Review, Mastodon, Pearl Jam, Sigur Ros, Soul Rebels Brass Band | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Though I've seen the Fiery Furnaces (Wiki) twice before, I decided to go after their set at the That Tent since the two previous shows had been like night and day, presenting some of the most musically stimulating and challenging live experiences I've ever had.
Their Roo performance proved no different.
Posted in Bela Fleck, Bluegrass Allstars, Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2008, Chris Rock, Fiery Furnaces, Live Review, Metallica, My Morning Jacket, Sam Bush, Tegan and Sara, Video, Willie Nelson, the Raconteurs | No Comments »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
All photos: the esteemed Josh Sisk
"FUCK YEA!"--both the name of the tour, and my general impression of the night.
Though The Death Set were the only band actually hailing from Baltimore, I felt the rest of the groups (excluding one) were honorary Baltimoreans for the night. Monotonix have played here often, ...
Posted in Ami Shalev, Baltimore, F Yeah Tour, Live Review, Matt and Kim, Monotonix, Sonar, Team Robespierre, The Death Set | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Setting the atmosphere and general attitude of the festival, the first set I saw was Brooklyn’s the Big Sleep in the table-filled Troo Music Lounge. There was a huge turn-out for the low-marquee band and they delivered on the promise of their expansive, brooding, garage-y fuzz rock. Though ...
Posted in Battles, Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2008, Live Review, MGMT, Superdrag, The Big Sleep, Vampire Weekend | No Comments »
