Preview: AK Slaughter, Lizz King, more @ Load of Fun (2009.08.28)
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Still have faith in the rock opera format, even after the Decemberists’ valiant but failed attempt at validating and reigniting interest in the genre earlier this year? Well, maybe Aran Keating, the AK from AK Slaughter, has the recipe for you in the form of Grundlehammer, a full-on and homegrown rock opera by the Baltimore Rock Opera Society.
Tonight’s show at the LOF/T in Load of Fun features AK Slaughter, Lizz King, Macgregor Burns, Wild Bonerz, and a host of others in a variety show benefit for the BROS production of Grundlehammer. Get in on it.

















Double Dagger: Masks EP
Pfisters: Narcicity
Lizz King: All Songs Go To Heaven
Imperial China: Phosphenes
Mopar Mountain Daredevils: Mopar Bloody Mopar
Lonnie Walker: These Times, Old Times
Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Secret Mountains: Kaddish EP
Bela Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 -Africa Sessions
Lands & Peoples: Lands & Peoples EP
Caleb Stine: Eyes So Strong and Clean
Wye Oak: The Knot
Pontiak: Maker
White Rabbits: It's Frightening
Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
Double Dagger: More
Elvis Perkins in Dearland: Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Dan Deacon: Bromst
The Thermals: Now We Can See
Soft Cement: Think About It EP
Arbouretum: Song of the Pearl
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Benjy Ferree: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
Weekends: Weekends
Height With Friends: Baltimore Highlands 12" LP, Limited-Run Vinyl Only
Caverns: Kittens! EP
Little Joy: Little Joy
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet:Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
The Secret Machines: Secret Machines
The Bug: LondonZoo
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
ImperialChina: Methods: EP