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, and recently. They share the intensity, and the weirdo aesthetic of our town. Kim Schifino, of Matt and Kim, said the city was beginning to feel like home.

“Honestly, for a second, I thought we were in Brooklyn. You just keep seeing people at every show. It’s like ‘Oh, yea, it’s that person,’” Kim said (Aural States then explained the Smalltimore effect to her). Read the rest…

Our ticket giveaway for the F Yeah Tour is still going strong, winner will be drawn on Monday! Just email us to be entered! In the mean time, enjoy this new Death Set remix!

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MP3: The Death Set – Boys & Girls (Stinky Love Drowning in a toilet RMX)

We are giving away a pair of TaxLo-courtesy tickets to the F Yeah Tour date at Sonar featuring the Death Set, Monotonix, Team Robespierre and Matt & Kim.  Do your research and start listening…email us at auralstates at gmail dot com for entry to win tix.

Our aural offerings:

Team Robespierre live recording from the Ottobar.

Death Set live recording from the Lo-Fi Social Club.

Matt & Kim live recording from the Lo-Fi Social Club.

And here are some tasty downloadable MP3 bits from Monotonix and Team Robespierre.

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MP3: Team Robespierre – Ha ha ha

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MP3: Monotonix – Summers and Autumns

Check my show review at BYT.

Jeff the Taper was in the house as well and was kind enough to provide us with the entire live recording, exclusively.

Check after the jump for the tracks. Download MP3s of each song by clicking on the name or a ZIP file of the whole set by clicking the band name.

You can find the Death Set‘s set here.

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You should get your ass to this show. It is guaranteed to be ridiculous. Friday morning be damned, live for Thursday night. It will likely sell out AND be sweaty as all get-out. Be prepared for a spazz-dance workout, you wacky kids! This could be the show of the week. I highly recommend you pick up Matt and Kim’s self-titled debut here and the Death Set’s latest release Worldwide here.

But for now, take these complimentary magical, musical pills and get pumped:

Matt and Kim:

Matt and Kim – “No More Long Years”

Matt and Kim – “Verbs Before Nouns”

The Death Set:


The Death Set – “Negative Thinking”

The Death Set – “Impossible” (Dan Deacon Remix)

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