Double Dagger
Floristree
Baltimore, MD
May 22, 2009

Band:
Nolen Strals-vocals
Bruce Willen-bass, vocals
Denny Bowen-drums

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Photo credit: Greg Szeto

Air Waves’ set here

Video Hippos’ set here

Download the full set formatted as: MP3 or FLAC (Available after 11:45PM EST 5/23)

Stream and download individual MP3s after the jump.

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Giveaway: we have 3 copies (CD) of the new album, paired with posters, to give to 3 lucky winners, courtesy of the fine folks at Thrill Jockey Records.  Just comment, leaving a contact email to join our kind-of monthly email list, and you could be randomly drawn on Friday!

Winners!

Katie

James

Petrnotail

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MP3: Double Dagger – The Lie/The Truth

Double Dagger are undoubtedly one of our fair city’s most brilliant and potent gems.  Combining the best parts of the music and arts scenes from around town, the talented trio bridge the oft-chasmic valleys separating the social circles of indie, hipsterism, art and hardcore punk roots in the town.  Their broad appeal is a testament to their talent and magnetism.  And with this latest album, they assert themselves as a constantly progressing entity that can be so much more than the tongue-in-cheek amalgamated genre they wittingly (and back-handedly) coined “graphic design-core” so many years ago, and have been straddled with ever since by the lazy music writers of the world. Read the rest…

Aural States, in association with Thrill Jockey, are proud to host the premiere of “The Lie/The Truth” from Double Dagger’s upcoming full-length, MORE.

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MP3: Double Dagger – The Lie/The Truth

Disclaimer: Double Dagger is one of my favorite bands.  And on top of that, they’re exceedingly friendly guys.  So with great relish I met up with them pre-practice this past Saturday afternoon at the Copycat and we proceeded to discuss past, present, future and everything MORE, their first release with their new label Thrill Jockey, which drops on May 5.

Also, the boys have some shows lined up this week:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 (TONIGHT)
Towson, MD / Celebrated Summer Records
w/ Masshysteri (from Sweden, ex-The Vicious), Deep Sleep
All ages! 8:00 PM. (limited capacity)

THURSDAY, MARCH 19
Brooklyn, NY / Market Hotel
w/ Future Islands, Teeth Mountain, Liturgy
www.myspace.com/markethotelnyc

FRIDAY, MARCH 20
Philadelphia, PA / Danger Danger Gallery
w/ Future Islands, Reading Rainbow, Hot Guts

Aural States: Let’s start with a brief history.  The abbreviated version of how Double Dagger started.

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