Archive for the ‘Ottobar’ Category
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
DC’s Caverns will play at the Ottobar this Thursday, the 29th, along with Lush Farm, Driving in Silence, and Person Parcel.
I’m not that familiar with the other bands playing, but from what I know my gut reaction is to bemoan the fact that shows aren’t prorated just for the bands ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Fresh off a deliciously vintage early generation Creative Nomad audio player (Creative bought Rio, one of the pioneers making the first generation of portable MP3 players back in the mid-90s), Jeff the Baltimore Taper serves up some sweet sweet audio from the openers of the Teenagers-headlined bill at the Ottobar ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Download the entire set as FLAC files here, stream the MP3s below and download by clicking the song name.
Smart Growth
The Ottobar
Baltimore, MD
May 6, 2008
Smart Growth is:
Dennis Bowen-drums, beats
Source: Peluso CEMC6/ck41(hypercard)>PS-2>AD-20>NJB3
Transfer: NJB3>PC>SF-7>Wav>FLAC
Taper: Jeff Mewbourn (jm292@yahoo.com)
http://baltimore-taper.blogspot.com
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Download the entire set as FLAC files here, stream the MP3s below and download by clicking the song name.
Team Robespierre
The Ottobar
Baltimore, MD
May 6, 2008
Source: Peluso CEMC6/ck41(hypercard)>PS-2>AD-20>NJB3
Transfer: NJB3>PC>SF-7>Wav>FLAC
Taper: Jeff Mewbourn (jm292@yahoo.com)
http://baltimore-taper.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
I walked into a fairly impressively packed Sunday night at the Ottobar. The last time I saw it this packed was for cult-legend Daniel Johnston a few weeks back. But the crowd was an altogether different variety. The sea of X’s made me a little wary of ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Crystal Castles are another electronified duo out to take over the world. Justice: you are officially on notice.I kinda think of them as the Faint and Justice mixing an 8-bit video game soundtrack. Their show tonight at the Ottobar should be quite the sick affair. Openers HEALTH, ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
While Stars were busy delivering their highly dramatized indie pop in downtown to a packed house at Sonar, the Ottobar crowd was relatively light for DC-based Georgie James' alternate approach to the genre.
But given the quality of Georgie James' performance and music, there should have been a more equal split ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Writing about Brother Ali presents a problem. On the one hand I feel dwelling on his background undercuts his music; he even feared this, being so reluctant early on to discuss his race that some mistakenly reported him as African-American.But on the other hand, an MC isn’t exactly a ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
This Wednesday at the Ottobar: Canadians Born Ruffians and Cadence Weapon as well as one of Bmore's sweetest, most keyboard-heavy indie-poppers Karmella's Game.To get you excited for the show, here are a couple tracks off each artist's upcoming album (both to be released tomorrow). Check them out after the ...
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