Archive for the ‘Recommended Albums’ Category
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Enjoy this Aural States exclusive, vinyl-rip off AFX's Smojphace EP, a remix of the Bug & Daddy Freddy's "Run the place red."
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MP3: The Bug & Daddy Freddy - Run the place red (AFX mix)
At a recent party, when the DJ dropped a bass-heavy Baltimore Club ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Arbouretum & Pontiak play the Talking Head this Friday, Sept 5 with Psychic Paramount and Sri Aurobindo. Not to be missed.
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MP3: Pontiak - Dome under the sky
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MP3: Arbouretum - Buffalo Ballet
John Cale is the highly prolific co-founder of a little band called the Velvet ...
Posted in Album Review, Arbouretum, Audio, Baltimore, John Cale, Kale, Pontiak, Recommended Albums | 1 Comment »
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
As we delve further into the HD age, where the unplucked hairs on a famed celebrity's face are readily visible on TV screens and radio and TV stations will be going all HD in the next year or so, there seems to be a sort of counter-revolution going on.
Flying in ...
Posted in 13th Floor Elevators, Album Review, Recommended Albums | 5 Comments »
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Don't miss Small Sur's CD release show Aug. 9 @ 2640 Space, and their show at the Talking Head Aug. 30 with Duchess and the Duke.
With this first release on Tender Loving Empire, Bob Keal, ringleader for the motley crew of wilderness folksters Small Sur including one familiar face Andy ...
Posted in Album Review, Andy Abelow, Audio, Baltimore, Bob Keal, Recommended Albums, Small Sur | 5 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, Recommended Albums, Skeleton | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Everyone welcome our newest contributor, Julia Conny! Her first piece is a review on a disc much-beloved in the ancient halls of Aural States' labyrinthine lair...
Catch their show this Friday July 11th @ the Metro Gallery with Sonadors, Sun Tornado and Sawhorse.
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MP3: Imperial China - "There is no translation"
Methods: is ...
Posted in Album Review, Audio, DC, Imperial China, Methods, Recommended Albums | 3 Comments »
Little Joy: Little Joy
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet: Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
The Secret Machines: Secret Machines
The Bug: London Zoo
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
Abe Vigoda: Skeleton
Imperial China: Methods: EP