Thrushes just released a new vid for the song “The Hardest Part.” Catch them live at the Big Art Show the weekend of June 13 at Load of Fun Studios.

OK, so we drew some numbers from a random number generator and assigned winners for the Thrushes giveaway.

Grand prize – Brady Salzman
First prize – April Gray
Second prize (2) – Asa Eisenhardt, Paul Timer

Hooray, check your emails and respond if necessary with info. Don’t miss the show and be a sore loser. Tomorrow night @ the Metro Gallery. Check the flyer at your right for more info.

Just a reminder, kids. The clock is ticking for you to enter our Thrushes (et al) giveaway contest for the Heartbeats Remixed CD Release Party at Metro Gallery this Saturday.
To further whet your appetite, check this new track from Baltimore’s own Sonadors (ex-Hymnen). Heartily recommended by both the AS staff and the Baltimore Taper.

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Sonadors – LA98

In celebration of Thrushes upcoming Heartbeats Remixed CD release show at the Metro Gallery on Sat May 10, we’ve got a boatload of schwag from them and Dead Leaf Echo (NYC). Check out 2 tracks from the remix CD and one from Dead Leaf Echo’s EP Pale Fire.

Entry is easy! Just leave your name, location and email in a comment or send an email off to auralstates@gmail.com. Winners will be drawn on Fri May 9 and notified by email that morning.

Here’s the schwag up for grabs:

1 Grand Prize (must be Baltimore local, attend show)

from Thrushes: 1 copy of Heartbeats Remixed and Sun Come Undone, 1 shirt, 1 guest list, signed and numbered poster from Raveonettes show, copy of Hymnen CD Inferno in Vogue from Sonadors, stickers, buttons and whatever else Casey can fit into the giant black garbage bag.

from Dead Leaf Echo: 1 copy of Pale Fire, 1 shirt, assorted stickers

1 First Prize (must be Baltimore local, attend show)

from Thrushes: 1 copy of Heartbeats Remixed, 1 shirt, 1 guest list

from Dead Leaf Echo: 1 copy of Pale Fire, 1 shirt, assorted stickers

2 Second Prizes (open to anyone)

from Thrushes: 1 copy of Heartbeats Remixed

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Thrushes – Heartbeats

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Thrushes – Heartbeats (DtheNextLevel)

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Thrushes – Heartbeats (WKCsound)

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Dead Leaf Echo – Tears

Two tracks just dropped into my inbox from regional artists.

Baltimore’s Thrushes will be releasing their Heartbeats Remixed CD on Birdnote, May 6th followed by a Sat May 10th CD release show at Metro Gallery. The CD is all remixes of the track “Heartbeats.” Check out the lead track on the album and the original track.

Thrushes – Heartbeats (DtheNextLevel Mix)

Thrushes – Heartbeats (original)

Philly natives Public Record hold a DC release party Apr 15th at the Velvet Lounge in DC to celebrate the release of their album Apr 08.

Public Record – Comfortability
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New video from the kids in Thrushes in anticipation of their Heartbeats Remixed CD, coming out in May. Be sure to check em out, opening for Raveonettes this Friday at the Ottobar (info on flyer to the left).

While you’re at it, check out our interview with the band and an MP3 of “Trees” here!

This past Monday night I had the distinct pleasure of going up to visit the residence of and chat with Baltimore’s most elite, sorta-shoegaze-but-really-not-so-much, songbirds in Thrushes.

Situated between Hamilton and Lauraville, the only house on the block with the porch light on makes everything feel like family and home before I even step inside. And that continued as the door opened to the guys and gals lounging in their living room around a box of brownies, with their feisty and adorable dog Heidi and a bottle of red wine.

You can tell Thrushes love what they do and love doing it together. They are a band that functions like a family-unit of the closest friends. And that bodes really well for listeners and their music.

Full interview after the jump. And enjoy this demo of their song “Trees”, courtesy of Casey and crew!

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MP3: Thrushes – Trees (Demo 5-3-07)

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Some cool stuff coming up:

– This week, we see the release of the 25th Anniversary edition of Thriller, Michael Jackson’s landmark pop-transcending musical opus…you know, pre-albino freak-out. CD has a bunch of remixes tacked on and comes complete with music videos including a digitally re-polished “Thriller” as well as live performance footage.

Since Jack-o seems to have enthralled YouTube into preventing embedding of his video, I have taken the liberty of embedding the Indian version, musically less entertaining, but comedically much better than the original.

– Everyone’s favorite indie-pop jokers We Are Scientists are releasing their latest LP, Brain Thrust Mastery in the UK and parts of Europe on March 17th. Video for lead single “After Hours” after the jump.

– Self-described “art-pop” kids in HIJK combines pop-punk vocal delivery and melodic direction with technical details constructed using post-punk nuts and bolts. Most notably, the angular and interesting guitar work as well as the truly kinetic bass work to deliver some enjoyable gems that often surprise and defy description. Maybe its the inspired and varied instrumentation…je ne sais quoi. Check their first video for “Paper Boat” after the jump.

Tracks from the 2007 LP The Pen and the Letter:
Paper Boat
Hey Sleepy Smile
Center of Things

– News and interview from local shoegaze darlings Thrushes, forthcoming…
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Baltimore’s favorite anguished, love-lorn shoegazers just released a new video! Check out the video for “Aidan Quinn” off the superb LP Sun Come Undone…and if you are still aching for more, check after the jump for 3 more Thrushes videos for “Ghost Train,” “Heartbeats” and “Trees”.