All photos: Greg SzetoBaby Aspirin played a standout set on Saturday (which you can hear here thanks to Jeff), impressing me much more than my previous experience with them at the Talking Head). Â They recalled the tude and sound of the best and brightest of the riot grrl movement. Â At times, they made me really [...]
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Photos: Rufustival 2009 (2009.06.06)
Album Review: Ape School - Ape School (Counter)
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Ape School - The Underground.mp3MP3: Ape School - The Underground from Demo (2003)MP3: Ape School - My Intention (Yppah Remix)A recent conversation with Michael Johnson of Philadelphia-based solo project Ape School revealed a frustrating truth: tastes, and therefore influences, are now running in ever-shortening duration.In a feature article about his new self-titled release in Remix where [...]
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Live Review: Caverns Video Release Party feat. A Place to Bury Strangers, True Womanhood @ Rock and Roll Hotel (2009.06.05)
Caverns @ Aural States FestWe’d prepared you for weeks and finally, this past Friday, the loudest bands in DC and Brooklyn combined for a night of earsplittingly beautiful rock and roll: the Caverns Video Release Party featuring A Place to Bury Strangers and True Womanhood.Sadly, we missed True Womanhood (but really, if you had a free [...]
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Live Review: Hilary Hahn Burns Blue in New Concerto at the BSO (2009. 06.04)
Whatever extraordinary things you’ve heard about Baltimore-native Hilary Hahn (Wiki) are true. I am probably the one classical devotee who’s never owned, borrowed, burned or downloaded a single track of Ms. Hahn’s playing, Brahms or otherwise. To experience her for the first time, live and seated four rows from the front, revealed she’s not [...]
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Dan Deacon contest closes TODAY @ 5PM EST
You have until 5PM EST to enter your comment for free Dan Deacon tix this Saturday.Have at thee.Now with set times:Club Room - Doors 8pmTaxLo DJs 8-930 PMScottie B 930-1030 PMG.E.M. featuring DJ Booman 1030-1130 PMThieves Like Us 1130-1230 AMMartyn 1230-2AMMain Room - Doors 9 PMDJ 9-9:30PMAwesome Color 9:30-10:00Dat Politics 1015-1115Black Dice 1130-1230Dan Deacon 1245-145
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Live Review: Man Man, Gogol Bordello @ Ram’s Head Live (2009.06.04)
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Photo credit: Mike D’Ariano (not from this show)MP3: Gogol Bordello - Dying After You (traditional Gypsy song) from NPR’s All Things Considered on April 29, 2006MP3: Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox from Six Demon Bag (2006)Fuck if Man Man couldn’t be more awesome. I arrived at Rams Head Live to a snakelike line going nearly [...]
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MT6 Records: Part 4 - In the deep end…
Welcome Carlos Guillen, who will be providing an insider’s take on the Early 2009 MT6 Sampler, a decidedly different perspective from Zack’s fish-out-of-water scenario.  Carlos is a longstanding performer of experimental music whose past projects include the fantastic Soihadto with Duff from Ace of Cakes.  His baby continues to be The Expanding Man, a dizzying instrumental [...]
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Live Audio: Baby Aspirin @ Rufustival 2009 - Metro Gallery 2 Year Anniversary (2009.06.06)
Baby AspirinRufustival; Metro GalleryBaltimore, MDJune 6, 2009Source: Peluso CEMC6/ck4(card)>PS-2>AD-20>NJB3Transfer: NJB3>PC>SF-7>Wav>FLACTaper: Jeff Mewbourn (jm292@yahoo.com)Download set archive in MP3 or FLAC format.Streaming MP3s and video after the jump.1. MP3: Santa Meurte2. MP3: Thin Pink Line3. MP3: Oh Poltergeist4. MP3: Black Arrow5. MP3: Tiger6. MP3: Blonde Beehive7. MP3: My Rising S...
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MT6 Records: Part 3 - Jason Willett - The Sounds of Megaphone Limited
Almost twenty years ago Jason Willett was plunking out the bass notes for Half Japanese, a band that would become one of the most celebrated cult heroes of experimental rock. Opening for Nirvana on their In Utero tour, being name checked by Thurston Moore in interviews, featuring guest appearances from Moe Tucker and Ira [...]
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Down the Vine Vol. 6 - The True Vine these days…
The True Vine 3544 Hickory Ave.Baltimore, MDTelephone: 410 235 4500open hours:Tues. to Sat. 12 - 9Sun. & Mon. 12 - 6Hello! Good to see you!This update brought to you by special guest Owen Gardner.Maybe you’d rather hear it from Jason but he needs a break and I have a lot of important things to tell [...]
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