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The Run Down – Saturday October 26, 2008

Tonight in Baltimore Plants and Animals, Born Ruffians, and sBach play the Talking Head while, Jared Mees & The Grown Children and The Owls Go play the Hexagon.  Down in DC Mirah and No Kids play the Black Cat while Z-Trip mixes it up at the Rock and Roll Hotel.  Up north in Philly there’s a ton of solid shows.  The Magnetic Fields, Shugo Tokumaru, and jon Natchez play the Merriam Theater while The Defog, Crooked Looks, Gonna Get Got, Naeemah, and Bosco & Peck play The Fire.  Deerhoof, Experimental Dental School, and Flying perform at the Starlight Ballroom while finally at Pure Nightclub Late Off The Pier, 2 Many DJ’s, and Soulwax Nite Versions take it down into the early morning hours.

mp3: The Magnetic Fields – California Girls

mp3: Shugo Tokumaru – Button

mp3: Crooked Looks – VIP

mp3: Born Ruffians – Hummingbird

mp3: Plants and Animals – Mercy

mp3: Deerhoof – Milk Man

mp3: Mirah – Cold Cold Water

mp3: Dj Shadow – Six Days (Soulwax Remix)

mp3: Jared Mees & The Grown Children – 10:26

photo by david garland

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The Run Down – Friday September 19, 2008

Tonight in Baltimore the Ottobar has Soul Cannon and The Egg Babies Orchestra while the Metro Gallery has The Squaaks, Grammar Debate, The Swimmers, and Los Doggies.  Also in Harm City is Crooked Looks who play the Bedrock with Grilled Lincolns, Lunic, and Sonic Social.  Or if you want the big show in Baltimore you might want to head over to Sonar to see The Pretenders, The Hold Steady, and The All Mighty Senators.  Down in DC the Black Cat has Sunset Rubdown and Parenthetical Girls.  It’s a big night if you’re up in PHilly.  The Fillmore at the TLA has Ice Cube while the Starlight Ballroom has Mogwai and Fuck Buttons.  The North Star Bar has Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies, On Mono, The Defog, Soft Targets, and The Private Sea, but the show of the night might just be at the Trocadero with Stars (don’t forget to pick up the tour exclusive Sad Robots EP) and Bell X1.  Photo by Luke Olsen

mp3: Sunset Rubdown – For The Pier (And Dead Shimmering)

mp3: Grammar Debate – I Stab Myself To Sleep

mp3: Mogwai – Friend Of The Night

mp3: Stars – Ageless Beauty

mp3: Bell X1 – Flame

mp3: Crooked Looks – VIP

mp3: Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies – Julia

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The Run Down – Friday June 13, 2008

Uh oh.  Friday the 13th is upon us and…there doesn’t seem to be any bad luck for shows tonight.  Hooray!  In Baltimore there’s the Load Of Fun Big Art Show with Thrushes, Len Bias, Heroin UK, Moscow Telephone, and Sonadors.   Also in Baltimore are Squaaks, Gary B and the notions, Soul Cannon, and Egg Baby Orchestra playing the Ottobar.  Another one in Baltimore is the Charm City Art Space playing host to Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, The Riot Before, Cars Can Be Blue, South Carey, and Brace Face Mini Punx.  In DC, the Black Cat has Deleted Scenes, Hammer No More The Fingers, Caverns, and The Bakarton Group, while The Party Pit has Screaming Females, Cheeky, Nose Leech, and Freeze Up.  Finally in Philly, the Fire has Crooked Looks, Renmimbi, The Everyothers, and Rotosonic.

mp3: Thrushes – Flying

mp3: Deleted Scenes – Day Off Work

mp3: Hammer No More The Fingers – Concrete

mp3: Squaaks – Hot Tub

mp3: Soul Cannon – Hands High

mp3: Crooked Looks – VIP

mp3: The Everyothers – Can’t Get Around It

mp3: Screaming Females – Boyfriend

mp3: Endless Mike And The Beagle Club – Outlaw Trail

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Toofer Toosday – Crooked Looks & CHAINGANG

Crooked Looks is a recently formed trio from Brooklyn (one via Philly).  They have an EP coming out in July and it seems to be taking my ipod by storm.  Like fellow NYCers, LCD Soundsystem, they have a booming rhythm bass that obliterates your legs and mind until you can’t help but move.  On top of this rough dance rock groove is street level vocals that let you sing along with ease.

mp3: Crooked Looks – VIP

CHAINGANG is dance punk indie rock from down under that soars high and dives down into your limbs, making them do all sorts of crazy things (dangerous while driving).  Hayley’s lead vocals are powerful and unique (as if Bjork became a thrasher…or Siouxsie…yeah that’s the ticket).  I’ve only been able to put my hands on some demos, but CHAINGANG is definitely worth a listen, a show, and an album watch.  photo by luke austin

mp3: CHAINGANG – Get Off My Stage

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