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The Run Down – Friday October 3, 2008

Tonight in Baltimore you might want to check the Metro Gallery for The Payola Reserve and These United States or possibly Rams Head Live for The Roots, Gym Class Heroes, and Estelle.  Down in DC there’s a great (albeit sold out) show at the Black Cat with Fleet Foxes and Frank Fairfield.  If you can’t get into that one, not to worry, the 9:30 club has Kool Keith and the Rock and Roll Hotel has Glasvegas, Soft Complex, and DJ William Alberque.  Up north in Philly the First Unitarian Church has Damien Jurado and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson while the Electric Factory has Tegan and Sara, City and Colour, and Girl In A Coma.  The Fillmore at the TLA has Pattern Is Movement and Shudder To Think while Johnny Brenda’s has Say Hi, Jukebox The Ghost, and Caves Of Mercury.  Finally tonight if you happen to be out that way, Fredricksburg All Ages is having it’s two year anniversary show with Tereu Tereu, Birdmonster, and Carlos I’m Pregnant.  As always, if I’ve missed anything please shout it out below.

mp3: These United States – Burn This Bridge

mp3: Fleet Foxes – Heard Them Stirring

mp3: Say Hi – Spiders

mp3: Jukebox The Ghost – Under My Skin

mp3: Birdmonster – Ice Age

mp3: Pattern Is Movement – Jenny Ono

mp3: The Roots – Here I Come

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The Run Down – Saturday August 2, 2008

Tonight in Baltimore don’t miss a show of some of our good friends Bellman Barker and The Courtesy Line at the Metro Gallery.  Also in Baltimore are Earlimart who play the Ottobar with Brickfoot and The Petticoat Tea Room.  A little further south in Columbia, Merriweather Post Pavillion has Jill Scott, The Roots, Chuck Brown, and Estelle.  In DC, the Black Cat has We Are Scientists, Oxford Collapse, and Apache Beat.  Also in DC are Aimee Mann and The Submarines who play the 9:30 Club.  Finally in Camden, NJ, the Susquehanna Bank Center has Download 2008 featuring The Killers, Sia, The Stooges, Mates Of State, The Stills, Louis XIV, The Enemy, and Mute Math.

mp3: We Are Scientists – Textbook

mp3: The Submarines – Vote

mp3: Earlimart – Caruthers Boy

mp3: Bellman Barker – Charles Kil

mp3: The Courtesy Line – Let It Rain

mp3: Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott – Daydreamin’

mp3: The Roots – Double Trouble

mp3: The Killers – Everything Will Be Alright

mp3: Sia – Breathe ME (Four Tet Remix)

mp3: Mates Of State – Fraud In The 80s

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The Run Down – Saturday June 7, 2008

Today is Starscape in Baltimore, so head over to Fort Armistead to see The Disco Biscuits, Slick Rick (w/live band), Bassnectar, Easy Star All-Stars, Future Rock, Pnuma Trio, Eoto, Toubab Krewe, Biodeisel, Orchard Lounge, DJ Vadim (w/yarah bravo), See-I, Roc Raida, Mental Sharp, Basshound, Earthtone, Pasadena, 3 Fifths, Segway, and many many more. Also in Baltimore is Rilo Kiley at The Ram’s Head Live, and The Bloodsugars, Names Can Own, and Ana Ida Roman at Metro Gallery. In DC, The Black Cat has M83 and The Berg Sans Nippel while the Rock and Roll Hotel has The Presets. Furthering DC’s events is Constitution Hall’s big show with Cyndi Lauper, Regina Spektor, The B-52s, and Tegan & Sara, while the 9:30 Club has The Kooks. In Philly, The Fillmore has Swervedriver and Longwave while Johnny Brenda’s has The War On Drugs’ CD Release with Ape School and Kurt Vile. Also in Philly is the awesome Roots Picnic at Penns Landing featuring The Roots (obviously), Gnarls Barkley, Deerhoof, Diplo, Santogold, The Cool Kids, ?uestlove, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, J Davey, and Esperanza Spalding. Good gravy.

mp3: The Roots – Black’s Reconstruction

mp3: Deerhoof – Milk Man

mp3: Diplo – Young Folks Pussy

mp3: Santogold – Shove It

mp3: Tegan & Sara – Back In Your Head (Tyler Fedchuk’s 1/2 Alive Disco Remix)

mp3: The Kooks – Shine On

mp3: The Bloodsugars – Purpose Was Again

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The Run Down – Saturday May 10, 2008

Holy cow! Tonight! Metro Gallery has the CD release for Thrushes with Dead Leaf Echo, Sonadors, and Blonde Acid Cult playing too. Also in Baltimore, The Roots are playing the Pier Six Pavillion with Erykah Badu. In DC the Velvet Lounge has a great early show (2pm) with Appomattox, Imperial China, Len Bias, The prisoner’s Dilemma, and Moscow Telephone, but they also have a great late show with New york times, Nerd Parade, and Koko. As for major acts, you can’t get much bigger than Kanye West who is playing Missan Pavillion with Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, and N.E.R.D.. Have a good time!

mp3: Thrushes – Heartbeats (D the Next Level Remix) -> website -> buy

mp3: Blonde Acid Cult – Shake It Loose -> website

mp3: Appomattox – Gotta Run -> website -> buy

mp3: New York Times – Burn -> website -> buy

mp3: Sufjan Stevens vs. Kanye West – Zombies Walk!

mp3: Lupe Fiasco – Superstar -> website -> buy

mp3: The Roots – The Lesson Pt. 1 -> website -> buy

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The Run Down – Saturday April 26, 2008

Welcome to a great Saturday of shows. Here in Baltimore, don’t miss Among Wolves at Frazier’s on the Avenue in Hampden. Or head north to Towson, MD to see The Roots tear down the Recher Theatre. In DC, Jimmy Eat World take on Bender Arena, while the B-52s take out the 9:30 club with Eagle Seagull, and Five Four take over the Rock and Roll Hotel with Hello Tokyo and The Frustrations. In Philly, the Fillmore has Drink Up Buttercup, Poi Dog, and Abra Moore, while Johnny Brenda’s has the A-Sides, The Explorers Club, and The Sw!ms.

mp3: Jimmy Eat World – Blister –> website –> buy
mp3: Drink Up Buttercup – Young Ladies –> website –> buy
mp3: The Roots – Black’s Reconstruction –> website –> buy
mp3: Among Wolves – The Lesson –> website –> buy

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The Run Down – Sunday April 20, 2008

So it’s that day again….why not slowly make your way over to some great events around town. The National Mall in DC has some sweet performers for the Green Apple Festival including Talib Kweli, The Roots, and Thievery Corporation. OR maybe you would like to be indoors fo Greenland and Pranir at the Black Cat in DC or Mystery Palace, Grandchildren and DJ Heavy Flow at the Millcreek Tavern in Philly.

mp3: Greenland – We Are Clipper Ships –> website –> buy
mp3: Prabir & The Substitutes – Oh Marie –> website –> buy
mp3: Mystery Palace – Nascar Survivor –> website –> buy
mp3: Grandchildren – Saturn Returns –> website
mp3: Talib Kweli – Get By –> website –> buy
mp3: The Roots – Web –> website –> buy
mp3: Thievery Corporation – The Cosmic Gate –> website –> buy

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Just Another Day?

What are birthdays? What are weekends? What are parties? I’m not quite sure either, but I know if you combine these three things with music, food, and liquids, you’ll experience what I’m about to experience tonight. Yep, you guessed it…it’s my birthday…and a party is a comin’. Here’s but a slice of the music I’ll be listening to tonight…some new…some old…all friggin’ great. Enjoy! Go Pisces!

mp3: Peanut Butter Wolf – Keep On Rockin’ It
mp3: The Beatles – Happiness Is A Warm Gun
mp3: Voxtrot – Soft And Warm
mp3: RJD2 – Ghostwriter
mp3: The Knife – We Share Our Mothers Health (Ratatat Remix)
mp3: KRS One – Sound Of Da Police
mp3: Figurines – Ambush
mp3: Beastie Boys – Paul Revere
mp3: Cadence Weapon – Sharks
mp3: Radiohead – Just
mp3: The Roots – The Lesson Part 1
mp3: Gorillaz – Rock The House
mp3: Voxtrot – Rise Up In The Dirt
mp3: A Tribe Called Quest – Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
mp3: The Rosebuds – Unwind
mp3: Radiohead – Idioteque
mp3: Jurassic Five – What’s Golden
mp3: The Lisps – Pepper Spray
mp3: Weezer – In The Garage
mp3: Nada Surf – Killian’s Red
mp3: Pixies – Hey
mp3: Edan – Sing It Shitface
mp3: Beastie Boys – Get It Together
mp3: Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy
mp3: Deltron 3030 – Madness
mp3: Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
mp3: Nirvana – Lounge Act
mp3: The Guess Who – These Eyes
mp3: Charizma & PB Wolf – Methods
mp3: Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)

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