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Radiant Transmission by Bad Liquor Pond The new record, Radiant Transmission, from local label MT6 Records’ Bad Liquor Pond is built upon a few key elements: simple, repeated major-chord progressions, meandering pentatonic-scale guitar noodling, and mid-tempo pacing. Now that I’ve proven I have read enough music magazines to have memorized the technical jargon let me tell you what that really [...]
Cry! Cry! Babbyyyyy..cry babbbyyyyy….. (thanks to Janis, who in full disclosure, once looked in my mom’s direction at a concert) First, a quick “We’re Sorry” for the delay of the new issue. We’re in the middle of a major redesign, as you’ll see in the coming weeks. Again, we hope to do something totally new with the site, that we hope you’ll like and check in with on a “daily” basis. OK, let’s get to it. [...]
Taxlo Presents : Feadz, Sweet Fred @ Sonar Click here for the best of set. Check the Taxlo flickr for the FULL set.
The Metro Gallery: the good, the bad, and the ugly (guess which is which) This past Sunday I attended a show at the Metro Gallery featuring a line up of three diverse bands, ranging from a minimalist folky duo, a psychedelic, blues-pop band, and a mind-blowing instrumental six piece. The mature, open space of the Metro Gallery makes one truly appreciate, well the gallery-ness of the space, inviting all [...]
Virgin Fest Afterparty @ Sonar… Last weekend was the Virgin Fest, and after that was the inevitable afterparty at Sonar… it was a pretty good time, Dave Nada killed it of course… watch out for this guy, he is about to be huge. Which is awesome because he is the most crucially best dude ever… Celebrity [...]
spank rock, amanda blank, blaqstarr & friends @ sonar. A week or so ago, still shaken from the amazing Rock the Bells experience, I shot Spank Rock, Amanda Blank, Blaqstarr, Sy Young, Diplo, and friends at Sonar… it was a blast, Blaqstarr killed it as always… Click here for the whole set.
My Crew Be Unruly. A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of shooting and attending the 15th Anniversary Party for Unruly Records, My Crew Be Unruly at Paradox in Baltimore. Scottie B, K-Swift (one of her last performances), Diplo, Blaqstarr, DJ Class, Stretch Armstrong, DJ Sega, Say Whut, Dave Nada, Tittsworth, Mz Streamz, and many [...]
Black Moses goes Home This weekend saw the passing of music giant Isaac Hayes. We had the honor of seeing the The Man perform at Artscape in ‘05 where he surprised much of the older audience with his South Park anthem, “Chocolate Salty Balls” But the original Soul Man tore up the crowd when, as his band was seemingly [...]
B-more Douchebags in “da” houzzz? C’mon B-more. Time to represent. We know there are ‘bags out there, and we’re gonna collect ‘em. So you got a week, bra, so get out there and hunt down some B-more ‘bags 4 us! Send us the pic and we’ll pick three winners to submit to the site Hot Chicks with Douchebags for a shot [...]
Rock the Bells 2008 @ Merriweather Post This sunday I went to Rock the Bells, a big travelling hip-hop festival. It was awesome… I got to see so many of my favorite artists… Nas, Ghostface, Raekwon, A Tribe Called Quest, as well as check out some artists from the old school I had never gotten to see like Mos [...]