The Run Down - Friday January 25, 2008

Holy crap there's a ton of shows tonight! Let's start here in Baltimore. The Ottobar has a quality concert lined up for you with The Fiery Furnaces, The Oranges Band, and Thank You. At the Lo-Fi, Waterschool, Human Host, Pygmy Lush, and Automatic Stallions play. In DC, Cornelius takes the stage at the 9:30 club. Over at the Rock and Roll Hotel, DC's Junior League command the stage along with Justin Jones and Driving Rain. Or maybe you're broke. If that's the case, head on over to George Washington University's Mitchell Theater to watch These United States, Vandaveer, Tut Tut, and The Winter Sounds play F-R-E-E! In Philly, the North Star has The Cobbs, Papertrigger, Jotto, and The Greyhounds. Finally, if you missed them in Baltimore and DC, you can catch DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's The Hard Sell at the Fillmore with Kid Koala. Wow!

mp3: The Fiery Furnaces - Ex-Guru --> website --> buy
mp3: The Oranges Band - Sweater Weather --> website --> buy
mp3: Water School - Whole Town --> website
mp3: Cornelius - Cue --> website --> buy
mp3: Junior League - Chess Records --> website --> buy
mp3: These United States - Burn This Bridge --> website
mp3: Vandaveer - Parasites & Ghosts --> website --> buy
mp3: The Cobbs - Say You Never Knew Me --> website --> buy
mp3: Papertrigger - We Are Nations Now! --> website --> buy
mp3: DJ Shadow - Divine Intervention (feat. Divine Styles) --> website --> buy
mp3: Cut Chemist - What's The Altitude (feat. Hymnal) --> website --> buy
mp3: Kid Koala - More Dance Music --> website --> buy

The Run Down - Thursday January 24, 2008

The good thing is if you missed any of last nights shows in the area, you can probably see the same ones at a different place nearby tonight. At the 9:30 club in DC Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist bring in the sequel to Brainfreeze with The Hard Sell. Here in Baltimore, the Ottobar has The Walkmen, White Rabbits, and the Subjects. Finally up in Philly at Johnny Brenda's there's Voodoo Economics, Cloud Miner, and Life In Bed.

mp3: DJ Shadow - Hardcore Hip-Hop (Instrumental) --> website --> buy
mp3: Cut Chemist - The Garden --> website --> buy
mp3: The Walkmen - Wake Up --> website --> buy
mp3: White Rabbits - The Plot --> website --> buy
mp3: Voodoo Economics - What if those heavy things cracked their brittle bones to the marrow --> website --> buy

The Run Down - Wednesday January 23, 2008

No plans for tonight? Well here's a few good options. Here in Baltimore Sonar has DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist's The Hard Sell performance with Kid Koala. I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty fantastic if you ask me. In DC, the Velvet Lounge has local hip hop acts Flex Mathews and Oddisee. Finally up in Philly, Johnny Brenda's has the kick butt show of The Walkmen, White Rabbits, and The Subjects.

mp3: DJ Shadow - Hindsight --> website --> buy
mp3: Cut Chemist - Storm (feat. Edan & Mr. Lif) --> website --> buy
mp3: Kid Koala - Stompin' At Le Savoi --> website --> buy
mp3: Flex Mathews - Up In My Room --> website --> buy
mp3: Oddisee - Once Upon A Mic --> website
mp3: The Walkmen - Subterranean Homesick Blues --> website --> buy
mp3: White Rabbits - Kid On My Shoulders --> website --> buy

More on Shadow and Chemist

DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist will be presenting The Hard Sell on January 25th at the Filmore in Philly. More info and tickets here.

The Hard Sell

From the creative minds behind ' Brainfreeze' and 'Product Placement', DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist announced they will be releasing their newest collaboration "The Hard Sell' soon. No date was given but anyone who is firmiliar with their previous efforts should be geeked. I'll admit Shadows last album was a step back from what we were used to from him but I've heard some clips of the Hard Sell and its back to form for these two masters of the 1s and 2s. You can check out eithers myspace page to hear some snippets and await a release date. 'The Hard Sell' was performed only a handful of times last year in the U.S. and Japan so those of us who were not lucky enough to live in the Bay area or Tokyo will be able to hear this. It's not a hard sell for me, I'm going to get this as soon as it's available and I urge everyone to do the same.