The Run Down - Wednesday April 16, 2008

Good ole hump day seems to be providing some good middle of the week acts. The 9:30 club has Grand Ole Party and Rogue Wave, The Khyber has The Epochs and Lightning Bugs, while the North Star Bar has Tally Hall and The Republic Tigers.

mp3: Grand Ole Party - Nasty Habits --> website --> buy
mp3: Rogue Wave - Nourishment Nation --> website --> buy
mp3: The Epochs - Collision (TheDeathSet) --> website --> buy
mp3: The Republic Tigers - Weatherbeaten --> website --> buy

The Run Down - Tuesday April 15, 2008

TAX DAY!!! Argghhh! If you want to unwind after this trying day then head on up to the First Unitarian Church in Philly to see Grand Ole Party, Rogue Wave, and Evangelista. Or maybe you have tickets to the sold out 9:30 club show of The New Pornographers and Okkervil River. If so, enjoy!

mp3: Grand Ole Party - Look Out Young Son --> website --> buy
mp3: Rogue Wave - Bird On A Wire --> website --> buy
mp3: The New Pornographers - Streets Of Fire --> website --> buy
mp3: Okkervil River - War Criminal --> website --> buy

We Have A Contest - Grand Ole Party

UPDATED: We have a winner!!! Congratulations Alex K from NJ! We hope you enjoy the album as much as we did. There are many reasons to love San Diego. The sun. The beach. The zoo. Vito. And now....Grand Ole Party (which we have a contest for...check out the end of the post). This band has the spirit and energy of classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin and Jefferson Airplane, yet being a three piece outfit, their sound is crisper and cleaner. There's no effects and psychedelic swirlings spoiling the honest to goodness rock being produced. The stand out is Kristin Gundred's voice. It drives the songs and drums up distant memories of Janis Joplin. Except Joplin didn't play drums. There's something about the singer/drummer combo that is just...cool. They've already played with a host of awesome acts like Rilo Kiley, Vampire Weekend (who?), and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They'll also be playing the upcoming SXSW then touring with Rogue Wave in April. They stop off on that tour to the First Unitarian Church In Philly on April 15th and the 9:30 Club in DC on April 16th. Their debut album Humanimals was just released on DH Records earlier in February. You might want to go grab yourself a copy...or...oh yeah...THERE'S A SWEET CONTEST RIGHT HERE ON THIS BLOG FOR A T-SHIRT AND CD!!! Just leave your email in the comments and by the end of the week we'll select a random winner. So if you like it, do yourself a favor and throw your name into the proverbial hat. Hooray!

mp3: Grand Ole Party - Nasty Habits --> website --> buy
mp3: Grand Ole Party - Look Out Young Son