The Run Down - Wednesday March 26, 2008

This week is a little light on shows, but the quality is top notch. The Black Cat in DC has one of our favorites, Vandaveer with Laura Burhenn (Georgie James) and Sean Walsh & The National Reserve. Up in Philly there's Blitzen Trapper and Fleet Foxes at Johnny Brenda's and Xiu Xiu and Thao with The Get Down Stay Down at the First Unitarian Church.

mp3: Vandaveer - Parasites & Ghosts --> website --> buy
mp3: Fleet Foxes - Mykonos --> website --> buy
mp3: Blitzen Trapper - Sci-Fi Kid --> website --> buy
mp3: Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life, and Fire) --> website --> buy

The Run Down - Friday February 29, 2008

It's Friday and holy crap there's some main events toooonight! At George Washington University you can witness Via Audio and Tigercity. In Philly the Khyber has Bell Hollow's CD Release show with The Deadly Syndrome (seriously check these guys out), Apple of Dischord, and Red Orange Morning. In Virginia you can spy Junior League playing IOTA with High Society. In DC, at the Black Cat, Food For Animals, Apes (CD Release), and Kid Congo Powers battle it out on stage. Finally at the Red and The Black don't miss this show!!! One part The Lisps, one part Vandaveer, one part Audrey Ryan, makes a whole heck of an awesome show. Enjoy!

mp3: Food For Animals - Swampy Summer Jam --> website --> buy
mp3: Bell Hollow - Storm's End --> website --> buy
mp3: The Deadly Syndrome - Emily Pants --> website --> buy
mp3: The Lisps - Brackish Water --> website --> buy
mp3: Vandaveer - Crooked Mast --> website --> buy
mp3: Junior League - Nameless --> website --> buy
mp3: Via Audio - We Can Be Good --> website --> buy

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 - Tuesday January 15, 2008

There's some class act shows going on tonight. A sure bet will be down at the Black Cat where Vandaveer will style n' dial it up with Bottle Up & Go. If you want a big time show, get over to the 9:30 Club for Editors, Louis XIV, and Hot Hot Heat. Finally, up in Philly, Cheers Elephant continue their January residency at the Khyber with When Cars Ascent, The Danger Os, and Charles Latham.

mp3: Vandaveer - Different Cities --> website --> buy
mp3: Editors - Camera (SebastiAn Remix) --> website --> buy
mp3: Cheers Elephant - Wide Eyed --> website --> buy

The Run Down - Friday December 14, 2007

It's an incredible Friday for live music! There's no time to waste! Here's the run down. First off there is an epic show going on at the Rock and Roll Hotel in DC with a stellar line up of Mobius Band, Ravens & Chimes, The Epochs, and Middle Distance Runner. At the Black Cat you can check out some folkish type music from Junior League, Olivia Mancini & The Housmates, and Vandaveer. Finally if you would like to take a worthwhile trip to Philly, then head on up to Fluid Nightclub where Diplo is laying down a set.

mp3: Middle Distance Runner - Monochrome Boys --> website
mp3: Mobius Band - Starts Off With A Bang --> website
mp3: The Epochs - Opposite Sides --> website
mp3: Ravens & Chimes - The Faraway Sounds Of Cars --> website
mp3: Vandaveer - Marianne, You've Done It Now --> website
mp3: Diplo - Into The Sun --> website

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Vandaveer...you've done it now

Sometimes when I listen to this music I'm transported back in time to the 1930s. There I am in a dark boxcar eating a can of beans in a tattered suit. A man approaches me and says in a deep dark voice, "Marianne, you've done it now." Then I say, "Who are you talking to? My name's not Marianne! Get away from my beans!" Then I wake up and realize the power that is Vandaveer. Mark Charles, the singer song writer behind Vandaveer, plays out of Washington, DC and put out his debut album, Grace and Speed, earlier this year on Gypsy Eyes Records. This album has received much praise, and many have compared him to the likes of Donovan, Dylan, Drake, and Waits. That's pretty high company, but well deserved. Vandaveer combines the lyric quality of Dylan, the voice of Drake, and the back alley drunken feeling of Waits. His next show is on December 14th at the Black Cat in DC with Junior League and Olivia Mancini & the Housemates.

mp3: Vandaveer - Marianne, You've Done It Now --> website --> buy
mp3: Vandaveer - However Many It Takes
mp3: Vandaveer - The Streets Is Full Of Creeps (Live)

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