The Run Down - Saturday April 12, 2008

The weekend is here and a swarm of shows have come with it. In Baltimore check out Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, These United States, Clue To Kalo, and The Cotton Jones Basket Ride at The Talking Head. In DC the 9:30 has Nada Surf, Kaki King, and The Jealous Girlfriends, while the Velvet Lounge has De Novo Dahl, Modern Skirts, and Parachute Musical. Finally in Philly the M Room has The cobbs, The December Sound, and Asteroid #4, The Fire has An American Chinese, East Hundred, Akudama, and Bebek, and Johnny Brenda's has Superdrag.

mp3: Nada Surf - Treading Water --> website --> buy
mp3: Kaki King - 2 O'Clock --> website --> buy
mp3: The Jealous Girlfriends - How Now --> website --> buy
mp3: An American Chinese - Panic Pilgrim, Quick Grab Your Suitcase --> website --> buy
mp3: East Hundred - Climbing Up The Walls --> website --> buy
mp3: De Novo Dahl - Marketplace --> website --> buy
mp3: These United States - Burn This Bridge --> website --> buy
mp3: Asteroid #4 - Outside --> website --> buy

De Novo Dahl Delivers

Have you ever been downtown sitting on a bench watching people go by at lunch time? It seems like madness. People rushing this way and that, bumping and running to their destination. This is the time you should pop on your headphones and listen to De Novo Dahl's Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound. Their gorgeous pop sound with looming choruses that slap you across the face repeatedly until you clap along will drum over the avenues of work you see passing before you and make them seem almost beautiful. Oh yeah, add a dash of funk and punk and there it is! Good music.

mp3: De Novo Dahl - Been Kept Up --> website --> buy
mp3: De Novo Dahl - Marketplace

The Run Down - Wednesday April 2, 2008

There are some slammin' (sorry) shows in the DC and Philly area tonight. The Black Cat has Jens Lekman, The Honeydrips, and Marla Hansen (that's a pretty darn good line up). In Philly head to the Barbary to see Beach House and Papercuts (6:30 show) or swing over to the Fillmore to check De Novo Dahl and Jesse Malin (*****oops...scratch that...The Fillmore show has been postponed...dang!*****). ****OOPS I did it again...The Beach House show is tomorrow!!!!***** Sorry...my brain isn't working right today.

mp3: Jens Lekman - Black Cab --> website --> buy
mp3: The Honeydrips - Here Comes The Future --> website --> buy
mp3: Marla Hansen - Wedding Day --> website --> buy
mp3: De Novo Dahl - Make Some Sense --> website --> buy
mp3: Beach House - Gila --> website --> buy