The Run Down - Thursday May 1, 2008

MAY DAY! Celebrate it at Baltimore's Charm City Art Space with Denton, Texas' own Fishboy, The Up Set, Thee Lexington Arrows, and Markitect. Or perhaps you would like to go to DC for RJD2 and Happy Chichester at the 9:30 Club. Another option is Langhorne Slim performing at Iota. Finally you could head north to see Steve Goldberg and the Archenemies perform at The Fire in Philly with Sarah White and Sleeper Car.

mp3: RJD2 - Beyond --> website --> buy
mp3: Langhorne Slim - Restless --> website --> buy
mp3: Steve Goldberg - Artichokes --> website --> buy
mp3: Fishboy - Race Car --> website --> buy

VIDEO - Fishboy & Panther

Fishboy has just put out a new video of the song Parachute. It's pretty rad and goes along very well with Fishboy aesthetic. Check it out:


mp3: Fishboy - Parachute --> website --> buy

Panther has also put out new video for Violence, Diamonds that blends their live personas with interesting scratchy line drawings and stuff. Enough talk...watch:


mp3: Panther - Violence, Diamonds --> website --> buy

Fishboy Makes Me Smile

It's nice to come across a band that genuinely makes you laugh and enjoy life. Fishboy does that and more. Upon first listen, Fishboy reminds me of bands like The Dead Milkmen and old Flaming Lips. Then after a coupla more listens I was completely sucked into the crazy world that is Fishboy. I guess you could call it Fantasy/Comedy/Lo-Fi/Rock/Other/Thing music. Out of the musical mixing pot that is Denton, Texas, Fishboy, aka Eric Michener, and his band of merry musicians(John Clardy, Justin Lloyd, Adam Avramescu) have just set out on a Midwest to West tour promoting their album, Albatross: How We Failed To Save The Lone Star State With The Power Of Rock And Roll. Released on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records, Eric says it's "a rock opera about how myself, the band, and the ghost of Buddy Holly attempt to save Texas by going on a tour/crime spree in order to perform all 8,030 of the songs I've written in my sleep since I was in the womb.” I guess that says it all.

mp3: Fishboy - Taqueria Girl --> website --> buy
mp3: Fishboy - Parachute (Using the Ghost of Buddy Holly as a)

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If you're looking for a great show tonight, check out M.I.A. with the Cool Kids at the 9:30 club in DC. If you can't make it tonight you can catch her at Sonar in Baltimore tomorrow night.

mp3: M.I.A. - Amazon (Diplo Mix)