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Artscape Is This Weekend! Whartscape Is, Too!

Barrett King — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:59:40 UT

Artscape kicks off this weekend and features plenty of Baltimore bands which have often graced the pages of this blog and magazine. Whartscape takes the cake this time.

Tags: Artscape, Baltimore, Beach House, celebration, Gary B & The Notions, Joan Jett, the death set, The Jennifers, The Oranges Band, thrushes, Wham City

Any Given Tuesday #18 - Squååks

Barrett King — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:12:07 UT

Join me as I talk with Squaaks about their album, Rock Control, and the songwriting process, art, and more.

Tags: any given tuesday, Baltimore, MP3, Podcasts, Squaaks

Death Has Its Own Soundtrack

Barrett King — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:13:08 UT

Funeral music, with a twist.

Any Given Tuesday #17: Telesma

Barrett King — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:15:04 UT

Hear three tracks from World/Electronic/New Age fusion group Telesma (www.myspace.com/telesma), and listen in as Ian Hesford plays the kubing (a bamboo mouth harp and Chris Mandra talks about his invention: the "man drum".

Tags: Baltimore, MP3, Podcasts, Telesma

Rosey - Luckiest Girl

Barrett King — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:15:04 UT

Luckiest Girl mixes the best of the 20th century with the freshness of the 21st and proves that jazz is neither dead nor dusty. The songstress never goes out of style.

Tags: Album Reviews, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Jazz, New Releases, Rosey

The Ghostwrite - Anxiety

Barrett King — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:15:02 UT

Forget about what you thought folk and nostalgia sounded like, this simple release is angry, frustrated, and whispers an angular promise of better things to come from The Ghostwrite.

Tags: Album Reviews, avec, Baltimore, Brooks Harlan, J. Robbins, Jawbox, New Releases, The Ghostwrite

Elika - Trying Got Us Nowhere

Barrett King — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:15:03 UT

Kicking off with "The Whip" and its barbed chorus, Elika's Trying Got Us Nowhere is best described as shoe-tronica, blending programming with organic field recordings and reverb effects.

Panda Riot - She Dares All Things

Barrett King — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:15:08 UT

The liner notes to Panda Riot's She Dares All Things describes the nine-track LP as "a collection of singles", and that seems appropriate. The album is very synth-y, poppy, and therefore catchy.

Tags: Album Reviews, Panda Riot

Any Given Tuesday #16: Hearts By Darts

Barrett King — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:15:02 UT

Recently I sat down with Mike Evitts, one-half of Hearts By Darts. The other principal member of HxD is Sei Peterson, who unfortunately could not be with us.

Tags: any given tuesday, Baltimore, Hearts By Darts, Podcasts

Blacklisted - Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God

Barrett King — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:15:02 UT

Philly's Blacklisted unleash the agony on Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God.

Tags: Album Reviews, Blacklisted, New Releases, Philadelphia

Century - Black Ocean

Barrett King — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:15:02 UT

The zeitgeist of metal is to look down the nose at metalcore, but such charlatans fall silent as the hammer falls on "Equus" and Carson Slovak's screams choke the windpipe of the self-proclaimed know-it-alls.

Tags: Album Reviews, Byzantine, Century, metal, West Virginia

Free Download: Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

Barrett King — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:15:03 UT

That's not news, per se, since the last couple outings by Trent Reznor have been available for free with an option to pay a nominal fee for the true believers.

Tags: MP3, New Releases, nine inch nails, Trent Reznor

Any Given Tuesday #15: Ukelele Ladies - Tippy Canoe, Uni, Rose Turtle Ertler

Barrett King — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:15:04 UT

This episode takes on a different instrument: the ukelele. Taking some time with two left-coasters and an Australian, all of whom wield the uke as their main weapon.

Tags: any given tuesday, Podcasts, Rose Turtle Ertler, tippy canoe and the paddlemen, Uni and her Ukelele

Show Some Support For The Maryland Science Center With Buckwheat Zydeco

Barrett King — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:15:03 UT

Show some support for the Maryland Science Center as we kick off summer.

Tags: Buckwheat Zydeco, Maryland Science Center

KRS-One with Salim & The Music Lovers at Sonar Tomorrow

Barrett King — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:15:04 UT

KRS-One in Baltimore tomorrow night, 5/22.

Tags: concerts, KRS-One, Salim and The Music Lovers, sonar