Any Given Tuesday #11 - The Go Detroit's
The GO recently released
Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride (
read Any Given Tuesday's review here), the best classic rock album of 2007. With masterful production and an ear for a rock and roll sound that changed the future of music, The Go have moved beyond their early days with Jack White from The White Stripes and the garage sound of Detroit and reinterpreted the '60s rock sound to make an album that should have been released forty years ago. Better late than never!
By Barrett King ...read more. Tuesday, November 13, 2007
THE JENNiFERS In order to experience the full exuberance of Pop-Rockers
The Jennifers, one needs not go further than lending an ear to any of their recordings, which began with their 1994 CD release
Nine Days of Wonder. Their polished, foot-tapping beats and head-bobbing guitar riffs are as colorful as the cover of their latest CD,
Colors From The Future (Beef Platter). For the nostalgic population who appreciates the saccharin innocence of 80’s college rock,
The Jennifers, in their live element, are a revisit to those great times of the not so distant past. In truth, they have meticulously accomplish this feat on recordings as well, with a revamped and revitalized sound from that post Bowie/Punk/Brit noise that made going to college and getting drunk a pop past-time. What the band lacks in mainstream lacquer they make up for in their seasoned, simple, hum-able melodies. Their most recent CD gives us an energized capsule continuum that, honestly, can be quite addictive. Through collaborative effort and line-up changes, Guitarist/Lyricist/Vocalist John Levine explains, the band looks to continue their evolution. A landmark of sorts, as far as Baltimore bands are concerned,
The Jennifers have experienced local admiration and even a glance from MTV, which Levine accepts as asterisks but certainly not the pinnacle of their work. Girls and cars inspire their lyrics, Levine candidly reveals, but life is the fuel pump. A must see, you can catch them in Chapel Hill, NC, at
The Cave on November 11th and at
The Lo-Fi Social Club in Baltimore, MD on November 30th.
By Jose Torres ...read more. Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Steve Hefter and Friends of Friends - Twist And Hold Til Morning On the full-length follow-up to the
A Six Song Demonstration EP, Baltimore's
Steve Hefter and Friends of Friends really come through.
Twist and Hold Til Morning is definitely not gym music (not that I have seen the inside of a gym in a couple years. I can only imagine the technological breakthroughs that have taken place!), but more of an album to listen to when you need a pick me up when something's got you down.
Twist isn't a somber album, though it has its somber moments; rather, it is a low-key, somewhat soothing album with surprisingly festive and bonding tunes like "Apocalypse". If only all bad news could be delivered this way.
...read more. Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Any Given Tuesday #12 - Patrick Park Patrick Park channels Jeff Buckley and James Taylor and creates a forward-looking, optimistic record that explores the connective nature of humankind. Any Given Tuesday breaks down the album and shares some tracks on this episode of the podcast.
By Barrett King ...read more. Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Avec - Lines: Album Review & Free MP3 - "Dysplasia" It is with great pleasure that I announce Any Given Tuesday's full-time residency here at SENBaltimore.com! After over a year of non-descript cookie-cutter code living on Google's Blogger, I get to pack the digital van and set up shop here at the newer, sexier, sleeker SENBaltimore.com. All of AGT's old posts will still be available at http://blawk359.blogspot.com, and the anygiventuesday.info URL will point to this new blog located here at http://www.senbaltimore.com/blogs/agt/index.shtml. With that announcement out of the way, let's get down to the good stuff:
Avec (www.avecmusic.net) are a Baltimore quartet with two full-length LPs and one EP under their belt. With assistance from producer/engineer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines), Avec released Lines (Civil Defense League/Doghouse Records) in September. Lines is a progressive effort which still packs an accessible punch, interchangeably using blasting riffs ("Hamartia") and guitar harmonies ("House") with experimental noise/drone ("Yavengia").
By Barrett King ...read more. Friday, November 2, 2007
Wax & Wane Dual Releases: Bay 7" and Desert 10" Combining fragments of
Beach House (Baltimore locals, as are today's subject, originally),
Wilco, and
Neutral Milk Hotel,
Wax & Wane may start out as droning, a bit bland and non-descript, but soon develop into a delicately magical folk collective with various singers playing various instruments. It's almost strange that a group of performers with an arsenal of stringed instruments can sound so bare and still sound so entertaining.
By Barrett King ...read more. Monday, October 29, 2007
Any Given Tuesday #005 - The Baltimore Music Conference 2007 - Interview with Lisa Chaplin Suit and The Payola Reserve Barrett King sits down with the BMC organizer, Lisa Chaplin Suit and one of the bands performing at the conference, The Payola Reserve.
By Barrett King ...read more. Friday, August 3, 2007
SĒNCAST #004 - The Egg Babies Orchestra Consisting of 9 (and counting) members, Egg Babies includes members from various Baltimore bands coming together to perform righteous covers and even some killer original songs
...read more. Monday, July 2, 2007
Album Review: The Jennifers: Colors From The Future Baltimore indie pop stalwarts released
Colors From The Future in January. If you like Robyn Hitchcock, XTC, Dick Dale, The Beatles, or just about anyone else, read on.
By Barrett King ...read more. Thursday, April 26, 2007
Happy Chichester, Busdriver, RJD2 at Sonar, 3/25/07 A few weeks ago, RJD2 visited Sonar with Happy Chichester and Busdriver. Before RJD2 returns to town for the Starscape Festival in June, check out this review of his recent show.
By Barrett King ...read more. Sunday, April 15, 2007
