So yeah, Double Dagger is playing their last show later this month . Well, life moves on and their drummer Denny Bowen has a new band name of Roomrunner . And, Roomrunner sounds nothing like Bowen's solo project Smart Growth . It is tagged "bunge rock" on Bandcamp , which I assume is a portmanteau of Baltimore and grunge. Anyway, here is the first Roomrunner track to hit the internets. Yes, I finally finished converting the original WAV file to mp3. Listen. [...]
It's time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the March 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Oh! Centra (mp3) by Javelin Proboscidean (mp3) by SHAPERS West (mp3) by Endless Endless Endless And It Goes (mp3) by Bad Sports Cloudbank (mp3) by Julianna [...]
As you may or may not know Smart Growth is Dennis Bowen. He is the drummer in BMOREpostpunk band Double Dagger (who have a new EP on the way, more about that later). As Smart Growth , Bowen edits wav files and adds percussion to produce "crude sample-based music." Here is the latest Smart Growth track to come to my attention. This is on this Total Bummer compilation . Listen... Downloadable: Money in the Banks (mp3) You can still download his 2007 EP [...]
Once again it's time to look back into the past. This mix starts with two covers and it even has a remix of a Passion Pit song. Luckily, the remix is by Pollination . Just what was November 2008 like? It was a little like this… Downloadables: Banned From The Roxy (mp3) by Jeffrey Lewis We Didn't Start The Fire (mp3) by The Forms Focus (mp3) by The Forms [...]
I can say this without any equivocation at all... "May 2008 was AWE-Some." Take a listen and remember. 1. Cappo (mp3) by No Age 2. Cooker (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies 3. Mirando (beggars mp3) by Ratatat 4. Tidal Wave (mp3) by Soiled Mattress & The Springs 5. ok/no Way (matador mp3) by Mission Of Burma 6. Hit The Wall (mp3) by [...]
Always endeavouring to bring you the choicest morsels from the all too broad musical kitchen; New Ears offers up Baltimore's finest new delicacy, Baby Venom. This lo fi synth pop three piece more than hold their own amongst B-more's innovative music scene (producing the likes of Dan Deacon, Animal Collective, Ponytail etc). Dave, Nathan and Sarah were kind enough to fill us in on their city and their baby: Baltimore, Maryland N: A small city with lots of vacancy. S: Baltimore is America's filthy asshole. D: Some of the worst [...]
I know I am late to posting this, but hey The Dreadful Yawns deserve your attention. Enjoy the psychpoprock. Downloadable: "Kill Me Now" (box.net mp3) Listen to more mp3s @ their Exit Stencil page... here . Exit Stencil is here . Amazon MP3 is here . eMusic page is here . Consider CLICKing - There's a new new new Smart Growth live recording over @ Beatbots A/V Club ... here . - Nostalgic for [...]
(Note: If your reading this in RSS, there are pictures from the show in the post) We somehow mustered the energy to go out on a cold Monday night to catch Video Hippos and HEALTH at Sonar on Monday night, although it was tough to peel myself off the warm comfort of my couch. There were 2 other "bands" beforehand including Smart Growth , a Girl-Talk'ish DJ from Baltimore, and Ed Schrader , something that I can't really describe (punk spoken word tribal comedy - punspworbaldy?). When the night ended [...]
Smart Growth is Dennis Bowen of Double Dagger . I was perusing the ol' myspace and saw that he has some links posted to a host of goodies. Listen: "Draped Up, Oxed Out" (box.net mp3) Downloadable Album: Surrey (mediafire) More Downloads (reg. req.): the sixty one Maryland/DCers... Smarth Growth is playing TONIGHT at the Talking Head @ Sonar w/ Health , Videohippos , and Ed Schrader Hey [...]
You heard about it a few months back , and this weekend the Bmore Round Robin is all up in our NYC kitchen. Here's the rub: Friday's Eyes Night includes Beach House, Jana Hunter, Wzt Hearts, Nautical Almanac, Lexie Mountain Boys, and more, and puts the focus on "a mixture of folk, noise, theatrics, improvisation-- music that is spiritual, dreamy etc." Saturday's Feet Night brings music that you dance, thrash, or otherwise move around to and includes the Death Set, Double Dagger, Videohippos, Future Islands, Adventure and Deacon [...]
I'll come right out and tell you that I am a Genesis fan. No, not as in the "first book of the Bible" Genesis, nor the "Project Genesis" which brought Spock back to life in Star Trek III , although I did own a Sega Genesis... no, I'm talking about the band, Genesis, specifically the incarnation fronted by Peter Gabriel in the early 1970s. To this day, Foxtrot and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway are among my favourite albums, and I will always respect the guys back then for having used "Heracleum [...]
Smart Growth is a "planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in the center of a city to avoid urban sprawl; and advocates compact, transit-oriented, walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including neighborhood schools, streets that work for everyone, mixed-use development with a range of housing choices." Smart Growth is also Dennis Bowen of Double Dagger . He is a man who really likes The Police and maybe a little Big Beat . Downloadable Boots (thanks to the original taper ): "Immigration Reform" (box.net mp3) (source: [...]
Download the entire set as FLAC files here , stream the MP3s below and download by clicking the song name. Smart Growth The Ottobar Baltimore, MD May 6, 2008 Smart Growth is: Dennis Bowen-drums, beats Source: Peluso CEMC6/ck41(hypercard)>PS-2>AD- 20>NJB3 Transfer: NJB3>PC>SF-7>Wav>FLAC Taper: Jeff Mewbourn ( jm292@yahoo.com ) http://baltimore-taper.blogspo t.com 1. Intro 2. Immigration Reform [...]
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