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Tweet Buy the album from Amazon - Vinyl / MP3 / CD Tapes 'n Tapes have had a strange journey so far - they began as a buzz band with hype pumped full of saline solution by Pitchfork and an appearance at SXSW. Then they signed to XL Recordings and released a second album, which didn't seem to scratch the same itch. When a band's career explodes at an [...]
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Another weekend, another set of great shows. Here's the lineup. Parts of Swervedriver, Interpol and The Album Leaf join to create Magnetic Morning . Lead singer Adam Franklin seems to be everywhere, doing solo work, reuniting with Swervedriver and working with MM. They will be performing in DC at the Rock & Roll Hotel Friday night and Johnny Brenda's in Philly Saturday. Joining them is Springhouse . Also on board for the DC how is Julie Ocean and The Jet [...]

Good lord. Where do I even begin? There is so much happening this weekend in the region, it'll be hard NOT to see a show. Big names, local acts, one nighters, two cities, you want it, you got it. There are quite a few bands doing the I-95 two-step this weekend. In support of their latest release with the main players back, that other band from Athens, The B-52's are doing a two-fer Friday in Philly with an XPN Free at Noon and then a regular set later that night at [...]

It's FRI-day! You should head on down to the 8x10 in Baltimore to check out the Herd Of Main Street with June Star, Til Sunrise, and In The Fur. If you're in DC, the Black Cat has Destroyer and Andre Ethier, while the Rock and Roll Hotel has Telograph, Len Bias, The Red Romance, and The A-Sides. If you're in Philly, you should check Johnny Brenda's to see Drink Up Buttercup, Buried Beds, and American Music Club, while the B-52s and Eagle Seagull are at the Electric Factory. Finally if you manage to get out to [...]

It's the first of the month...wake up...get up...go see some shows. The question is...which one? Well here are your options. In Philly there are two super sweet concerts. The first being National Eye, The Sw!ms and Pepi Ginsberg at Johnny Brenda's . The second is Sarsaparilla, Famous Lovers, Nicole Reynolds, and Alex Rodes at the Fire . In DC there are also two super sweet shows. The first is Exit Clov, Army of Me, Good Night States, and The Dance Party at the Rock and Roll Hotel . The [...]

The Sw!ms Friday at Johnny Brendas is a great show of local talent. National Eye , a band that is made up of members of The Capitol Years, Windsor for the Derby, and Like Movning Insects, is hard to confine to one musical category. Drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips and Grizzly Bear, their songs run the spectrum from psychedlic cacophony to melodic pop. And on the way soon is their third album, The Farthest Shore . Joining them [...]