True Vine Here’s a new mix from soon-to-be ex-Baltimorean Dave Nada on Dissonance radio in Washington D.C.–Diplo-style world-dance stuff, judging by the tracklist. Barn Aid, a benefit festival of quality local talent such as Wye Oak and the Celebration side-project Birdland, has been moved from Springfield Farms in Sparks to the Golden West, and...
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Dustin Wong Sometime in the very early morning of Saturday, Aug. 21, DJ Rice–of one-man band Teenage Souls and one of the nicest humans around–was attacked after leaving the Copycat building. He was found sometime later off Loch Raven Boulevard with multiple but nonfatal skull fractures and spent eight days in the ICU. The...
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Rapdragons Back in April, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s The Retriever published this handy guide to “the portal to hell,” or the Copycat Annex. In it you will find the most bizarre bit of conservative/boring youth student writing this side of a Young Republican e-mail blast. Future stars of cultural criticism Becky Hunter...
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Dope Body noise shred If you missed the quickie bursts of Oxes on Howard Street during Whartscape, never fear: the rock trio is giving a full show late this Saturday night at the Windup Space. Doors at midnight; $8. The venue would like to emphasize that this is happening at midnight and not a...
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According to a tweet from The Baltimore Sun‘s Justin Fenton, eight people have been tazed outside of the Club Paradox in the past three months. Weird/bad shit going on at the LOF/t with the upshot seeming to be that there is no more LOF/t. Dru Hill reunites, mostly. You should design...
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| Image by Saulius Paukstys WMUC‘s DNA Test Fest is back for 2010 with Pissed Jeans, and it’s in Baltimore, not Washington. Our wallets give thanks. Effing “Frank Zappa Day” is a thing that exists. J-Roddy Walston and the Business gets a fancy new record label. Animal Collective’s Deacon...
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