Double Dagger So it is that today, Oct. 21, 2011, marks the last-ever show for Baltimore’s own Double Dagger. City Paper has done an appreciative feature and a do-it-yourself six-panel poster, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t offer some more words from the band. In researching the former, I sat down with lead...
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Going out on a high note The local post-hardcore heroes Double Dagger are calling it quits, according to a statement on the band’s site. “As the band got older and grew and changed, the people in it did too, and our individual lives are pulling us towards other pursuits,” the statement, signed by all...
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Poor guy In which the white, privileged phenomenon known as “playing poor” reaches its establishment apogee. Broke-Ass Stuart is in town right now filming a television show for IFC, apparently to do with the “broke and beautiful” concept explored on “broke-ass stuart’s goddamn website” via such items as “Are Rock “Gods” Really That Bone-able?”...
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As in, what happens when great bands and great directors get together.  Matt Porterfield (Hamilton, Putty Hill) directed this low-budget, overdue video for Double Dagger‘s riot anthem “No Allies,” a simple treatment of creatively edited “live” footage featuring the Charm City Art Space and probably one of your friends. The embed code on this...
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This month Baltimore punk staple Double Dagger releases its formidable Thrill Jockey debut, More. Well known as an unstoppable, confrontational live band, the album ups every ante on record, sharpening lyrical ideas, experimenting with quieter musical modes, melodies, and just how much you can do with a bass guitar. Earlier this week we sat...
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| Image by Nancy Froelich Baltimore’s revered post-hardcore trio Double Dagger floored even its most enthusiastic fans with last year’s explosive Ragged Rubble. This week, DD releases two 7-inch EPs that pair new versions of the band’s best-loved songs with previously unreleased material. Sophisticated Urban Living (Terra Firma Limited) features an extended version of...
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This past Tuesday, word was that Rolling Stone was in town. During the day, its envoy had been spotted at Hampden’s Golden West Café and Normals Books and Records. Later that night, the mag’s representatives headed over to the Floristree warehouse space for a lineup of hometown acts Ecstatic Sunshine and Double Dagger, along...
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