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[via showpaper]

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:: TUESDAY ::
SHOWPAPER BENEFIT!!

slothbear | cathexes
tourmaline | wombat in combat

june 30 - death by audio - $5-$20 sliding scale donation
all ages

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:: WEDNESDAY ::

forever [portland, OR] | used kids
hermit thrushes [philly] | passive aggressor

july 1 - death by audio - $7
all ages

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:: THURSDAY ::

EAR PWR
starscream | mighty five

july 2 - death by audio - $6
all ages

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DEATH BY AUDIO
49 s 2nd st btw kent & wythe
doors at 8, show at 9
L to Bedford
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JMZ to Marcy
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G to Broadway
[map]

[NOTE~ dba is NOT byob, but there is beer on the cheap for the 21 and overs inside!]

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TUESDAY

:: slothbear ::

[via myspace]

“BAND OF THE WEEK … This Long Island band calling themselves Slothbear are not that slow, in fact these guys make some pretty fast paced, scuzzed out music. This fits right in with the sound of the moment, either by necessity or because they want to. I’m not quite sure which one it is… This isn’t the brutal assault of all the lo-fi/no-fi bands of the moment, this is earnest songwriting with a deficient recording budget. Their latest song, “No Dialogue”, shows what can happen when they have some-fi. The song rages at the outset, awash in sharp guitar riffs and steady rhythms before giving way to some sweeter sounding vocals. It shows a band that can write a song and make it stick in your craw.” -Pop Tarts Suck Toasted

mp3s for download ►►► here

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:: cathexes ::

[via myspace]

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:: tourmaline ::

[via myspace]

“Taking everything into account — how the record was conceived, what the band went through to record it (especially Racuh’s throat) and their transformation — it gives The Swindle all the more reason to be a contender for one of 2008’s best albums, as it shows a developed sense of self and is an immaculate collection of songs that each have distinct identities, refusing to bleed together … The only real swindle Tourmaline could pull over any avid music fan is having them miss out on a record that just might be 2008’s most creative, most varied and most cohesive piece of art.” -Absolute Punk

The Swindle out now on their site ►►► here

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:: wombat in combat ::

[via myspace]

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WEDNESDAY

:: forever ::

[via thepiratehat]

rad band to check out - they don’t come through town that much so better make it out!

video for “Psychic Resistance”

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:: used kids ::

[via thepiratehat]

one of our favorite local area punk bands playing out on the eve of their record release and tour with Tenement.

Yeah No LP out soon via Salinas Records
Hovercraft 7″ out now ►►► here

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:: hermit thrushes ::

[via thepiratehat]

“Philly’s Hermit Thrushes are one of those refreshingly unclassifiable bands, using mishmash to their advantage and taking “experimental” to mean free-for-all. There are definitely threads of psychedelia in their tunes, as disorienting tempos and trippy found-sounds blend with overstimulating instrumental bits and parts … The cramming of all these elements into their second album Slight Fountain is anchored in the bedrock of familiar 90s indie music, so that through the clamor there are discernable structures and melodic shards to hum.” -Impose

new LP Slight Fountain just released via Joyful Noise Records ►►► here
mp3s for download ►►► here & here

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:: passive aggressor ::

[via thepiratehat]

great local female fronted punk

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THURSDAY

:: EAR PWR ::

[via thepiratehat]

“Armed with only a suitcase of synths and a megaphone, their enthusiasm and mutual admiration sparks into a fun-loving barrage of body-moving electro and infectious silliness that’s hard to ignore. Their move to Baltimore from their native North Carolina places right at the center of a electro-pop revolution and that is exactly where they belong.” -Orange Alert

new record Super Animal Brothers III out now via Carpark Records ►►► here
mp3 for download ►►► here & here

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:: starscream ::

[via thepiratehat]

great young local duo playing aggressive chiptune/8bit freakouts

download their records on their page ►►► here
and another on 8bitpeoples ►►► here

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:: mighty five ::

[via myspace]

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