Man this week is gonna kill it. Wye Oak, the Death Set, Black Kids/Cut Copy, all this BYT TaxLo contest love. Bask in the glory. These are events worth that expensive tank of gas.
Monday May 12
Bonde do Role, The Death Set, Old Haunts, DJ Sega, Future Islands @ Sonar
TaxLo flexes its birthday muscle. Do whatever you can to get to this show. Let me know if you need a place to crash. I live a block away.
Wednesday May 14
I know there’s a Wye Oak show on Friday, but if you dig folk you shouldn’t miss out on the duo’s side project, helmed by the esteemed James Sarsgaard. They play some of the most gorgeous roots Americana-flavored folk in the region, at one of the best, most intimate venues in Baltimore. (Recently name-checked in Rolling Stone!)
Thursday May 15
Blood on the Wall, Lo Moda @ the Talking Head / Sonar
Lo Moda break down some musical walls with their edgy, post-apocalyptic mood pieces while Brooklyn NY headliners Blood on the Wall deliver their lo-fi indie gold nuggets.
Friday May 16
Wye Oak, Pattern is Movement, Engine @ the Metro Gallery
See the bewildering wonder of B-more’s favorite noisy folksters Wye Oak and the rich sounds of Philly’s Pattern is Movement.
Tiger Army @ the Ottobar
Get your psychobilly on. One of these guys got shot in the head and is now fully healed. That’s fucking hardcore as it gets.
Saturday May 17
Black Kids, Cut Copy, Ponytail @ Sonar
DC, come get it while it’s hot. TaxLo madness continues. Ponytail opens this show, which makes it superior to your regional tour stop. No offense to the Mobius Band intended.
Tiger Army is so fucking badass.
I can’t believe B’more got them this go around and the Cat has Los Campesinos.
Oh wait. !!!!!!!!!! Insert at will to prove my PMA.
May 12, 2008 at 4:34 pm