For a moment, a very quick moment, I thought Bootsy Collins was in the house. As it turned out, Bootsy had other plans and it was Needlegun that put on the funk…well, funky noise anyway.

Needlegun is a very innovative band. Some mind call it genius. Some might call it 4-5 guys jacking off on stage. Whatever they’re doing, I like it. I like it alot. What I don’t like is that this is the second time I’ve seen them and they played only 15 minutes at both shows. Sure, they packed alot of shit in those fifteen minutes, but, come on. If someone walked outside, just as the band took the stage, and smoked a cigarette, by the time they came back in, the set was half over. I’ve seen this before, with one of my favorite local bands, The Degenerettes. They used to play 15, 20 minutes tops and always left the audience wanting more. I think in their case, it was more that the band didn’t have anything else to play. With Needlegun, you can’t use that excuse…this shit is improv and by the looks of it, they could have gone on all day.

Needlegun
The Talking Head
Baltimore, MD
February 19, 2008

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1. Improv Jam

Notes:
Lineup:
Needlegun>Chubby Behemoth>Teeth Mt.>Capillary Action>Santa Dads
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If you missed it last time around, don’t be the fool a second time. Heavy Hands is from NYC, playing psychedelic rock. Fantastic set!

Heavy Hands
The Talking Head
Baltimore, MD
November 3, 2007

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1. From Stonehenge to Saturn
2. Before It Takes Hold
3. Black Heart
4. Can’t See Through
5. 3 Days Gone
6. Don’t Mind A Thing
7. See Saw#

Notes:
Lineup:
Sri Aurobindo>Baby Aspirin>Heavy Hands>Pontiak
#with Sri Aurobindo
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I’m sure all the bands were great at this show. Unfortunately, due to a prior commitment, I was only able to tape Engine’s opening set. I’ve taped Oxter a couple of times and absolutely love them. I haven’t see Damn Right yet, though I know I’d love them since one of the guys from Basshound is in the band.

When Engine had wrapped up their set, and I was breaking down my gear to leave, I was talking with someone about the Engine set and this guy looks as me and says, “I don’t get it?”I get it, I just don’t know how to put it into words, so I say, as I usually say about bands consisting of 14 year old boys, “What the hell, they’re kids.”
In truth, I love this stuff and think these guys are awesome at what they do. But I can totally understand when people look at me and wonder “what is this shit?”

Engine
Lo Fi Social Club
Baltimore, MD
February 16, 2008

Band:
Nicky Otis Smith: Roland SP-404, Boss DD-20, vocals
Jake Lingan: Micro KORG, roland sp-404 sampler

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1. Stable As A Table
2. Health
3. Mission Accomplished
4. Holy Roller
5. Friends
6. Mallomar

Notes:
Lineup:Engine>Damn Right>Data Frogs>Oxter
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You always remember your first time. In taping, my first time was October 12, 2004: Kinder of Evolution (K.O.E.) opened at the Funkbox. It’s funny how little has changed: I didn’t stick around to tape the headliner at that show (Bio Ritmo), just as I didn’t stick around for the three bands that played after K.O.E. at this show (Zen Black, The Fif, and The Speaks). I was also very fortunate to catch the first band open this past weekend at Ram’s Head Live, The Getaways.

It’s been awhile since I last taped K.O.E., Nov 30, 2005 at Ryleigh’s Pub in Federal Hill. They’ve always given excellent performances, as evidenced in their most recent show, but they don’t sound so raw with their funk anymore. They’re definitely more refined, adding some horns into the arrangements, but the first couple of times I saw K.O.E., I really liked how they just hung it out on stage. As always, K.O.E. brings the funk, though they throw plenty of salsa, hip hop and rock onto the bowl.

You can access the recording of this show on The Live Music Archive. As always, you can access K.O.E.’s live archive of shows here.

NOTE: The Live Music Archive has been experiencing major disruption issues the past few months, so access might be spotty. If you don’t get in now, try later.

A few of my less than stellar videos from the show:

Show opened with a new song, “Last Writes”

“La Busquera”, with horns, was played third

Not new new, but new to me, was “Embrace Your Surroundings”

The Getaways
Ram’s Head Live
Baltimore, MD
February 15, 2008

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1. I’m Leaving Town
2. Eight Fifteen (video)
3. Highly Evolved*
4. Last Night (video)
5. Tonight
6. Poor Mary Jane
7. Pretend
8. Fracture
9. Fell In Love With A Girl**
10. Come Around
11. Midnight Run
12. Tick Tick Nutz

Notes:
Lineup:
The Getaways>KOE>The Speaks>The Fiff>Black Zen
*Vines cover
**White Stripes cover
I paid $17 for a burned cheeseburger, cold fries and a soda.
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My name is Mark Brown and I’m honored to be contributing to the Beatbots A/V Club.

Let me tell you a bit about myself while doing some shameless promo: I’m a recent MICA graduate (of the Interactive Media Department), a member of the Wham City Artist Collective For The Promotion of Progressive Gatherings, co-founder of the experimental music and video happening Are We Not Men?!, and manager of the Cage & Media Lab @ The Creative Alliance.

I make experimental animations and conduct live video experiments at social gatherings around Baltimore and beyond. I’m also a DJ. The following piece is an animation I created for Dan Deacon

DAN DEACON // MARK BROWN from Mark Brown on Vimeo.

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While I’m sure I gave out copies of this set, I’m not sure I ever posted it online. Lots of excellent music at this Whartscape, and looking back on it, I’d have to say this set by CEX was my favorite from the festival. The recording cuts off about three minutes before CEX decided to call it a night (I called it a night three minutes earlier).

CEX
Whartscape; Floristree-main stage
Baltimore, MD
July 20, 2007

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1. Intro
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -
7. -

Notes:
Lineup:Blue Leader and the Blue Leaders>WZT Hearts>
Dina Kelberman video>Cars Will Burn/Mincemeat or Tenspeed/
Dave Smolden>Jones>Roby Newton video>Soft Circle>Hawnay Troof>
Lexie Mountain Boys>Thank You>Yutaka Houlette video>Growing>
Jimmy Roche video>Car Clutch>Ecstatic Sunshine>Garret Davis video>
High Places>CEX.
Volume fluctuations are from the stage
Tracking is arbitrary
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Photo by Josh Sisk

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Note: I had originally mixed up the name of the DJ, assuming it was DJ XXXchange when it was actually DJ Rockswell. Unfortunately, when I named the last mp3 file for this set, I reverted back to my past mistake and mis-identified DJ Rockswell as DJ XXXchange.

Spank Rock
Whartscape; Floristree-main stage
Baltimore, MD
July 21, 2007

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1. Intro
2. Backyard Betty
3. Rick Rubin
4. Chilly Will
5. Interlude>
6. Lindsay Lohan’s Revenge
7. Bump*
8. Race Riot On The Dancefloor
9. Interlude (Drop The Pressure)
10. Sweet Talk
11. Jesus Is Just Alright
12. Spacey Interlude
13. LCD Soundsystem Interlude
14. Post-show DJ Rockswell

Notes:
Lineup: Yeasayer>The Deathset>Video Hippos>Double Dagger>
Dirty Projectors>Ponytail>XBXRX>Dan Deacon>Spank Rock
*With Amanda Blank
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