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Ticket Giveaway: Wye Oak at Johnny Brenda’s Friday, April 15th

Posted on April 8, 2011 by David G

Jerry Seinfeld once asked, “What’s the deal with bands from Baltimore?” By all rights, bands this great (Lower Dens, Beach House, Wye Oak, etc.) should be from Philly. But, alas, they’re not. Next best thing? Getting to see Wye Oak’s darkly beautiful act live. For free. In Philadelphia.

To win two tickets to see Wye Oak at Johny Brenda’s on April 15th (with Noise Narcs’ fave and fellow Baltimorians Secret Mountains opening), like us on Facebook and then email us at noisenarcs@gmail.com with “Move the Good Parts of Baltimore to Philly” as the subject. All emails must be received by Tuesday, 4/12, and we’ll announce the winner Wednesday morning.

Wye Oak – Civilian

Wye Oak w/ Callers and Secret Mountains
Friday, April 15. 9PM. $10
Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N Frankford Ave
Tickets

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Not the Dog’s Dick Way

Posted on December 20, 2010 by David G

After this post, I’m going to go in hibernation until I finish up compiling Noise Narcs’ top ten lists. But Atlas Hunter/Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox’s top ten list for Pitchfork roused me to a release that passed me by. Baltimore’s music scene needs no fresh defense, but the Lower Dens smokey psychrock on Twin-Hand Movement mounts one anyway. A simmering vibe with Jana Hunter’s PJ Harvey-esque voice bubbling up from the shoegazing depths.

The Italian profanity “alla cazzo di cane“, which literally translates as doing something the “dog’s dick” way,” idiomatically means doing something shittily. But there’s nothing about the Lower Dens’ “A Dog’s Dick” that’s done alla cazzo di cane. That said, “Truss Me” is the standout (see Clumsy and Shy for that track).

Lower Dens, “A Dog’s Dick” [Buy]

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