News :: Upcoming Shows :: February

2/4: Corn Mo @ Red Palace
        Monotonix @ Comet

2/7: Bobby Bare, Jr. @ Iota

2/8: Thao of the Get Down Stay Down @ Iota

2/9: Gang of Four @ 9:30 Club

2/11: Baths, Braids, Star @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Coke Bust @ Hole in the Sky

2/12: Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda @ Rock and Roll Hotel

2/14: OFWGKTA @ U Street Lounge

2/18: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds @ Comet

2/20: The Beets @ Velvet Lounge

2/21: Fluorescent Sensei @ Iota

2/23: Lower Dens, Secret Mountains, Weekends @ Subterranean A

2/26: Beach House @ 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]

News :: We Can See the Future :: Secret Mountains

A new cassette release is out from Baltimore's Secret Mountains with an LP to follow sometime in 2011. These guys specialize in drawn out jams. This track kicks off with a little space rock noise that finally comes down to earth with Kelly Laughlin's bleached out vocals. There are also a couple graceful transitions here where the band gears up or grinds down, giving the song the feel of a miniature mixtape.

Pick up the cassette from Friends Records. And if you have no idea what do with a tape anymore, you sweet, darling idiot, consider asking for one of these machines from one of your Black Friday-loving family members.

Secret Mountains :: Rejoice