New Height - The Woods

Height n' friends invented something unprecedented, opium-scented and dark-tinted:


Height - The Woods

From Jones - "The song was made in parts, kind of like a chain letter. PT Burnem started the track with the main loop/melodic sample and the beat box sample. King Rhythm added the samples and programming on the hook part. Mickey Free did a lot of the filter/mixing to bring all the elements together, also adding additional low-end percussion, and I added live percussion. And of course Height, in addition to writing and performing the vocals, was always present in shaping the sound."

Stay tuned for more details on the upcoming Baltimore Highlands LP, check Height's podcast series, and be sure to catch Jones with Grand Buffet tomorrow night at Ottobar. Previously on BT from the Independence Day Friendstival:

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The Baltimore Round Robin Is Nigh

You heard about it a few months back, and this weekend the Bmore Round Robin is all up in our NYC kitchen. Here's the rub:

Friday's Eyes Night includes Beach House, Jana Hunter, Wzt Hearts, Nautical Almanac, Lexie Mountain Boys, and more, and puts the focus on "a mixture of folk, noise, theatrics, improvisation-- music that is spiritual, dreamy etc."

Saturday's Feet Night brings music that you dance, thrash, or otherwise move around to and includes the Death Set, Double Dagger, Videohippos, Future Islands, Adventure and Deacon himself.

10/​17 New York,​ NY Le Poiss​on Rouge​ - EYES NIGHT
10/​18 New York,​ NY Le Poiss​on Rouge​ - FEET NIGHT

BUY NYC TICKETS NOW (only 15 bucks for both nights, top that)

Download a rad Round Robin Comp CD for free here.

Fresh samples:
Adventure - Wild Wild Ride
Smart Growth - Extreme Ballin'
The Death Set -Moving Forward
Double Dagger - We Are The Ones
Future Islands - Old Friend
Height - Mother Earth (Theme from Showbeast)
Jana Hunter - Paint A Babe
Beach House - Gila
Dan Deacon - Wham City
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez - Mostly A Friend

And a message from Transportation Dept Mgr/folkstress Jana Hunter:

"For those of you interested in attending the Round Robin performances, there is this definite opportunity to get in sans paid ticket. We need oil to power our school bus. Bring us oil, get in free. Here are the details.

Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) is the stuff that restaurants have used in their fryers. Most restaurants discard this stuff in barrels or incredibly disgusting dumpsters somewhere near their trash dumpsters. If you ask them about it, most of them are more than happy to give this to you, given that they normally have to pay a company to haul it away for them.

We ask that you bring at least 10 gallons (this is not hard to find; decent-sized restaurants throw out avg 50 gallons/week) in order to secure a guest spot, but write me regardless if you are interested in this super deal. Write me, I will write you back, we will get it figured out."

posters via Post Typography

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Independence Day Friendstival Freeflow

This weekend the Pontiak brothers celebrated Amurica's bday with a down home BBQ/friendstival in the Blue Ridge farm countryside of Warrenton, VA, cramming a quaint field house (above) with performances from Field Athletics, Jones, Mickey Free, Height, Wye Oak, Arbouretum and a nasty closer from a shirtless, war-painted Pontiak (anyone have pics?).

Alex and Vic from Beach House and Bob from Small Sur were up in the cut for chillaxing purposes; freedom dogs, freedom pasta salad and freedom cupcakes were provided; and LED lights, sparklers and fireflies replaced fireworks and black foam snakes. No farm animals were injured, although I almost kicked a cat trying to get into my tent that I thought was a raccoon (the "meow" came just in time).

Earlier in the day Height, Bow (Mickey Free) and Jones stepped out in the corn to excercise the first.



Pick up Kale, the new Pontiak/Arbouretum split-LP featuring new material and covers of Velvet Underground cofounder John Cale via Thrill Jockey. Tracklist:

01 Arbouretum: "Time Doesn't Lie"
02 Arbouretum: "Buffalo Ballet" (John Cale cover)
03 Arbouretum: "Flood of Floods"
04 Pontiak: "Dome Under the Sky"
05 Pontiak: "The Endless Plain of Fortune" (John Cale cover)
06 Pontiak: "Green Pool"
07 Pontiak: "Mr. Wilson" (John Cale cover)


John Cale - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)

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Hip Hop From Scratch

Bmore's Dan Keech (aka Height) and Bob Jones have been making music together for close to ten years through various projects, and they recently found a new production playground to take it up a notch at SnowGhost, an independent studio on Whitefish, Montana. SnowGhost sessions allow artists to record as much as they can handle over a few days in the studio, play a show in town in front of a small-town crowd, and have their performances (and everything else) documented online through film and high-quality recordings.

Accompanied by newfound collaborator King Rhythm, Height and Jones took full advantage of the studio and instruments to capture some uncommonly sweet sounds for their tracks - chopping up samples in Reason and using the hip hop standard-issue Akai MPC while building samples and sounds from scratch with drums, bass, and guitar.

It's a strong new direction for the crew; you can hear (and buy) the session tracks from SnowGhost, and look for Height + Jones in Bmore a few times next month including Whartscape.


Height w/ Jones & King Rhythm - Laserbeams (sample only)

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What Activities Should You Participate In This Week?

You might have noticed Butter Team doesn't preview a ton of local events - this is mainly due to laziness, lack of interest in being another calendar, and because we only preview shows we're actually planning on attending. Two this week you should know about -

Ottobar hosts a night of 2K7 indie blog classics on Tuesday with Ra Ra Riot, The Little Ones, Engine and Kadman - definitely a strong enough lineup to motivate. If you need another reason, first person to email us gets a free spot on the guest list.

Ra Ra Riot - Dying is Fine (Daytrotter session)
The Little Ones - Lovers Who Uncover

Height clued us in to a dope gathering this Saturday at Talking Head, he's bringing fresh beats back from his Snow Ghost Sessions and some new talent from the West Coast. Velelle Velella are nasty, mostly instrumental party funk - sounds cheesy but when's the last time you heard anyone doing it right? This one should be over the top.

Velella Velella - Cause Those People Get Free Airline Tickets
Velella Velella - Alex Boom Selector
Height - Bad Weather

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How Big Is It Going Down?

As Mickey Free from the B says, it's going down real big. Couple updates - first, local beatsmith Shields is prepping his debut album/mixtape A Beyond Experience Vol. 1 for a spring drop date, he says it's "on some go walk in the park style." Fresh sample below with more details later.


Shields - Dip Trip



Jones, Height, The Plural MC, PT Burnem, and Bow n' Arrow are playing a Rap Round Robin show at the Current Gallery this Saturday - Jones says "all the acts will be set up at the beginning, each playing a song in turn until all have played four songs. One long mega-set, multiple PAs." This sounds filthy, don't miss it. If anyone can take some decent pics or video and share with us afterwards that would be tops. Directions here.


Height - Bad Weather


PT Burnem - Heart Beat


The Plural MC/Frenemies - Rap Tornado (Miami Nice)


Jones - Too Dope


Bow n' Arrow - Cybersex


The irony potential for Devlin & Darko wearing these shirts is layered and complex, so approach with caution. Is it for serious? And who just made guacamole? Answers to these questions and more can be found at the Fully Fitted blog where semi-local celeb contributors including Pase Rock, xxxchange, Mr. Devlin and Ronnie Darko argue which Mad Max movie was the tightest and occasionally share music, like this sneak leak from their upcoming Fully Fitted EP.


Mad Decent/Fully Fitted - 100 Million

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Soul Cannon, Turbo Fruits, Height + More At Talking Head

One of Baltimore's hallowed indie music institutions, ye olde Talking Head Club, has been back up and running for almost two months now after closing at the beginning of the year and the lineup is certainly in full schwing. Maybe you pack a sangwich and go down there to check it out for yourself.

It's a crime (little Bmore pun) to only point out a few shows but this weekend's looking ridiculous. Got folks from Norway (Ungdomskulen), some of our new faves from Nashville (Turbo Fruits, above), and a ton of solid Bmore MCs (Soul Cannon, Height, Jones, Bow n Arrow n more) all flexing out over a small stage the next few days.



















Fri Oct 19 - SOUL CANNON w/ LEPRECHAUN CATERING + RPM/PANACEA (RAWKUS RECORDS)

Ever come home from work one day and there's just a bunch of dudes standing in your backyard? Press photos are fun like that. Perhaps they had a pirates in the supermarket type shot going and the parrots never showed up. But with this Soul Cannon joint we hear Roots + Kanye, so.

Soul Cannon - What's Real



















Sat Oct 20 2007 -HEIGHT with JONES + BOW N ARROW

Height's winterizing the game people, show him a good welcome home from tour. All star cast here.

Height - Bad Weather



























Sun Oct 21 UNGDOMSKULEN + TURBO FRUITS + SMART GROWTH + PONYTAIL

Superfresh Norwegian rok, Ponytail, Turbo Fruits and - stop there, done.

Turbo Fruits - Know Too Much

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